Wotan's sculpt Thomas Cochrane bust 1/6

[wotan]

Hi all

With 6 months to work on this GB I think I should manage it. This will be my entry, a 1/6th scale bust of Sir Thomas Cochrane the best known frigate captain of the Napoleonic period.



He will be sculpted in Magic sculpt, Fimo and anything else that comes to hand.

John

[Guest]

A fitting subject if there ever was one. Pulling up a chair.

[Guest]

Stand by for a masterclass people!

[Fernando N]

I'll follow along too.:smiling:

[Neil Merryweather]

I'm definitely following this! :thumb2: :thumb2: :thumb2:
Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey/Maturin books are even better than the Sharpe novels for historical detail, and I've read the whole series at least twice!
and bored my kids with the bonus material in the DVD of Master & Commander- Far Side of the World
I can't recommend them highly enough.

[Steve Jones]

This is going to by so much out of my comfort zone its gonna be epic! Bring on the Magic sculpt

[Jon Heptonstall]

The Sea Wolf.Excellent.
Jon.

[scottie3158]

John,
Count me in.

[rtfoe]

I'm in for the voyage, John.

Cheers,
Richard

[Guest]

Looking forward to this.

[wotan]

Welcome aboard chaps. Having read myself in, as it were, I have started on the working drawings for this project. I like to work over a solid core. The torso made from a block of wood and the head formed over a ball of hardened Magic Sculpt. So this is what I will be working from.




John

[scottie3158]

John,
I like the way the plans unfold. Am I right in thinking the items at the bottom are the stand?

[wotan]

Hi Paul

The little block at the bottom is the wooden core that I will form the torso over. This just gives me some guidelines when I attack my bandsaw.

John

[Jim R]

Hi John
I'm in for this. Another chance to marvel at your skills.
Jim

[wotan]

Jim Welcome along

I have built up the armature for this bust. A wooden block and a Magic Sculpt "skull". This is Alien Cochrane stage.



John