Should totally make the incense stick come out of his crotch instead. *nodnod*

But that's lookin gooooooood :D

I REALLY love the shoulder/arm anatomy

That's like my least favorite part. It's unnatrual looking.

I have, however, been motivated by this class to try sculpey and make some desktop friends.

Maybe even a sexy orc.

Well poopbutts! D:

I lost it when I read your comment lol.

This is crazy intense bro. Despite the small problems you're having it takes a lot of talent to do something like this without breaking it :D

I'm digging this.

I know its a little late in the game to say this...but I would have suggested to put a newspaper form to keep the chest and whatnot solid before kilning (it would have just burn out and left the area hollow), that way you could manhandle it more.

Sculpey is my favorite medium for making macaques/dolls and whatnot (I made dozens over the years for college) then you can put wire armature and foil underneath to build up your form.

Anyways, if you ever want to talk shop about stuff like this, totally hit me up, I could talk about this all the time if you let me, lol.

Looks pretty good for a first try.

1. foil crumpled up makes for an excellent filler-of-voids and gives it a good structure so as to help prevent cave-ins. if you want to stuff him with crumpled up foil to help keep some of his bulk, you can easily slice a chunk off (use a sharp knife) to expose the cavity and once it's packed, you should be able to seal it back up pretty easily and smoosh a rolled out bit of sculpey (it can help to score the edges a bit so as to aid in the rejoining.)

2. if this is your first go, it's definitely a great one. don't be afraid of making multiple heads, sculpey is awesome and very forgiving like that in that if this head doesn't do it for you, you can make another and save this one for another project if you wish.

if you need tools and don't mind if they're a little on the ghetto side, you can take a wooden chopstick and whittle it into a sort of spatula (keep the pointy end pointy if it's a japanese style chopstick... you can use it to detail when you get to that phase.) heck, you can even use a regular pencil point for some detailing when you get to that point (though it's not recommended if you're not going to paint it as the lead will darken the sculpey and that doesn't cook out. but if you don't have any other tools, it will certainly work for what you need it for.)

here's a link to a good assortment of tool shapes you can use and will come in handy... you don't have to buy them as you can easily whittle most of them out of chopsticks or anything wooden (even sticks from trees will do it.)

http://nomichs.deviantart.com/galle.....scraps#/d7qf8b

(p.s. this dude is a master sculptor so if you have a DA, he's got a lot of great stuff to help inspire.)

oh, this is actual clay, not sculpey. I'll be doing sculpey AFTER this semester.

aaah. okay.

yeah, real clay is a pain in the ass but it does give wonderful results if you use it. one thing that i used to do is wait for the air-dried phase before detailing (but i did ruin a couple pieces that way... so, if you choose that route, be careful and don't press hard into the clay... gentle scratches with a sharp-ish tool.

I really like him so far!