King Caratacus 1st Cent A.D. COMPLETED

[Paul P.]

Hi all, this is a sculpt im doing of King Caractacus.

He was King of the Catuvellauni in the first cent AD, His Father Cunobelinus made a pact with the roman emperor Cladius but when he died Caractacus said sod that for a game of soldiers and promtly broke the pact and invaded surrounding lands to increase the size of the Catuvellaunian lands. Claudius was not happy about this and promtly invaded Britain again to slap his wrists. For 10 years Caractacus faught off the Romans until the battle of Caer Caradoc, ( somewhere near the Malvern hills ) Caractacus fled to the land of the Brigantes but their Queen, Cartumandia, captured him and took him to the Romans in chains, Naughty girl .
He was taken to Rome to be executed however he made such a moving speach to Claudius that he was spared and he lived out the rest of his days in Rome.

OK history lesson over heres a few pics of the start, its going to be a bust and will be roughly 200mm, ill probably take it to about the waist to try and get a lot of detail in.

There are obviously no pictures of Caractacus so im going off a picture i think he would have looked like in me head, so im thinking boxer or rugby player look with a few scars










Ive done him with a heavy forehead and a broken nose, ( handsome eh ) and ill probably put a scar on his face somewhere. Let me know what you think, about right, over the top, or not enough

Paul

[Paul P.]

Ya know, when i started this thread, i said to me self, someone will bring up that song. I actually thought it would be Cee Bee i beleive he was actually in the court at the time

[Paul P.]

imsure they would give him a stool to stand on

[Paul P.]

[bullardino]

Wow, what a face... Great scuplt at its best.

[Deleted]

Mar 28, 2014 15:41:16 GMT -5 @dickyf said:

I'd lend him a persisope!

Just what the ferk is a "Persisope" I thought you were a Chief Engineer!!?? ....Oh,and cheers fer the really nice comments,the pair of ya!!!

Nice piece of sculpting Paul,but when I Googled ole Caractacus,the 2 pics that got thrown up,looked nowt like yours..But who's around now that knew him,to argue the point anyway,eh?

[Paul P.]

Cheers Mucka, ive looked at about a dozen different pics of him and none are the same so ill go with the mean look

[Paul P.]

moved on with the head, ive decided to try and get most of it done without firing it, mainly because i need to make the body and clothing before the hair is hardened as it will sit over the clothing.
So i finished the head shape and added the ears, who would have thought ears were so complicated , added the neck and started on the hair, There will be 2 platts either side at the front and possibly one at the back, havnt decided yet. Im adding it in thick strands and then detailing each strand as it goes on







If i leave it all soft for now, when the body is done i can the shape it to how i want it before it gets fired

[Leon]

WOW Paul this looks fantastic.

[Deleted]

really nice bit of work Paul...he's starting to look like that big ole jock that was in Braveheart with that Aussie actor...



James Cosmo....

[bbd468]

Excellent sculpt Paul!! Looks just like my old hair when i was a young ruffian!

[deafpanzer]

Fantastic! Keep it coming my master...

[bullardino]

OMG, pure art.

[dennis]

This is looking great Paul, I love your rugby player/boxer look. When I started playing rugby for my Battalion team I once asked one of the older and much harder players how he got his broken nose, he replied he that he was talking when he should have been ducking. That aside great work look forward to seeing more posts.
Dennis

[Paul P.]

Thanks Leon

Yer right Cee Bee, any resemblance to any persons living or deceased is purely accidental

Gary you ruffian you

Andy more on the way

Luigi many thanks matey

Dennis i played rugby once when i joined up and broke me arm, and thought im not playing that stupid game again

OK some more bangs added and the platt on the other side. ill leave the head for now as i want to get the body done first







i had to order some more sculpey which wont be here until Tuesday so it will give me a chance to work out how i want it to look and what to put on him

[Leon]

Paul that is excellent looking mate.

[Paul P.]

Cheers guys. jackwagon it needs to be fired to harden so it will stay maliable until then

[bullardino]

Another magnificent progress, Paul

Does time affect the maliability?

[Paul P.]

Thanks Luigi, no it tends to firm up when you leave it but when you knead it it goes soft .................that sounds so wrong on many counts

[Paul P.]

yer right there mucka, age is a bitch, first yer eyes go, then yer hair thins out, then when yer catch women yer forget what to do with em, then yer cant catch em then yer memory goes

[Paul P.]

Who are you ??

[Paul P.]

Few thats a releif cos im Next ...........next for what im not sure

[Paul P.]

Still waiting for the postie to bring the sculpey , i did though have enough to start the helmet. I always find then tricky things to do, especially in this scale, so first made a dome and then fired it, then filed and sanded it to get a smooth dome. Then chucked it in the bin and made another one. Fired this and then added some plating around the bottom edge and accross the ridge and also a few rivets. When this is finished i shall drill the middle out, as he is going to be holding it the inside will be seen. Then made the first cheek piece.





Bit of raised detail on the cheek piece, only trouble is now i have to make another one to match

Paul

[Paul P.]

Cheers jackwagon. Yes mate im in the process of sorting those things out as well as a standard horse. Dan Mitchel is going to cast them for me its just getting the time to get it done

[vlpbruce]

You do great work Paul. I have to find one of your sculpts to paint my friend.

[bullardino]

Fabulous progress, Paul

[Paul P.]

Apr 1, 2014 18:38:25 GMT -5 vlpbruce said:

You do great work Paul. I have to find one of your sculpts to paint my friend.

Bruce Mitches Military Models sell them just check out their website , i shall look forward to seeing you paint one, cheers

[vlpbruce]

Will do my friend. I just hope my painting skills can match your sculpting skills.

[Paul P.]

Bruce i have no doubt that you will make an excellent job of it, if you have any difficulty getting what you want just let me know and ill speak to Dan Mitchell


Few quick updates, ive hollowed the helmet out with me dremel




I had a problem finding out what was inside, and its difficult to know as all celtic helmets that have been dug up have no innards because its all rotted. So im adding a sort of quilted liner, i cant imagine that there would be nothing inside as it would be so un comfortable




And finally i also added the head to the torso, I like to make the torso shape evan though he will have clothes on, as it gives me an idea as to the shape of the clothes




All for now

[Deleted]

Gonna be watchin this one too! Cool!