Comrade Hero

I'm expecting a rather nice refund based on my Tax Return this year as well.

I had to save up for the sculpture and am still saving towards getting sequential pages done as part of my Manuscript Project for a Diploma in Creative Writing.

It's meant I've had to stop chewing at the bit and restrain myself every time an artist comes along with a sale or promotion.

Heh.

Yeah, and a rather long process. Shannon has basically scaled Arnold's competition era measurements and started building Comrade Hero with Scott's image references.

The arms will eventually go down past the waist. I weighed up full figure vs. torso and went with torso for practical reasons (primarily I'm prone to breaking things).

Working with Scott to get the costume/uniform right was a challenge. Gloves, Boots, Mask and Belt were fairly easy to get reference images for, but the actual outfit had me scratching for a while.

I didn't want solid body-sculpted armor ala the Batman films, X-Men movie style leather uniforms, nor the standard "my uniform is painted on" spandex/latex.

Opted for a composite of layered 'soft armor' currently in existence/being developed. The end result isn't shiny or pretty, but then again the Russians tended to favor function over style.

First sculpture images from Shannon. April 10, 2010. Nothing fancy - just a work in progress!

Face/Physique Details: Finding a mixture between a commanding and intimidating presence.

Uniform Details: A mixture of real world and conceptual US and Soviet-era/Russian Law Enforcement and Military Equipment.

Comrade Hero Character Reference Template by the very talented Scott Turk (aka Graver). Will be used for base reference for the sculpture I'm getting done by Shanon Brocas.

Congratulations on your promotion, David. Well deserved!

Big Congrats to David

Thanks all. Rest assured that Graver is around, you can reach him by email.

Shannon Brocas has Graver's wonderful work in hand as well as some additional physical and uniform references I've sent him.

Decided to go with a head to waist sculpture rather than the full sized one. Not so much influenced by cost, but practicality. Shannon will do the sculpting, his father will do the painting. Project to take around three months.

Will keep updated.

I'd give you a platonic hug of comradely friendship, but I'm fresh out at the moment.

Unfortunately I got around an hour of DXP during the whole event, which was kinda sad. On the flipside, I got to catch up with some oldtimers which was great.

I'll get my hello in before you say goodbye, or are you back so my hello must be retracted? Am confused.

Plant symbiosis - good concept. Have to wait and see if any 'cosmetic' details show up in the colors.

Comrade Hero Character Reference Template by the very talented Scott Turk (aka Graver). Will be used for base reference for the sculpture I'm getting done by Shanon Brocas.

Any particular word count?

Spasiba! Thank you to all

Congrats on your very first commission! Here's to many, many more.