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Published: 2006-11-21 07:58:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 16942; Favourites: 232; Downloads: 337
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Lately I've been really cranking hard on a sculpture commission, and while most of it is still in various states of "what the fuck is that supposed to be?"-ness, this human skull portion of it is totally finished so I thought I'd share it.The pictures really don't do it much justice because I really busted my ass to try and add as much detail as I could, but still leave the thing in a state where it could be easily molded and cast in resin. It was a quite interesting process of editing and reworking the anatomy to make it still look accurate, but at the same time eliminate all of the undercuts and openings that would make casting it a total bitch. Also this was really my first try at working in 1/8th scale (I'm used to 1/6th) and I was rather surprised that it wasn't too much of an ordeal to make the transition to the smaller size, and I really didn't have to sacrifice any detail. Hell I even got the cranial sutures in there!
I’ll share more of the full sculpture, which this skull is just a small part of, as the entire piece gets closer to being done… which should be quite soon.
Thanks for looking guys!
1/8th scale made with Super Sculpey. © Walter O’Neal 2006
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Comments: 115
AMAZING! I love the little details. It's gorgeous including that it's small as a quarter. Great job!
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what is this stuff and oh my god thats so detailed and sooo awsome ^.^
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wooow, what tool did you use man, toothpicks or something??
nice job,
I enjoyed watching you gallery and tutorials,
thank you very much,
cheers!
Nikola Boskovic
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I just recently worked on a life size skull in ceramic and had a hell of a time. The small scale is completely effective, and without an outside size reference, would look absolutely convincing. Nicely done!
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The only piece Ive got on show at the mo is a skull n looks like such a piece of crap next to yours... but mine took around 3 hours so no wonder realy
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You're being too hard on yourself. Your skull turned out really well especially considering how quickly you turned it around. That's a pretty sweet Yoda as well!
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helps soooooo much when guys like u who have been in a similar position as me give out that kinda comment. A heat gun would be a great purchase... how many hours had you been at the spawn head before you put it out as that tutorial? ish
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Had to double take when I first saw this. Beautufull. great detail. on average how long did you take to make that?
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It took about 2 days from start to finish so maybe about 20 hours or so. I'm glad you like it!
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Hey Walter. I have an important question. I see that you use Super Sculpey. I bought myself some sculpey too but now I see a Warning on the package which tells me that it contains a chemical know to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. Now I'm a bit afraid to work with it. Do you know more about this danger?
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There's an on-going debate about how if you over-bake the stuff you'll end up releasing toxic fumes. But that only seems to come into question if you bake WAY over the recommended temperature like around 380+ degrees F instead of the 275 outlined in the instructions on the box.
So long as you don't to anything crazy like that you should be fine as far as I know. But I'm no scientist so I can't really tell you for certain.
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Ok thank you for the information. I will do it as it is described on the ox.
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that looks awesome! It also looks like chocolate.
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man this looks awesome... id love to do sculpture, must try it.. what materials do you use?
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If I could sculpt like you could, I'd totally put cool stuff at the tips of all my pens and/or pencils.
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Thank you Kyntio! It has it's problems but I'm still learning. I'm really trying to put together a sculpture portfolio so I need all the practice I can get!
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are you trying to change direction in your career?
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Not trying to change direction completely but moreso just trying to expand my horizons. I can't get arrested out in the art world as an illustrator, so I'm going to give sculpting a shot and see if that helps move me along a bit .
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I totally understand really, I like to try out all sorts of stuff. Maybe too many at times
I still can't believe you don't have more success than you do with your art
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Very Nice Work.
If you'd like a minor criticism, work a little on the teeth (I'm a dental technician by trade). You're missing both bicuspids on the maxilla on either side of the upper (and prolly lower) arch.
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The bicuspids aren't missing, they just totally suck. 
Yeah, I totally screwed the pooch on his teeth. For some reason they look better in person than they do in these pictures, but either way they still don't look exactly "correct". I'll see if I can't get them sorted out before I consider the piece "finished" (and by "finished", I mean "I can't stand to look at it anymore") .
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LOL...ok. If you'd like any assistance, I'd be happy to. I wasn't just bashing your work to be mean, I was actually trying to help.
Have a great day!
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Oh no, I hope I didn't sound like I was being rude! I know that you were only trying to help and it's very much appreciated.
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Thank you! I really like your Lord Voldy from Harry P! I just saw the Goblet of Fire yesterday and thought that I totally needed to do some fan art of him myself.!
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yes, thats what i thought when i saw it too
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That's just stunning! I'm completely in awe of your abilities. Fantastic work. Your attention to detail is crazy, impressive as hell but quite crazy!
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Well you got the crazy part right. This commission is totally driving me nutty right now... good thing it's almost done.
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very nice! I sculpt miniatures for my Warhammer armies, but they never turn out nearly as good as this. Good job as usual
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Thank you! Dude, I wish I could work that small to do those type of tiny miniatures! My eyes just won't focus on something so itty bitty.
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The pictures DO do it justice to me. WOW, I am REALLY impressed! I have no time right now and I had to stop and say that.
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Thank you so much! That's a hell of a compliment!
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wow. i am so impressed by things sculpted really tiny. maybe it's because i have big fingers and not enough patience to sit there with a blob two inches from my face and attempt to make it into something. so cool beans. you have my appreciation!
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Thank you! And yes 2 inches from the face is exactly right. I have to take breaks every 30 minutes or so and look at something far away down the street so my eyes can rest!
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hahahaha that's funny. you would start to go cross eyed. yuck
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Thank you! It still needs a few tweaks here and there but I'm fairly happy with it.
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