Next step after plaster

The head piece has suvived the weekend! (I thought the former was going to fall apart because of the weight of the piece!)
Now im just going to fill in any gaps and lightly sand the surface to get a perfect finish.

More plaster

Have put on most of the plaster. The former works quite well though would probably scrape the dry plaster better if it was made from metal and could do with feeling more secure but the form doesn't move out of place so its fine for now.
The best way to stop the plaster shape from moving along the pole is to fill out the ends first. As the plaster dries it expands and so the form has to be rotated constantly for a while.

Plastered start

Have put the former together, cut the polystyrene contors and started the first lot of plaster with a hessium layer as well.

Head former

Have laser cut the head shape. Now im just going to build the former. Its going to work like a spit roaster with the plaster form on the pole that will rotate and the former shape will be fixed.

Head Start

Now the plaster work is done for the body I can make a start on the head.

The head shape doesn't have a flat edge like the body and the former will have to have an undercut. This makes the process difficult.

This time I am going to use a former that is static and rotate the actual head instead. By doing this I should be able to remove the bar holding the head to clean the former if I need to.



Once again I will be using polystyrene to bulk out the main shape.