So far, so good...

Mountain is baked and painted. The assembly of the buildings is almost complete. Next step is installing the monorail.

The sculpting begins!

The mountain that the sculptwerks headquarters rests on will be the largest sculpt I've ever done. I've spent all morning sculpting hundreds of tiny trees in what will become the forest covering the mountain. It's slow, tedious work, but it's fun!

Though it dosn't look it, the first image is all the architectural elements that will adorn the top of the mountain.

A new compostition

I've completely re-worked the compostion and made a tight sketch. I've got a color study done as well, but I'm going to go ahead and start sculpting.

The Sculptwerks Headquarters

Here's a sneak peak at the next illustration. It's going to be an employee motivational poster for the sculptwerks headquarters.

Finished

And there you have it! A finished Mr. Toad bobble head! He actually bobbles very well. The collar keeps his head from tilting too much and spring is loose enough to let his head go crazy.

Back on Track!

As you can see the new head is far better than the old. It actually looks like Mr. Toad now. This is a good lesson in stopping when you know you've screwed up. There were so many times throughout college when I would feel something was wrong during a project, and I just ignored it. They would ALWAYS catch it during a critique.

Anyway, the base has been sanded, stained and the stone walkway that he's standing on has been sculpted.

Screwed up!

Looks finished right? No. I've completely screwed up the head. Look at the sketch from the last post. Now notice that the head I've sculpted looks like he's screaming. The mouth needs to be smaller and far less open. And I haven't started the base yet. Back to the sculpey...