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Commission from of Kay Fedewa's Blackblood Alliance character Riptide, in her style. This guy was REALLY fun to make, lol. The paintjob was a pain in the arse
7" long.
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that is amazing! beautiful pose.
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wow this is really good 
it must of been hard to do it in that style but you did a great job O.O
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with clay! I have some tutorials and such in my gallery if you'd like to browse them
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Okay, thank you. ^^ Your stuff is awesome!
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The detail and style are great, but I can't get over that balancing act! Wow!
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Wow. Beautifully executed, excellent job on the painting and details. Loooooove the pose, too, it's so lifeful. X3
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Wow, that is a great pose, very dynamic!
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This one also looks amazing.
Again, very well done. ^-^
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Amazing. I didn't know you followed Black Blood Alliance as well. It's it an awesome comic? Riptide is one of my favorites. You did him so well. Beautiful
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I don't actually, I've gone and looked over them since I got these commissions though, and I do like the story
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Wooooooaaaaaaaaah :0 Did you link this to Kay? She'll love it!
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No, I haven't. She seems like a busy person!
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Haha, you should, she'd love to see these!
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Nnnngh now you really make me want to commission you (as if I didn't want to already DX).
It's wonderful how it flows and you don't often see a mid-stride pose like that in a sculpture...or maybe I'm not looking hard enough XD
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It's not hard at all! You simply have the armature extend down past the paw into the base, and angle the base toward where most of the weight is, so it's as centred under the model as possible
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@.@ I have tried poses like that but the back always weighs it down
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you see though, the way the paw is attached to the very front of the base? It's basically a giant C shape. The base extends out under the body to balance it. It's very stable
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do you use heavier clay for the base?
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huh XD lol guess it just doesn't like me haha
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That is absolutely amazing!
I'm impressed at how just..flawless the figure is, dynamic, and the fact everything is just so symmetrical. Really wonderful job!
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Thanks! I realized when I was doing this that I'm actually really rough and a bit brutal in my regular paint jobs, I had to be really meticulous with these!
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Well it worked well, and these pair of figurines you've done are fantastic! Though, due to the movement of the piece, got to say this is my fav.
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wow may I ask how much these cost, Im tempted =3
but i need money first xD
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They fell under the 2.5" category here: [link]
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lol i think im going to have to save up alot
curse being poor xP
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This is JUST as good--possibly even better--as/than those ones Kay commissioned from that toy company.
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Aw thanks. I wonder what company that was?
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I believe it was Gensen Figure [link]
I think they kinda messed up the anatomy
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They got a really flawless finish though, as the master sculptures were made from wax. It's sort of hard for me to do that in clay, though I've seen some people who can!
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There are ways to get flawless finishes with clay, too, I'm pretty sure--my figurative sculpture professor has been talking about teaching us them. One way I know for sure is to take a piece of clay and roll it over the sculpture until it gets smooth; and another way is to use turpenoid or alcohol and apply it with a soft brush. It would be worth looking into I think, if you're concerned about making surfaces flawless, because your anatomy is certainly more practiced than theirs :3
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ZOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE THEM BOTH SOOOOOO MUCH!!!! Will u be taking commissions near xmas???? (hehe, mum says i can commission u 4 sculptures ^^ -- Rapier, Heatstream Wolflink and Bloodspill)
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I'm taking commissions for the foreseeable future. Though like over the summer, I go to england for 3 or 4 weeks over christmas, so
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oh yay! Now i cant decide who to commission *hits self* Nope, still cant decide XD
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haha! I'm quite partial to Spearheart myself
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ZOMG!! Same! She was one of my 4 <3
-Spearheart
-Rapier
-Heatstream
-Blade
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i know, they rock! XD I had trouble choosing who to commission u, then i remembered there are blood and swift figures out and blades coming at xmas, so the next main characters were night and rip
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wow. adorable and i'm amazed that you got that to balance!
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Thanks, the balance really isn't hard when you have a base that size. Just gotta work from the bottom up
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Wow. Tons of respect for managing to beautifully emulate a 2-D style in three dimensions.
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Thanks! It was a real challenge to do just that.
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