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Sunday, August 28, 2011

Headless Soccer Team

     I had the pleasure of doing more soccer players for a client this last month. These are still a nice stretch for my skills and I'm learning new things each time I work on one.


     I don't have to exaggerate the muscle masses so they take a more delicate hand than usual.


     The poses are mostly from photos of players in motion. The goalie pose was described to me and adapted from another figure.


     The sockets were all made from the same head. When I do the other heads the bottom of the necks will all be fitted to the original pose. Things should fit together well for end user assembly.


     It's been fun working from real people instead of drawings and sketches. I wouldn't want to (and couldn't) do it all of the time, but it has allowed me to get back to my roots in fine art for a bit.

2 comments:

Allison M. said...

I was going to ask, "why would you make a headless soccer team", but then I remembered that 28 mm conversion heads are widely available. They could be Rastafarians, or Spartans, or orcs...

Rodrick Campbell said...

He's also commissioning a dozen or so heads to interchange. I'll have to push for the orcs. :)