HOW TO SCULPT A MONSTER IN CLAY ! 

Haha you can call yourself a master and the best cause you really are a goat at what you do

Thanks man! Really appreciate that 🙏

My condolences for your cat passing away. Any pets passing always hurts more than you would expect. Thank you for the new, amazing sculpture though ^^.

Adequate 😉 Nice work Chris. Now you have time for all those other requests don't you. Or you could hang out on Discord with the rest of the Patreon backers. Yeah, that.

Sorry for your loss.

Couldn’t have put it better myself. Joined his patreon

@@miguelcaraballo2765 @nmal Thank you both very much! Trying to keep in fun and interesting! Preciate'cha! :)

I will if you will, man! :) Happy sculpting!

Thank you- it’s been 17 years of basically thinking and doing every day. Still love it!

Thank you very much! A gallery would be cool! I’d love to just have them set up at some arcade somewhere. Maybe Funspot in NH they have the room over there.

Thank you very much! I had to cut that hair section way down lol. I tried to keep it succinct so it was easy to follow. It’s one of the tougher things to help people grasp. Thanks again for watching 😊

Thank you!

Thank you! Yeah they have some really great character designs. I got to pick who I wanted to sculpt and I gravitated to this one for that very reason. Thanks for stopping by! 🙏

@@SculptureGeek ur wellcome, looking forward to see more awesome sculpts 😸👍

Thanks a lot! cheers and thanks for stopping by :)

Haha thanks man! I don’t want anyone to take the silly title seriously. That’s why there’s dollar signs and junk. I’m just up here having a laugh. Very much appreciated tho 🙏💚

Definitely have felt this

Haha! Nice! Love me some milk and cookies too! Hope they were good! This warms my soul, friend! Thank you :)

I can but if you have any questions, I’d be happy to answer in the meantime. It would take me a few months at least to make a new tutorial. I have been thinking about it but in the meantime, I’m here to help and love to talk shop.

@@SculptureGeek Hey man thanks for the generous offer. I think I have so many questions about so many things though that it would be disrespectful of your time to just fire a bunch off here, so I'll just wait till you get around to making the tutorial because at least there I'm paying you, lol.

I totally appreciate that. I was considering making a wed clay tutorial video for youtube to cover the basics and a bit more but I just don’t know how well it would do for the amount of time I’d have to sink in. I’m not totally sure how many of you want to learn how to sculpt vs. just be entertained. I can’t imagine there are a ton of people that really want to get into this so I try to keep it basic enough to understand and interesting enough to follow 😅

@@SculptureGeek Yea I don't know how valuable the previous tutorials were to you financially vs. time invested, but for people like me they were so valuable. Another idea besides making a full on tutorial would be to upload a sort of "less abridged" timelapse of your sculpting process to your Patreon. A good example of this is a RU-vidr called Crafty Art if you look up what he just did with his Willem Defoe Joker sculpt. He made a sort of "entertainment" RU-vid video timelapse of his process similar to the way you do, but then he put up longer segments of his sculpting sessions on his Patreon for those people like me who are actually interested in learning something as you mentioned lol. He split up a sculpt probably similar in length to what you've done here into like ten or so 15-20 minute semi-edited timelapse segments of like one video for "Teeth and Wrinkles" one video for "Hair" etc. So it's not as in depth as a tutorial but those interested can actually discern what you're doing and it's actually useful educationally so people will pay for it via Patreon. Maybe something like that could be a good idea for you as a sort of "in between" putting out fully edited and narrated tutorials vs. these super abridged RU-vid videos?

Thank you so much 😀 the “master” bit is just for fun and to be a little self deprecating. I hope no one takes it seriously. Much appreciated tho thank you 🙏💚

Thank you! I haven't sculpted the Hulk in many years. I was considering doing one for the channel, here. This guy definitely gives off Hulk vibes and the whole time I was sculpting him, I was thinking that. Although, I'm not the biggest Star Wars fan- Love the originals of course but I love Darth Maul too!

Thanks Christian! 💚

Thank you for this comment! It means a lot to hear. I put so much work into each and every one of these. I’m happy to see it doesn’t go totally unnoticed 💚🙏 Thank you for watching!

Thank you! Cheers!

Thank you! That really means a lot to hear. I work super hard on them. 💚🙏

Thank you! Love me some jazz 😅🙏

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching :)

Thank you so much!

Thank you! I have to be honest as well- I’ve been thinking about Ren and Stimpy a LOT lately lol 😅

@@SculptureGeek I've been waiting man, it's going to be epic!

Thank you! Cheers!

Thank you!

Thanks so much and thanks for watching :)

Thanks bro! See you tomorrow!

Never played Deus Ex unfortunately. I’ll check it out! I did play Darksiders when it came out a while back. War would be cool for sure! Thanks for watching!

Thanks so much and welcome! Lots more on the way but on the subject of Warcraft- I actually sculpted the Black Knight action figure for Blizzard/DC like back in 2009 or so. That was a way different character type but I do love these big muscle-y types. Any Warcraft orc type would be fun and I’m always open to suggestions :)

Thanks so much 🙏

Awesome! Yeah for carving, I would approach hair the same way but of course taking into consideration how much mass you need to leave. Carving is definitely much trickier. I find that I like to play with the sculpt instead of fully committing from the start 😅

Thank you! Cheers!

Haha thanks thanks! Happy to give a laugh 😊

Thank you very much! 💚🙏

Super appreciate that, friend! Thank you!

Thank you, I will friend! Cheers :)

Thank you kindly :)

No, this clay has to be molded once you're finished with the piece. When it dries out, it becomes very brittle and cracks unpredictably. There are things you can do to mitigate the cracking but, you're better off just molding it.

Thank you!

Thank you and welcome! I wish I was in TX too lol. Not a fan of living in RI. I hear it’s nice over there. Maybe one day 😁

Thanks! Anything made in this clay particularly, should be molded. The clay normally cracks in unpredictable spots so there’s a window in which case you can make a successful mold of it. It’s possible to reconstitute the clay to be used again but sometimes that’s not worth the effort. It depends as well how long you let it dry out for- for instance, if you let it firm up just enough to be handled, and then do the mold, you can sort of scrape off the outer shell and that makes it easier to re-use. It would need to be wrapped back up and used as soon as possible. This one specifically will probably just get tossed if it cracks in unsightly places- if it doesn’t, then I’ll hang on to it.

Thank you so much 😀

Thank you! This was a fun sculpt for sure!

Chavant will work great for a mask- the hard grade is what I like most. The biggest thing is that it’ll take a little longer but you’ll have better control. A lot of folks use Wed clay for masks but it can be tough for beginners. It’s less self supporting and you need to be able to tone things well for detailing etc… Where as Chavant, you can always easily change, pickup where you left off, or throw in some quick detail to help visualize the direction you want to go in. Either will be fine tho. I recommend trying as many materials as you can as you go. Good luck and happy sculpting!

Oh yeah lol lots of those! I just put in a few choice moments but I could make a whole video of outtakes lol. Thanks for watching 🙏💚

Thanks! It’s a bit of a running joke. I hope people don’t think I mean it 😅 Just having fun and trying not to be too serious.

Haha I love ss3 but always wanted to sculpt ss4- actually would love to do Roshi, Buu, or Broly.

@@SculptureGeek the 4’s would look amazing man keep up the great work!👍

Thank you!

Thanks so much, man! Been a minute since I’ve posted. More on the way! Thanks for watching 💚

Thanks Guillermo! Appreciate that! 🙏💚

Thanks for watching 🙏😊

Love to hear that! Thank you for watching 😊

Thank you so much 😀

That's a good idea, I haven't done any superheroes on here yet. Probably about time I change that! We'll see! Thanks for watching :)

@@SculptureGeek Thanks for the reply. You are the best! Can’t wait to see Batfleck from you and BvS cowl please. 🤞🙏

Thanks a ton! 🙏💚

Hi! This is actually the second one on this channel. I’ve done a bunch but nothing that I filmed. The last one here was Kratos. LOVE Wed clay. I’ve been addicted to it lately- works great on camera and it’s just so fast 🏃‍♂️💨

@@SculptureGeek You have exceptional talent! You should give some classes; I'm sure you would have many people interested in taking them.

Thanks friend! much appreciated 😁💚

Thank you! No idea how to do that but by the time I figured it out, this statue would probably be dried out and cracked into pieces.

@@SculptureGeek yeh been there , wonder if a wood glue solution would help seal it ? Shame you loose it

Super appreciate that! Thank you 💚🙏

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I think it would depend on how long before they got in the way- I've never really thought about it but I couldn't see there being any real benefit to it. You really use the pads of your fingers more than anything- generally tools help you to reach areas better but I think even though attached to your finger, you would still have better control with the right tool. I can't stand having long fingernails though lol. I have a nail trimmer that I keep alongside my tools to keep them super short lol.

@@SculptureGeek I was wondering if you keep them short and you already answered that too! But yeah, I always see you using the pads of the fingers quite often which is why I asked. Thank you!

Skin texture can be a pain. It depends a lot on the scale you're working in. I use one or two different sized ball styluses one of them is like the smallest I could find and I use it for almost everything. Keep in mind that pores are directional. They're not normally just round dots. They tend to have a tiny little bit of "drag" You can usually help that by angling the tool as you press. If anything, use a much lighter touch and trust in it. It doesn't take a lot of pressure to texture a surface in clay even in super hard clays or waxes. Layering it is also the way to go- you may have to go back in and punch things up after a pass or two. I would always try not to go too heavy. In fact, I would say I have a pretty light hand and I still struggle not to go too heavy sometimes especially after a long repetitive session where you're tired and the finish line is not quite in sight lol. When in doubt soften things up and do another light pass. These days, I don't really go too hard on texture especially for these RU-vid sculpts. Just a few light layers so that the sculpt isn't totally smooth. Hope that helps!

@@SculptureGeek Totally helps, lets me know I am moving in the right direction!

Thank you! I didn't go too crazy with the texture, just a quick pass so it wasn't smooth. Most of the metal tools are made from hardened steel or hardened steel wire. Some have teeth that I put in, and some are smooth.

Travailler là-dessus, mon ami! Merci d'avoir regardé

You're too kind, man! Thank you :)

Thank you! Would you rather see the TV version or the game version for Ellie?

@@SculptureGeek Pas pour le moment mais je suis très impatient de regarder !

Thank you for watching! 💚

Either, or- depending on what it is. For this particular sculpt, no plans on molding it. If it cracks in a weird spot, I'll probably recycle what I can from it and toss the rest. Most of the oil based clay sculpts I've filmed, I have on a shelf. Anything I don't film, I usually recycle the clay and use it for something else.

@@SculptureGeek thank you for the reply

Thanks a ton! It’s in the works 😊🙏

Haha! They got me, man! Thanks for watching!

Thank you!

Thank you! I had fun with it.

Hi! Wed clay is it's own thing- the name of the company that produces it is Laguna clay. The name stands for Walter Elias Disney and it was developed for Disney for their imagineers to use in the production of films and cartoons. Just search for wed clay (EM-217) by Laguna clay company and you'll get the right stuff :)

Haha sculpting is a ton of fun either way. I just try to make it more interesting to watch 😅

Thank you! 🙏💚

It will harden, then eventually, most likely crack into pieces. If you want to keep one, you really need to mold it. The clay is very cheap and just air dries tho so it’s good for making youtube videos if you don’t intend to keep the piece.

@@SculptureGeek thanks for the answer! I had no idea water clay could hold that level of detail.

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you so much, Josh! They've asked but it's never usually required. If they get one, it's a casting. You could ship the original but it's not worth the risk also, that allows the piece to be painted if they want.