Sculpting a Skull with Monster Clay Hard

[@chalupa3461]

Finally a tutorial that has words!

[@karleybioanthro]

As paleoanthropologist I really appreciate your attention to anatomy!😁

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! I was taken to task by a few people for getting details wrong, so I appreciate that ;)

[@kurogiza]

Very nicely done, monster clay looks like a great clay to work with.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! Yep it's great stuff - has abit of a waxy quality to it so it's not as sticky as clays like chavant.

[@iEatClayArt]

How have I missed all these sculpting videos? I've gotta go back and watch them all. Thanks for all you do! You keep me going in my own work :).

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks for watching I appreciate it! Yeah there are quite a few sculpting ones now....

[@TruthSurge]

nice result. Yeah, I was wondering about the smooth finish and how you would deal with it but you left it. I guess for casting maybe that's okay. I don't know anything much about casting but nice job.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks. I've not moulded this one yet so will probably refine it abit more before I do.

[@thefacedlool2706]

Always use a reference, your work will get better overtime.

[@MLTharme]

I love MC Hard, its my go to clay now and I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to advance past a novice sculpture

[@thedarkpower]

Yeah it's great stuff.

[@magnusjohansson295]

Quite instructive! As you say, skulls can be portrayed in many different ways, sometimes more stylized and other times more anatomically correct. You DO learn a lot from these exercises.

[@thedarkpower]

Yes I definitely found it useful to practice. Thanks for watching!

[@dorkhub7039]

Not to brag but I can make a playdoe snake

[@karleybioanthro]

Infixez same, I can even make a playdoe pizza.

[@dorkhub7039]

@@karleybioanthro Lol

[@PENFOLD1962]

Oh bragging again 😂 lol

[@TalkingGIJoe]

I always try but it comes out looking like a worm... :(

[@fupalishous1878]

Copied from jazzas video

[@skateboardingjesus4006]

Excellent sculpt. It definitely has a fluid and natural organic look. The smaller skull with the prominent upper jaw, would be Excellent for a stylised apocalyptic locomotive engine, with the teeth as a cattle guard. "Doomas the tank Endjinn"?

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks. I think HR Geiger made something like that actually.

[@RecklessModelling]

Where did you get your reference skull? Looks very realistic. Great work as always!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! It came from a school science department that was shutting down.

[@titaniumworks3274]

Awesome stuff, as always

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks very much!

[@xami926]

this is a really good skullpture.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks!

[@TomeRodrigo]

Great video, I am thinking of buying this monster clay - hard. Is there any way how to make it strong after the product is finished?

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks - you'd need to make a mould of your final piece if you wanted a final version.

[@TIMBEAU1962]

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Your hands should be protected! You are god! Awsome!

[@wally7896]

one question, where the hell did you get someones skull

[@thedarkpower]

Croydon! Only joking, it came from a school science department that was closing down.

[@s.srivastava9029]

Kaun si mitti h sir plz tell me

[@dramamask]

Awesome sculpting as always! I want to sculpt a skull also and has been on my list for way too long! Great videos and I have a lot of catching up to watch your recent videos! Have made sure to click on your notification bell! :)

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks very much for watching, I appreciate it!

[@aimsanimations2905]

Hi! I’m considering this clay, but how do I make it harden? Thanks! Love the vid 😊

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! This type of clay doesn't harden. It's worth checking out polymer clays like super sculpey instead.

[@aimsanimations2905]

@@thedarkpower hi! I’ve used sculpey, but I’m kinda looking for something like the natural clays that I can buy in large quantities (like pounds for sculpting, if that makes sense.) do you know anything like that? Thanks 😅

[@thedarkpower]

@@aimsanimations2905 The only thing I can think of is 'new clay' which is an air drying clay, but it's not particularly nice to work with. It's cheaper than sculpey or monster clay, but still more expensive than regular clay.

[@TimWak222]

Inspiring sir! Now to find the time to get involved. 👍🏻

[@thedarkpower]

Yep time is always the limiting factor unfortunately! Thanks for watching.

[@Daniel-Strain]

Awesome work. Don't forget that the optic nerve and blood vessels need a place to go in the back of the eye sockets (unless maybe you're planning on covering that up with eyeballs or something?)

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! I'm probably going to mould this so there's only so deep you can go with interior details before you find you can't get it back out the mould again! ;)

[@mariannethebutterfly]

Hi ! Where do you take you're tools ? For the tooth ?

[@thedarkpower]

I made the loop tool I used for the teeth.

[@mariannethebutterfly]

@@thedarkpower omg so they' no way I can buy it ?

[@thedarkpower]

You can buy sculpting tools on amazon so you might be able to find something like it.

[@Sculptureman-c3g]

Amazing processes sir..may ik ow this monster clay medium or hard ?❤❤❤

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks, this was medium.

[@scrembaldmedia]

Thank you for a great vid!

[@ez-8238]

Hello, question. Does the Monster clay hard copy finger prints easily when handled bare handed.

[@thedarkpower]

If you warmed it in your hand it would but not from general handling.

[@ez-8238]

Ah, thank you.

[@burrumgirl1]

Great video, thank you.👍.

[@Kammmm]

Really great sculpt. You are very talented! You did mention what you use to sculpt but may I ask again what it is you are using? How does it cure?

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! It's called Monster clay. It's a waxed based sculpting clay so it doesn't cure.

[@Kammmm]

Thank you for taking the time to reply!

[@blindead7619]

Thanks really for an amazing tutorial! Do you think this sculpt is easy to do also with "Super Sculpey FIRM" ? Total noob in making sculpts but faces and craniums seems kind of easy once you get the hang of it.. or is it? Love your work man!!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! I find the firm sculpey a little too crumbly to be honest, but doi a skull is a good place to start if you want to do some sculpting :)

[@thefacedlool2706]

@@thedarkpower super sculpey is only crumbly if you have not kneaded the clay. You need to knead the clay once you get your hands on it. It also depends if you ordered it online during the summer, which can result in the clay being partially baked once it arrives, if it is too hot outside.

[@thefacedlool2706]

Super sculpey is good for it. I made a couple of skulls already. You can get good detail if you are actually patient with your work.

[@thedarkpower]

@@thefacedlool2706 I don't think it's that - I've been using the grey stuff for years and it's always the same way. I don't think it'd be very easy to knead it either given the toughness of it.

[@LiathUnicorn]

Can you make a 1:1 face of a person ?? I love YT vids where you can relax and the host is relaxed and chilled, on discord this goes

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks, I have a go at that here kzbin.info/www/bejne/ql7dfWiAi9mJiLc

[@mikenielsen8738]

Toll das du uns erzählts wie du arbeitest. Damit lernt man mehr mit den Umgang. Mit Ton Machen nicht viele KZbinr

[@thedarkpower]

Vielen Dank! Ich finde es interessant zu erfahren, wie andere Menschen arbeiten, daher ist es selbstverständlich, in meinen Videos darüber zu sprechen.

[@maximilians917]

Amazing as always! Maybe you could also do a full head mask too 🥴

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! Yeah that's a cool idea - like the guy in Willow.

[@maximilians917]

The Dark Power mhm 😋 because also silicone masks are so complicated to make , would be great to see it from a Profi like you

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks, I have made some in the past actually. Might have to have another go sometime ;)

[@Rex-hx5fz]

So cool, awesome I love your work💚

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks for watching!

[@Fellow_Traveller1985]

Is that a real cranium that you're modelling after?

[@thedarkpower]

Yep

[@sistahcool3533]

Great results

[@thedarkpower]

Thank you!

[@petjapustisek6735]

Your videos always brighten up my day, keep on my man :D

[@thedarkpower]

Cheers dude I appreciate it!

[@CharlesHancockCreations]

How have I not ran into your channel yet? Whatever. Subscribed. Great work. Keep it up!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! I appreciate it ;)

[@jagboy69]

@@thedarkpower KZbin is fickled like that. Pisses me off actually. Instead they recommend stupid shit instead of stuff associated with your channel and stuff you watch.

[@burbosha]

Great job! Respect !!!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks!

[@DirtyPlumbus]

Do you prefer the hard over the medium Monster Clay? I've been wanting to try it but the only other person I've seen use it said they had to heat their tools to work it after it hardened.

[@thedarkpower]

It's not that hard - you can sculpt it normally without needing to heat your tools. I have heard that you need to do that for some other sculpting waxes, but not this. I think I do prefer it to medium actually, yeah.

[@timroberts69]

Looks much more realistic than your previous version. I took an anatomy class at university where we worked with cadavers so we had the bones and muscles of dead people cut up into various studies to show the particular area we were interested in (eg deep muscles of the chest). I could see where this would be invaluable to a sculptor such as yourself. You learn why things of the body are shaped the way they are, and it makes more sense (such as the foramen being circular to pass arteries, nerves and veins through).

[@thedarkpower]

Ooh interesting! I went to the bodyworlds exhibition a while back. Very useful to see, yeah.

[@arpandas5668]

Awesome tutorial and its very aspiring. What clay are you using?

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks - it's Monster Clay Hard.

[@itsmehideo431]

Is air dry clay permanent?

[@thedarkpower]

Yes, once it's dry I don't think you can reconstitute it.

[@celticarchie]

Inspiring as always! :D I foresee a mecha of bone! ;P Or maybee a Borg Queen skull! :D

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks, yeah I was thinking maybe I could do a mech with a skull for a head or something! I have been meaning to do a borg at some stage too. I'll get round to it eventually...... ;)

[@idontreallyknow3829]

I used this tutorial to create my skull just becouse i wanted to make the shakespear to be or not to be thing

[@bojanaandric2869]

11:15 perfection...

[@PENFOLD1962]

Absolutely jaw dropping 👍😀👍

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks!

[@PENFOLD1962]

@@thedarkpower I'm finding all this really fascinating, I'm usually painting, on the wood lathe or doing some pyrography. But I made a couple of pumpkins for decor and one about a foot high out of air dry clay and really enjoyed the experience. I have since ordered skulls of different sizes for references, tools and 3lb of Newplast to practice with. And watched so many KZbin videos including yours. I have tried just sculpting with my hands but after a while noticed that I needed the hand tools, so I'm now eagerly waiting for their arrival. But watching your videos over and over is helping. Your eye for detail is astonishing, I love detail work its more of a challenge. Thank you for sharing your videos they are perfect for my needs.

[@thedarkpower]

@@PENFOLD1962 That sounds fantastic, I'm glad you've got the sculpting bug and I'm also glad that the videos are helping. I like learning new disciplines and techniques but I always find myself coming back to sculpture. Thanks for watching!

[@HollywoodColt]

Do you do this as a hobby or for a job?

[@thedarkpower]

This has ended up being somewhere between the two.

[@CarlosEduardo-ws8el]

Essa música no início é ridiculamente alta kkkkk doeu meus ouvidos aqui

[@CGGroovy]

great, good job !

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! :)

[@clarryssummer]

Why is your hard monster clay looks soft

[@thedarkpower]

Monster clay softens when you heat it

[@HollywoodColt]

I just SUBSCRIBED good job

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks!

[@markdmaker3173]

Awesome video! New subscriber

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! :)

[@et6521]

The glabella is a squiggle that extends from the center of the nasal bones upwards on the frontal plate, but other than terminology and a few nitpicky anatomy things, that's a great female skull you created

[@joedirt978]

It would be cool to maybe take a cast of your real skull, and try and add a face to it , like in forensics to get an idea of who they were

[@thedarkpower]

Yeah it'd be interesting to know how they go about doing that.

[@ScratchBashing]

Now cast it and build it some little mech legs!

[@thedarkpower]

Haha, it's tempting ;)

[@theepot108]

I think it’s a awesome sculpt, but my conserns are that you have a verry realistic skull...

[@MultiEski]

great channel ;-)

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! :)

[@LurkingCrassZero]

Freddy Mercury's skull?

[@maximilians917]

Bad questions but is there a chemical Name for white spirit? 🧐

[@thedarkpower]

Yeah loads of people have asked over the years - it's called different things in different countries. It's this stuff - also known as mineral spirits en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_spirit

[@maximilians917]

The Dark Power great thank you so much

[@tremorhandclay]

its so realistic..

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks!

[@jinjun-blowmoldingmachiner1835]

I am Carlos, I am the salesman of a professional manufacturer for various extrusion blow molding machine.

[@LC-yv9ey]

I just wanna know how you got your hands on a real human skull 🤣

[@thedarkpower]

Haha, it's from a school science department- it was shutting down so someone we knew asked if we wanted it 😄

[@jobes4525]

Ignore the trolls. Great work, new sub here. TY. X

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks very much!

[@jakie6204]

Sculpture more like Skull - pter

[@thedarkpower]

🤣🤣

[@elhijodelosendopalmer1167]

[@tristangrimm8274]

Angry boy