Elise Sculpt!

Killer Kittens·Nov 26, 2014·27 votes·4,294 views

Made an Elise maquette with sculpting clay to improve my anatomy and my 3d work - thanks for being an awesome source of inspiration Riot!

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It's about 20 inches tall. The pipe sticking out of the side is attached to a wire armature that forms the base of all the limbs the clay rests on. This lets me move the limbs around even after I've put clay on them to adjust the pose.

15 Comments

BLU MedicNov 26, 20141 votes

That's like a billion times better than the Stalker (from Borderlands 2) I made from clay the other day. What do you use to hold it all up? Metal frame? And what sort of water based clay?

Killer KittensNov 26, 20141 votes

Thanks :P It was Chavant NSP med sulpher clay actually I think... and I made a wire armature (bendable wire that I picked up at a local art store, although I'm pretty sure something from the home dept would have been fine) which is attached to that pipe sticking from the side. The wires run through the head, shoulders, arms, and legs (including the ones on her back). I used a drill and pliers to twist two wires together to strengthen it before posing. John Brown has a bunch of super helpful dvds on it from the gnomon workshop

jimlaheysadrunkNov 26, 20141 votes

Thanks :P It was Chavant NSP med sulpher clay actually I think... and I made a wire armature (bendable wire that I picked up at a local art store, although I'm pretty sure something from the home dept would have been fine) which is attached to that pipe sticking from the side. The wires run through the head, shoulders, arms, and legs (including the ones on her back). I used a drill and pliers to twist two wires together to strengthen it before posing. John Brown has a bunch of super helpful dvds on it from the gnomon workshop

hey dude, fellow sculpter here. great job on that. super sculpey firm is great stuff. i use sculpey premo and fimo for my stuff. i have a really cartoony style. anyways, to the point.

my buddy is a professional sculpter and makes a living purely off commissioned sculpts. he streams his sculpts from start to finish, and has a very large community of viewers. he has even been featured in some league spotlights. i learned a lot from his stream and from the people there. check it out

www.twitch.tv/cnotbusch or notbuschmodeling.com i think his current project is championship thresh.

heres a pic of the stuff i do happy sculpting bro!

Killer KittensNov 26, 20141 votes

Ooo nice stuff man, happy sculptin!

BLU MedicNov 27, 20141 votes

Is that stuff expensive? Because I've been using cheap paper clay that I get (€1.50 for 500g) in a toy store and cheap wire as a frame.

Here's that Stalker I mentioned, since we're sharing art.

Killer KittensNov 27, 20142 votes

That looks pretty dope! I dunno how easy your clay is to mold, but with a hairdryer and a small metal sculpting pick you can add tons of surface detail. A hairdryer can be a bit heavy handed, so an alcohol torch is good too for applying surface textures.

I bought 2.5lb (1134g~) blocks of it for $10. It's quite good - heated up under a lamp it can be very easy to shape and solidifies well. It can hold up for 2+ years if the armature is good enough and temperatures don't get too hot. Twisting 2 armature wires together helps significantly when you stick the clay onto it bc it gives it more grip.

BLU MedicNov 27, 20141 votes

Thanks :) I don't have a hairdryer or anything like that, it's a squishy clay, almost like plasticine. Thank you for the tip of using two wires though, since the Skag I made, its head kept on falling off. Maybe I should invest in some proper tools, since I do everything by hand or with some old plastic dough tools.

The Boy SmilesNov 26, 20141 votes

I like dis

FocusssNov 26, 20141 votes

nice sculpture mate

chipi99Nov 27, 20141 votes

OHH nice, Do you take a special class at school or do you do it at home? I have been trying to make human figures in my ceramics class but the class is largely focused on making pots, etc. I'm not very good compared to you but I have made Vel'koz, Baron Nashor (still need to glaze it), Teemo, and trees like the ones from TTL. How do you start out a human body? ( mine always com out disproportional or too thick)

Killer KittensNov 27, 20142 votes

I took a sculpture course with John Brown at Gnomon school for visual effects. As for proportions, it's mostly practice and observation, but Andrew Loomis and Bridgman are considered the masters when it comes to the human figure. Look at their stuff and their books are DEFINITELY worth buying (christmas ey). Doing figure drawing from reference will really help. It's all about the apexes :P And when it comes to sculpture, always work from the basic forms outward, starting with the skull and ribcage and hips and slowly adding mass where muscle would be. Best of luck!