Figure Sculpting Fundamentals
Course Intro
Supplies
Armatures for Sculpture
Capturing Gesture
References
Sculpture Techniques
Simplified Head, Ribcage, & Pelvis
Sculpting Mistakes
Abstraction
Mold Making
Texturing
Sculpting The Figure
Bonus Sculpting Demos
Sculpting Challenge
Here’s a step by step guide on how to make your own adjustable stands for wire armatures!
Newest
Javier Alfonzo
9mo
I have made two armature stands for a 12" armature wire.
I love how simple and inexpensive they can be and yet it seems tedious to adjust if the time comes for that. Perhaps an addition for adjustable rods in different axis would be a great improvement for me. I'll figure something out.
Thanks Andrew!
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9mo
Looking good! you might bend the wire of the hips down a little bit to make the waist a bit thinner and lengthen the legs just a bit (though this may not be necessary if you're sculpting a thicker model with shorter legs) also the loop of the head might be a little large so you might twist it around once more to make the loop a tiny bit smaller. Keep it up! the armature and stand look solid so I'm excited to see what you do with it!
Mein (pronounced ‘Main’)
2yr
Hello Andrew! Great tutorial. I;m going to jump the gun, and ask: How do you remove a sculpture from that DIY stand ? Do you have a video demonstration? Thanks so much!
Mein (pronounced ‘Main’)
2yr
Oops never mind — I see your reply to the same question below…
Mariëlle Veldhuis
3yr
Can you give the measurements from the material if I want to make a half size figure? For stand and armature? (I’ll figure it out in cm :)
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3yr
I would just figure out the desired high in cm and then divide that by 11.5 and that will give you your cranial unit size. Then you simply follow the measurements of cranial units to build the figure.
AJ Nouri
3yr
Thanks Andrew!
With an armature stand tied to a finished sculpture, how it is detatched?
We never see the armature stands in finished exposed works.
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3yr
For this one I would make a mold and have the rod coming at the seam of the mold and then fill it once the mold is finished to cast it in another material.
Rob Whicker
3yr
I believe it is cut off with bolt cutters before the piece gets molded to be cast in bronze etc.
Alfredo Negron
3yr
I've always thought it would be quite complicated to do a mould of a sculpture which has a 1/2" pipe sticking out from one side, what's the common practice for these cases? I assume that having the armature hang from its head with a wire makes things much simpler for moulding?
- Thanks! 😊
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3yr
Yes the hanging is easier for mold making. With the rod you have to make it come out at where the seam between two parts of the mold would be.
Tyler Wilson
3yr
How dare you use a butterknife to tighten those. I will fake outrage for days! DAYS! ( joke)
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3yr
You know it still haunts me to this day...
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