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BECOMING: in-progress sculpt.
Designed and sculpted by Simon Lee / Spiderzero
Will be produced as resin kit: Yes
Estimated release date: not available

This piece is basically a human character morphing into a spider / insect / humanoid creature.

Pictures are in reverse chronological order (most recent updates shown first)
Originally I started with a basic aluminum armature, not knowing what I was going to sculpt. I laid out the rough musculature in super sculpey and posed the piece. At first, the character came out in a typical hero pose, which I thought was not that inspiring, so I threw in the monster transformation aspects. Then I tried having the character kneeling, on all fours, and finally added the extra hind legs, and at that point, I was happy with the overall character design.

This piece is titled BECOMING (which was inspired by a Pantera song), but it also records the becoming of myself as a sculptor/producer of commercial resin kits. Normally I would just sculpt a character in one piece and be done with. But with this one, since I had the intention of releasing this as a resin kit, I decided to cut it up (pre-baked) to work on the details. Then I realized that I took the hard road, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise - I learned A LOT doing this piece.

Enjoy. and check back for updates.


COMMENTS
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yody
F***en sick! omg cannot wait for the Quadruped to be released!!!!!!!!!!
posted 2008-02-29 10:16:36.0

jeremy
Inspirational work, thanks for sharing these great pics!
posted 2008-01-26 10:08:57.0

Nicolás Uribe
Dude, I would love to know what it is you consider "sculpting mistakes". This one is absolutely fascinating.
posted 2008-01-19 06:04:19.0

Spiderzero
Sorry guys. this one's on-hold for now. Made too many sculpting mistakes on the original.
posted 2008-01-14 02:50:55.0

darkmeq
We are still waiting for more pictures.
posted 2007-12-20 10:00:56.0

BIG BROWN DOG
hey spider!... this is amazing... ive never seen something like that before,... and i have to say... is rteally amazing man... congratulation... all your works are good... im learnin very much... great detail... this big brown dog... and... cya later-!!!! big brown dog
posted 2007-10-22 21:07:59.0

Spiderzero
hey thanx darkmeq. the Quadruped piece will be released as a resin kit. stay tuned brother!
posted 2007-10-21 15:54:41.0

darkmeq
Hi Spiderzero!! I have been looking through your web and gotta tell you QUADRUPED is simply beautiful, are you planning on having it as a statue if not do you have it for sell.
posted 2007-10-19 22:06:18.0

Spiderzero
montana angelo carmelo, Fimo's similar to regular Sculpey. Super Sculpey is a little bit harder.
posted 2007-10-16 23:57:56.0

montana angelo carmelo
is your job fantastic simply, a question, is the super sculpey similar to the fimo?
posted 2007-10-16 10:43:32.0

Spiderzero
thanks darkmeq! hugepeanut, to me, the aluminum foil is not a must, but it does help. When you do use it, don't bulk out beyond the outermost point of the rib cage. When you're sculpting a human figure, think of the armature/aluminum foil as the skeleton, then lay out the muscles piece by piece before blending them down. the anatomy will be more accurate that way.
posted 2007-10-14 02:57:08.0

hugepeanut
Thanx for the wire pic post, thats the par I'm having most problems with, always bulk out too much with alu.foil do you use that stuff alot?
posted 2007-10-13 10:29:48.0

darkmeq
Long time since i seen a new but icredible artist like you guys, i will definetely keep an eye on Becoming!!
posted 2007-10-10 16:30:21.0

Spiderzero
thanks llamahead:) some of the pictures were taken after I'd brushed down the unbaked sculpt with alcohol (hence the shine). As for the veins, I try to do them before the sculpt's baked.
posted 2007-10-02 22:35:02.0

llamahead
this is absolutely amazing... it just leaves me speechless... how do you get the shinyness? do you bake it before you add the vein details?
posted 2007-10-02 14:55:05.0

Spiderzero
Add your comments here about Becoming! please check back for updates
posted 2007-09-23 17:46:55.0

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