Perciville wax figure

[pointfiftytracer 10]

This is my OC Perciville. I made the wax figure mostly because I wanted to try wax sculpting myself. He came out really good considering this was my first time working with this media. I had some carving/sculpting experience from working on my model ships but never with wax.

I made the wax by mixing hot glue and paraffin wax and collored it by melting in crayons. The body was cut from a rectangular block I cast from the colored wax then carved to the final shape. I made the jacket by painting on melted wax until I had a thick enough layer built up. The new wax was then carved into the jacket. Hair was cast then carved and melted in place. Details like the eyes and yellow on the jacket were crayons that I melted in place. He took about 10 to 12 hours across 3 days to make. Though this time could be cut in half if I knew what I was doing.

Edited January 6, 2017 by pointfiftytracer

[weesh 690]

you MADE the wax?

I am very impressed. 

[pointfiftytracer 10]

you MADE the wax?

 

 

Well, to an extent. I mixed in hot glue to raise the melting point as and make it less brittle. Getting the color was just a matter of finding crayons in the color I wanted and throwing them in the pot. I used 3 large, extra long glue sticks for every 1/3 pound of wax.

In the future I might make a clay version first then make a silicon mold of it. I would first cast the wax to the rough shape using the mold. then carve it to its final form after. This would cut down a lot of waste as I started with over a pound of wax and the finished model weighs around 4 ounces.

[Lunarpalette 2,175]

That's really cool the way you did that! And it looks really cool too!