First, I Tried To Make Uncle Sam. After 15 Minutes, His Legs Still Looked Ridiculous, So I Decided To

First, I tried to make Uncle Sam. After 15 minutes, his legs still looked ridiculous, so I decided to make a bust instead. "Like the 'I Want YOU' posters!" I thought. And then I made one attempt at a human face, ordered a figure-sculpting book from the library, and went with his hat.

Hey, I know my limits.

(But look how much smoother it is! +1 for having the right tools.)

Marblex, ~30 min.

Dayna came to visit today, so we went to see Inception (SO GOOD) and Toy Story 3. Since she's the one who gave me my starter clay and actually knows what she's doing, I asked if she wanted to sculpt with me when we got home and she very politely agreed. I made this little alien guy from Toy Story. Dayna decided to just wing it, and she made this totally awesome dragon.

Did I just say "totally awesome dragon?" Yikes.

Toy Story alien: Super Sculpey, ~70 min.

Dayna's dragon: Marblex, ~70 min.

As if you hadn't figured it out by now, I'm a little on the nerdy side. When one of my all-time favorite shows, Futurama, came back from the dead last month, I may have gotten a little teary-eyed. Just a little. Which Bender would have totally disapproved of, of course.

(Look, a gray sculpture that's actually supposed to be gray!)

Marblex, ~50 min.

The homepage was looking colorless, so I decided to fill Dayna's request for a hot dog after all. This is the first one I haven't done from a reference photo, so it's pretty bare bones. I think the mustard's kinda cute, though. :)

RoseArt, ~20 min.

When I helped her move, Dayna let me borrow her whole collection of Astonishing X-Men comics (thank you!), and now I'm kind of obsessed. I just finished #11, which has a pretty freaky reveal at the end involving a Sentinel. So here you go! His shoulders are too narrow (I carved off too much), but other than that I think it's a definite improvement over Zombie Scott Pilgrim.

Marblex, ~45 min.

Pre-game warmup.