Chavant NSP hard clay used for sculpting a life size dog model sculpture

This video will show you a better view of the completed dog clay model.

Life size dog sculpture ready for foundry

The dog sculpture is finally ready for the foundry. Applying the fur texture too quite a while to complete. Nevertheless, I am very pleased with the results.

Though most people viewing the sculpture will never look underneath to peak at the belly area, it was important to me, not to cut corners.

Dog fur texture created with a hot wax tool

The image shows the results of using Gile's Precision Waxer. The tool was designed for wax carving; however, it works great on oil based clays. Chavant NSP hard is my clay of choice and since the NSP clay is composed of a higher percentage of wax components it leaves me with cleaner textures.

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