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Originally posted by Exnihil:
But, to begin with... you mentioned above that final pieces are cast in resin... but what do you use for the initial sculpt?

For some reason, I always thought you were literally carving these busts out of a block of clay, but in the above pics it looks like you have some sort of plastic anatomical base. Do you use those for like the general shape then sculpt over that? If so, once you make the mold, do you dis-assemble the original for reuse?

This is just fascinating to me.

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I use everything from Super Sculpty (clay)



to 2 part Aves Apoxie Sculpt



to sculpting wax.




The base of the White Witch figure was originally sculpted in wax, and then cast in resin.









I use these as blanks as they speed up the process and I don't have to sculpt the figures each time ... it's easier to change faces and poses than to sculpt everything from scratch, plus it helps keep all the pieces in scale with one another.

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