Making of Superman I started making him by mapping out the location of his joints, and used Nickelodeon Tangle pieces for them. I made basic armatures for the arms and legs out of paper clips. Once I had the basic structure, I filled it out using Milliput to provide strength. One thing that I wish I had done was use better "control art". I think it would've saved me some resculpting and resizing. Also, I will start using a slide micrometer for more accurate measurements in the future than just eyeballing them. Once the Milliput hardened, I began sculpting using Pro-Mat, starting with the torso, and then moving onto the arms. After several attempts in sculpting the hands, I eventually found it necessary to provide a thorough armature, including wires for each finger. One of the harder parts, was to get the hip piece. For that, I used Milliput that I then sanded into a flat disk, and added Pro-Mat for the lower part of the T. Once I had him roughly finished, I entered a process of tweaking the sculpt. In this picture, I'm extending his bicep. At one point, I had him completely painted, and decided that I wasn't happy with it, and went back to buff up his arms and chest, resculpted most of his face, and all of his hair, extended his calves. Eventually, I reached the point where I was afraid of doing more damage then good, and called the sculpt done. I tried hard to do a good paint job on him, and what you actually see is the 5th mix of blue. It's a little darker than the comic, but I liked the contrast so I stuck with it. The trickiest part was getting enough of a purple content to it. For his face, I made some attempts at painting in crease lines for wrinkles. This worked out okay, but I didn't like the way it changed depending on light. When I redid the face sculpt afterwards, I deepened the wrinkles, and added eyelids. The final paint doesn't try to enhance these at all. Another thing that I found amazing is that, one of the last things I did was to narrow his eyes a shade, and suddenly his face clicked into place. After struggling with a few attempts at the cape, my wife graciously stepped in and made me one. Flower arrangment wire was sewn into the seams providing poseability, and the shoulders were gathered to look pleated. I did learn that rayon is a hard fabric to work with, and to choose something less slippery next time.