My (Cameron's) Avatar Neytiri sculpture WIP, new head post #30

i saw the previews of this movie it was awesome!, cant wait to see the finish work

Nice start Russ, Allways fun to watch your threads

Nice!

Some progress pics here. I'm slowly building the body with apoxie sculpt. Later when the body form is done I'll come back and and the fine details, toes, fingers, clothes, etc.. The hair will be like a dolls, and not sculpted. Hopefully I can find some braids that'll work with the sculpt.

Don´t tell me that´s your garden ... sheesh ... :-)

Originally Posted by mmgraphics

Don´t tell me that´s your garden ... sheesh ... :-)

That's the veiw outside my back door. The lake even has bass, catfish, brim and carp! A flock of Canadain geese regularly visit to chew up my grass and poop all over the place! But it is nice.

Don't forget the gators that frequent ponds, awesome creatures they are,caught me a 18 footer in Sanibel Island couple years ago scary but fun

Very nice.

The movie is getting great reviews too.

hey Russ - havent seen u in a while mate!
always nice work , love watchin your WIPs

hope alls well
its unfair how nice and sunny it is at ur end!

Originally Posted by Heatshock

hey Russ - havent seen u in a while mate!
always nice work , love watchin your WIPs

hope alls well
its unfair how nice and sunny it is at ur end!

I've been around, all is well. It's hard sometimes to find time for the art with Christmas coming, the wife and kid, work......

This sculpture is looking great so far, any more updates on it? Maybe offering a few copies up?

Just saw Avatar today, and loved it! While the storyline was pretty predictable, the CG and effects used to make Pandora and all its inhabitants completely drew me into it, and for about 2 and a half hours, I really felt as if I was on a different planet.

I'll be working more on it over the break, refinig it after I saw the movie. She needs to be slightly more skinny in some areas, and the shoulders are too beefy. I'll post pics after that. As far as castings,, depends on the interest and how good it comes out. Thanks

Originally Posted by MandoMan

This sculpture is looking great so far, any more updates on it? Maybe offering a few copies up?

Just saw Avatar today, and loved it! While the storyline was pretty predictable, the CG and effects used to make Pandora and all its inhabitants completely drew me into it, and for about 2 and a half hours, I really felt as if I was on a different planet.

Quite simply, fantastic !

You sir, are an Artist !

Chris

Originally Posted by DangerRuss

*snip* A flock of Canadain geese regularly visit to chew up my grass and poop all over the place! But it is nice.

if you want to keep the geese out of your lawn spray some artificial grape flavor. geese hate the smell, and golf courses use it to keep them off the greens.

random fun fact.

oh, and i'm looking forward to see more progress on this sculpt.

Looking really good.. How big is this? Look forward to se it finished

After seeing the movie I am SOOOOO excited to see this when it is done

El1te

If she stood up she'd be about 25 inches.

pic update. I refined the arms, legs and body. Fingers, toes, and clothes are next. Broke the tail while sanding, have to fix that.

amazing work :O

Making progress. I sculpted the toes and fingers. I totally redid the right arm. I didn't like the way it was bent behind her. Got it more on a straight back pose, elow bent and knife in hand. More pics coming soon.

this is truly looking amazing. I like seeing hard sculpts instead of clay sometimes. Bondo and any other type of sandable, drillable etc. type of stuff to sculpt is great. I can't wait to see this finished. hard sculpting is the only way I was able to make the peices come out right for my ODST gauntlet sculpts

More pic update. Working on the chaps, don't have a real clear reference so...
Trying to imagine what they are made from or what they are. Could it be they are some kind of leaf or animal skin wrapped around her legs? And what is the pattern or how is it put together at the thigh? My thought is that they are pieces of a wing off a Banshee or something, cause the thigh pattern resembles that of the lead wing flaps. Any help with this?

pic update. I'm planning on making changes to the face, getting ready to order real hair micro braids. Also making progress on her necklace with real feathers and beads and hemp rope. Pics to come of that soon.

Here's what I've done with the necklace. (Actually my wife helped me make it!)

Wow.. so cool !

Originally Posted by DangerRuss

I fully expect to to be blown away by this movie. Been so excited about it I had to start a project based on it. Just using some of the released pics as reference.

wow that is amazing!!!!!!!! nice

Ok so I've made some changes to the face. Good or Bad? Please let me know. I resculpted it in clay with these changes, longer face, more nose, slightly opened mouth, more expression in the eyes, and ears pinned back more in almost defensive or attack mode.

Nice ^^ I so love to follow this thread

Third time's a charm, maybe? Made some more changes, slanted the eyes, fuller lips, less bony cheeks, more forehead,inhanced eyebrows, widened head at ears so they weren't so sunk in.

It looks better and better bro! I guess it needs the hair to fully recognize how great this one came out! :-)

Fantastic job and awesome skills!

Any updates ?

Originally Posted by Little TK Boy

Any updates ?

I'm molding the new head now, and I'm changing some of the detail on her riding chaps.

That last head looked great! I'm sure she'll look fantastic.

If you ever need some more reference pictures, just send me a message

Originally Posted by Sareth Dorn

That last head looked great! I'm sure she'll look fantastic.

If you ever need some more reference pictures, just send me a message

PM sent

This is great! Keep the progress pics coming

Originally Posted by Sareth Dorn

That last head looked great! I'm sure she'll look fantastic.

If you ever need some more reference pictures, just send me a message

Got your pics. Oh Man! Thanks! This is going to help so much. Today I grinded off the remaining chap detail, starting fresh. There was so much I had wrong. I also grinded off her upper arm bands and her lower left arm braclets. Opting to put those in as hand made accessories rather than sculpted pieces. The only things I'm going to have as part of the sculpt are the chaps, right wrist guard, and knife.

Update pics. These have the new head and the at question clothing detail grinded off. Going to be re-doing her chaps this weekend. Her upper arm bands, necklaces, herb pouch, knife sheath, loin cloth and lower left braclets will be add ons and not sculpted. She looks kinda plain without that stuff or hair and just primer,but I can see the final piece being really sweet. So close now.

Thanks to Sareth Dorn for the pics to help with the chap detail. Here's an update pic of the detail being applied.

Another pic.

update pics.

just saw this thread...and your work is absolutely amazing, keep on doing awesome work!

paint preview update. I finished the molds, got the master back together, and got some paint on her. Still have alot of finishing to do with all the little details. but I thought I'd share where am at with it.

Been watching on the RPF and this has been great to watch!

I miss words... this is amazing !

Thanks you guys , more pics to come soon. Got her lion cloth, herb pouch,choker, and a braclet done last night. Still have have knife sheath, goggles, arm bands, tail,and hair to put on. And still finish out the base.

OK guys, It's been a long time coming but she's finally finished! I would estimated about 150 hours went into this project from the sculpting, resculpting, molding ,producing, and finally art finishing. I'm very happy with how it came out, and I want to thanks you guys for the encouragement and critiques along the way. I do have some better ideas about the rock base, more to come on that. Here are some pics.

You'r a master! She looks perfect You can be proud!!!

Congratz to this amazing work !!!

Thanks guys for all the comments. I'll be posting this for sale in the cargo hold soon. Not this original but I will make them upon request. Pm me for details, price range $1000. I know that may be high for most but this is a highly detailed piece with many hand made accessories. Not sure if I'll offer it as a kit yet, trying to keep the recasters away.

Originally Posted by Error

Wow what a gorgeous beautiful sculpture Its really something :> you must be super proud!

Hey thanks for the compliments. Yes It did take betwen 150 and 200 total hours from sculpting, molding, casting assembling and finishing. I did this over many months taking breaks due to my wife getting pregnant and the birth my my son.

Aww wow how awesome and congrats on your baby boy too!