Bob the Alien (Giger inspired Alien) Sculpting finished page 45

Now if you'd just move to the US.

That is so nice Leigh!

That has to be the best Alien bust i've seen.

Thank you for the kind words folks

Clutch, I dont think they'd let me in

I've been busy, I wasnt 100% happy with the rear end underside.
So I pulled it appart & rebuilt it
It was mostly the two pipes that run from the pumps either side, underneath to the back, they needed lowering & the area's either side of the pipes needed reshaping.
Hopefully you can see the difference here:

Before


After




I've also been reshaping, smoothing & texturing some other area's:





& lastly, your thoughts on the wrinkles? I quite like them but I'm not sure they need to be there & do they look ok sculpture wise??



Thanks

That is so freaking perfect. If Giger had had the time needed, he would have tried to make the details as perfect as you have Leigh.

Wow, that's coming along really well Leigh. IMHO I think the wrinkles add to the realism. You've achieved such a good effect with the texturing it blows me away.

That thing needs to be cast in bronze and put in the Giger museum!

I can believe how much detail this have, nice work

Love the wrinkles.

Keep the wrinkles. Gives a bit more organic feel to it

LOVE The wrinkles!

Also pro-wrinkles. It is what would have been done back then if it hadn't been the dawn of animatronics, and *would* be done now, and nothing will ever make this the ACTUAL filming prop...so why not improve on it? Am blown away yet again...

Please keep the wrinkles! Still love this,just can't believe you still find room for improvements on an already perfect piece,IMO!

Projects like these are what keep me making the things i do. Simply amazing. I totally understand how a just for fun project can turn into something extreme and to bumb it up a couple levels. If your anything like me then some days you love it and some days you want to drop kick it across the room You should be very proud of your work. you are an artist.

Pro wrinkles here too! Definitely adds to the bio - mechanoid look. This is such an awesome piece......

Wrinkles FTW ^^

Just don't go ape-sh#t on the wrinkles. A fine line it is between faithful rendition and stylized interpretation.

Many thanks for the kind words & support

vaderdarth said:

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That is so freaking perfect. If Giger had had the time needed, he would have tried to make the details as perfect as you have Leigh.

Thanks Dave

Clutch said:

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That thing needs to be cast in bronze and put in the Giger museum!

OOh now theres a thought....bronze...hmm, something to look into at a later date prehaps

Nwerke said:

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Also pro-wrinkles. It is what would have been done back then if it hadn't been the dawn of animatronics, and *would* be done now, and nothing will ever make this the ACTUAL filming prop...so why not improve on it? Am blown away yet again...

Thanks Martyn

echo5633 said:

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Projects like these are what keep me making the things i do. Simply amazing. I totally understand how a just for fun project can turn into something extreme and to bumb it up a couple levels. If your anything like me then some days you love it and some days you want to drop kick it across the room You should be very proud of your work. you are an artist.

I'm thinking more along the lines of grab it by the end & swing it against the wall It has crossed my mind a couple of times
I dont know about "Artist" I feel like I need some sort of qualification before I get to be an Artist
Thanks

Clutch said:

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Just don't go ape-sh#t on the wrinkles. A fine line it is between faithful rendition and stylized interpretation.

I'm not going mad on the wrinkles, they're only going on the neck (as in the pic) as that would be the only part of the head area that moves & so in theory may have wrinkles form in his skin. They're no bigger than the sort of wrinkles you'd get in your thumb, so hopefully not too OTT

I've been busy the last couple of days. I'm pretty much done with the texturing, I've used caulking on the small convoluted pipes the run the length of his head in an effort to reduce the depth of the detail a bit. This will hopefully reduce the potential bubbles forming in the casting without loosing detail. Basicly I've just got to sort out the spines on the top of his head & then I'm going to give the whole thing a coat of that grey enamel. It sticks quite well to the clay & it will give the whole thing a uniform finish. Once its all grey, its ready for moulding, well the head is
I'll post some detailed pics once it grey

Heres a couple of better pic's of the wrinkles, this is as far I've gone with them & there only in this area both sides:





I think they're quite subtle really & by the time theres a couple of layers of paint on it all they will hopefully just notice on a close inspection

Looks good to me!

I think I've lost track of what sculpting materials your using. What's made of what at this point? So many different things going on with this beasty's construction.

Nick

phenomenal detail.

I've spent the last two days re-sculpting the spines. I had to bend them all up a bit to caulk the convoluted tubing & I wasn't happy with the shape of the side parts of the spines anyway. I also needed to extend them all the way to the back again after I removed them at the rear to re-shape the back of the head.

Heres the result:









I'm quite happy with them now

All I've got to do before moulding is a very light rub down on some of the hard area's & then one all over coat of paint

I thought I was a perfectionist.....geez.....

Just kidding,this looks fantastic!