Searching information and illustrations about the history of the Southern states, I came across a print showing slaves working the cottonfields .
For some reason I got the idea for sculpting the first pregnant figurine . The concept of the figure is very simple . There is no uniform and there are no complex acsessoires .
So I thought
As always I tried to sculpt the figure using green stuff ( knetadine ) over a pre-sculpted body using magic sculpt . After 3 trials and errors , it came to my attention that the dress and its folds could not be created separately .So I had to redo the dress using magic sculpt to create a volume with folds . This was new to me and surprisingly it went well .
The shoes are home made resin parts .
The setting is very basic , the cottonplant is made from natural materials and real cotton wool .The basket is one from the Verlinden range .Groundwork is done using Vallejo acrylic paste. Vallejo has a very interesting range of ground materials all water based .
Painting is done using Vallejo acrylics as basecoat . And W&N oils as finishing layer .
What had to be a simple project became complex for me .I hope it has been worth it .

Very cool. I grew up next to cotton fields and I still love the though of seeing them when they are all in bloom. Nothing like seeing a white field next to a buch of green ones. I gave a bud to a friend up in New York once and they were amazed at seeing and feeling a real cotton ball before the store got a hold of it!. Anyways, really nice work on a subject matter way over looked.

Joe

Well done

It's ironic how the simplest things are the most challening!

Since my background is the history of the Southern United States, I really like this one and think it is spot on.

Love this; nice idea and pulled off wonderfully.
Been working on similar subjects myself. I hope it comes out half as good as this in the end.

Great work Marc.

marc

Well Done, Marc !

Hi Marc !
2 thumbs up, my friend !!! Good job on the sculpting and concept. Cheers !
Kenneth .

Wonderful Marc! I only wish I had thought of it!!!

All the best,
Dan

Love it.

Hello Marc,

great idea and really conversion!!!

Great,

Karsten

Hi Marc,
Very good job,and the other issue is incredible.


Alexandros

Marc, brilliant idea and vey well executed.

Cheers Ken