I cleared out a section of my basement in order to set up a workshop where I would be able to try my hand at maquette sculpting and get back to my traditional roots. It was a slow and steady upward climb getting everything organized, but yesterday I was finally able to get mostly everything in place.
I made some room for my drafting table and spent some this week hustling around trying to find the equipment I would need to get an armature stand together and the proper supplies to build the armature itself. I also came across some interesting memorablia was cleaning up-- Playmobil Figurines, GoBts, Mscle Mn, and Garbage Pal kid cards. Brought back a lot of memories!
It left me thinking about the competition of brands. Lego vs. Playmobil. Transformers vs. Gobots. Matchbox vs. Hotwheels. I always liked the underdog. Not sure why....
Knowing little about tools and hardware, searching for the armature assemblies was eye-opening for me. Really fun, actually. I ordered a banding wheel online, built the armature stand, and am now onto building the wired structure. I'm just waiting on a few more supplies and cleaning up my character measurement sheet!
For my first physcial model, I going to start simple.
Teaser: I will post more images as I progress ahead... ;-)
I made some room for my drafting table and spent some this week hustling around trying to find the equipment I would need to get an armature stand together and the proper supplies to build the armature itself. I also came across some interesting memorablia was cleaning up-- Playmobil Figurines, GoBts, Mscle Mn, and Garbage Pal kid cards. Brought back a lot of memories!
It left me thinking about the competition of brands. Lego vs. Playmobil. Transformers vs. Gobots. Matchbox vs. Hotwheels. I always liked the underdog. Not sure why....
Knowing little about tools and hardware, searching for the armature assemblies was eye-opening for me. Really fun, actually. I ordered a banding wheel online, built the armature stand, and am now onto building the wired structure. I'm just waiting on a few more supplies and cleaning up my character measurement sheet!
For my first physcial model, I going to start simple.
Teaser: I will post more images as I progress ahead... ;-)
So, this has been one of my latest projects to date.
I've taken a slight detour for Zbrush-- No, not because I have ADD, but because a small opportunity to work on some realistic product modeling surfaced. So more polypainting exercises are in limbo and I found myself spiraling back into 3D again! Which is always A.Ok by me, too.
I am planning on getting back to the polypainting of the Medusa very soon followed by the completion of my Insanity sculpt, of course. Until then, I have been watching some tutorials on the subject and trying to get myself more comfortable with the techniques of painting color and texture and working with materials.
