So I have the basic head and shoulders the way I want them. I was worried that the sculpey would crack as there is a fairly hefty wire armature inside.

 

                                                                                    

                                                                                                                                               

I have a lot of fine tuning and sanding to do and then I plan to add armour made from real steel and copper pieces riveted together

Ork Bust WIP

ork2 015, originally uploaded by parkadge.

Ork Bust WIP

ork2 017, originally uploaded by parkadge.

I'm going to try working some texture into the skin while I mooth out the bumps with some oild and a brush

Ork Bust WIP

ork2 016, originally uploaded by parkadge.

some more work needed on the ears and around the eyes

Ork Bust WIP

ork 006, originally uploaded by parkadge.

I decide to open the mouth up to give him a snarl

Ork Bust WIP

ork 008, originally uploaded by parkadge.

Wooden pegs inserted for teeth to be replaced by ceramic

Ork Bust WIP

ork 003, originally uploaded by parkadge.

Built on a wire and tinfoil armature with sculpey

birthday present

barbarabirthdaypresent, originally uploaded by parkadge.

This started out as several castings I made from a "Form-u-lay" mould joined together to portray the facade of a Factory building as part of a military diorama but a friend liked it so much I ended up dedicating it to her for her birthday

Katri's Fox

Katri's Fox, originally uploaded by parkadge.

My Daughter katri drew this fox's head for me and I figured out how to do it in copper.

Pierced

Pierced , originally uploaded by parkadge.

The was a hole in the piece of copper I used for the heart. it closed up a bit during the beating but it's still there- I like it.

Queen

Queen, originally uploaded by parkadge.

Better luck with this one

Queen

Queen, originally uploaded by parkadge.

Finding it hard to line up the letters as I punch them

birdskull6

birdskull6, originally uploaded by parkadge.

Winged birdskull inspired by a trip to the In Storage display in Collins Barracks where I met Aideen McBride and chatted about WarHammer

birdskull4

birdskull4, originally uploaded by parkadge.

birdskull3

birdskull3, originally uploaded by parkadge.

birdskull2

birdskull2, originally uploaded by parkadge.

birdskull1

birdskull1, originally uploaded by parkadge.

birdskull

birdskull, originally uploaded by parkadge.

winged heart X

winged heart X, originally uploaded by parkadge.

The texture on the wings is from german hammer and the X on the heart is is just done by hammering the design in with an old screwdriver- very basic

Via Flickr:
Beaten copper heart with wings

winged heart

winged heart, originally uploaded by parkadge.

I'm just using basic hand tools because I'm not really set up for this- my anvil is the head off an old sledge hammer. I have a few hammers and a couple of hand shears, pliers and  punches. I used to do a lot of this kind of work but I realise I forgotten a lot of techniques

Via Flickr:
Beaten copper heart with wings

winged heart with arrow

winged heart with arrow, originally uploaded by parkadge.

I'm playing around making these copper ornaments. I start with a heavy guage sheet copper cut with a hand shears and hammer it into shape then weld it together using copper to copper rod

Love Fish

002, originally uploaded by parkadge.

Copper fish approx 3 inches long

Love House

004, originally uploaded by parkadge.

Small copper pendant- very rough but just done as a test piece

Hat

Untitled-2, originally uploaded by parkadge.

Been quiet lately but I had promised myself I'd work on some sculpture this weekend. Instead I started work on this hat. Probably from rereading Patrick O Brian's Aubrey/Maturin Novels.
I might add a cockade with a harp on it and pint the whole thing green for Saint Patrick's day