My Cowboy Lizard ceramic statue
 

I finally got back my Cowboy Lizard statue from my ceramics class. I made this during the last week of my ceramics class. I wasn't even going to keep it, but I already spent two days making it so I decided to finish it. The only thing I liked about it was the statue. The pose is pretty cool. The thing I hate about it is that the green overglaze turned out really shitty. I apparently didn't get enough of the green glaze on it so that's why the paint seems a bit shoddy. There were supposed to be bullets painted onto the bandolier, but they didn't turn out that great. The hat's color turned out nice but I think I may have accidentally used a darker brown for the vest.

Comparison between the concept art and the figure.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...k/DSC00400.jpg

A close look at the eyes.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...k/DSC00399.jpg

Side view of Cowboy Lizard.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...k/DSC00398.jpg

Size comparison between statue and the metal figurine that I made in High School.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...k/DSC00397.jpg

Size comparison between the LC statue, Cowboy Lizard statue, and the Cowboy Lizard metal figurine.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...k/DSC00396.jpg

Cowboy Lizard is one of the main characters for Lizard Squad(c), a game that I want to make that's supposed to be like Metal Slug, except cel-shaded and with cartoon Lizard violence. I'd like to think of it as my personal homage to Metal Slug, which was what inspired me to pursue a career in game design and also inspiring me to draw these little bastards in the first place.

I made another Cowboy Lizard statue out of sculpey, but it fell while I was baking it and the feet were fucked up. I tried to fix it using chopsticks, but the foot broke off. It won't be able to stand up anymore... :( I'll probably try and make another one later.

You should try one of those air-drying polymer clays. They're a little bit grainy but can give you good results. And any model that may turn out to be heavy should have a wire skeleton made for it before you begin.

Cool. Thanks for the advice. I'll (hopefully) remember to do that for the next Sculpey project that I may start on.