moonmin82
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This fun little project is intended as a gift for my friends 30th birthday *. May I present to you my attempt at sculpting the legendary Earthworm Jim, in miniature!
* This will not be posted on the Mad Clown Facebook page til late October, so as to not ruin the surprise! *
Reference sketches:
Armature:
Fleshing out:
I have made one mistake so far and that is not allowing enough excess wire below the ankles. I don't glue the armature to the cork and rely on the length of the excess to hold the armature in place while sculpting. I've added a copper wire 'staple' fitting to keep the plastic base anchored (you'll see this in my next WIP shot). In the mean time I hope that (once set) the feet will hold the thing in place.
Other than security the only problem this has posed is in the positioning of his right foot. You'll notice I've not been able to raise the heel off the floor, as in the reference sketch. A shame, but I'll attempt to work around it.
* This will not be posted on the Mad Clown Facebook page til late October, so as to not ruin the surprise! *
Reference sketches:
Armature:
Fleshing out:
I have made one mistake so far and that is not allowing enough excess wire below the ankles. I don't glue the armature to the cork and rely on the length of the excess to hold the armature in place while sculpting. I've added a copper wire 'staple' fitting to keep the plastic base anchored (you'll see this in my next WIP shot). In the mean time I hope that (once set) the feet will hold the thing in place.
Other than security the only problem this has posed is in the positioning of his right foot. You'll notice I've not been able to raise the heel off the floor, as in the reference sketch. A shame, but I'll attempt to work around it.
