Football Player part 3

Here is the first part of getting his color on.

I start out with giving him a good scrubbing with a toothbrush, water, and a little dishsoap.

While he is still damp I start painting him. I start with the grey helmet then paint the shirt and stripes red. Next comes the white stripes. after that is all dry I add the eye black and the red stripes. Sorry but I have to get more in a little while.

football player 3

Part 3

Continue to narrow down the body and make the shoulder pad structure in the shirt more defined. It's also time to cut in his legs and carve in the shoe shape. The shoes on this little guy are kinda non discript blobs.

Next comes the facemask. You have to be very careful to be certian to cut it in shallow sections or else the bars will split out. After the mask is cut in I make some simple eyes inside the mask. All done but the painting...

Anyone want to see that?

THanks for lookin,

Doug

Football player part 2

here is a quick side view with sketched in arms. Notice how the helmet is rounded off pretty well.

Hello all,

Here is part 2. I continue to round off the helmet. I also work the chest and back inward.

Remember that the shoulder pads will stick out a bit beyond the sides of the helmet. Leave the facemask area pretty much alone at this point. Keep redrawing in your centerlines so you can keep the carving symetrical.

Next I draw in the arms. I have them hang a little lower than normal to give our player more of a comical appearance. You can make his arms thicker or thinner to make him as muscular as you want.

(In Tom's case I'd make his fella's arms pretty big to make the tattoo look right. I did make a Hines Ward for a friend. The tattoo did turn out pretty cool).

I work the arms in from all directions and make sure there is enough meat at the bottom to make the hands.

Sam's football player

My buddy Sam asked me for a how to of a football player from a "hen" egg.

Here goes. Oh yeah, I was bribed Sam sent me a wonderful little Jim Tressel.

It will be a couple days til it's all posted.

When I start out I divide the egg in 2 with the end grain on the sides. Then I come down about a third of the way down and draw a line around the egg. This will be the bottom of the back. You will need to drop down a little bit for the bottom of the face mask.

Next cut them in. I carve a straight line around the middle then back cut down to it from the top and bottom. The size of the helmet is begining to take shape.

More later,

post any questions and thanks for looking,

Doug Sludgeguy Keller