1/4 scale Prom Buffy bust

[smiler]

Finally catching up with commissions from 2015 due to a few months off for personal reasons and to begin with is a 1/4 scale bust of Buffy from the Prom episode.
Quite straight forward at first - a cast was made from the Premium format statue of head torso and arms but where the arms bend at the elbow the whole area had to be sculpted from scratch. The length from shoulder to elbow was shortened and the same from elbow to wrist where flesh would replace areas as it creased, this had to be added with sculpey to make the bend look natural and create an elbow. Hair and dress were sculpted and made to twist around the base.
The parasol was tricky - I couldn't find anything on line in the right scale so had to make it from scratch using mod-roc (plaster bandage) and then embellished it with sparkly things! The paint apps reflect the buyers request to have Buffy in a sad but reflective mood.
I hope you guys enjoy it - I'm very pleased with the results, the whole process was very therapeutic at a difficult time.

[Lior Knight]

I absolutely love how you integrated her dress into the base. Looks fantastic!

[Roadie]

Stunning piece! Love her face, she looks beautiful. The paint is very well applied, great colours, all spot on. I also agree with Lior, the dress intertwining into the base is very creative and looks wicked! I love her hair sculpt as well, looks very pretty and neat. In fact pretty much everything looks neat about the sculpt. I love her!

My only critique is maybe her parasol looks slightly dented inwards on the bottom but it's still a nice sculpt and must have been hard to make anyway!!

Love this custom, really beautiful work. I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say we've all missed your work!!

[PJ]

Awesome looking piece. Glad to see some solid work from you once again. Love how the dress kinda wraps around the base of the bust, very clever and unique twist on the piece.

[msperoxideluv]

Smiler, it's truly stunning work. The expression on her face is spot on and emotionally moving. The detail on all the draping of the gown is spectacular- as folks have mentioned the integration of the dress into the base is genius. And the one piece of hair dangling...well that's just another bit of detail that you totally captured. An amazing work. Kudos to you for soldiering on under circumstances that even would have challenged Buffy herself.

[Joan-b]

As everybody already said, the dress wrapped around the base is so brilliant and gorgeous ! I love the glitters on the dress too, very nice. Once again you've captured her expression so well, I felt her sad and pensive look even before reading the description. I love this piece, what a lucky buyer. I'm glad you're back at customizing and that this piece has been helpful at a difficult time.

[sueworld2003]

Just caught up with this and I have to say it's stunning. Truly a beautiful piece of work.

[Sineya]

Beautiful work. She looks sad and reflective. Your paint make-up is beautiful as well. Your attention to detail of the umbrella is very good as well.