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Vik Thor
December 1st, 2003, 07:50 PM
Hi! This is my first post here. I am thinking about making a sculptue, mostly because I think that it is going to help me know (and so I will draw) the human body better.My question is: What material can you recommend me to start? My main concern is that I want to work on something wich I donīt need a lot of tools, also cheap and easy to work with. I donīt know, maybe it is a lot to ask, but well if anybody can help me, I would really appreciate it.

Thank you,

Victor Cabanelas,
Buenos Aires, Argentina[IMG]
Kortez
December 1st, 2003, 10:11 PM
Lowpoly (Stefan Elsner) is pretty freaking awesome and has this "sculpture primer" which should get you past the basics.

http://www.lowpoly.com/sculpture/primer.htm
Anemos the Storm
December 4th, 2003, 01:27 PM
This is a list of informational links (http://www.iespana.es/sculptorscorner/tutorials.htm) The first one, Martin Canale is IN Argentina. They are all very nice and helpful. If you have questions you can email them or post on The Shifflet Bros forum (http://pub76.ezboard.com/fplbbmemberssitefrm17) and there are many helpful people to answer there.
Enjoy
creatix
December 9th, 2003, 05:59 PM
Very simple. I do not know in regards to professional work but I have seen some beautiful (easily rival professional quality) sculptures with the following materials.

Standard hardware store small gauge wire to create armatures. You can buy armatures as well but they can be expensive (20+ bucks per)

Aluminum foil. Standarg grocery store bought stuff. Use this as the base to develop your forms and overall shape. This saves more than anything on price because you don't have to use as much sculpey.

Super Sculpey is the clay I use. Bought in any regular Art supply store. Sculpey works well for me, easy to sculpt with, I don't have to worry about anything else (water, room temps, conditions, storage, etc). It also sticks quite well to the aluminum foil base.

These tools seem like beginner stuff and maybe they are but they are cheap (VERY affordable) and from the work I have seen by some instructors using these materials it rivals professional McFarlane toys quality. Its just a matter of talent and putting in the time and effort I think.

hope it helps!