The preliminary phase has been nearly completed: resculpting the face; or more to the point, filling out the gauntness of the casting and enhancing the skeletal underpinnings of the face. If you were to "shave" the stock face, the emaciated visage before you would be quite alien in appearance!
With the left-over putty, I began to rework the ventral halves of the chaperon (hood) and the sur- coat. The cape of the chaperon leaves much to be desired, and is not at all convincing; the sur- coat is equally problematic--especially in light of the dominating guige in the absence of any shield!
That was completed by early yesterday afternoon. This afternoon, I beheaded the bust. This was done to facilitate the sculpture of the face, as well as allow me some latitude in the posing of the bust. The neck opening has been tapped and the head pegged: I can now begin to finalize the attitude of Lord Jeor, to say nothing of his costume.
Effectively, I am using a commercial casting as the base, the core, of an original sculpt.
More to follow. . .
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