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Hard Surface Sculpt - Colt 1873 Army Revolver

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#1

Hi Everyone,

I’ve been exploring hard surface sculpting by working on this Colt 1873 Army Revolver; crits and comments always welcome.

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Thanks

Dave

#2

Superb! Any tip about your workflow?

#3

Sebastian, Thank you for your comment it means alot to me coming from an outstanding artist such as yourself.

I used pretty much all the amazing capabilities ZBrush provides.

I started with a fairly good exploded parts image from the web. I used the exploded parts image in Spotlight as reference to scale my pieces. I also happen to have access to an actual Colt 1873 Pistol which helped me understand the structure and function better.

I used shadowbox for creating the frame and several other parts. I found that even though some parts on the real gun are made from single pieces it was often helpful to make them from two or three pieces.

I found slightly oversizing the outer sides of a shadow box form and undersizing cutout areas and holes was helpful. Then relying on the clipping brushes to clean up and trim to correct dimensions.

I hope this helps. If you would like more specifics I’d be happy to provide more details.

All the best

Dave

#4

Here is a short 360 vid of the gun
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