A selection of character sculpts

[Bartleby]

Hello guys,

very cool forum. This is my first post here. :)
I started out sculpting traditionally in my youth, basically with water based clay and Sculpey. A bit later I changed to oil based clay like Chavant. All my professional work was sculpted digitally though. I changed to digital sculpting a few years ago as it allows me to add more details to the sculpt and also because it's a huge time saver.
I'd like to share a selection of my work in this thread, to see what you think of it.

This bust is my interpretation of the Man-Bat:

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z262/chataortega/sculpt_painted.jpg~original

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z262/chataortega/sculpt.jpg~original

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[Darkeye]

excellent rendition. Superb stuff and look forward to seeing more from you . :)

atb --tim

[nbr3bagshotrow]

Very cool. Welcome to Statueforum! The place to be.

[Darth Kinetic]

Very Nice!!

[afreeman]

Killer Bat creature!

[Bartleby]

Thanks for the comments and the welcome :)
Had a computer crash a few days ago and now I have some difficulties to find the pics of my recent sculpts ... damn, I hope they didn't get lost. I found this one at least:

This is Lucy

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z262/chataortega/demon_head_design-w.jpg~original

I did this demon head design as a donation to the "Mega Monster Brush Pack". For those who would like to experiment a bit with digital monster sculpting: you can download my sculpt for free at the BadKing's website (http://www.badking.com.au/site/shop/organic-custom-brushes/monster-headsmega-monster-brush-pack/). There are also monster parts from other artists, it's all licence free stuff, so you can download and use it for free.

Cheers

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[Bartleby]

This represents my first attempt to get a real world statue out of a digital sculpt. I first started with this concept that I sculpted and painted in ZBrush:

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z262/chataortega/model-1-w.jpg~original

It's one of a few alien creations that I concepted directly as a 3D sketch and then finalised it into the above digital sculpt. Later I did some minor changes like the pose, the neck of the creature and the lower mouth tentacles (as I thought that the original tentacles might be too thin for 3D printing). This is the 3D model after those changes:

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z262/chataortega/model-2-w.jpg~original

That followed a 3D print by Ownage, who also molded and casted the "Squosk" alien bust in resin.
I don't have the appropriate lens to take pictures (it's a 4" bust), but I think that all the details, folds etc. show through, so I am really satisfied with the result.

"Real world" resin bust
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z262/chataortega/model-resin1-w.jpg~original

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z262/chataortega/model-resin2-w.jpg~original

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z262/chataortega/model-resin4-w.jpg~original


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[growler321]

really nice pieces m8

[DynamicMenace]

sweet. cool creatures.

[Bartleby]

Thanks for the comments guys.

[logan25]

they are all really cool but i especially love Man Bat

[adee]

Fantastic stuff man, I really dig the Breaker!

[Darkeye]

nice to see the transition from idea to resin reality. cool stuff man. Like your monsters. Amongst other things, I must try sculpting a few myself. :)

atb --tim

[Bartleby]

Thanks for the comments guys.
More sculpts to come...
:flash:

[El Pulento]

Wow welcome to SF and thanks for sharing, Dude you have Mad skills!!! Man bat is awesome!! Your stuff reminds me of Guillermo del Toros Movies...please post more pics!!

[Boondog]

Fantastic work, welcome to SF, Bartleby

[Bartleby]

Hi guys,

thanks a lot for the feedback :thumbs2:
Here's another fellow:

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z262/chataortega/WoodGhost-W-2.jpg~original

Cheers



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[Miguel Zuppo]

creepy and very cool!

[Darkeye]

agreed! very menacing character. excellent piece Bartleby. :)

atb --tim

[Dark Shadow]

You are blessed with such great skills buddy.:)

I love your work and the last one is gorgeous but my favourite is still Man Bat.:wink2:

[Bartleby]

Thanks a lot guys, you are very kind.
I'll be back with new sculpts soon. :richbamf:

[Bartleby]

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z262/chataortega/squosk-model-.jpg~original

A new limited quantity of SQUOSK busts is available now. Please contact me through my website if you are interested in getting one.

Cheers,
Oliver


Scale ref:

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z262/chataortega/squosk-size.jpg~original


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[Bartleby]

You can find a cool "Unboxing" post of the statue on Klatu.org HERE (http://www.klatu.org/2015/05/04/unboxing-squosk-oliver-maqsud/).

Thanks Nils! :)


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[joe delfini]

That's some scary ass sh@t. !!!

They are bound to give me nightmares.