Spider Queen sculpture

[Patrick]

http://www.morgankeithstudios.com/patrick/spider/spiderqueen_front.jpg (http://www.morgankeithstudios.com/patrick/spider/spiderqueen.html)

Hey all!
Here's the latest thing I've finished in sculpey a while back and since I've been pimpin' it around the net I thought I'd post it for comments. Click the pic for more shots.

[El Chief]

looks great man, how long did it take?
she's rich on detail, looks very time consuming.

greets

[davi]

that's awesome man, i wish more sculpture was on this site!

[MindCandyMan]

Awesome job man! this looks really good. I would add more texture to the legs and abdomen of the spider if it isn't baked yet. Awesome job though man...do some more!

[battlemonkey]

:jawdrop: crap, thats beautiful, thats a super clean sculpture, one day i'll be as good as you~ r u a professional? you are very inspiring, gotta start sculpting again~!

[afklamer]

hm this skulpture owns only thing that buggs me a bit that it looks some sort of sterile

but im a nub so don't take my crits too serious ^^

[jrr]

this looks fantastic, a nice behind on her too! :rolleyes:

[el coro]

thats amazing

[grey]

real nice - how'd you get sculpey to finish so smooth? Is there an armature for those legs, guess there must be. Great detail, I'd love to see concept sketches if you have any

[Patrick]

Hey thanks everybody!

There is an aluminum armature in the torso and arms. The legs I sculpted using an epoxy clay that comes in two parts and hardens after you mix them together. I sculpted one set of legs and made a mold then cast the remaining legs in resin.

I guess I worked on the whole thing a few hours at a stretch over a month or so. I wish I'd kept better tabs on that. Since the idea was to make it a kit eventually I sculpted all the parts individually and then assembled it for the photo. I worked straight outta my head on this one, no prelims or anything.

Smoothing sculpey is a pain but there's a couple of tricks to it. I use a mix of clay (1lb pink super sculpey + 2oz white sculpey III + 2 oz black scilpey III) to get the details to show up. After smoothing as much as possible, I take a brush and 91% isopropyl alcohol and work out any fingerprints or rough spots. If neccessary, I'll go back and sand it after it's baked.

Thanks for all the comments! :D

[battlemonkey]

thanks for the quick how to~ it'll help on my journey to becomin equal to your level~!

[Patrick]

Originally posted by battlemonkey
thanks for the quick how to~ it'll help on my journey to becomin equal to your level~!

Oh - in that case be sure to check out the workshop area on Dan Perez's web site

http://home.houston.rr.com/dpstudios/

and some really great sculpting tips over at the Shiflett's forum

http://pub76.ezboard.com/fplbbmemberssitefrm17

that's where I get alot of my info. :)

[theognis]

:eek:

looks like moreof a 3d model! gj

[Scotty]

Amazing!:) I love that you show your steps...something I have yet to do with any of my stuff. I love it...just love it. I was going to ask the size of it, but noticed that a 12" ruler is placed in that one pic. I've been down on myself lately, and haven't been sculpting. (I'm too hard on myself, and have hit a wall so to speak) This is very inspirational, and I need that right now. (So thanks for posting it) I hope I can come to you if I ever have any questions.;)

[dilation]

i hate spiders ... but i love that one

[HEXXXER]

Thats pretty amazing,

thanks for the links to :D

[Mr.Magnetichead]

Looks fantastic.

I wouldnt find having a few resin casts of them to replace the cavelry in my Dark Elf Warhammer Army :D

[//SGT.SKINNER\\]

AWESOME!! AWESOME!! AWESOME...!