Now Mr. Winkle has an upper lip and a pair of jowls.Next step: He'll begin losing hair.
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It is really cool to see the step by step process of seeing Charlie turn into Mr. Winkle.
ReplyDeleteYou mentioned in an earlier chapter that you were experimenting with other materials under the build-ups, in an attempt to keep things lighter in weight.
ReplyDeleteYou abandoned at least one thing you tried. Are you still searching for a method? Will Mr. Wrinkle be "face-heavy?"
The amount of extra material makes the original head pretty much nothing more than an armature...which is good. I'm just wondering about weight.
Great looking character!
Weight is the downside to using this method of character-building. But even with my most heavy-laden Magic-Sculpt characters, the weight doesn't prevent comfortable operation. After all, these guys sit atop a wooden body, so it's not like they need to be held up.
ReplyDeleteSo far, sheets of craft foam in cut-to-fit pieces seem to work best. I'll hot-glue a trimmed piece over Charlie's hair part to even up the two sides of the head.
After working with molds, silicone and liquid plastics, I decided to go with this method in lieu of handling nasty chemicals. I'm not allregic to Magic-Sculpt, I wear latex gloves while handling it, and I wash up often. I keep the Magic-Sculpt tubs closed when not in use to minimize exposure to any fumes.
If I had an outside-the-house workshop, I'd probably wotk with molds, too. But this method seems best suited for my in-home workshop. (And than you for the compiment!)