Thanks all for your input on the left arm. When you see the end result of this you will see what I mean.
I didn’t bother gluing this arm in place like I did the left one as it didn’t work as I had intended. I started as always by trimming away the Milliput to a minimum-especially at the shoulder joint, and then adding small amounts of clay to the armature. I still didn’t follow my own advice and make a naked arm, but I did add less clay to start with and I got away with it on this one.
I deliberately didn’t go to the top of the arm either, saving that for later. Once I had enough clay in the right places I smoothed it out by rolling with the conical silicon tool
We have good reference for the creases in the right arm so it was easy to copy them, using the point of the chisel shaped tool to make alternating v-shaped indents up the forearm.
Once I had done the whole arm I refined the surface with the conical tool and added small creases with the chisel tool. And I trimmed the cuff with a scalpel, making sure it wasn’t too fat where it rests on the hand
I cooked it at this stage, then I Vaselined the shoulder socket and adjacent area on the figure, added more clay to the top of the arm and finished that in situ; and cooked it again. Here’s a shot of the arm joint
These woollen uniforms got really creased with wear so I made a big effort to show it.
I have always had a fascination with creases and folds in cloth, which goes right back to when I started art classes at school-I remember really enjoying drawing denims, although I couldn’t do it now.
I made a point of adding some bagginess at the elbow
And here he is complete-except for BUTTONS! Mustn’t forget them….
I think the size discrepancy with the hands is very plain in this shot.
and just to make the point
I measured the photo across the knuckles and there is a millimeter difference
I am not going to blog the resculpt, but that’s my next job.
Thanks all for looking
Neil