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Neat!! Is this one of the first dragons, with the seam in it (before you perfected your casting process)??
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My art: featherdust.comNambroth wrote:Neat!! Is this one of the first dragons, with the seam in it (before you perfected your casting process)??
It is possible that this one has a seam in it. Notice that it is a casting of the rough sculpture before it has been sanded and refined. This dragon was cast in a mold that was made off of the original clay sculpture.
We need more pics!How COOL is THAT!!! Dust her off, fix her up and treasure her forever!
"He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom."
-J R R TolkienUh . . . wow. Wow wow. 😯 I had no idea. Oh my. Wow. 😀
Okay, that settles it, she gets restored. I will do my very best for her. She’s so broken! 😥 I’ll take more photos, maybe this weekend, and you can see. Even in her current condition, though, she’s got a powerful force of personality. Her name is My Lady; the name hit me the moment I opened her box. I’d been resisting the urge to name her that, but there’s no question about it now. She deserves the honor.
It’s ironic that I bid on her simply because she was so broken, and I wanted very much to try restoring her. She has so many little chips and some major breaks; I figured she’d keep me happily occupied for months! Now I know she’ll keep me busy, because I want to see her whole again. And although I’d bid on her with the notion of repainting her, I don’t think I’d dare do that now. If I can match her original paint job, I will.
Hoo. Wow. (I may be repeating that for a few days!)Dang, that girl’s older than I am! I suddenly feel very smallish in the world..
Mel, did you say original CLAY sculpture? I thought you made them out of clay, and then plaster? Are you meaning to tell me that the original family was all made entirely from soft clay?? If that be so, then you ARE a glutton for punishment!
Pam Thompson wrote:Dang, that girl’s older than I am! I suddenly feel very smallish in the world..
Mel, did you say original CLAY sculpture? I thought you made them out of clay, and then plaster? Are you meaning to tell me that the original family was all made entirely from soft clay?? If that be so, then you ARE a glutton for punishment! Yep.They were all in clay.I was just learning how to sculpt these! At first, I did all the details in soft clay (Water clay, no less). I started cleaning up the castings when we had to remove the seam lines, and figured out that it would be much better (though not faster, by any means)to put the detail into the gypsum casting instead.The details come out cleaner, and the sculpture can be sanded and buffed to a fine polish in gypsum. But it does take FOREVER to do. That is why I get out so few things.
Barrdwing wrote:Uh . . . wow. Wow wow. 😯 I had no idea. Oh my. Wow. 😀
Okay, that settles it, she gets restored. I will do my very best for her. She’s so broken! 😥 I’ll take more photos, maybe this weekend, and you can see. Even in her current condition, though, she’s got a powerful force of personality. Her name is My Lady; the name hit me the moment I opened her box. I’d been resisting the urge to name her that, but there’s no question about it now. She deserves the honor.
It’s ironic that I bid on her simply because she was so broken, and I wanted very much to try restoring her. She has so many little chips and some major breaks; I figured she’d keep me happily occupied for months! Now I know she’ll keep me busy, because I want to see her whole again. And although I’d bid on her with the notion of repainting her, I don’t think I’d dare do that now. If I can match her original paint job, I will.
Hoo. Wow. (I may be repeating that for a few days!)I think she was painted with liqutex paint colors called Chrome green mixed with a color called Hooker’s green. The lighter green spots were achieved by wiping off the paint. I painted her myself. Deco brand gold pen can be used to touch up the gold.
Does she have a seam line down the back?Painted by . . . 😯 Oh dear, more wows. Excuse me.
Hooray, now I know what paints to start working with! Thank you! 😀
I’ve looked but I don’t see a seam line. I took some more photos; the links are below. Sorry that she’s still dirty; I’m in the process of cleaning her up.General overview:
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s317/Barrdwing/grungyML2.jpg
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s317/Barrdwing/grungyML1.jpg
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s317/Barrdwing/grungyML4.jpg
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s317/Barrdwing/grungyML3.jpg
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s317/Barrdwing/grungyML5.jpgHere are some photos of her topline:
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s317/Barrdwing/grungyML13.jpg
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s317/Barrdwing/grungyML15.jpg
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s317/Barrdwing/grungyML16.jpg
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s317/Barrdwing/grungyML9.jpgAnd a few more detail shots:
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s317/Barrdwing/grungyML10.jpg
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s317/Barrdwing/grungyML14.jpg
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s317/Barrdwing/grungyML17.jpg
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s317/Barrdwing/grungyML18.jpg
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s317/Barrdwing/grungyML11.jpg
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s317/Barrdwing/grungyML12.jpgHope these are useful!
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