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Woman With Two Guns (sculpt) added Sep 23, 2005
This sculpt was inspired by some recent discussion in various message boards on the relative popularity of dynamic and static poses. Most of the sculpts I've done so far have been pretty square, so I decided to go for a very dramatic pose with this one. I also wanted to take more time and try to achieve a better finished product. I think I achieved the first goal better than the second, but I'm still pretty happy with it. I ended up using quite a few different types of putty for this one. I did the initial rough body shape with milliput, then added the base details with Tamiya putty. The final details (which appear in the next set of pictures) were done with some of my very small remaining supply of green stuff. The sculpt ended up pretty close to my original sketch. I made sure to run the armatures for the arms all the way out through the hands and guns, to avoid the problems I've had with weakness in those areas. I built a wire armature for the coat, which was attached by drilling holes in the lower back. It was the first time I'd used an armature for a flowing garment, and I was pretty pleased with how it turned out.
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