DOTA - SLARK

Slark has been sculpted from Super sculpey - some pieces like the fins on the top of his head are sculpted from Milliput. His teeth are made from Fimo translucesent white. Have a look at some of the progress pictures would you?

For the drool a mixture of clear glue and Deluxe Materials Making Waves is used.

The shoulder fish - is that's what it is - has toy eyes which are usually reserved for bears and creepy dolls.

For the tail - which needed to be long and thin - I used a mesh from a magazine rack to allow for a strong, thin armature.

The rock for the base was created by taking a mold of a rock from the beach and then pushing some DAS clay into the silicone mold to cast it.

I embeded some more magazine rack mesh into the DAS clay to make sure the finished 'cast' was strong - I wasn't sure just how strong this stuff was when it set.

Finished Figure

 

A quick note on the base - For the rock pool a section was routed out and then painted with acrylics - a darker colour for the center and a lighter for around the outside to make it look deeper. The water is Deluxe Materials Solid Water - which is amazing - this stuff sets really clear and there are no bubbles! (as long as you mix it carefully enough)

Thanks for looking.

MASS EFFECT 3 - CANNIBAL

Sculpted with super sculpey.

His arm cannon is made primarily with a lid from a tube of toothpaste - progress pictures follow!

Background doughnuts are the best doughnuts

FINISHED FIGURE

RUST LOADER

Just a quick test of some paint effects in between some of the bigger figures.

The rust was painted with various washes of brown and then dry brushed in steps from very dark to quite light. I also spatterd some Vallejo Orange Rust on the final pass.

Browns, Oranges, Ochres, Dark Browns, Reds and Purples were used in various quantities to get the (albeit quite basic) effect. I tried to keep it random in order to make it look more natural.

I added some sand to my washes to give the rust a bit of texture. Top coats were then painted atop a layer of hairspray so that it could be removed later.

My cast pieces were also carved into with a dremel tool in various ways to give the figure more of a worn/abandoned look.

adding sand for texture

Finished Figure

The stone wall is sculpted from DAS air dry clay. It took quite a while to dry!