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I am by no means an an expert of any sort when it comes to sculpting,
so please feel free to direct suggestions or advice my way.
That said, this page will hopefully be updated on a fairly regular
basis. I really enjoy sculpting, and I devote to it what time
I can (which, like everything else, is never enough). ;-)
My first sculpting attempts were made in high school, thanks
to the encouragement of my wonderful art teacher. I began using
Sculpey, a bake-able synthetic clay. (It's pretty cool stuff
because it doesn't air-dry, but once it's been baked, it's very
prone to cracking, so I probably won't use the stuff in the
future...) I won't subject you to my earliest works, but here
are two I worked on in college. The Clyde, despite her many
flaws, is still my favorite. She was the best thing I'd sculpted
at the time, and I still think she has a pretty head. The horse
on the right was intended to be a Saddlebred, but I never did
get around to finishing him. I decided that his back was too
long, and I wasn't sure how to fix it without cutting him in
half...(Click on each picture for a bigger image of these beasts---if
you dare!).
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Below are some of my more promising works. I have switched to
using Gapaxio (two-part epoxy clay), so these new pieces will
hopefully be a little more durable than the Sculpey pieces.
Lorelei---Highland Pony Mare
This little pony is a custom rather than an original sculpture,
but she's going to require alot of resculpting, so I figured I'd
include her here anyway. As you can see, she began life as Classic
Mustang Stallion. She will end up, hopefully, as a a sweet, typey
Highland Pony mare. Thanks to a suggestion from Cassie Thomas,
if this little horse is ever worthy of being cast as a resin,
I will make her available with a loose mane and tail as well as
a braided m/t. Please check back for more progress!
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Phase1: The Frankenhorse stage--the mane
and most of the neck were removed in order to reposition them. |
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Phase 2: The neck has been repositioned, but it was
too long, so more drastic measures were necessary. |
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Phase 3: Here's Frankenhorse a little further along.
The tail has been removed, the barrel bulked up a bit, and the head
accidentally parted from the body.... |
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Phase 4: More build-up work done to the barrel and
rump, and a new neck has been roughed in The disembodied head, sporting
carved ears, nostrils, mouth, and a new forelock, was just squished
onto the end of the neck for this scan. :-) Looks like she already
needs a slight tummy tuck---too much epoxy under the flank.... |
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Phase 4: The other side--part of the muzzle was lopsided,
so I dremeled it off...gotta work on those shoulders so her neck
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Unnamed
Clever name, huh? :-) This SM scale model was originally conceived
as a standing portrait of the immortal Man O'War, but he has morphed
into what I think is a trotting Arabian...I'm not sure what he'll
end up as. More to come. :)
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The scanner doesn't really show much detail, but this
guy is actually much cooler than this scan would have you believe.
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Gael Force
Though he is only a blob with wire for legs at the moment, eventually
"Gael Force" will be a typey, standing small traditional scale
Highland Pony stallion. There is an extreme dearth of (passable)
Highland Pony models available in this hobby, and since I'm so
fond of the wee buggers, I hope my little guy will do justice
to this versatile and beautiful breed. Hopefully, I'll be able
to dig up my pix of the Highlands I met in GA (the ponies are
now in VA, CA, and IA). Meanwhile, here are some links to my favorite
HP pages (look for Roderick, Quartz, and Nora on the NWHPS pages---they're
the ponies I met in GA) :)
New World Highland Pony Society
http://www.kellwould.com/NWHPS.htm
The Highland Pony Society
http://www.highland-pony.demon.co.uk
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