In this part of the tutorial I show you how to make the armature that goes inside the sculpture.

Part 1 of this tutorial is here

The wire armature is an important part of the sculpture process. It is a framework that holds your sculpture together, keeps it in shape and keeps it strong. It does exactly the same thing that your bones do inside your body.

Here is the wire armature figure I made for this sculpture. It looks great.

Remember that a sculpture is a three dimensional shape so you don't want your armature to be flat! Here is a sideways look at it. Notice how his left leg is bent forward. And see how his arms are bent. This is all about getting the gesture of the figure right. It will make a big difference in how your miniature ends up looking.

Here is how to shape something like this.

Start with two pieces of wire around ten inches long.

Twist one in the center to form your head shape.

Put the second one over it like this at the neck.

Then twist the two together.

Now bring that lower wire down and twist at the waist. This forms the torso and the legs.

Now you can shape the legs and the arms.

Now trim it all to about the right length. Keep the legs an inch too long so you can insert it into your cork. And keep the arms a little long if you need to form hoops to hold a weapon or staff or something else.

Add the staff and insert it into the cork.

It looks good. Compare it to your drawing and make adjustments as needed.

Ok , Let's start the actual sculpting

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