Beta Ray Bill

[High Lord Apocalypse]

Keith, where do you bake such a large piece?
btw, thanks for adding all wip on facebook! love watching a sculpt start from nothing!

[Kdawg59]

Originally Posted by High Lord Apocalypse

Keith, where do you bake such a large piece?
btw, thanks for adding all wip on facebook! love watching a sculpt start from nothing!

in my oven... boy I should I have taken a pic of that!!!

the door had to be open as he wouldn't fit. I had to basically make an oven extension with foil.

He rested on the open door and I ran foil from top of oven to bottom of open door. Basically a tin foil tent of several layers thick. I baked per normal and supervised. The counter never even got warm it works so well...

I have done it a few times. But you go through a monster amount of foil.

[Kdawg59]

Originally Posted by joy_division

having a spear in your back must hurt OUCH!

Bill can take it... he's that bad ass!

[JetFire76]

Wow! I definitely do see all the different materials your using. I love seeing sculpts that use a good blend of different materials! I think that's one of the main elements I loved about your Hawkman...and Atrocitus! I'm going to have to check out your facebook page later since it's banned here in my office. But I think this is my first time seeing you work with actual metal tho!

Your work is top notch man! There is so much that people like us can learn from you and your sculpts! And I am not trying kiss any #ss here. I sincerely mean what I am writing.

Thanks Kdawg!

Originally Posted by Kdawg59

YO

Thank you first of all... and to answer your questions.

Definitely avoiding wax like the plague with this piece. In fact the only wax on it is the seams on his gloves. I basically wanted this to be an exercise in getting every detail I wanted in clay. Why? Clay can be brushed down so well. The forms can blend together and seem so much more like flesh. Wax is great for those tiny tiny scribes and pours etc... but clay affords me so much opportunity to make it look more organic.

I do think that being bigger in size helps with not needing wax. I have worked with wax long enough now, that I have realized... you know... I have enough control to do a lot of this stuff in clay. This entire piece has been a great big exercise in taking my sculpting to my next level of maturation.

I was going to pitch this piece at first... but I have very much lost interest in doing it for any other reason besides Walt Simonson... I met him last year at SDCC and he is not only responsible for everything I love about Thor, but the man is such a sweetheart as is Weezie. I started this piece 2 days after I got back from Cali.

Here's a newer pic... you can see all of the different materials I'm using.

Aves
Pink Sculpey
dog collar spike (helmet)
styrene
copper and brass
wood
leather
wax
card stock paper

You name it... and I am not even done yet.

I may try the cape in actual resin dipped strips of cloth over a frame of wire mesh and flat brass stock as an armature...

[Juggernaut]

Cool WIPs!

[kenkaj]

Thanks for posting the WIP's Keith. I love seeing how other people work.
I have started drawing all over my sculpts as i have found it helps with visually getting things right. Especially in portrait work, you are able to convey some of the emotion or look you are trying to achieve just by adding the pupils.

[ALPH4T34M]

Awesome!!

[jansen]

The anatomy is killer!

[Helder M.]

Kratos from god of war by Mr. Keith would be a phenomenal piece for sure !!!

[Ridimous]

Originally Posted by Helder M.

Kratos from god of war by Mr. Keith would be a phenomenal piece for sure !!!

Is this a hint? Please don't mess with my head. That would be bad@ss.