Volczek; A scratchbuilt bust

[Orb]

Hi All

This is a sculpt that was originally inspired by a head sculpt SBS by the late and great Roy Hunt on another forum...and my version eventually ended up as this. I did finish the sculpt over a year ago, but only decided to paint him a couple of weeks before EuroMilitaire

I experimented in using an airbrush to block in the fesh areas and to add some highlights and basic shadows; the speed at which I could get a good coverage let me get quicker into the interesting part of painting.

I found a design online for the tattoo the night before I went to pick up Ritual from the airport....so yet another last minute paintjob. And the name of the piece was a last ditch creative brainstorm while filing in the entry forms at EuroMilitaire (cheers Anders)

I\'m glad I did come back to him because it\'s a good feeling to finish a totally unique piece. I know it\'s full of flaws.....but next time I\'ll do a better job!!!

http://www.coolminiornot.com/232642

comments and criticisms actively encouraged and welcomed

 

[War Griffon]

Nice one Rob, MAin thing that gets me with this is the ear, looks a bit like he has done 10 rounds with a boxer or been in a scrumm all his life.

Otherwise I like him

 

[Ritual]

Great pictures, Rob! They do the piece justice, I\'d say. :beer:

 

[freakinacage]

i know what you mean about the ear, but he is a barbar so he must have been in a scrap or two

 

[ScottRadom]

Nice stuff for sure. How\'d it do at Euromilitaire?

 

[Orb]

cheers folks....

ears.....ugghhhh next time it\'ll be a figure without ears! Or I\'ll find a smarter way of doing them.......

Scott....he got a commended in the scratcgbuilt/converted sci-fi/fantasy category......so against that rather splendid Gigantic Dark Space Marine.....so I\'m happy!

 

[ScottRadom]

I imagine that Space Marine buy Giganticdark has just begun it\'s slew of winning.

Great work, and I like the cauliflower ear. It makes sense for the character.

 

[Ritual]

Yeah, the ear looks a bit strange, but when you see this in real life you don\'t think about it as much (or at least, I didn\'t). I also think the addition of the ear ring also helps to draw attention away from the ear itself.

 

[ScottRadom]

But as an aside, ears can sure look like that. Back in my wrestling days I knew tons of people who got cauliflower ear. It\'s gross man.

 

[mickc22]

looks real good and congrats on the commended
did you work to a scale or just went with what looked good?

 

[Orb]

I guess we can conclude the ear could be interpreted as a damaged ear.....but in reality it\'s poor sculpting....!!!! Thinking about it it might have worked better if I had given him a few scars....

Mick....no scale...just did it! I was surprised how big he was when compared to JMD busts so will try to sculpt something smaller next time

 

[supervike]

Very very nice!

Lots of character!

 

[mickc22]

is that Super Sculpey Firm?

I\'ve got some Kato P/Clay I got a while ago was gonna give that a whirl and see how it goes for now

 

[Legacy Account]

I liked him when he was a baldy bugger!