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JamesMarsano — Lycan WIP 2
Published: 2011-11-23 20:40:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 6753; Favourites: 96; Downloads: 0
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Chavant 20 inch,approx over 60 hours
re-sculpted the arms twice, the head 3 times
week 9
this picture was captured before I applied the tertiary form.
for the pose reference I did it myself. my friend took a bunch of pictures when i was acting out the character that i was going to use for this sculpture before i started.
i hope you enjoy my progress.
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This is coming along really nicely. The hands, the pose, everything. You're improving very very quickly!
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Thanks Justin! took the most of my time finishing this dude.. i will post the finished piece in the end of january, currently its up on the student show so i cant take it off..
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cool, can't wait to see it!
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me too! im not the one who's taking the pictures lol. my friend does it.. i love how he takes his pictures. sometime it makes the sculpture look even better lol
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Looking really good, nice work to the posing and especially the musculature.
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thanks man! had fun posing this guy, i had to be in the character and actually walk like one.
spent waay to much time finishing the surcafe textures
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Thats what I'm talking about... That is what a Lycan should look like. Nice sculp.
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thank you 
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THAT is what a fucking werewolf should look like. cant wait to see the end result
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thank you! i gotta wait till the end of january to take a turn around pictures.. it's up on a student gallery now.. can't take it off until then lol.. its done though,,
this is a decent picture of it
[link]
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i enjoy it but he has a little problem . I think it looks like he try to not fall .... theat photo is with you ? your feet are different beside his . But i like the annatomy ! it's a very good job .
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note that this is a working in progress pictures.. cant say too much about the hoof kinda feet.
and the pose is already like that. i posed for it. and i was actually doing stuff and getting into the character. it may seem like its trying to fall but my intention was that the lycan was aboput to take another step to run or kill someone or something.. I was capturing a moment before the act. so i dont see a problem there mate.
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yup ! in this case you are right .ok than I'll check your profile to see he's evolution
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this is the final look XD decent picture, but youll get waht im saying i guess.. [link]
thanks for the feedback though 
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Great work so far, can't wait to see this finished, cheers mate.
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Interesting. It's kool to see the progress on this after so long. Only thing I was really curious about is what are you doing for the final foot design? Right now it looks almost like it has a cloven hoof kind of shape. I figured you will do that last since it is also an issue of weight and torque on the final sculpture(when you have to unhook it from the side arm). On the one hand, it would be more 'traditional' to have the feet sort of match the hands and be more elongated and wolf-like. But I also think big ol clydesdale horse hooves would be kool too. Then it comes down to the details: what are you going to add to the final design to make it unique. I would imagine werewolves/lycan would have a sense of personality and uniquity like its human counterparts would. Ear piercings? Tattoos'? clothing? Other jewelry? Maybe a maroon fuzzy fedora and pimpin jacket with fringe....
OK so I don't think you'd do THAT(though it would be pretty damn funny). But what I am emphasizing is the next step when the base anatomy is done. Right now you have a piece that is approaching matching the basic character design for games and movies as a background 'secondary' figure or generic monster #5. Is that your goal.. or do we want to make this into something more? Even if it is taking a bit to curl the creatures right arm so the hand is slightly more upturned and then making a variety of secondary objects for him to be carrying/holding as he trudges along. A severed head.. a skull.. a limb.. tree branch fashioned into a maul.. red riding cloak (laugh).. huge katana... You might find it fun to make a few accessories, and even more fun to change them up as you display the figure in photo's and on your shelf.
Love your work. And I love that you took the time to pose for the sculpture yourself. It's great to be self sufficient so that when you go pro, you know if all else fails you can do things on your own. Keep at it!
-ekg
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thanks mate, well im actually working on the feet now.. im making it longer like the hands.
there will be no accessories, but i plan on casting him and giving him a real fur on the resin piece.
im kinda through with this sculpture. i just want to get it done and sculpt a ballerina lol thanks for the feedback though
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OK real fur is just damned kool. Good way to cover the muscles if there is any niggling problems you ended up hating.
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lol i think ballerinas are quite beautiful. im kinda hating on creature sculpting at the moment. or anything gory.. im at the situation where i just want to have a beatiful classic piece
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Yeah it would be interesting to see you do something like that. Not sure if you really want to do a traditional ballerina or not but you might want to check out the work in 'Waterdance' . It is some great photography by a guy done underwater but made to look like it's not necessarily underwater.. using professional/ballet dancers as models. Gorgeous stuff, and some really amazing poses.
I used it for figure drawing in college and loved it.
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oh wow! that is interesting.. is it by howard schatz?
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Yup, thats the stuff
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dude... they are extremely beautiful. the poses are incredibly dynamic.. sigh.. the cheapest boook is 58 and its not even in a new condition lol. but its alright. ill keep on looking for deals thanks for sharing though!!
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Good job, holmes! I like it! I've thought of taking pics of myself to make the sculpts more dynamic, looks like it works! Looks like you've improved a lot with anatomy too!
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yeah i am taking anatomy class, sculpture and figure drawing at the same time lol it works pretty good so far, im liking the techniques they taught me. thanks man
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Wow, fantastic!!! Your talent is kind of incredible!!
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thank you XD i apppreciate it
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This is excellent, a very unique design, kind of like if Nosferatu were a werewolf instead of a vampire.
I also use myself as reference when I draw, kind of tricky because I can't really see what I'm doing.
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thank you! yes, it is indeed tricky! i was only capturing the pose though when i built the armature. i didnt follow the rest when i build up the muscles.
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Very good as always, James. Some day, I'll be able to buy a sculpture off of you! Some day...
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Looking wild reminds me a bit of good old Pumkin Head with the long fingers and the pose you going for fur or the more bold type like the underworld wolves?
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Thanks kyle! i am going for the more bold type like underworld, but i'm not sure if i should add some fur or not, because i'm kinda liking the design of the werewolf from the Bram stoker Dracula. the werewolf on that movie look beastly
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well you could make a bold one first mold cast and just sculpt fur on the casted version or get it flocked with real hair maybe I know a guy in boulder city that has a flocking gun there's a few options I could think of.
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oh flocking gun? that sounds interesting. yeah i think ill do that, i am also going to scan this guy to a 3D software and probably have it printed out later on..
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A flocking gun basically is a airbrush like tool that blows air but also emits a static charge at the tip and the flocking is basically strands of hair that flow out the tip and being statically charged the hair shoot out like needles staning straight up to bond and layer over a surface which there's a clear glue you brush on first were you want to add the hairs but in a sense it's like using a air brush that forms hairs great for face hairs and replics or small scale sculptures like a were wolf.
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oh wow.. that is very interesting.. i would really like to try that! i do have airbrush.. maybe i can do something with it.. and i also have some flocking powder
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maybe I don't know the guy up in boulder city Paid like 1,200 bucks for his got it from a guy out of england I'm not sure all the machanics of it myself but I'm sure it can be replicated some how it you can read up on it.
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