Roughing out the Bodies

After I have the heads sculpted and the weapons started, I began attaching the heads to the new clay bodies and getting a rough figure going.

The clay was sculpted around a wire armature (skeletal structure) that was screw mounted to a rough wooden base. (See the concept sketches post for the idea of the armatures as most of the sketches have the armature shape drawn on them in red).

I wish I had stopped and took more photos of the other characters in rough form, but here is Frodo: