Welcome Dear Reader,
"Once upon a time, the tale of the creation of a Rotten Clown was heard not so far from here..."
Let me take you through this journey and share with you this experience...
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"Il était une fois l'histoire de la création d'un Rotten Clown était entendue pas très loin d'ici..."
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The possibility for me to sculpt a model for the Rotten Factory (RF) range of miniatures was then discussed...
No proper idea in Pawel's mind, just the will to have a sculpture of mine.
How could I say no ?!
So, the natural first step has been to visit the RF website, getting familiar as possible with this universe, imagining and feeling what I would like to add to it.
I loved immediately the idea of the Rotten Circus !
And what better horrific idea than creating an evil and scary clown ? :D
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La possibilité que je sculpte un modèle pour la gamme de figurines Rotten Factory (RF) fût alors discutée...
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After a quick search about 19th century clowns, this idea led to a concrete feeling and design in my mind that I shared with Pawel, keeping in mind the budget we agreed on.
Here is how I described it in first place :
"About the character style :
– He will be considered as « Special Character », not really like a « Champion ».
– He needs to be scary, like the guy you don’t want to be too close even if he is in your team.
He would be a soloist, not because he is selfish but because he feels better being alone. He is not a sharing person.
About the design :
– I imagine a guy a bit fat, not enormous, a bit taller than usual.
It would mean about 33-34 mm at the eyes level (when standing straight).
– He’s got a bit large neck and articulations (wrists, knees, etc…), not huge, but larger than the average.
– I imagine him bold, bare chest with trousers, tall socks, big flat shoes.
– He has a « special face » : he scalped the face of a clown, ears included, and pinned it on his own face. That’s the truly scary part of the character.
This « second » face is carved (line cutting the eyes, the mouth…), with a « red clown nose ».
– He’s got several bubons on his chest and arms, and a big « scar/cut », perpendicular, starting under his neck, descending in his pants.
There are fresh sewings closing the cut all along.
– The trousers are large upper the knees.
– Socks are up to the knees.
– He’s got a butcher chopper in his right hand.
– I was thinking it could be fun if his left hand was cut, replaced with a hook. Would make him even scarier.
About the position :
– Pretty simple, he is moving slowly, one feet behind the other, the chest and face in the direction he’s moving, looking in front of him, being a bit « angry », we can feel anger and that he is dangerous this way."
And... He liked it !
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Voici comment je l'ai décrit dans un premier temps :
"Le style du personnage :
– Il sera considéré comme un "Perso Spécial", pas vraiment un "Champion".
– Il doit être effrayant, comme le gars dont vous ne voulez pas être trop proche même s'il est dans votre équipe.
Il devrait être solitaire, non parce qu'il est égoïste mais car il se sent mieux seul. Ce n'est pas une personne qui aime partager.
Le design :
– J'imagine un gars un peu gras, pas énorme, un peu plus grand que la moyenne.
Cela veut dire environ 33-34 mm au niveau des yeux (se tenant droit).
– Il a un cou et des articulations larges, pas énormes, mais plus épais que la moyenne.
– Je l'imagine chauve, torse nu avec un pantalon/short, chaussettes hautes, grosses chaussures plates.
– Il a un "visage spécial" : il a scalpé le visage d'un clown, oreilles inclues, et l'a fixé sur son propre visage. C'est l'élément véritablement effrayant du personnage.
Ce "second" visage est gravé (coupures sur les yeux, la bouche...) et porte un "nez rouge de clown".
– Il a plusieurs furoncles sur son torse et ses bras, et une grande cicatrice/coupure, perpendiculaire, commençant sous le cou, descendant jusqu'au pantalon.
Il y a des coutures fraîches refermant cette coupure.
– Le pantalon est large au-dessus du genou.
– Les chaussettes montent au genou.
– Il a un hachoir de boucher dans sa main droite.
– Je pensais qu'il serait marrant si sa main gauche était coupée, remplacée par un crochet. Le rendrait même plus effrayant.
La position :
– Plutôt simple, il avance lentement, un pied en retrait de l'autre, le torse et la tête orientés dans la direction de son mouvement, regardant devant lui, un peu "en colère", on sentir sa colère et qu'il est dangereux.
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Pawel was not convinced by the hook and then we agreed on a mutagenic arm.
I designed what I had in mind to get an image to support our discussions about it.
Here are the versions of it (my favorite as reference is the fourth one ;) ) :
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J'ai designé ce que j'avais en tête afin d'avoir une image sur laquelle s'appuyer pour nos discussions.
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| Rotten Clown-Design Left Arm Scan 01. Graphite on paper. (Click on to enlarge) |
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| Rotten Clown-Design Left Arm Scan 02. Graphite on paper. (Click on to enlarge) |
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| Rotten Clown-Design Left Arm 03. Photoshop & Instagram Filter . (Click on to enlarge) |
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| Rotten Clown-Design Left Arm 04. Photoshop & Instagram Filter . (Click on to enlarge) |
You'll see that there were few other changes/adaptations/new ideas during the sculpting process...
Let's keep that for the other parts of the tale !
Next episode... "The Promising Tale of the Armature".
Prochain épisode... "The Promising Tale of the Armature" (L'histoire Prometteuse de l'Armature).
Oh ! By the way...
Did I tell you about the KickStarter ?!?
This sculpture will be part of the KS celebrating the 5th year anniversary of Rotten Factory !
Find out about this KS & stay tuned to my Blog for more articles ! ;)
MIKH.
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