A couple of wolves

Some wolf sculpts!

Amaterasu from Okami:

Fern hound from Guild Wars:

Pokemon x Monster Hunter sculpt: Rathazard

The main criticism for my last Monster Hunter/Pokemon sculpture was that it didn't look too much like Groudon, I think this is mainly due to me using a dark brown instead of red for the main colour. This time I decided to mostly stick to Charizard's coloration.

Akantor/Groudon cross sculpt!

A Pokemon/Monster hunter cross sculpt!

FFXIV Egis and Carbuncles!

Recent commission, small figures of the Arcanist/Summoner summons!

Resin Casting Chocobos

Lately I've been learning to cast things in resin, a lot of people want lower priced sculptures and this seemed like one of the ways to lower the price while still retaining some form of uniqueness.

Here's a picture of some partly painted chocobos:

More pictures to come!

Commission: Twintania (and some WIP shots!)

I get a lot of questions about my sculpting process, so I thought I'd share some work in progress pictures of my newest commission.

When starting a project I'll do some basic sketches, this also allows the commissioner to choose a pose if they are unsure with what they want. The top right pose was chosen from the following sketches.

Next I'll do a rough sculpt of the pose, at this stage I make sure to use plenty of strong wire for the frame and then cover that with epoxy sculpt (I use milliput) for extra strength.

Next I'll start detailing it, I use various tools to work with the clay, my favorite being wax carving tools but I'll also make my own if I require a certain texture.

Continuing detailing...

Detail finished! Now to start painting!

Unfortunately I don't have progress pictures for the painting stage, but generally I'll put the base colours down using an airbrush before working onto it using a paintbrush.

Finished Sculpture:

FFXIV - Leviathan

9 Days til Heavensward!

Commission: Kalos starters

The Lion and the Mouse

A small mouse crept up to a sleeping lion. The mouse admired the lion's ears, his long whiskers and his great mane.

"Since he's sleeping," thought the mouse, "he'll never suspect I'm here!"

With that, the little mouse climbed up onto the lion's tail, ran across its back, slid down its leg and jumped off of its paw. The lion awoke and quickly caught the mouse between its claws.

"Please," said the mouse, "let me go and I'll come back and help you someday."

The lion laughed, "You are so small! How could ever help me?"

The lion laughed so hard he had to hold his belly! The mouse jumped to freedom and ran until she was far, far away.

The next day, two hunters came to the jungle. They went to the lion's lair. They set a huge rope snare. When the lion came home that night, he stepped into the trap.

He roared! He wept! But he couldn't pull himself free.

The mouse heard the lion's pitiful roar and came back to help him.

The mouse eyed the trap and noticed the one thick rope that held it together. She began nibbling and nibbling until the rope broke. The lion was able to shake off the other ropes that held him tight. He stood up free again!

The lion turned to the mouse and said, "Dear friend, I was foolish to ridicule you for being small. You helped me by saving my life after all!"

The Hare and the Tortoise

  A hare boasts to the other animals about how fast he can run. When none of them responds initially to his challenge for a race, he taunts them that they are too scared even to try.
When tortoise speaks up and takes on the challenge, the hare scoffs that he won’t even waste his time racing the slowest creature in the world. Eventually though, he agrees to the race in a week's time.
The tortoise spends the week in training, but continues to move very slowly, and the other animals wonder if the race is a good idea. Nevertheless, there is a large crowd of animals on the day of the race.
The race begins and the hare roars off, while the tortoise plods along slow and steady. Deciding he is so far ahead the hare decides to have a sleep in the sun. However, when he wakes, the tortoise is nearing the finish line and takes and unlikely victory.

The Fox and the Crow

A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree.

     "That's for me, as I am a Fox," said Master Reynard, and he walked up to the foot of the tree.

     "Good day, Mistress Crow," he cried. "How well you are looking today: how glossy your feathers; how bright your eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that of other birds, just as your figure does; let me hear but one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds."

     The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox.

     "That will do," said he. "That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future: "Do not trust flatterers."

School of Art Exhibition

Some pictures from the exhibition at the School of Art, Aberystwyth.

Better quality pictures to follow!

Lugia - now with 100% more base!

Added a base to my Abyssal Lugia sculpture, looking much nicer!

Toothless Sculpture!

Sculpture practice - Lugia

My newest sculpture, was practicing various techniques.