Joseph Steck Finished

It's a long time I didn't post anything on my blog. Mainly due to the lack of time. And in the free time I find I rather try to sculp and paint. Well here are the final pictures of the Joseph Steck which I finished last year. The figure was almost completely sculpted by me except the face. It's a 54mm figure sculpted using Magic-sculp and Green stuff,  and it was painted with Vallejo acrylics.

Cheers,

Marcel.

Painting the face

After finishing the sculpture I cleaned it and applied a few thin layers of primer. When the primer was dry I started painting the face first. Several thin coats off  brownsand were painted on the face as base coat. The base coat was then highlighted using basicskintone and for the shadows burnt cad. red was added to the mixture of brownsand. The hair, moustache and eyebrows were painted as blonde hair using light colors. Furthermore on the uniform several thin coats of a light blue color were added. Next step will be applying highlights and shadows to the uniform.

Cheers,
Marcel.

Finished sculpting

I finally finished sculpting this figure which was standing already too long on my workbench. The last parts that were sculpted are several details of the uniform (medal, epaulette, buttons, glove) and I also sculpted the sword using plastic card and magic sculp. Now it's time to add some color to the figure. Here are the pictures of the final sculpture.

Cheers,
Marcel.

Continuing with ADC Joseph Steck

Now that I finished my last figure von Zieten. I decided to continue with this figure, which was standing already for a longtime on my desk. There were several things I was not satisfied about. So I decided to change as much as possible without destroying half of the figure. His left leg was located too far to the outside so I cut it and replaced it a few millimeters inwards. Also the folds on both arms were redone and look more natural now for my feeling. The last things that were corrected are the legs. Here some more volume was added and the height of one of the boots was adjusted. Some more refining still has to be done and I have to sculpt the rest of the details. Here the pictures.

Cheers,
Marcel.

Choosing the groundwork

The last weeks I had so much other things to do and very little time to spend on modeling but I managed to get some progress. After trying out different scenery's I found this groundwork from Pegaso fitting the best with the figure. The nose of the figure was damaged due to a fall from the table. First I wanted to change the head for another one but then I decided to see if I could fix the nose. Next I added the hat and started sculpting the right hand. And I did some work on the lower part of the boots. Now I'm busy making a sword. Furthermore I have to add some more details and buttons and refine some parts. Here are the photo's.

Cheers,
Marcel.

The sculpting continues

During the Christmas and new Year festivities I normally don't have much time for modelling. So after a vacation time, normal life started again and I continued with this figure were I ended last year. The chest was a bit too wide on the front so I started trying to correct this. I also made some changes to the left arm and re sculpted some folds. And added some small details and the left hand was sculpted but this still needs a little bit of work. Here are the pictures.

Cheers,
Marcel.

Sculpting the left arm

Due to 'Sinterklaas', Xmas diners, visitors and other parties there was almost no time left to model. I planned to finish some models before the end of the year but I just don't have enough time for modelling at the moment. Well at least I made a bit of progress on this sculpture. I was not satisfied with the belt around his shoulder. So I removed a bit of the uniform under the belt and now it´s closer to the body. I also added some more details to the belt and had to re-sculpt some buttons that fell of. The cloths on left arm are sculpted with the epaulet on the shoulder made from duro and Magic Sculp.
Still a lot of work to do but I'm happy with the looks and the progres of the figure.

Marcel.

A little more progress

I was away for almost a week so not much progress has been made. I added some small details on the frontside of the figure, but the most work was done at the back adding the pockets with buttons. The decorations had come of so I had to do them also again. Futhermore I fixed the belt and bag in place. More work will follow the coming weeks.

Marcel.

Update...

The last days I made some progress on this figure that had to place aside for some months because I had to finish my two latest figures before the summer. Having a fresh look at the figure after several months I spotted some more flaws, and started correcting. More volume was added to the legs and chest part. Did some refining of the folds. And I added the right arm which is going to rest on a table. Then it was time to add the braid work on the trousers. I needed a very thin layer of putty and I was a bit afraid to ruin the rest under it. I had some difficulties but in the end I managed to get the braid work on the trousers. Sculpted some more braid work on the waistcoat and added a collar. When the braid work on the trousers was hard I started adding the belt, still some more work to do here. For the belt of bag I used metal foil and have to add the details later on. Hope to have some more progress very soon.

Cheers,
Marcel.

Starting with the details

The last days I had some time to sculpt a bit more on this figure. So I lengthen the backside of the jacket a little because it was a bit on the short side. And I started adding details on the front and backside of the figure. I wanted to try out different putties so the details were done using duro and milliput. The next steps will be adding more details and adding the belts to the figure.

Marcel.

update on Joseph Steck

Here is a little update on the figure. I corrected the shoulders and the waist of the figure and started sculpting the jacket. Still have several corrections to do and start adding the details on the jacket.
Here are the pictures.

Marcel.

Aide de Camp next step

Here is the next update on my ADC sculpture.
I started sculpting the trousers and the boots. I'm not total satified, still have to do some corrections. The next step will be the sculpting of the jacket.
Here are the photos.

Marcel.

Napoleonic Sculpture

I have started a few new sculptures. And this is one of them. This will be a napoleonic figure, if everything turns out well it will be an Aide de Camp. It's a 54mm figure with a head used from Pegaso. The rest of the figure will be scratch build. Here are some first pictures of the pose.

Marcel.