Step by step mini sculpting

[boneio]

Thanks for the detail, much appreciated. It's a fascinating process. I've bought some armatures and tools, just need to get over my fear of doing things badly and have a go!

[boneio]

Thanks for the detail, much appreciated. It's a fascinating process. I've bought some armatures and tools, just need to get over my fear of doing things badly and have a go!

[Bergil]

Keep pluggin away at it!

(You might want to simplify your armatures somewhat and get the basic proportions done with greenstuff before moving onto beesputty).

[Duke Donald]

Thanks for the encouragement and support! I need it!

This has turned into the sculpt from hell. Everything that could go wrong, duly did so. I've restarted yet again from scratch as I didn't like the body and pose. This one should do the job, and I'm slowly getting there.

Sorry, I stopped taking pictures as I wasn't convinced this would lead anywhere, and I nearly gave up twice on her. I'll try to do a proper step-by-step at some point in the future.

[Hammers]

Great stuff. We can't have too many of these.

[Hupp n at em]

I'd love to try my hand at sculpting someday, but never know where to start.  Guides like this are invaluable!

[zemjw]

The figure is looking good, not sure I'd have had the patience to push through to a third version

As a side note, I've also spent a bit of time sculpting digitally, and whilst I'm already achieving arguably "better" results in far less time, I don't find it particularly enjoyable. Pushing putty is just more fun, and there is something about the process of creating a unique physical product with all its warts and all that feels far more satisfying.

I've been doing quite a bit of digital sculpting recently and I actually find it slightly more enjoyable than pushing greenstuff. It's very frustrating, but at least I can ctrl-z my way out of problems and there's no waiting for putty to cure

I'm also getting to the age where sculpting on a 24" monitor is a lot easier than on a 28mm figure

[Idle Doodler]

I don't suppose you've still got any of the un-Photobucketted photos? I've come to this late, but I'd be curious to see them. I'm trying to go through a similar process myself - five separate armatures on corks spread across my hobby table!