With cast-metal, the basis of each figure will be identical. Any additional features added to the statue will be the only individual qualities. The She-Wolf sculpture was recast and place throughout the city. Eventually, casts of Romulus and Remus were added to emphasis the legend of the children being raised by the wolf. Carving allows for individual traits on each piece of work.
Exact repetition is very difficult because every stroke is individual.
Rather gruesome, in a sense, but also a fitting final gesture. Seems a little more appropriate that our use of tombstones. The artist then chips away the excess and refines the piece using various instruments until the desired outcome is achieved. Modeling, in sculpture, is molding a sculpture out of a flexible medium. The disadvantages, however, were the difficulty in working with the material.