I just did a very rapid build of a witch. She is 2 feet tall and built for a store display. I was being lazy I knew about it weeks ago, and kept putting it off.
Here are the pics
I was commisioned to do my own take on Nosferatu.
Here it is. I decided he is a rat eating, darkness dwelling, disgusting, pale, beady eyed, filthy,blood swilling type thing that really would only attack the weak because its to afraid of anything that could harm him.
Last year I made a commissioned witch for a customer. Here is the process I went through to make the piece.
The person wanted a witch. I don’t normally work from reference photos they tend to mess me up and frustrate me. I will look at Google images and books for a while and then think on it for a bit and a while later start working, making some sort of amalgamation of what I looked at I guess.
I usually work on top of a 2 part urethane foam skull cast I make. I add bulk to the foam with Celluclay, Available at any art store or online.
I then start adding more defining features as I see fit. In this case the chin and the nose. These are the main features most witches have in my mind. I placed roll-on deodorant balls in the eye sockets after I dug some of the foam out so they would fit in there (they aren’t glued in yet).
I continue defining the brow and add some mass to the forehead area. I add most of the nose at this point.
I hate the nose I added so I removed it and slimmed it down a lot. You will notice the Celluclay has shrunk a lot in the picture below, its 30-50% water and it does that. Its also fairly hard at this point. it has dried for maybe 2-3 days. I had a lot of frustration with the nose, I re sculpted it many times. Sometimes this happens with a certain feature, it can be maddening.
I then take Paperclay and start adding it over the Celluclay making a smooth topcoat. I have also added some glue to the back of the roll-on balls and glued them in place where I wanted them, I normally use Gorilla glue for this. I think I also removed the hook from the end of her nose if I remember correctly. The Paperclay topcoat is where I add in most of my detail of wrinkles, and texture.
Paperclay does dry much faster than Celluclay and has a tendency to crack sometimes, I will go back after the Paperclay is dry and fill in the cracks as needed.
Then its on to painting, I usually paint the eyes last.
And hair
I finished the head this weekend. It is now fully painted. I might add some hair or a few items. But its mostly finished. Now to make the body and such.
