Chrimbus Gift for the Lil' Sis

BITCH

I now know why Fred Krueger likes that word so much.

These were exactly that  to make.

What originally was supposed to be a quick build only for myself for Halloween turned into a month long cursing and cutting misadventure. I can't tell you how many times I've cut myself or breathed in fumes that I shouldn't have, only to realize later, that it was most likely poisonous. The things I do to get these things made. "These" as in three; I made three to practice making them before I made one for myself.

Now, I'm not so sure, after hand-cutting everything and putting it all together, I'm relieved, excited, never wanting to do these things again.

Not a lot of pictures showing my progress early on, except this one. This was the original template I made to make my glove from. Only, this sucked and I got to a point where things were going along until I had to stop and do it all over again.

However, I will say, these were a far cry better than this thing I made eons ago out of some tape, cardboard, and fasteners I had laying around one day.

Oh, the metal ones are up on my Etsy, now.

Raiders Idol FINISHED

Been working on a few things for myself in my "biznus hiatus" but this was one of the first things on my list to bang out before I open up shop again.

I might remake the mold for this as these took way too much effort to try and clean up afterwards.

And here were the four before I added the gold finish. My little method of keeping the eyes stationary worked. They're filled with plaster almost completely (there's a small empty column inside just to keep it a little lighter than it would be); they're 5-6 pounds each.

Oh, Almost Forgot - Raider Idol Update

I made four in hopes of selling four.

My biggest concern for these now is how I'm going to keep the eyes stationary when I fill these with more resin to make them solid. Currently, the glass eyes are held in place with hot glue, but they don't tend to hold them very long. It seems I'll have to do these on an individual basis: installing eyes with the glue, cleaning it, and then covering the eyes so none of the the backing resin seeps through and fucks everything up.

It's getting there.

Welcome Home

Yes...

...Oh, yes.

Busy, Busy, Busy

For the past month or so, I've been completely absorbed by a custom request through a buyer on Etsy. Among a few other things (a few Scarecrow masks, a few Ra Headpieces, a Dragon Priest mask, and a really neat request on one of my Majora's Mask), this is all I've really been working on.

Unfortunately I didn't take a whole lot of progress pictures during; I was kept busy enough to not remember. Whatever I did manage to snap, I'll post here and you, dear reader, can pretty much surmise the rest.

Here are a few of the preliminary sculpt, everything pretty much blocked out and before it's smoothed out:

Here are a few after it's refined and smoother and about to be molded:

PICTURE DOCUMENTATION MISSING: MOLDING

...And here is the finished mask!

This'll be available for orders on Etsy pretty soon. I'll be damned if I'll spend a month sculpting something, only to not be able to sell it, again!

EDIT: Now on my Etsy shop!

Raiders Idol Update

Needs to mold it now...

Well, Shit.

Might as well post this here: I done fucked up. Again.

My Magneto helmet was a bit of a bust due to my dumb ass. Rather than  relive it all  recount at length how it all happened, I'll surmise:

I molded in silicone what I thought was a good sculpt:

Made the mother mold out of plaster and burlap:

...and it came out pathetically puny.

Yes, it is about the size of a can of spray paint. Only a really tiny child could wear this. Now, how did this happen, one might wonder? I know exactly where I fucked up. It all started here:

Not enough clay to build up enough space to, not only, separate it from hugging the head analogue but compensate for the amount of shrinkage that occurs when casting in plastic and molding with silicone (which is about 4%).

Total. Fuck. Up. Me.

Until I can make some dough, this thing's going on the back burner. I need to scrounge some money to buy enough solvent to soak the silicone in to enlarge it by two sizes. Unfortunately, there isn't any data to show how long I should soak and what percentage will it grow during this process, at least, not with the kind of silicone I'm using. So it's back to swinging in the dark, again.

So, in the meantime, I'll be working on something else that I hope will sell so I can get some extra cheese to blow. While I've got two commissions in the pipeline (money has yet to clear), I'll be working this this thing: the Fertility Idol from Raiders.

Even if nobody buys one, at least I'll be happy in that I finally have one of these things.

DoFP Mags' Dome Update

Made some great progress on this thing, it's to the point where I'm happy and, despite changing a great deal, most of the details are there and proportionate to my helmet (however inexact they may be).

Texturing the thing was most fun; unfortunately, very short-lived. I got it to where I was happy with it within a fraction of the time reworking the initial sculpt. Ho-hum. Hard bristle brushes of varying sizes, sculpting tools, aluminium foil, sanding paper, and rubbing alcohol.

Now's all to do is get some molding supplies and cast one in plastic, finished with paints.