model making

The model making workshop was very enjoyable and I felt I learnt a lot. There were some skills I was aware of before we started this from previous sculpture projects during foundation but there was lots I didn't know. We started by bringing in a design for a character, I used one of my old doodles "hobo-wizard". The design was relatively simplistic so I was hoping it wouldn't be to difficult to sculpt but it could have been simpler. We took our designs and draw them again but in a position where there arms and legs were spread open as we needed to cast then in this position. It was important we marked out where the joints would be as we had to take it into account during the next section. The next part was making the wire armature for the inside of the model. You can buy professional ones which have incredible balance and proper joints but these are very expensive. We made a much more cost effective version using wire and electrical clamps. We cut one long piece and formed a loop to make the head and body and the 4 smaller pieces to make the arms and legs. These were held together with the screw clamps which were very fiddly, it was good to keep them slightly tightened for adjustments. We then set the armatures in place so only the points that were joint would move, we stuck miliput a clayesque epoxy to set these points and the head, we also put nuts in the feet so they could be screwed to a base.