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Even after 4 1/2 hours of curring, it seems the second pour was not fully hardened, with squishly parts throughout.
I am going to build the base from oil clay, building it up by chunks. I am using van aiken clay which is soft. If you can get a medium or firm clay, that will be better. I am just using whats on hand. Make sure it is sulphur free, as sulphur inhibits the silicone's curing.
Knowing that I'm going to run out of Klean Klay, I improvise and use aluminum foil to fill in the volumes.
You can see that the soft van aiken clay has broken off around the seam edge next to the skull. That will have to be picked, scrubbed, and washed out without removing the skull from the first half of the mold.
6/4 Sculpt Update on the Ron Cobb "Revwien" Cantina Creature concept for Star Wars: A New Hope. 1:18 scale.
The head sculpt is complete! I spent an hour or so rolling tiny, irregular balls of epoxy and allowing them to cure overnight. From there I either used the whole ball or cut them in half and glued them to the surface of the neck, wrapping around the "stamens" I created earlier. As chaotic as it may look, there is a bit of order to this - smaller balls toward the top, just under the eyes and then more at the base of the neck along with larger, irregular pieces to fill in the center.
I used superglue. Liberally. I don't want to see pieces missing a year from now or find the pieces embedded into the mold I created...
This brings me to my next concern, the mold. I know that superglue tends to impede the curing process for mold material. In my experience however, working with the mold material I've been using for years, I rarely have that problem as I usually allow anything that is bonded with superglue several days to cure before mold making. Note, I've used two types of mold material over the years...
Smooth-On Mold Star 15 (Slow) Platinum Cure
Smooth-On Mold Max 14 NV
This will be my next challenge, along with the beginnings of the body sculpt which appears to be an inverted floral bulb. I'm thinking of a core sculpt, no detail to begin with, along with a ball joint for the neck and a clear stand at the base for additional stabilization.
More updates to come! I have other figures that need attention so expect some love to be shown for them here soon! Thanks again for your continued interest and please, any questions, post them below
#starwars #creaturecantina #roncobb #conceptart #sculpture #alien #tropicalrainforest #miniature #knightsoftheoldrepublic #anewhope #customactionfigure #smoothon #moldmaking #replication
Update on the 1:18 scaled Newborn from Alien: Resurrection.
What you see here is the master sculpt in the middle with plastic casts of variant expressions of the beast surrounding it.
I recently finished casting several upper and lower arms along with the creature's left hand. I will begin cleaning those parts up and assembling them. I have several upper body/head sculpts that feature different facial expressions seen in the film. I wish I could figure out a way of articulating the head separately from the upper torso...but not even the original producers could figure out a way to do that. The creature was so static in the film.
Many of you have a love/hate...or just hate (LOL) relationship with this creature. I love the form, and the appearance of the monster...but it was handled so badly in the film and its death was way over the top in my opinion. That being said, there was a few great shots of the beast in the film...enough to inspire this project which I'm happy to continue working on.
Working on sculpting the hips and legs. Still intend for this figure to have articulation.
#alien #alienresurrection #newborn #sculpture #miniature #customactionfigure #aves #avesfixit #smoothon #xenomorph #ripley8
I REALLY need a dedicated workspace... *sigh*
Just now cleaning this off an getting ready to start the second mold.
I made 4 simple keys for the support shell. I might key this one of two ways. This lets me keep the support shells in register. If the support shells arent in register they will push on the soft inner mold and distort its shape, or cause it to come out of alignment. Leaking urethane could glue the whole mold shut, so I am trying err on the side of over doing registration. I will also be drilling out the support shell so that I can run some small bolts thru the halves and close them together with wingnuts to give good pressure on the silicone halves and hold them together tightly. This reduces leakage which results in flash. Sometimes I get nearly seamless cast that come out perfect after about 30 seconds with a fine emery board.
6/4 Sculpt Update on the Ron Cobb "Revwien" Cantina Creature concept for Star Wars: A New Hope. 1:18 scale.
The head sculpt is complete! I spent an hour or so rolling tiny, irregular balls of epoxy and allowing them to cure overnight. From there I either used the whole ball or cut them in half and glued them to the surface of the neck, wrapping around the "stamens" I created earlier. As chaotic as it may look, there is a bit of order to this - smaller balls toward the top, just under the eyes and then more at the base of the neck along with larger, irregular pieces to fill in the center.
I used superglue. Liberally. I don't want to see pieces missing a year from now or find the pieces embedded into the mold I created...
This brings me to my next concern, the mold. I know that superglue tends to impede the curing process for mold material. In my experience however, working with the mold material I've been using for years, I rarely have that problem as I usually allow anything that is bonded with superglue several days to cure before mold making. Note, I've used two types of mold material over the years...
Smooth-On Mold Star 15 (Slow) Platinum Cure
Smooth-On Mold Max 14 NV
This will be my next challenge, along with the beginnings of the body sculpt which appears to be an inverted floral bulb. I'm thinking of a core sculpt, no detail to begin with, along with a ball joint for the neck and a clear stand at the base for additional stabilization.
More updates to come! I have other figures that need attention so expect some love to be shown for them here soon! Thanks again for your continued interest and please, any questions, post them below
#starwars #creaturecantina #roncobb #conceptart #sculpture #alien #tropicalrainforest #miniature #knightsoftheoldrepublic #anewhope #customactionfigure #smoothon #moldmaking #replication
6/4 Sculpt Update on the Ron Cobb "Revwien" Cantina Creature concept for Star Wars: A New Hope. 1:18 scale.
The head sculpt is complete! I spent an hour or so rolling tiny, irregular balls of epoxy and allowing them to cure overnight. From there I either used the whole ball or cut them in half and glued them to the surface of the neck, wrapping around the "stamens" I created earlier. As chaotic as it may look, there is a bit of order to this - smaller balls toward the top, just under the eyes and then more at the base of the neck along with larger, irregular pieces to fill in the center.
I used superglue. Liberally. I don't want to see pieces missing a year from now or find the pieces embedded into the mold I created...
This brings me to my next concern, the mold. I know that superglue tends to impede the curing process for mold material. In my experience however, working with the mold material I've been using for years, I rarely have that problem as I usually allow anything that is bonded with superglue several days to cure before mold making. Note, I've used two types of mold material over the years...
Smooth-On Mold Star 15 (Slow) Platinum Cure
Smooth-On Mold Max 14 NV
This will be my next challenge, along with the beginnings of the body sculpt which appears to be an inverted floral bulb. I'm thinking of a core sculpt, no detail to begin with, along with a ball joint for the neck and a clear stand at the base for additional stabilization.
More updates to come! I have other figures that need attention so expect some love to be shown for them here soon! Thanks again for your continued interest and please, any questions, post them below
#starwars #creaturecantina #roncobb #conceptart #sculpture #alien #tropicalrainforest #miniature #knightsoftheoldrepublic #anewhope #customactionfigure #smoothon #moldmaking #replication
6/4 Sculpt Update on the Ron Cobb "Revwien" Cantina Creature concept for Star Wars: A New Hope. 1:18 scale.
The head sculpt is complete! I spent an hour or so rolling tiny, irregular balls of epoxy and allowing them to cure overnight. From there I either used the whole ball or cut them in half and glued them to the surface of the neck, wrapping around the "stamens" I created earlier. As chaotic as it may look, there is a bit of order to this - smaller balls toward the top, just under the eyes and then more at the base of the neck along with larger, irregular pieces to fill in the center.
I used superglue. Liberally. I don't want to see pieces missing a year from now or find the pieces embedded into the mold I created...
This brings me to my next concern, the mold. I know that superglue tends to impede the curing process for mold material. In my experience however, working with the mold material I've been using for years, I rarely have that problem as I usually allow anything that is bonded with superglue several days to cure before mold making. Note, I've used two types of mold material over the years...
Smooth-On Mold Star 15 (Slow) Platinum Cure
Smooth-On Mold Max 14 NV
This will be my next challenge, along with the beginnings of the body sculpt which appears to be an inverted floral bulb. I'm thinking of a core sculpt, no detail to begin with, along with a ball joint for the neck and a clear stand at the base for additional stabilization.
More updates to come! I have other figures that need attention so expect some love to be shown for them here soon! Thanks again for your continued interest and please, any questions, post them below
#starwars #creaturecantina #roncobb #conceptart #sculpture #alien #tropicalrainforest #miniature #knightsoftheoldrepublic #anewhope #customactionfigure #smoothon #moldmaking #replication
Now I see in my photo there are still some bits left. I will have to pick these out carefully, pulling back just enough mold edge to scrape it out. I'll do that in the morning. 2 am now.
I finished the detail coat, and then i just lay on the rest of the first batch of silicone like paint, I fill in the eye sockets and nose, and put it into all the key holes and the resin trap. You want to rizzle the silicone into the holes to make sure they fill up instead of trapping pockets of air. Simply brushing over them will almost guarantee that they trap air. I made alot of these know that some will trap air and be useless. All the stray silicone you see will just be trimmed with an exacto knife before I stat making the support shell.
They took about 90 minutes to cure, then I poured the second halves right before hitting the sack last night.
I'm pretty happy with how the cartoon pencil turned out. Once again, Magic Sculpt saves the day! In fact, this entire piece is solely Magic Sculpt, with a piece of metal plumbing pipe serving as armature.
HL2 metro cop helmet. After the test cure proved successful, I applied the first coat to the helmet. No thickener added, just used a brush to make sure the silicone got into all the fine details. Material is Smooth-on Rebound 25. The extra silicone was used to fill cups which are used later for mother mold registration features.
6/4 Sculpt Update on the Ron Cobb "Revwien" Cantina Creature concept for Star Wars: A New Hope. 1:18 scale.
The head sculpt is complete! I spent an hour or so rolling tiny, irregular balls of epoxy and allowing them to cure overnight. From there I either used the whole ball or cut them in half and glued them to the surface of the neck, wrapping around the "stamens" I created earlier. As chaotic as it may look, there is a bit of order to this - smaller balls toward the top, just under the eyes and then more at the base of the neck along with larger, irregular pieces to fill in the center.
I used superglue. Liberally. I don't want to see pieces missing a year from now or find the pieces embedded into the mold I created...
This brings me to my next concern, the mold. I know that superglue tends to impede the curing process for mold material. In my experience however, working with the mold material I've been using for years, I rarely have that problem as I usually allow anything that is bonded with superglue several days to cure before mold making. Note, I've used two types of mold material over the years...
Smooth-On Mold Star 15 (Slow) Platinum Cure
Smooth-On Mold Max 14 NV
This will be my next challenge, along with the beginnings of the body sculpt which appears to be an inverted floral bulb. I'm thinking of a core sculpt, no detail to begin with, along with a ball joint for the neck and a clear stand at the base for additional stabilization.
More updates to come! I have other figures that need attention so expect some love to be shown for them here soon! Thanks again for your continued interest and please, any questions, post them below
#starwars #creaturecantina #roncobb #conceptart #sculpture #alien #tropicalrainforest #miniature #knightsoftheoldrepublic #anewhope #customactionfigure #smoothon #moldmaking #replication
Final models are cast in Easy-Flo Clear Plastic from Polytek in Smooth-On OOMOO-30 Rubber Molds. At this point each figure has 3 points of articulation and is 1:1 scale! Of course the original design has these little guys rendered in wood, so these metallic paint opts are tests; but the potential is there.
Just a different lighting scenario here. One thing sorta bugging me - I feel the pencil may be too long by about 3/4".
6/4 Sculpt Update on the Ron Cobb "Revwien" Cantina Creature concept for Star Wars: A New Hope. 1:18 scale.
The head sculpt is complete! I spent an hour or so rolling tiny, irregular balls of epoxy and allowing them to cure overnight. From there I either used the whole ball or cut them in half and glued them to the surface of the neck, wrapping around the "stamens" I created earlier. As chaotic as it may look, there is a bit of order to this - smaller balls toward the top, just under the eyes and then more at the base of the neck along with larger, irregular pieces to fill in the center.
I used superglue. Liberally. I don't want to see pieces missing a year from now or find the pieces embedded into the mold I created...
This brings me to my next concern, the mold. I know that superglue tends to impede the curing process for mold material. In my experience however, working with the mold material I've been using for years, I rarely have that problem as I usually allow anything that is bonded with superglue several days to cure before mold making. Note, I've used two types of mold material over the years...
Smooth-On Mold Star 15 (Slow) Platinum Cure
Smooth-On Mold Max 14 NV
This will be my next challenge, along with the beginnings of the body sculpt which appears to be an inverted floral bulb. I'm thinking of a core sculpt, no detail to begin with, along with a ball joint for the neck and a clear stand at the base for additional stabilization.
More updates to come! I have other figures that need attention so expect some love to be shown for them here soon! Thanks again for your continued interest and please, any questions, post them below
#starwars #creaturecantina #roncobb #conceptart #sculpture #alien #tropicalrainforest #miniature #knightsoftheoldrepublic #anewhope #customactionfigure #smoothon #moldmaking #replication
6/4 Sculpt Update on the Ron Cobb "Revwien" Cantina Creature concept for Star Wars: A New Hope. 1:18 scale.
The head sculpt is complete! I spent an hour or so rolling tiny, irregular balls of epoxy and allowing them to cure overnight. From there I either used the whole ball or cut them in half and glued them to the surface of the neck, wrapping around the "stamens" I created earlier. As chaotic as it may look, there is a bit of order to this - smaller balls toward the top, just under the eyes and then more at the base of the neck along with larger, irregular pieces to fill in the center.
I used superglue. Liberally. I don't want to see pieces missing a year from now or find the pieces embedded into the mold I created...
This brings me to my next concern, the mold. I know that superglue tends to impede the curing process for mold material. In my experience however, working with the mold material I've been using for years, I rarely have that problem as I usually allow anything that is bonded with superglue several days to cure before mold making. Note, I've used two types of mold material over the years...
Smooth-On Mold Star 15 (Slow) Platinum Cure
Smooth-On Mold Max 14 NV
This will be my next challenge, along with the beginnings of the body sculpt which appears to be an inverted floral bulb. I'm thinking of a core sculpt, no detail to begin with, along with a ball joint for the neck and a clear stand at the base for additional stabilization.
More updates to come! I have other figures that need attention so expect some love to be shown for them here soon! Thanks again for your continued interest and please, any questions, post them below
#starwars #creaturecantina #roncobb #conceptart #sculpture #alien #tropicalrainforest #miniature #knightsoftheoldrepublic #anewhope #customactionfigure #smoothon #moldmaking #replication