Sunday, January 16, 2011

Skull construction part I

A styrofoam ball for the skull padding.
 

This is a wooden square block with six endless screws in it.  It will be used as a joint for the upper and the bottom parts of the skull and i drilled a hole on the back side where the neck will be fix.



I shaped the place where the wooden block will be seated.
 

 

 
Adding some Super sculpey and starting to shape the core.



I didn't really liked the bottom parts of the eyes so i did this part again.  I baked the first layer in order to have a harder structure where i'll add details.  It looks very rough by now, but i'll smooth down everything before going any further.  I hope that the aluminium twisted wires (neck) will be able to support all this.  It's gaining weight and the bottom jaw isn't there yet. 





I founded the LITE-BRITE color pins that will be added on the skull for the eyes and over the head.  I hope to finish the details this week, so i could bake it once and for all.

5 comments:

  1. Wow! everything is looking good so far! I've had problems in the past with creating heads that were too heavy for the armature because of the amount of Sculpey I built up onto it. After a fair amount of research I found out that Sculpey has a lightweight version of it's clay that is suppose to be just as strong. It's called "Sculpey Ultra Light." I haven't had an opportunity to experiment with it yet but I hear it suppose to be pretty good especially when making really dense characters.

    Heres the link:

    http://www.sculpey.com/products/clays/sculpey-ultralight

    -Alfonso

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  2. Thanks for the tips Alfonso. My sculpt is almost finished and there no way, i'm gonna go through that process again (hope so). So, i'll try to built a "special" neck for it. I'll keep your link for further projects. By the way, there's 90% of my 454 grams package of Super Sculpey on it by now :)

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  3. Man, EPIC! You're making serious progress with every new post. Keep it going, you can do this!

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  4. Justin & Jon: Thanks dudes. I'm pushing myself a little Jon, to work on it at least one hour by day and to post new progress pictures every week.

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