EPTI dont mean this negatively but rather I'm astonished because this takes so long.
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GoSuChicken
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I dont mean this negatively but rather I'm astonished because this takes so long. | ||
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DanielHetberg
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On December 19 2012 01:57 sylverfyre wrote: That's the part that boggles my mind the most, too. Other forms of sculpture, such as cast bronze, make plenty of sense to me. But carving something out of stone... picturing how to carve something out of stone... picturing the object within the stone and 'blocking' the stone as you call it - I can't wrap my head around it! It's actually not that hard, if you do it in several steps. Step 1: Take measurements of a model, if you can. Even if you only have some reference photos, try to infer the foreshortening and so on to take down some numbers. Step 2: Find the convex hull of your sculpture (as mathematicians would say). This means that you take the outermost points of your figure and connect them with straight lines (or planes, in 3D). If you've spotted the outermost points correctly, there shouldn't be any part of your sculpture "sticking out" of the box you've drawn. I usually use a still larger rectangular outer box because it makes the blocking easier (and it will stand on all its surfaces). Step 3: Measure the stone and have it cut to the correct box size or cut it yourself, if you have the right tools (depending on stone hardness - soap stone can be cut with a sturdy wood saw). Step 4: Figure out places where the actual sculpture isn't even close to the surface of the box. Remove material there. Initially, you can remove material with a saw or some rought tool which often yields a typical blocky appearance (hence "blocking out"). Step 5: Keep repeating the previous step with finer tools. The part where you "see" the figure inside the stone come somewhere between steps 4 and 5 for me. It's quite satisfiying and it makes sculpting so much easier... it feels as though the figure is in the stone, and you only remove some dirt and grit. For me personally, I try to do a good blocking out because it helps me to get into that headspace faster. Also, if you have "compartmentalized" the sculpture into some areas (boxes) that have the right sizes and distances, you can confidently work on those because the macroscopic relations are already correct. Take the shoulders/arms of the immortal for example and check the progression of the sculpture. It's just repeatedly partitioning an area into ever smaller boxes and working those out. P.S.: Updated OP with new pics | ||
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HollowLord
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IndyO
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 ... Still a sick sculpture though! | ||
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DanielHetberg
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On December 22 2012 07:33 dUTtrOACh wrote: It's coming along quite nicely. I guess the legs of the immortal are going to be quite tucked in? The base of the stone seems quite narrow to allow an asymmetrical / moving leg position. Yeah. The front right one will be somewhat extended, the rest will be fairly tucked in. I think the sculpture has a higher chance of being stable without a support if the legs are mostly folded in beneath the center of mass. I'm still 50/50 on whether to give it an additional metal support rod or not. Compared to the Baneling, the legs are much thicker and more solid with respect to the body mass, and a support would also be much more visible (the Baneling's legs don't actually touch the ground, but you hardly see it). I'm also still undecided on how to make the feet, because those pointy stumps would break off immediately. The Ultralisk and Baneling also have pointy feet in the original models, but that might well just be to give a solid illusion of connecting to the ground while walking in the game. | ||
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This is great. I check this blog every other day hoping for updates. Merry Christmas. ^^; | ||
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evanthebouncy!
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it's very different from drowing on clay molding but it's more like having the entire paper black, and try to erase out a picture. And rock is definitely the choice here! those guy suppose to be super tough!! nice!! | ||
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