Process of creating a figure from Scratch

[Anders Heintz]

I was asked to show a little more how I go about sculpting. Here is a figure I did as a step by step for another forum while back. I'll post the pictures of the steps, the pictures are fairly self explainatory but feel free to ask anything, I'd be happy to help any way I can.

 

Start out with a mannequin I made and cast in resin.

 

 

The mannequin is then bent into the desired pose

 

 

Once the pose is determined, the muscles are roughly fleshed out. We call this 'fleshing out the mannequin'.

 

 

Once the mannequin s fleshed out it is time to add the layers of clothing. This project started with the left leg. First putty is applied to the entire area to be sculpted, then the bulk is adjusted until it looks about right. Once the bulk is determined folds are sculpted into the wet putty.

 

 

And the right leg done

 

 

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[Anders Heintz]

The pockets were done next (I know they are a bit too low...)

 

 

And the fly

 

 

Here are the almost finished trousers

 

 

The seamlines added to the pants, the same procedure was repeated on the other side

 

 

 

The belt being done

 

 

Once the belt was done it was time to sculpt the hands

 

 

 

The left arm being resculpted

 

 

 

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[Anders Heintz]

Here the left hand is being done

 

 

And the finished hands

 

 

Pistol belt started. It's made out of lead foil.

 

 

The buckle

 

 

A watch added for some character

 

 

The sleeves started on the Tankers jacket

 

 

Here the torso part of the jacket is started

 

 

 

Left arm in progress

 

 

and the right arm done

 

 

 

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[Anders Heintz]

The M1928 pack being sculpted

 

 

 

 

Suspenders added

 

 

 

and completed with pockets

 

 

The collar

 

 

Here is the M1 Helmet

 

 

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[Anders Heintz]

Pistol holster (which I was informed has incorrect shape)

 

 

And finally the head.

 

 

 

[Anders Heintz]

Here are some shots of the finished figure, and a resin copy and a primed copy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Anders Heintz]

And here is the finished figure painted by my good friend Doug Cohen, an excellent artist! All in all it was a fun project! I hope this gives some insight as to what goes into sculptign a figure for comercial production. Feel free to ask any questions!

 

[316th FS 324th FG]

Wow, I am stunned. Very nice work.

[FightenIrish35]

Wow I am in awe. May I ask if you do requests and orders from fellow collectors or is this a hobby of yours that you have MASTERD

[Anders Heintz]

Thanks guys! I hope ths shows a little bit of the process of sculpting. I like to show how I do things as when I started it was not much stuff like this to learn from, which would have made life much easier!

 

I do comission pieces, both sculpting for various companies to be used for production and 'one off' pieces which are sculpted and painted for various collectors. Its a lot of fun to sculpt, especially when the receiver really enjoys all the hard work that was put into a project. I also have my own small company (where this figure will be released) that I started a year or so ago.

[The Meatcan]

wowza! as a guy who can barely draw a stick figure, much less sculpt or even paint any 1/35 figures I offer my highest compliments! Excellent work and thanks for the step by step walk through of your process.

Terry

[Anders Heintz]

Thanks Terry,

 

You know, I can't draw a stick figure either! Its really frustrating to not be able to sketch out an idea, but I'll either have to work from a picture or from the picture inside my head. Would make life a lot easier to be able to draw the project before starting putting it into 3d!

[mpguy80/08]

Truly amazing.... What kind of putty do you use? The armature looks like the copper core from 220 house wiring. I'd really like to learn how to sculpt like this... but have no idea where to start...

 

Wayne

[Pmuranyi]

Hi! As an art teacher this is a great display of the process of art. It also shows how much patience and focus it takes to create something from thin air.

Thanks! This is what I teach and this is simply wonderful!

Paul

[Blake_E]

Man, that is awesome!

[kanemono]

Hi,

You do BEAUTIFUL work. You have the draping, folds of material and the faces done perfectly. Getting those things to look natural is more difficult than people can imagine. In these days of computer created 3-D images it is nice to see something created by a real artist.

Thanks,

Dick

[Old Marine]

WOW! That is incredible work, thank you for taking the time to photo and post the whole process.

 

Dennis

[Militiaman]

That's an amazing process! I am in awe of your skill...