Anatomic Study - Skull - WIP 003

I start the detail the skull. Trying to break the symmetry as well trying to keep it the some reusable as possible to be a generic skull for other projects. I think I will 3d print the skull in various size to use as a base for my tradionnal head modelling

Or use in it as a foam skull like the pressure ball that ergonomist offer.

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.

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: New Fry-pan / Project Epik as physically started

Electrical Fry-pan: 7 inch

Just receive from Amazon my new Electrical Fry-pan. Hope my "modeling/clay" stage with be atchieve now with the Cx5.

In the mean time, I start the silicone mold of a 4x2 Lego brick for a future block design I got in mind for a long time now. So start next to it, a other silicone mold but of a joint bone silicone mold of a Megablok minifigure. I won't spoil the idea I got on the blog for now. I will let you see the final result one day. Let call it: Project Epik