SPIDERWOMAN in progress Warning: Boobies!

[Figuremaster Les]

Well, here she is... so far anyway.
And I mean she has been a toughie to sculpt!



Yes, she is on a somewhat visually compromising base (tell me you fellas don't love it! ;D ) but it works well and the client likes it, so why not. It solved what I wanted to do with the pose.



She will be in red and have all the details etc in the costume including the web/bat wingy things under her arms. The base will actually be black where it "meets" her and not be quite so obscene looking. I hope. And then it will become a spiderweb down to the base. Whole thing's about 15" high from base bottom to the figertips and is 1/6 scale almost exactly.

I am sculpting her out of two part epoxy and then sculpting down with a dremel bit. It is actually working fairly well. I haven't used this method to sculpt before.

Usually, I use Sculpy III, but I am so tired of baking sculpted figures and it is brittle when it cools.
This is Magic Sculpt and it is SOLID when it sets. I can dremel it with a metal grinder and have several size and shaped bits so I can hit any area pretty well.
It's been add, then dremel, then sand, then add more, then dremel, then sand...

And, then you get Jason's boobies! ;D ;D




I got to add much hair detail too. It's all just roughed in right now. But at least it stands free like I wanted it to.

Any advice will be appreciated as always.

Final shots coming Sunday or Monday as the client is coming to get it then...AHHH! Must not sleep...must not sleep...

(Note ever watchful crab-tool in background of my messy desk!)

[faithfulbutler]

You just astound me Les!I wish i could churn out sculpts like that,you are a true master.Does look a bit rude with the Web the way it is but i'm sure it will all turn out fine.Nice Rack too btw.
Does the two-part epoxy give you enough time to do what you require?
I can't think of any advice i could possibly give you.

[Figuremaster Les]

Thanks FB and I know it's bad ...I'm a bad man I guess...

But, as for the Epoxy. Yes and no.
I work in shifts with it. Remember, this is the very first time I have sculpted an entire figure with it, so I am making this up as I go, but,
I have been able to make a small batch of the MS and work in what I can until it gets too unwieldy.

I put in swaths of it fast at first, when it's softer, then as it hardens, after an hour or two, I am finished shaping and am only patching areas etc. I stop, rest and the next afternoon I dremel it and sand. It's a full day cycle, but it is working so far.

You can use water to smooth it down too and that is a great help later when sanding. Kinda fun while sculpting a babe too!

Try it sometime, just plan your time within about an hour or so working time. Great stuff though. Sticks great to itself and it has a great feel to it and is very rock solid afterwards. MUCH better to me than Sculpy. I hear there is even better stuff out there, but this is about $35 US for 5lb kit that lasts forever, so what the heck!

If you are curious, or need more, here is the website where I order my MS from:

www.kitkraft.biz/customer/product.php?productid=1464&cat=0&page=1

[aburabusimbutu]

Your list of talents seems to have no end Les. All talk of "boobies" aside, this is a really beautiful woman you have scuplted, graceful, with flowing lines. Really breathtaking, and despite the "controversial" position of the web-base I think it is quite tasteful and easily of art gallery quality.
It will be really neat to see her transformed into Spider-Woman after your miraculous ways with paint and I can't imagine that your customer won't be absoltely speechless.

[Figuremaster Les]

Thanks Kevin. I appreciate that.

Would you believe...don't you hate that phrase, like from Get Smart, "Would you believe"...I sculpted her from my head? I have drawn and studied chicks for so damn long that I sculpted her like I draw nowadays, from my head.

I did go to Art school so I did get some formal training and such. Great times in Life Drawing etc. And I do photograph women from time to time for art refs, but, except for the hands, which are from Dark Phoenix vinyl kit, she is entirely sculpted from the noggin of one really nutty single fella! And a few comic book refs.

SO much for taste. But thanks. I hope she is worthy.

I am sculpting a Wonder Woman from an Adam Hughes comic cover that will be for me. No naughty base this time! That one I may even try to cast up. But, that will be in December or January. God willing!

Anyway, thanks.

[casimir]

Wow.

Just... Wow.

You are a phenomonal talent, Les. Truly. Color me jealous!

I just started experiemtning with MagicSculpt myself. I found it to be great for filling in etched line and divots, once applied with some water. I did not like having to wait for it to firm up, as you decsribe. In that sense, I think I think I still prefer Kneadatite as my epoxy of choice. It's just so much more sustainable. Once cured, Kneadatite is similar to softer, PVC plastics, while MagicSculpt is like harder ABS plastics. Using both, they really compliment each other.

Having said that, the fact that you made this from any air-drying epoxy blows my mind. You are incredible!

C.

[BlackKnight]

WOW !!! Complete with niples & backside! This is so cool Les! Man, the " Figure Master" ! You rule Bro! I love it all! Everything is sooooo Fantastic & it's Just how you descibe! If ya make a mold of this, I might seriously be interested in it! I envy your client! I love the Boobies! ;D

[martingb]

Beautiful work mate! The positioning of the figure and her overall posture conveys the sense of majesty we associate with female heroes rather than the power of say Superman or Captain Marvel. The base works totally and I'm sure as work progresses we will be treated to a masterpiece. Thanks for letting us in on the work so far.

[Wild Willy]

Damm nice work Les, in fact PERFECT I would say.
I had no idea you were so accomplished in the female anatomy dept. she looks amazing! and what's not to like about a super hot Spiderwoman who blows webs out her ass. Just joshin.

Is this built on a wire armature?

Great job Les.

Will

[Figuremaster Les]

HA! Web out her ass! That's what I told the guy I am making it for when he asked me to first describe it. I said she was fartin' spiderweb! But then I explained what it was actually gonna be. He settled down eventually.... ;D

Thanks Will and Marty.

But yeah Will, She's on a wireframe.
After that epoxy material hardens though, no wireframes needed! That's stuff's tough! Even the thin hair strandy bits are solid!
Any of you guys making thin hair or some thin segments for figures, especially you 6" scale guys need to try this stuff for smallish parts. You can shape it first flat on wax paper and cut out shapes or whatnot, and after about two hours or so you can bend it and shape it and it will stay that shape. As it's setting, just keep reshaping to exactly what you want. Then try snapping it. No dice! Takes effort. Perfect for wild, sculpted hair etc. You can add it directly to the figure and do that to save time also.

[casimir]

Les is right. As I said, I use primarily use Kneadatite epoxy, and Magic Sculpt as a secondary. Both are tough stuff when cured! Given that my various figure collections suffer from "weak ankle syndrome" (WAS) in the Texas heat, knocking each other over, I pefer using something that doesn't crack or break easily.

C.