Ok, here we go with the left arm.
I trimmed away the Milliput from the shoulder that I thought would get in my way, and unfortunately I lost a bit. Hopefully it won’t cause me problems.
I then glued it into position with UHU to prevent it moving about whilst I am sculpting. When the glue was set I added some clay across the gap
I covered the armature with clay as always pressing it well into place, bit by bit, until I had the rough shape of the sleeve
BUT I wasn’t happy, the upper arm is too long, caused by the Milliput underneath. So I bit the bullet and flayed the back to the bone, as it were
And trimmed the Milliput back to the wire underneath
And started again
That’s better. Now I can add the creases with the chisel-shaped silicon tool, checking out other reference pics to be sure they are convincing. I have even been known to pose members of my family in appropriately similar clothing and take reference pics for myself… they are quite understanding, thankfully.
By this time the UHU had failed and the arm was separate, so I cooked it at this stage, even though I hadn’t dealt with the upper arm. I will do that next and it will actually help to be a separate operation
You can see cracking and crazing in the clear resin which is evidence that it's not indestructible. Fortunately I have plenty more, both with fuses and without
Here is a view of the creases on the inside
Once it was cooked I vaselined the arm socket (on the figure) and finished the top of the arm. I also took the opportunity to enlarge the square socket which enabled me to drop the arm enough for the shell to rest on the shoulder properly, rather than adding material to the shoulder which was my original plan.
I have to admit the arm looks a little bit out of scale from the side, and I MIGHT whip it off and do it again. Perhaps it’s a kind of ‘Chinese Whispers’ effect from the hand being a gnat’s too big?
That's it for this session- almost there!
thanks for looking
Neil