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Marie Tepe – Collis’ Zouaves

This is a figure project I’ve been working on for quite a while, it depicts Marie Tepe (also know as French Mary) a vivandière  who served with the 114th…

Dorothy – Update

Progression of Dorothy is now at primer stage, I’ve got a little refining to do before mould making (sanding and sharpening the detail) and I plan to start…

Dorothy – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

A slight change of direction In taking a break from a couple of long term projects, I decided to try something a little different, something that was a…

Hitting a wall – US Navy Yeoman

The progress of the US Navy Yeoman figure has finally hit a wall. I’ve been struggling with this sculpt now since June and basically its not working for me….

US Navy Yeoman – Part 1

As you may remember from my last post, I’m back in the saddle! For my next relief sculpt I’ve chosen to depict a Yeoman of the US Navy…

London Ambulance Column – Part 5

The last phase Well – I’ve finally made it! The figure has been through final clean up (eyes readjusted, buttons/badges/bottle strap added and generally tidied up). The figure…

London Ambulance Column – Part 4

Well – its done! Got to add a couple of buttons, fill a few undercuts, then the final clean up for mould making and casting. But as far…

London Ambulance Column – Part 3

After what feels like an age, I’m back in the saddle and continuing with the project! The last couple of weeks have been a huge upheaval in the Odell household…

London Ambulance Column

I’ve got a passion for old photographs, always have had, to this day it still fascinates me that people (that are now long gone) have been preserved in an…

London Ambulance Column – Part 2

In the last instalment of this relief sculpt we left the figure in the silhouette stage, the excess clay had been removed and the hat had been carved from baked Sculpey…