Well, I wanted to do the definitive Indy bust for my own collection with the new movie coming out.. I wanted to do something special for Howards' 1/1 Indy bust (version2). I decided to give him a temple wall/floor style base from the opening scenes of Raiders. I ordered a HUGE block of Balsa foam after watching David Fisher use this stuff on his modelmania Dvd's. It ended up that Half the block could be used for 1 bust. I didn't want the base to overshadow the bust by making it too big so I went with just over the width of Indy. After 3 days, I was able to carve out all the sides with a different style on each side. I decided the top would be the Cave floor with the diamond pattern that activates the poison darts. The sides are similar to the wall sculpts. I added a little easter egg in there for you Smallville fans , see if you can find it. I did the texture with balled up aluminum foil and carving tools.
Anyway, next step will be to coat the whole block in clear resin to give it a protective coat, then I'll be painting it up in the next week or so. I also plan to add moss running down the base. Gatorbait is making me a plaque to finish it off. But enough talking , here it is.
BIG NOTE: This is my FIRST attempt at sculpting/carving so go easy on me!
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I wanted enough room to run the moss up and put a nice plaque on but still show enough detail on the stone block.
.And Bjorn, you were the one that inspired me to try custom bases..I love how you present all your busts so I thought I'd try it too. I might try the whip thing around the bottom. I think the bag would be too much .
