Clay Sculpture
This is a collection of various clay sculptures that ultimately become either a Latex mask or a Resin model. There is something wonderful in seeing a character or creature in a neutral grey (or terracotta) color before being painted. These sculptures are usually destroyed during the moulding process so I decided to gather them all here as an archive.
Work in progress of a large 1/4 scale elderly Predator. This was sculpted in Chavant ‘Le Beau Touche’ on a wire armature. This sculpture was mainly for enjoyment and for studying anatomy/character.
Overall view of the large Predator sculpture
Details of the legs. I deliberately chose to give the character a non symmetrical costume, so as to give the idea of a long life of collecting trophies and customizing its armor.
Head close up- the white details were made with Milliput and inserted into the sculpt when they had cured.
WED clay sclupt of ‘SkekAyuk the Gourmand’ skeksis from the Dark Crystal. This is a tribute peice I am working on with the aim to making a small hand puppet. (the puppet is a work in progress, here is a movement test of the Latex skin https://i.imgur.com/wMdi5Hm.gifv )
This is a small 4inch sculpt I have been working on using new sculpting methods. The basic shape was designed in Zbrush and then 3D printed. That plastic print was then quickly moulded in silicone, so that I could pour melted Monster Clay into the mould and get a cast of the 3D print in Monster clay. then i was able to clean up the print and sculpt in much more detail like skin textures and pores. Ultimately this will be mould and cast out as a resin figurine.
Clay sculpt of a generic Mangalore from the movie ‘The Fifth Element’. This was sculpted using lots of photo reference from the movie and was the first large scale sculpture I had attempted in water based clay.
A pair of hands to go with the Mangalore mask from the Fifth Element. I found great reference photos online of actual gloves used in the movie, so I tried to replicate them as close as possible.
Clay sculpt of an alien character of my own design. The eyes are actually ping-pong balls!
My first Zombie mask sculpture. I wanted to make this character feel old and dried up, almost like a mummy.
Generic Grey alien scupt. This is my first attempt at this subject matter, I learned a lot from doing this one, I plan on doing a new one with much bigger eyes to make it even more creepy.
This is an old character bust, about 7 inches tall. I used 3D printed elements for the face mask and then blended them into the clay sculpture.