discussion John's Godfather figure sculpt

[wotan]

Like I said I am going to go for this in the movies and TV GB.



I think I will go for about 150mm size, and sculpt in Apoxie Clay' So this will be the first job, from a little blender rendering.



Off we go.

John

 

[Tim Marlow]

Fantastic! Truly an iconic image!

 

[Jim R]

Always interested to see what you're up to and this will be good.

 

[Andy the Sheep]

Taking a chair, John.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Taking a chair too but not the one in the pic lol. John one of my favorites

 

[minitnkr]

The classic chair, bespoke suit, & quiet confidence says it all, the man with the plan.

 

[Guest]

I'm in, will sit with the escape committee member for the US.

 

[wotan]

I must be getting dumber in my old age. It took me several hours to get an idea of the chair. Version 1 is a rough styrofoam jobbie, version 2 in stiff paper then finally version 3, in MDF, and a little bit undersized since it will be the version I use and will be covered in clay to represent the upholstery.



Trying to work from the photograph it was tough to get something resembling the proportions of the chair and the right sized for an approx 150mm figure.

John

 

[langy71]

I'm in for this...one of the best images ever

 

[Neil Merryweather]

I'm sure you will totally nail it John!

 

[adt70hk]

Very cool!!!

 

[wotan]

Thanks for all the encouragement guys. Finally made some progress yesterday. The armature is about there. Spent a while making sure to get the pose right with his head slightly tilted and his shoulders and torso looking comfortable in the chair.



Now we start the hard bits. I need to add texture to the chair and start giving him some clothes.

John

 

[wotan]

Another step forward. Michael has his trousers on.



John

 

[Steven000]

Very nice John, still rough and yet so lifelike, impressive :thumb2: have fun

 

[wotan]

Thanks again guys. Moving along his body is almost finished, just the shoes and the hands to finish off.



And then there is the small issue of his head. I have realised that with my skill and eyesight I will never get a good likeness, so I am aiming for vague resemblance. Let's see what comes out.

John

 

[Tim Marlow]

Thanks again guys. Moving along his body is almost finished, just the shoes and the hands to finish off.



And then there is the small issue of his head. I have realised that with my skill and eyesight I will never get a good likeness, so I am aiming for vague resemblance. Let's see what comes out.

John

Looks very fine to me John. Really good stuff…..

 

[outrunner]

Really skillful work there.

Andy.

 

[Jim R]

Already impressive.

 

[adt70hk]

Thanks again guys. Moving along his body is almost finished, just the shoes and the hands to finish off.



And then there is the small issue of his head. I have realised that with my skill and eyesight I will never get a good likeness, so I am aiming for vague resemblance. Let's see what comes out.

John

Excellent work John, really very good. The though of doing something like this gives me nightmares. Very well done indeed so far.

ATB

Andrew

 

[wotan]

Sculpting just about done. Lots of bits that could have been much better but I will move on to paint.



John