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Ok I got a lot of stick for shadowsun's lousy face from across the boards, this remark particularly struck a cord.

Yamez from Golden Throne wrote:Work on your face sculpting. Lots. Seriously. It lets the whole model down.

OK So I tried a human face sculpt to practice. This is my first human face sculpt. Its to scale with 40k size heads.

OK onto my first attempt... yes its not so good, it looks like slooth out of the goonies, HEY YOU GUYS!

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After seeing the extreme close up I had to go back and poke it a bit more with a sharp tool to tidy it up. Also added a cool scar, purely because it was easy to do lol.

Still needs a bit of work in places (nose and eyes) but I'm getting into this sculpting lark.
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OK further refinement after analysis. Stage III tweak
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Big thanks to Simon Proctor of Ramshackle games. I bought the procreate putty from him on ebay and its freaking amazing. It doesn't stick to the tools, and looks way cool in grey.

Ebay link - go buy some now!

Ramshackle games procreate putty

Come on, it's not great for a pro maybe, but for your FIRST ATTEMPT at human faces it's excellent IMHO. Of course, it could be smoother (and it's my main criticism) but it comes with practice and time - so you're definitely on the right track! Well done!

very well done - especially at the first attempt!
with a bit of practice You'll achieve big progress - just make another head and You'll see it's better than the previous

IIRC Scibor had a short face-sculpting tutorial posted here or on SMM site. Perhaps it would be helpful for you Gareth.

and the another one will show up soon... :silenced:

For a first it's very good. It is a bit grainy but I know how hard it can be to get that real smooth finish...

Gareth mate check your PM box