Dwayne Wade delivered when it counted on the basketball court but statues honoring sports stars can fall short Sometimes some say the sculpture of Wade looks more like Matrix actor Lawrence Fishburn than the Miami Heat great the infamous bronze bust of Cristiano Ronaldo gave the chiseled Soccer Star a chubby face and a goofy smile more statues are in the works so sculptors are offering tips first do your research London sculptor Howell prattle studied countless images of Queen Elizabeth II to create a memorial statue he says a good portrait scure is evidence of 1,000 decisions after 10,000 observations next get the profile correct and then move to the front to determine your widths smiling is cool in real life don’t try it in statues pratley says it’s really difficult to make teeth look good in sculpture sculptural conservator Lucy Branch says the lower to the ground the statue is the more scrutiny it will get a new life-size Harry Kane statue in London features the England soccer Captain seated Branch says being so low people will study it incredibly closely