![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bec5a8154200c564d39e52320418ac0b/78b0643e-fd79-42d1-beb0-8b98ecd84de8_rw_1200.jpg?h=227caad7f721445d097dc40ab7e31b21)
First step: armature based on metal wire and aluminium foil filler
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bec5a8154200c564d39e52320418ac0b/0b6f84cc-fcc3-4f17-882b-70029122c11d_rw_1200.jpg?h=85d71d690db9acaa49d636b3bed87bed)
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Starting to shape specific volumes
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Adding medium detail tension lines
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bec5a8154200c564d39e52320418ac0b/d676d01a-6eaf-4d2c-9395-a3736b9894e8_rw_1200.jpg?h=78015cdcedeff911af25212cead4ec19)
Refining medium detail tension lines
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bec5a8154200c564d39e52320418ac0b/e66305b2-edd8-4139-8064-dfadd2be5263_rw_1200.jpg?h=ef4c28dbd0978a8b1cf616c57f4a66e1)
refined medium details a bit more
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bec5a8154200c564d39e52320418ac0b/b03d2616-c156-48fc-818e-98bc02315a79_rw_1200.jpg?h=44a1491f75e302fb53159643209c0229)
Skull is about done, but I feel the compostion of the sketch is missing something
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Final step: I decided to use red clay to show also the main muscle groups in the upper body. Makes the grey skull pop-out more :)