st2.18
6 Oct 2009
One thing you shouldnt be when sculpting is precious, if you dont like something change it. If you decide to change it do it the easiest way possible and if that means breaking or cutting the part off then so be it.
I did this with the feet especially with the left foot because it was too hard to get at and its been baked at this point (st2.17). In st2.18 ive filled in the the hole left by the wire support that i cut out using snips.
I did this with the feet especially with the left foot because it was too hard to get at and its been baked at this point (st2.17). In st2.18 ive filled in the the hole left by the wire support that i cut out using snips.
Gavron's thoughts...
The Bearded Slave Soundtrack:
The Bearded Slave started as a two page concept of one mans mission to save his girlfriend from 2 evil rulers of the kingdom he would travel.
With the music industry in the state it’s in now we had to find a means of delivery for new art, music and sculpting. With vinyl records in mind, the good old days of buying a record having something physical to own, something that little bit special. Records like the Susperia sound track a pop up art gatefold for example.
The bearded Slave was born a Vinyl toy you buy that comes with a book, soundtrack, ltd prints and animation. Just like the old days something to keep, admire and collect.
The soundtrack is very reminiscing of Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds. A voice over telling the story and a musical accompaniment. We listened a many Japanese sound tracks to get a feel of where we should take the sound and watched many martial arts and animated movies to gain a feel for the sounds we need to produce for this. I wanted a modern day slant on the soundtrack though so Dub step was the genre of music I felt we should use as a back bone for the drums and bass. We soon got to work in the studio and ask actor and friend Everal Walsh to join us as the voice of the Bearded Slave. It seemed so right to get Everal on board his deep and comforting voice would be perfect to read extract of the book over our sound. Almost hypnotic and powerful delivery would make this seem all the more realistic.
I sampled many tradition instruments including the Koto and sounds of hammers and chains as sound effects to make this soundtrack so much richer and real. While reading the story now developed into a book by Noah, writing became so much easier and more enjoyable due to picturing the action, sadness and love in the story. I could visualise what was happening and write it on the keyboard.
When Andy joined us he brought a more musical slant to the sound with chord progressions and pads giving the bearded slave soundtrack a more orchestral feel and thus much more like war of the worlds and this is exactly what was missing from the sound. We have nearly completed the soundtrack and are just about to record the vocals.
Watch this space…..
Gavin Lawson
The Bearded Slave started as a two page concept of one mans mission to save his girlfriend from 2 evil rulers of the kingdom he would travel.
With the music industry in the state it’s in now we had to find a means of delivery for new art, music and sculpting. With vinyl records in mind, the good old days of buying a record having something physical to own, something that little bit special. Records like the Susperia sound track a pop up art gatefold for example.
The bearded Slave was born a Vinyl toy you buy that comes with a book, soundtrack, ltd prints and animation. Just like the old days something to keep, admire and collect.
The soundtrack is very reminiscing of Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds. A voice over telling the story and a musical accompaniment. We listened a many Japanese sound tracks to get a feel of where we should take the sound and watched many martial arts and animated movies to gain a feel for the sounds we need to produce for this. I wanted a modern day slant on the soundtrack though so Dub step was the genre of music I felt we should use as a back bone for the drums and bass. We soon got to work in the studio and ask actor and friend Everal Walsh to join us as the voice of the Bearded Slave. It seemed so right to get Everal on board his deep and comforting voice would be perfect to read extract of the book over our sound. Almost hypnotic and powerful delivery would make this seem all the more realistic.
I sampled many tradition instruments including the Koto and sounds of hammers and chains as sound effects to make this soundtrack so much richer and real. While reading the story now developed into a book by Noah, writing became so much easier and more enjoyable due to picturing the action, sadness and love in the story. I could visualise what was happening and write it on the keyboard.
When Andy joined us he brought a more musical slant to the sound with chord progressions and pads giving the bearded slave soundtrack a more orchestral feel and thus much more like war of the worlds and this is exactly what was missing from the sound. We have nearly completed the soundtrack and are just about to record the vocals.
Watch this space…..
Gavin Lawson
The beard was made much the same way as the rest of the sculpt by bending wire int a sort of long banana 'U' shape and then criss-crossing diagonally to give it some strength, but i didnt bother with twisting wire around the first piece of wire as it didnt need it, then you squash on some more clay and press it onto the chin (st2.12 & st2.13) and in pic st2.14 you can see a bit of the wire frame.
Add more clay to get the basic overall shape (st2.15) now you can start to add detail (st2.16), this was done with a blunt ended modelling tool a bit like a dental tool (see the end of 'how to' for tools used).
Add more clay to get the basic overall shape (st2.15) now you can start to add detail (st2.16), this was done with a blunt ended modelling tool a bit like a dental tool (see the end of 'how to' for tools used).
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