2015 last projects

Hello! Long time no see. Well the last post is from 4 months ago. You guess it: I have a lot of updates for you. New projects and old ones. From digital modeling to Tradionnal Sculpt.

Camaro 2016 - Final Entry on CGTalk Hardcore Modeling Challenge

Camaro 2016 - Interior

Star Wars - Obiwan Kenobi - Wip 000

Shark 1:9 - Wip 000

Shark 1:9 - Wip 001a

Shark 1:9 - Wip 002

I still aim to get my hand on a 3d printer. But here a sample I printed with 3dhub.com (printed on a Form 1+) from my Harry Potter wip version

T-Rex 1:14 scale: Wip 001

I mess up my length on that armature. The stand was to far in the body, the head would fall with the weight. So I decide to cut it (the head). Any way it's better that way to sculpt details on the head itself. I cut the jaw off the armature so I would be able the sculpt under it more easily. I based myself on my references of course, but I aim for a Jurassic Park look.

T-Rex 1:14 scale

àGuess what after seeing Jurassic World and some Nostalgic Critic about the Mother F*cking TRex I felt in love with my old love: The Mother F*cking T-Rex!

Tradionnal sculpting in 1/14 scale (about 30 inches long). Decide that scale so I can do relative vehicules or humans in the same scale without doing to big vehicule or to same head. 6 feet human would be 5.14 inches tall.

I also start the bake some cutsom tool for the T-Rex skin in Fimo clay. You can see the tool in black next to my waxer.

WIP Sculpts

Since last year I start many projects. Today since I was photoshooting refs, I took the time to photoshoot all my work-in-progress sculpts. Some are not feauturing there because I choose to switch to digital art instead: Captain Harlock ship replica: Arcadia.

Arnold 1.3: WIP 001

It's a start. I did start a 2 feet tall armature for my Arnold but for sculpting head i'm better doing it in a bust format first. That way, I will have a Bust format and a full body format, by sculpting one head.

I don't plan getting him a pose in the full body. Since that version will be the nuked T-800 model 101 when his arrive and raise from his timesphere in Terminator 2, I don't really need a pose.

With that bust, I would be able to replicate every Arnold characters from the 80-90'. I though maybe I should start doing a serie of busts of Iconic Characters from the movies. Starting by Arnold of course, but I have a nice list in my head.

Endoskull 1:3 scale: WIP 002

Endoskull 1:3 scale: WIP 001

Amon : WIP 002

Slowly but surely, I try to detail more that figure. Hard to find time, when you have two deliveries on two project at work.

So here's my work-in-progress no.2. I close to block every shape and silhouette. Need to add the shoulders and knees pads, and also to change the hands so I have an armature of them.

Amon : WIP 001

I'm currently blocking the silhouette of Amon. Using the Casteline Hard for the body and Cx5 for the mask, just because I want to separate the two parts.

Also bought a Magnifier lamp to light my station and to help me with the future details.

Legend of Korra: Amon - 1:6 scale

I start a new project. Since there is no Legend of Korra figures yet, I want to do my tribute to the show by doing a 6 scale of the book One villain: Amon

Easy enought because he wear a mask.

I start the armature yesterday. Separating the arms with brass tubing. A bit of cutsom part: the floor flange is custom made because I couldn't find a single flange who fit 1/8 inch. I made a mold of that, so future flange can be made. I also create a mold to do a custom "attach core" the hold the figure to my 1/8 pipes stand.

New Goals in 2015

Some people wait for New Year to start some resolution or goals. Not me, I plan in advance. In January, I will start a new contact at MPC Montreal. Hopefully better salary too, So I will invest in my future with it.

A part of trying to have a Comic-con booth next year, I will aim for a 3D printer. I want to start combine my two skills: Digital modeling and tradional scultping. So with a good printer I will be able to export more hardedge mechanical and symmetrical object that will be combine with my Casteline sculpt.

Reproducing a simple form in tradional sculpting would mean doing a mold for it and cast it. I prefer 3D print a car wheel four time beside doing a small mold for it.

So which printer to buy. These day Desktop 3D printer are so versatiles in resolution and price.

 I order some simples from some compagny to see the quality that I can have.

I could use a printer like the Kickstarter one printing with filaments like Solid Doodle (600$) but the resolution is awful.

I thought go for a 3D printer for Jewelry They print in wax, perfect resolution, but it like 26000$. The technique use: Stereolithography

Last year, a new challenger came to live in a Kickstarter campaign: Form 1+ from Formlab. Price: 3300$ but what a perfect resolution for my use. This a Stereolithography technology printer and it printer in resins. It print in the resin liqud and a laser hit the spots that need to be solidify.

Because all final printed models need to be clean or sand, I found that the Stereolythography technology is better for me and need less post-work.

Today, I start my new project made of Casteline: A wolve in 1:9 scale. I build the armature and will out the wax or it soon.

I also take some time to adjust my Bannerman 3D model for futur use: Base model reference for the armature of a 1:9 scale man.

Bannerman - WIP 011

Sculpting mode!

Well it's been a long time since I post something here and a lot of thing pass between that. Manly the Comic-con Montreal give me some ideas of sculpting and I buy some casteline to start sculpting figures like the pro. I also receive my two tips for my Kerrlab ultra-waxer.

First thing first, Comic-con! very cool this year, some friends did beautiful cosplay and other expose drawing art and I tought that, for next year, I should try to expose my stuffs and rent a panel. $275+tx for a 6"x6" seam ok with me. In the artist area, it's generally just drawing for sell. So I thought with my future sculpts, I could be a different kind of exhibitor.

I did think of sculpting more Comic-con based subjects, like Wolverine bust or Terminator 1:6 scale figure but if I want to make something for reproduction and for sale, I need the license of the movies/anime. So I decide I will start doing Fanatsy/sci-fi stuff like Dragons, Knights, Post-apocalypse hunter etc. Sculpting in Casteline for the character and Cx5 for the weapons.

Also, I plan to do all that in a specific scale the 1:9 scale. So the figure will be 8 inch tall for a 6 feet human height. Big enough to have details, small enough to fit on a shelf in a Display case. And I thought, why not do diorama setup for them. So If I do a knight standing next to his horse with his hands on him, why not do dragon in a similar pose so the horse can be swap with the horse. The customers can buy Knight and Dragon instead of the knight and horse.

For my Dad tribute, I stop it because there is no deadline for it, so I can come back when I would like to.