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| CM Tutorial Page 2 Sculpting in the Glass Eyes |
I will be showing you how to add glass eyes to your model on this page. These are my basic directions, you may have a different approach with different results :) Here you can see I have completely sanded off the eyes and muzzle areas for resculpting. I have also given her just a bit of a concave nose bone (personal preference). |
Add a small dab of Apoxie Sculpt (or whatever clay you use normally) to the eye socket area, make sure at this point to position your pupil at the right angle for the horse's position and adjust the glass eye disc top and bottom and sides to be at the correct angle, like the cornea of a real horse eye. (Lots and lots of reference photos are invaluable here in any possible angle you can find.) |
I have started adding the shapes of the upper and lower lids and muscles around the eye now. You can see it is starting to take shape. Add any little wrinkles you want to, Make sure to sculpt the upper eyelid, and refine the lashes now that the clay is starting to firm up, it should hold detail better by now. Make sure you leave room inside the front corner to paint in eye whites and a little fleshy third eyelid part if you wish. Please Note: The third Eyelid is NOT a red or pink dot! I see this painted on many models, make sure to research the eyes! |
On to Page 3 Sculpting the Muzzle |
| I am in no way trying to imply that I am perfect, A little self research can take you a long way, try to get all the information and reference photos you can. I try to learn as much as I can every day :) |
Add a small piece of clay to the upper part and start to form it in a half circle shape around the top of the eye. Add a very small roll of clay for the lashes and make little hairs...you can fine tune them later. A very fine roll of clay is placed around the bottom and then smoothed into the face under the eye area for the lower lid. |
Your results may turn out differently. This is only my personal basic guide to help you. |
| All of my Tutorials are exactly that, Mine. They are my personal photos, experiences and directions on the way I sculpt. I am making them free to you for reference only. They are not to be copied in any way without my sole written permission. © Lora Speiser 2007 |
