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my first go at sculpting - an ent - finished (pic heavy)
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Author:  jscottbowman [ Thu Dec 31, 2009 6:35 am ]
Post subject:  my first go at sculpting - an ent - finished (pic heavy)
I decided to have a go at sculpting and thought the easiest place to start would be an ent. Its a big figure, and pretty much free of any strict anatomical requirements etc. so just about anything goes...

I also had a spare head, hand and dead orc to use up from the plastic GW ent kit, so no point wasting these...

I started off trying to make an armature out of a cut up metal clothes hanger, but it didnt work out, I couldnt get the bits I cut to solder or glue satisfactorily.

So I went and got some wire (about 1mm diameter from hardware store) and looped the wire around so that one length made the whole model.

I used Treebeard and plastic ent model for sources of scale.

I clad the whole armature in a layer of milliput as a foundation.

I then started adding the greenstuff, section by section, first covering the whole thing in a thin layer and scoring vertical lines along the trunk and limbs.
I then added more bits to act as a layer of bark.
I added the plastic ent head and hand by wire pining and filled gaps with putty.
Finally I added more wire to make open hand and branch stumps on back. These were clad with green stuff.
Last of all more greenstuff added as mossy/lichen clumps

I'll post a few more pics once painted.

Not too bad so far?

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Finished 12/1/10

Ent is taller than Treebeard, and fractionally taller that GW plastic ent.

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I may add a bit more scenic flock and longer grassy stuff to base to give it a more woodland feel. Gildor is there just for scale, and a little "expo" as i just finished him too!

Only thing is I am not sure whether or not to add some sponge type clump foliage to the ent's short stalk branches as others have done?
Author:  Sharkai [ Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:23 am ]
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Nice work so far! IMO it looks better than the GW one. I cannot wait to see it finished! :yay:
Author:  woodelf [ Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:56 am ]
Post subject:  ENT
Looking great so far, great work Scott
Cheers
Steve J
Author:  Darac [ Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:15 pm ]
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Yep yep looking great so far 8), but i don't like that green stuff at the head :o
Author:  Dorthonion [ Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:54 pm ]
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A good effort thus far, though some of the detail is starting to look suspiciously like chain mail. I assume you are going for mossy/creeper/ivy sort of effect there, so I believe a bit of rework may be required to change the appearance of those sections. Good use of spare parts!
Author:  Anduril Blade of Kings [ Fri Jan 01, 2010 2:16 am ]
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Are you sure it's your first go at sculpting?

Nice work! :yay:
Author:  jscottbowman [ Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:10 am ]
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Darac wrote:
Yep yep looking great so far 8), but i don't like that green stuff at the head :o


Understood, I added the greenstuff on the head to try and hide the fact that I had used the plastic ent head, once model painted...
Author:  jscottbowman [ Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:13 am ]
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Anduril Blade of Kings wrote:
Are you sure it's your first go at sculpting?

Nice work! :yay:


Thanks! Yes its my first go at sculpting a whole figure... I have messed about with greenstuff before but mostly just for filling gaps on multi-part models.
Author:  jscottbowman [ Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:14 am ]
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Dorthonion wrote:
A good effort thus far, though some of the detail is starting to look suspiciously like chain mail. I assume you are going for mossy/creeper/ivy sort of effect there, so I believe a bit of rework may be required to change the appearance of those sections. Good use of spare parts!


Thanks. Yes I know what you mean about the "chainmail". However once these areas are painted mottled shades of greens, they look, as you suggest, like mossy clumps.
Author:  King Elessar the Uniter [ Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:16 pm ]
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Good work so far jscottbowman! 8)
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