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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
Trying to think of a quick way to generate these, I thought about floating at the half-way point, then pouring one half as opposed to building up a clay wall.
Mold Material: Oyumaru/Instant Mold, 5 sticks.
Cast Material: Smooth-On Dragon Skin 10 Medium + Naptha 3:1 ratio. 10mL of dragon skin was more than adequate.
Dye:Alumilite Resin Dye, White.
Original Mold: Figma Nodoka
Result: very soft and pliable. Very good stretch. About 1mm thickness and can easily stretch to 150% original without risk of tearing.
Ball bearings have been set in place with Magic Sculpt to serve as rivets. LOTS of patching and sanding over the weekend.
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
First step is to push dragon skin into every little nook and cranny you can. I do it in a thin coat so I can see there are no bubbles. If you lay it on too thick its hard to see if the silicone is touching the model or not. After this step is done I just lay down the the first coat like paint.
Two coats 321 on the outside, 2 or 3 coats of 320 on the inside. Nice an solid, very little flex. Now to sand the really rough patches and apply some filler to smooth it out.
A brush and 90% alcohol are used to smooth down the rough edges and make the seam line against the clay perfectly smooth.
This is one half of the support shell. The paste is troweled onto the silicone mold and then allowed to cure. When the whole mold is made, I will drill thru the edge of the support shell, and bolts will run through it with wingnuts to clamp the mold halves together.
After the first coat, which is the called the detail coat which consist on just parts A and B, I am going to add the Thivex additive to each coat after that. This makes the silicone very viscous and makes it easy to build up density on vertical surfaces. It also allows you to make thicker layers. The normal consistency silicone would just level itself and run of the edge.
the line around the skull is to trap any leaking casting material. Then the keys to register the two silicone mold halves, then the other line is the trim line. I cut away the silicone at that line. The outer edge is for the support shell.
I use a clay tool to push clay right up to the model, and to smooth the line where clay meets model.