Museum exhibit for WW 1 display in the fall

[wotan]

Thanks Paul

I finished the soldier figure and painted him with a coat of gesso. It will need more coats. I quite like the white finish for a museum exhibit. It reminds me of the magnificent Vimy memorial figure sketches that are in our national war museum. It also reminds me of the magnificent Korean war memorial in Washington DC.
I started to work on the Nike figure. Having learnt the lesson of the importance of strong armatures at this scale I inserted more 6" screws and 12" long bolts into the wooden base and I decided to do the whole thing in Magic Sculpt since the air dry clay is too unreliable. Here she is so far, I have embedded some metal tubes in the torso so that her wings can be sculpted off the figure and attached later.

Oh and she will get some clothes eventually/



John

[Jim R]

Hi John
That is looking great. The white finish does look good.
Jim

[Guest]

Great work so far John. Quite an undertaking - not for the fainthearted.

[scottie3158]

John,
Mighty fine work.

[Richard48]

Really nice John.A real labour of love and really nice sculpting.Ive used air drying clay for sculpting craft projects for folk and its a pain for the cracking.Has a nice feel but frustrating with hairline cracks.Then again if polymer clays and epoxy were used you would be looking at a lot of expenditure.Gesso!!,Havent seen that used since 1980s at school!!!!,I seem to recall the teacher adding size to it?,.Watching with interest.
Richard.

[wotan]

Thank you everyone for looking in and taking the time to comment.

I have working away at the Nike figure. She is nearly done now, wings and left hand to go. Lots of things that could be better. I have used nearly 5 LBS of Magic Sculpt so far and this is a much better medium to work in than the air dry clay. By the way if you are looking to buy Magic Sculpt I found a local taxidermy supplier who sells it via the interweb. Apparently it is widely used to make noses, ears etc for stuffed animals. Who knew.



John

[Jim R]

Hi John
You have really captured the look of the original. I look forward to the finish which can't be far away.
Jim

[minitnkr]

He's tough. She's magnificent. What a difference in mediums. Looks like two different sculptors' style approaches. One somewhat rough w/a lot of character & one a polished marble lifelike rendering. Outstanding work. PaulE

[Andy Belsey]

Beautiful work John!! I've been away but following now!!
Andy

[scottie3158]

John,
Great work you have a great skill mate.

[rtfoe]

Beautiful work on the sculptures John. Sizewise and 5 LBS of Magic Sculpt you must have hands of steel now with all that kneading :smiling2:

Cheers,
Richard

[Guest]

Superb.

[JR]

Stunning John. Agree with Paul about the difference in the sculps.:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:

[wotan]

Guys many thanks for all your kind comments. This has been a great challenge and I have learnt a lot from doing it. I have now added Monumental mason to by business card. I just hope the museum likes it and that our exhibit goes well in October.



John

[scottie3158]

John,
You should feel rightly proud of that mate, superb work.