1.
CONCEPT |
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character that I always wanted to model was the Goblin King from the
Hobbit. This is the chief Goblin that is responsible for capturing
Gandalf and the party of Dwarves and is eventually beheaded for his
trouble. The Description in the big is little more than "A great
big Goblin with a huge head", so a I took a little poetic licence
with the concept work. I wanted to steer clear of the LOTR Orc kind
of character and spent some time on my concepts. |
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concept below was my final choice: |
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2.
MATERIALS AND TOOLS |
| In
my earlier tutorials I have described how I started modeling in Sculpey
and some of the tips and techniques I have been using. In recent months
I have been studying other artists sculpey sculptures and having picked
up a lot of new work processes I have collected my thoughts and the
results are here in this work-through tutorial. This next section
details the tools I use and some of the basic materials needed to
achieve these results. |
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Sculpey
As it is a sculpey tutorial you would expect to find me using it.
However, Taking smelly
bugs tutorial advice I made a Super Sculpey and Sculpey three
mix. My advice here is try different mixes and see which you prefer.
Most of the Sculpey line of products can be mixed and the results
will vary dramatically in both color and brittleness.
In this project for every 1lb of Super Sculpey (Flesh colored) I added
a 56g block of Sculpey III white and half that amount in black. The
result was a very pliable light gray clay. |
- Pasta Machine
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If you want to work with Sculpey and you want to avoid cramp
in your hands then you need one of these little machines.
A Pasta machine helps you to knead the sculpey to make it
more pliable (the more times you run it through the softer
the sculpey gets). You can also use it to mix in other sculpey
products to get different consistencies.
The pasta machine can can roll out flat sheets (lasagne) ,
shred strips (Tagliatelle) or produce a string like mass (Spaghetti).
Using a combination of these settings you can mix and knead
until you achieve the desired result. |
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Base and support
Again, for this project I have adapted my usual work method
in favour of new ideas. I took an MDF base and drilled a hole large
enough to take a quarter inch threaded bolt. I counter sunk a larger
bore hole to ensure the nut would be embedded into the base. I secured
the center rod with two nuts and four washers, bottom and top. This
gave me a very stable center rod to work from.
I don't have access to a large oven and this project was going to
end up too large for my own houshold oven. I try not to use MDF
if I am going to bake the sculpey. I hardened this model with my
heat gun, not an ideal method I know but with patience I managed
it |
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Armature
The armature for our Goblin was created with two
sizes of galvanised wire firmly attached to the threaded rod.
I used the wire to make a basic humanoid shape
(similar to that used in the Minotaur tutorial here) and
then secured it with Araldite adhesive and a fast setting
Epoxy putty.
When it was all dry I added several layers of tinfoil around
the whole figure. I use the foil to bulk out the model and
as it is inert when baked it is an idea packing material for
a sculpey model |
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2.
SCULPTING THE KING |
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