Over the past couple of months, I have been periodically adding clay to my jester armature in order to create a maquette for molding. Its a pretty simple process at this point, just heating oil based clay to make it softer and adding the clay onto the armature. Then when the clay is blocked up on the armature, its it then sculpted and refined into a satisfactory body shape.
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| Front View |
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| Side View |
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I am going to make actual clothing for the jester character to wear so I made it a point not to put much detail in the body. I did put in a little more detail with the feet, giving him medieval looking footwear.
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| Close Up on Feet |
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If you have noticed a break in the neck, is was left that way intentionally. I have been working on the head and will size up the neck and head together.
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| Neck and Wrists Remain Open |
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And for the hands, I am not sure I want to mold them separate or attach them to the body. I am waiting for the final decision on the hands once I finish the head and replacement faces -which just happens to be the topic of my next post!
