Worm bust sculpting

So just did more sculpting this week.  Also tried some Milliput Superfine (white) and green stuff (GS).  However that didn’t work as well as I hoped.  It was a bit too crumbly while I was working with it.  However when it set and was hard it was fantastic is smooth out.

I’ve learnt that having different materials (straight Milliput, Milliput + GS, Milliput fine + GS) it not a great idea when trying to smooth things down with a scraper (i.e. knife blade/chisel).  Each material has a different hardness level so scraping across materials means you bite out more of one material over another.  So despite trying to eliminate bumps between putty areas you can add to them.

I’m always annoyed when reading some tutorial/blog and the author does the “forgot to take a picture of this stage..”  Oh well, joined that group now.

Going thought the stages:

Added some more to the shoulders and made the lower back shell segment into a cloak.  I needed some more material on the bottom of the bust as it was looking very top heavy.  Also added some detail around the eyes.

Collar added

Adding in some nose ridges (missing photo ;) ) in Milliput superfine/GS, hence the area that looks like toothpaste.

Head ridge and nose area done

Redid the top of the head and added a head frill and top ridge.  Also some more on the top of shoulders and added some more neck ripples.  I extended the neck area behind the eyes to make the eyes less sticking out.

Neck/eye area

I then put some two part epoxy on the base to smooth it out and reinforce it.  Then the wife mentioned I needed a mounting base so scraped out that a bit and added in a base made from Milliput.  I also fixed up the collar with some GS.

Great idea, wrong time

Next up is to clean up the base and slice off the shoulder edges to make a clean edge.  I’ve also smoothed down all the figure with 800 grit wet and dry sandpaper.  With the base done I’m seriously considered casting the bust in silicon to see how to do that for a complex figure.

Mounting base added