discussion Sculpting

[Andy Belsey]

Sorry that I’ve not been very present recently. I had a patch while I didn’t really feel like making anything and still haven’t got the mojo for military modelling. It will come back. Meanwhile I’ve been sculpting. I made a couple of hares in DAS clay for my wife. I made an armature for the smaller one in aluminium mesh and she said that she had hoped that he would be a bit bigger, so I ended up doing two! I then painted them with raw umber and dry-brushed with copper and gold to give a bronze finish.
I’m now in the process of making an owl, sculpting him the other way by carving. I’ve got as far as band-sawing one profile and marked the second. Then I’ll start taking the corners off. As it’s so large it has to be done slowly! It’s a good job that my work has a big bandsaw.
So my wife is finally getting the sculptures that she’s wanted for a few years!

 

[stillp]

Love those hares!
Pete

 

[Jim R]

Great to see you still using your talents. The hares are beautiful. There is something rather special about hares and owls. Something mystical maybe.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Love those hares……..reminiscent of the Frith sculpts.

 

[wotan]

Very nice Andy.

John

 

[adt70hk]

Brilliant!

 

[Peter Gillson]

Great work Andy. Hopefully we will see you back at the military bench soon.

Peter

 

[yak face]

Fantastic work andy , I love hares , such a beautiful animal . The sculptures are superb , looking forward to seeing the owl . The art of taking away pieces of a large block until youve only got the subject left ( ie. carving and sculpture !) takes a very special skill , one that has always fascinated me - it must be so hard . I would be no good at it , i’d always take too much off and probably end up with something a tenth the size it was intended to be and nothing like the subject!

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Fantastic work Andy,and great to see you posting again. Is the owl still attached to the log? That'll be extra challenging! Keep us updated please.
N

 

[Andy Belsey]

Fantastic work Andy,and great to see you posting again. Is the owl still attached to the log? That'll be extra challenging! Keep us updated please.
N

Yes, he's still part of the log and it's heavy work which has to be put through the bandsaw carefully.

 

[Guest]

Like the others have said good to see you back .
Great work on the sculptures, those hares look brilliant.
Can wait to see them all finished

 

[scottie3158]

Andy, good to see you back with some great sculpts.

 

[Andy Belsey]

Thanks guys for your welcome! and Sorry again for not joining in much.

Some of you may have noticed that Mike Butler has just published his own book Modelling and Painting WW1 Allied Figures. It's getting good reviews but I've not got my own copy yet. Several of our joint projects are in it and even on the front cover! I'm really looking forward to reading how Mike achieves what he does, but it probably involves more patience and skill than I have!!
Andy

 

[minitnkr]

Hares are very cool.

 

[Andy the Sheep]

Love those hares. You did a wonderful job both in sculpting and painting.
Looking forward to the owl.