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Sculpt update on the Egg Morpher or Praetorian Xenomorph - 1:18 scale - Aliens: Defiance, Dark Horse Comics. Completed phase 1 of the head sculpt, next step will be making a mold, then sculpting the variations of the mouth...that's if the mold and castings come out! :) Began building the upper torso of the figure (update coming soon). Used AVes FIXIT to create the sculpt. More to come! #avesfixit #avesstudio #alien #aliens #xenomorph #Praetorian #sculpture #miniature #darkhorsecomics #defiance
Took some images using my 35mm camera instead of my smart phone (similar to the image I shared last night). Hope you enjoy!!#alien #spacejockey #sculpture #hrgiger #derelict #nostromo #diorama #art #sithfire30
Many have asked about providing a scale shot of the 1:18 scale Nostromo bridge and my progress on building it. Well here it is. I've got a long way to go I know - but it will be worth it. A large undertaking but wouldn't have taken up the project if I didn't think I can do it #alien #nostromo
Aliens Sulaco Sleep Chamber - scratch build - 1:18 scale work in progress. Made using sheet styrene, I will approach this piece similar to what I did with the Nostromo Sleep Chamber (also a work in progress). The canopy will be sculpted and cast in parts for vacuum forming. I will sculpt the bedding using Aves FIXIT (waiting on my new order). Then mold and cast the body of the chamber once all the details have been added. Chamber will open and close. #aliens #sleepchamber #sulaco #colonialmarines #alien #sith_fire30
"Are you ever going to paint any of your aliens?"....Yes! Yes I am! Here's a quick shot of a finished piece. Much more to come smile emoticon #alien #aliens #nostromo #alien79 #xenomorph #bigchap #giger #painting
Paint progress on "The Beast" - ALIEN 79 - 1:18 scale. Thanks to some creative suggestions from many of you on how to make dripping saliva for the creature, I chose to use a dab of hot glue to create the effect you see here...very happy with the results!!!
I actually took it a bit further and coated the glue with clear gloss which will give it a little more strength. Plan to do this with the inner jaw as well! Added a scale shot (little out of focus).
Thanks again for all the suggestions guys! #alien #painting #hotglue #slimetime #nostromo #giger #monsterinthebasement
Build progress on the Autodoc Medical station - Nostromo - ALIEN 79 - 1:18 scale. Completed the frame that supports the revolving bed - Two cylinders, one inside the other, made from sheet styrene. The bed mounts to the inner cylinder which glides across a fitted groove cut out from the outer cylinder. This will allow the bed to slide into the "MRI" chamber. When the bed is set out, a clear rod can be attached underneath to offer a touch more stability for display purposes. Next step is to build out the tower and finished detail to the bed. Ash and Kane are 1:18 scaled sculpts in progress. #alien #nostromo #autodoc #aliencovenant #ashisarobot #kane #diorama
Sculpt progress on some figures over the long weekend - most of my time was spent building the Sulaco Sleep Chamber but had some time to practice a little LED wiring as well as make some sculpt progress and a handful of ALIEN themed characters. Focusing on the Nostromo space suits and finishing my first version of Lambert. All 1:18 scale. #alien #aliens #nostromo #spacesuits #Moebius #sith_fire30
Thanks for all the love you all have given my work over the past year. To those that have shared my work with others and have brought attention to my work, CHEERS to each and every one of you! Thanks for all the inspiration and discussion, thanks for sharing ideas and critique. You guys are the BEST fans on FB in my opinion. 2015 is going to kick ass!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015!!!!
After several technical difficulties, I'm finally back on schedule to begin painting! Haven't painted in quite some time so it's nice to mix things up a bit. Speaking about mixing up, that's what I've been doing over the past couple days - mixing paint! LOL!
Already have a few coats of gray acrylic (primer) applied to the Newborn heads. Jeunet only needs one but I always like to have two worked up just in case.
May even have time to paint up a couple other Alien (79) figures that were tabled!
Will take shots of my progress and update when I can.
#painting #acrylic #alien #xenomorph #newborn #monster #customactionfigure
Build update on the MU/TH/UR 6000 "Mother" security corridor - ALIEN 79 - 1:18 scale. Sometimes the build requires creating pieces not seen and are made to simply give stability and bring together various parts of a diorama. Although the ceiling of the security corridor contains some detail, the main build of the frame's purpose is to plug in and hold the walls together. Nothing really fancy to show and I haven't added the ribbed detailing but hopefully you can see the progress I'm talking about. I've also included and exterior of the build from the MU/TH/UR entrance from the bridge, leading to the computer's chamber or "womb" as Sir Ridley Scott liked to call it. Looks a little similar to the actual stage build. I plan to create a nice "shell" that will cover this exterior build which will resemble the exterior of he ship and give that much more stability to the diorama. More to come! #alien #nostromo #MUTHUR6000 #diorama #scratchbuilding #diorama #corridors
"Build Week" is coming to an end with some new Nostromo corridors (1:18 scale) built as well as progress on various ALIEN/ALIENS environments. More images of this weeks progress coming soon as I gear up for sculpt week! Then paint week!! This is the way I will be approaching my products for the time being. A specific week for specific projects. More to come! #alien #nostromo #sith_fire30
Build update on the AutoDoc medical station - Nostromo - ALIEN 79. Working on the overhead section of the med tower - Figuring the light portal locations along with the small compartments tucked just underneath. I scrapped the initial overhead as it was too wide - it should be roughly the same width as the medical bed (perhaps a little wider). Hope to get the overhead done this week, see Covenant and begin new sculpts next week. :) ...so much more to come
OH and good news to those that may care, I've decided to get the tool box detail laser cut instead of using decals!!! .#alien #aliencovenant #nostromo #autodoc #diorama #scratchbuild #modelmaking
Quick Sunday update on the MU/TH/UR 6000 Chamber - completed the sculpt to the overhead section of the entrance way using Aves FIXIT. It's a solid block...was thinking of building a styrene frame to sculpt over but I had some older FIXIT I had to use up so what the heck...it worked out just fine. Still have padding to complete - hope to get an hour or so to complete that tonight. Threw the chair (still a work in progress) in there for the second shot. More to come! #alien #nostromo #MUTHUR6000 #weylandyutani #scratchbuild #model #diorama #avesstudio #FIXIT #sculpting
The gangs all here!
Completed 1:18 scale, 5" tall articulated sculpt of one half of the Moomo Brothers bounty hunter team, Del Moomo. This character can be found in the pages of Dark Hose comics Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic written by John Jackson Miller and inspired by the artwork of Brain Ching.
Figure is a complete sculpt for the exception of the hands, neck of the head and parts of the feet. The sculpt was build around a custom built articulated frame.
Figure has 12 points of articulation.
Sculpt made with Aves FIXIT.
Hand painted using Testors Polyscale and Floquil acrylics.
While shooting some paint update photos, thought I'd take some shots of past versions of the ALIEN 79 beast I have completed, including the Alien: Isolation beastie. Updates coming soon Hope you enjoy! #alien #isolation #alienisolation #nostromo #alien79 #xenomorph #miniature #customactionfigure #sculpt #paint
Got a bunch of work to catch up on....(just a sample)....*note - I don't pile my work up like this....just for a photo effect LOL!
Nostromo Wall Panel/Corridor Portal - ALIEN79 - 1:18 scale. The plan is this....I was able to scale a line drawing of the panel wall I found on the RPF forums. I plan to trace the piped pattern using rolled Aves FIXIT sculpt - one strand at a time. Will take awhile but the outcome will be worth it....especially once molds and casts have been made. #nostromo #alien #corridor #avesfixit #sculpting
Kane - Chestburster 1:18 scale sculpt update - ALIEN 1979 - Completed the sculpt of the second phase to the chestburster effect. The moment just before the creature bursts through the garment. Sculpted as a "plug in" that can be removed and replaced with a "non-stressed" version of the shirt. The third phase is where is gets to be fun, messy and detailed! Stay tuned! #kane #alien #chestburster #nostromo
Paint progress on the Newborn - 1:18 scale - Alien: Resurrection. Musée Miniature et Cinéma piece for director Jean-Pierre Jeunet and the CARO / JEUNET expo.
Working on the first couple layers of the face, eyes, mouth. Very fleshy at this stage - want to highlight it out a bit with some aged whites or even lighter tans with a hint of greens running through it. Will begin moving toward the back of the head and neck over the next day or so.
Difficult for me to work on this piece all in one day due to my work and home schedule so I'm doing the best I can- Living for a quiet weekend. To have more time to paint this and much more.
Hope you enjoy the works in progress... #aliens #alien #newborn #painting #sculpture #customactionfigure #miniature #caro_jeunet
Sculpt progress on Lambert. ALIEN 1979 - 1:18 scale. Added additional detail to the pants and sleeves to the shirt. For her Nostromo suit I added a helmetless collar which is removable and additional details to the suit itself. Back to her basic uniform...Need to sculpt the vest. Was contemplating on having a magnetized two piece vest but decided against it. I have two other versions of Lambert's upper torso planned. All a work in progress....#alien #nostromo #lambert
Sculpt update on the Space Jockey - 1:18 scale - ALIEN 79. Continuing the progression to the back of the Jockey chair. Detailing added with additional weathering to come. I'm going to pause on working the back and begin moving to the torso of the creature....so the head is about to become a permanent fixture to the piece where currently its been a separate piece held in place by a metal rod. #alien #spacejockey #hrgiger #giger #derelict #diorama #sculpture
Build update to the MU/TH/UR 6000 chamber or "Mother" to the Nostromo crew - ALIEN 79 - 1:18 scale scratch build. Frame is primarily complete, with some additional structural pieces to be added, I'm ready to begin detail...panel by panel, square by tiny square. Also need some sculpting details to the portal. Talk about a test of patience.....oh well, I made this bed so I might as well sleep in it! LOL! - I'm actually going to begin work on the chair first, then a few panels...the I'm back at working on figures...I got some new ideas I will be sharing shortly as well as returning to some other, unfinished pieces that require my attention. Need to shuffle the deck every once in awhile. #alien #nostromo #MUTHUR6000 #diorama #scratchbuild #aliens #weylandyutani
The second of two semi-static posed figures is complete. This version depicts the creature as it appears in the deleted "crab-walker" scene from the 1979 film as Lambert and Parker make a desperate attempt to escape the Nostromo. This deleted scene however was thought comical by many, not well executed on film and revealed too much of the creature...reducing it to nothing more than a man in a rubber suit...something Ridley Scott was avoiding by using smoke and shadow.
Hand sculpted, hand painted. 1:18 scale. I borrowed resin cast parts from the original Alien figure I created a year earlier, made modifications to the torso, neck, shoulders
and legs.
When crouched or "crab walking", the figure is approx. 3" high from highest point on head to the feet. When standing, the figure is approx. 5.25" high, still not fully erect as the leg and hip joints limit the full motion (again, this was originally meant to be a static posed figure). Fortunately I was able to add several articulation points to the figure: Ball jointed neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles. Vacuum formed PETG dome is removable. The tail is static but is attached using a revoltech joint and can be switched out with a longer tail option.
Original was sculpted using Aves FIXIT sculpt, a two part epoxy. Parts were cast in resin and assembled to build this version. Used Model Masters Polly Scale and Tamiya acrylics.
#ALIEN #nostromo #alien79project #avesfixit #avesstudio #20thcenturyfox #hrgiger #miniature #sculpting #art #painting #monsters #deletedscene #crabwalker #lambertandparker #inspacenoonecanhearyouscream
Build status on the Protomorph (Xeno) - Alien: Covenant - 1:18 scale. Textured the acrylic dome using rough to fine sanding pads. When painted, this will give the dome an organic look. The final sculpt isn't complete, this is just a test on the dome. #alien #aliencovenant #xenomoprh #protomorph #sculpture #vacforming
The Nostromo sleep chamber- ALIEN 1979 - 1:18 scale. A work in progress. Made a cast of the central control station. Hasn't been cleaned up yet, literally taken straight from the mold but happy how it turned out in it's raw state Next step is to clean and add detailing. Then sculpt the crew sleeping inside each pod #alien #sleepchamber #nostromo #sith_fire30
ALIEN - "The Beast" 1:18 scale. Busy sculpting a variant head to the creature - merely a different expression. I want to complete four versions : Closed, Partially Open, Open (with inner mouth exposed) and Strike (with inner mouth shooting forward). Not completed with the details behind the jaw so I will work on that a bit tonight before moving on to the next one. Clouding up the dome a bit with some fine sandpaper. #alien #nostromo #xenomorph
Build progress on the Autodoc Medical station - Nostromo - ALIEN 79 - 1:18 scale. Completed the frame that supports the revolving bed - Two cylinders, one inside the other, made from sheet styrene. The bed mounts to the inner cylinder which glides across a fitted groove cut out from the outer cylinder. This will allow the bed to slide into the "MRI" chamber. When the bed is set out, a clear rod can be attached underneath to offer a touch more stability for display purposes. Next step is to build out the tower and finished detail to the bed. Ash and Kane are 1:18 scaled sculpts in progress. #alien #nostromo #autodoc #aliencovenant #ashisarobot #kane #diorama
Sculpt progress on Captain Dallas, Auto-Doc torso variant. 1:18 scale - ALIEN 79. Still a work in progress as I need to add details and find some appropriate masks for the two figures. The upper torso and sculpted gown is held at the waist by a magnet so it can easily be switched out with his standard torso sculpt. Complete the variant to Ash over a year ago but have attached the image again to show how this all works. This should give you a clue of what is coming next with the Nostromo build.....#alien #nostromo #autodoc #facehugger #ash #dallas #sith_fire30
Decided to move forward with one of the Kane variants I want to create - the Facehugger attack version. ALIEN 1979 - 1:18 scale. This version will be of Kane in the Autodoc having the helmet cut away revealing the facehugger for the first time. I took one of the helmets I have on hand and cutting it down the middle carefully using an xacto knife....then adding magnets so that both parts can be brought back together and finally distressing the helmet to resemble acid burn and heat from the laser cut. Used a small lighter to melt away the helmet section and coasted the inside of the clear dome with super glue then padding with cloth to get the weatherized ruin of the interior. Will hold off on paint work till the figure is complete. A work in progress....#alien #nostromo #kane #facehugger #sith_fire30
More images of "The Beast" - ALIEN 1979 - 1:18 scale. Detail of the textures added to the clear dome. When this is painted and heavily dabbed with gloss across the interior it will give it an organic appearance - like living tissue. The other shot is a profile of the Big Chap. #alien #nostromo #bigchap #sith_fire30
Nostromo Bridge - 1:18 scale Update - ALIEN 79. I think I have squeezed just about every drop of detail into this piece. Time to prep the wall for a mold bath. The other two walls I created vectors for (additional portal and MUTHUR access) have been laser cut and will be on it's way to me this week. A work in progress of a 1:18 scaled Dallas (Tom Skerritt) showing off the finished décor #alien #nostromo #tomskerritt
Working to finish an alternate head sculpt to "The Beast" - ALIEN (79). 1:18 scale. The inner mouth or "tongue" can extend and retract manually. There is a magnet at the back of the throat that holds the piece in place. Additional details need to be sculpted. #alien #nostromo #sith_fire30 #sculpting #xenomorph
Additional images of the "The Beast" - ALIEN 1979 - 1:18 scale. Castings of the open mouth "strike" version head sculpt. Teeth came out without any air bubbles thanks to the styrene spures! The "tongue" is removable or can retract back into the open mouth. Held by a magnet. #alien #bigchap #nostromo #sith_fire30
More images of "The Beast" - ALIEN 1979 - 1:18 scale. Detail of the textures added to the clear dome. When this is painted and heavily dabbed with gloss across the interior it will give it an organic appearance - like living tissue. The other shot is a profile of the Big Chap. #alien #nostromo #bigchap #sith_fire30
Progress on the Translucent Alien Concept variant - Alien 79 - 1:18 scale. I have all the pieces of the beast cast in clear resin - Smooth-on Crystal Clear 200. Painted the head and torso - Still a work in progress as I paint and piece each piece together. Unfortunately I'm loosing some of the translucence via the paint process..I may revisit the casting again using a milky white pigment alone and simply add a wash to the body. #alien #nostromo #translucent #painting
Finished building the two EVA suits for Amanda Ripley - Alien: Isolation - 1:18 scale. One will represent the Torrens yellow/gold color scheme while the other will be the standard color scheme for many of her missions while on the Sevastopol. Working on some accessories including a couple concept weapons not realized in the final game. #alienisolation #amandaripley #torrens #EVAsuit #keziaburrows
A couple new Big Chap (ALIEN 79 - 1:18 scale) head sculpts getting a mold bath today - Was delayed on finishing them for the past several weeks. The "grin" version was adjusted bringing the skull down a bit to make the look more menacing (looks great with the clear canopy). The open mouth version will have the "tongue" in both a strike and retracted position, both being held by a magnet in the back of the creatures throat. #alien #bigchap #nostromo #sith_fire30
"The Beast" - ALIEN 1979 - 1:18 scale. Additional images of the completed head castings attached to the final figure. What's next? Warming up the brushes.....mixing the paints..... #alien #nostromo #sith_fire30 #bigchap
Completed the sculpts to all three Nostromo EVAs - Dallas, Lambert and Kane. ALIEN 1:18 scale. Time to clean up and paint. The packs have been hollowed out for coin holders which will be used for the helmet LEDs to come later. Still working on Ripley's EVA suit as seen on the Narcissus - have an alternate plan for this sculpt that will be a cool accessory to my "Lucky Star" sculpt if all works out. #alien #nostromo #spacesuits #sith_fire30
Build update to the MU/TH/UR 6000 chamber or "Mother" to the Nostromo crew - ALIEN 79 - 1:18 scale scratch build. Frame is primarily complete, with some additional structural pieces to be added, I'm ready to begin detail...panel by panel, square by tiny square. Also need some sculpting details to the portal. Talk about a test of patience.....oh well, I made this bed so I might as well sleep in it! LOL! - I'm actually going to begin work on the chair first, then a few panels...the I'm back at working on figures...I got some new ideas I will be sharing shortly as well as returning to some other, unfinished pieces that require my attention. Need to shuffle the deck every once in awhile. #alien #nostromo #MUTHUR6000 #diorama #scratchbuild #aliens #weylandyutani
The second of two semi-static posed figures is complete. This version depicts the creature as it appears in the deleted "crab-walker" scene from the 1979 film as Lambert and Parker make a desperate attempt to escape the Nostromo. This deleted scene however was thought comical by many, not well executed on film and revealed too much of the creature...reducing it to nothing more than a man in a rubber suit...something Ridley Scott was avoiding by using smoke and shadow.
Hand sculpted, hand painted. 1:18 scale. I borrowed resin cast parts from the original Alien figure I created a year earlier, made modifications to the torso, neck, shoulders
and legs.
When crouched or "crab walking", the figure is approx. 3" high from highest point on head to the feet. When standing, the figure is approx. 5.25" high, still not fully erect as the leg and hip joints limit the full motion (again, this was originally meant to be a static posed figure). Fortunately I was able to add several articulation points to the figure: Ball jointed neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles. Vacuum formed PETG dome is removable. The tail is static but is attached using a revoltech joint and can be switched out with a longer tail option.
Original was sculpted using Aves FIXIT sculpt, a two part epoxy. Parts were cast in resin and assembled to build this version. Used Model Masters Polly Scale and Tamiya acrylics.
#ALIEN #nostromo #alien79project #avesfixit #avesstudio #20thcenturyfox #hrgiger #miniature #sculpting #art #painting #monsters #deletedscene #crabwalker #lambertandparker #inspacenoonecanhearyouscream