Javik - Mass Effect 3 heacd sculpt and latex casting

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giedrius

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• Jan 25, 2013

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This is my first time making a humanoid head sculpt. so i made a pepakura base of the original from game to measure where i have alter the sculpt, my chin is much longer then Javik's and his neck is much thiner then mine.
I will be making a latex mask of this head with fiberglass reinforced jaw and carapace.

i reinforced pepakura model with some polyester resin from outside an some thick foam strips from inside

this is how it looks after few hours of sculpting, and i need to buy few more kilos of air drying clay.

(ignore random items for the eyes, they are there until i get decent eyes)

 

Last edited: Mar 20, 2013

cjimene8729

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• Jan 25, 2013

• #2

Re: First time sculpting head - Javik - Mass Effect 3

Omg a prothean among us...hopefully the reapers arent close.....by the way freaking amazn

 

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giedrius

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• Jan 26, 2013

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Re: First time sculpting head - Javik - Mass Effect 3

half lg more clay an few hours of work.
I still need to apply about 1kg more of clay and then will start making textures and adding small details.

 

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giedrius

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• Jan 26, 2013

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Re: First time sculpting head - Javik - Mass Effect 3

i want to make this into latex mask with fiberglass reinforced carapace, how should i cast it? would plaster 2 or 3 part mold would work for this kind of model?

 

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giedrius

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• Jan 27, 2013

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Re: First time sculpting head - Javik - Mass Effect 3

More progress, covered whole thing in clay, added segmentation strips on carapace, redone eyelids and started daitailing whole thing with small cuts, grooves and "pits" on front of his face.

 

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giedrius

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• Jan 28, 2013

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Re: First time sculpting head - Javik - Mass Effect 3

So today i replaced eye with bigger ones and redid whole front in natural colored clay. More or lees done with right side now i need to do the same for the left side, also add some detail and texture to the top

 

samura indy

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• Jan 28, 2013

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Re: First time sculpting head - Javik - Mass Effect 3

Looking fantastic. I'd love to see someone attempt the armour as well.

 

CadetTK2386

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• Jan 28, 2013

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Re: First time sculpting head - Javik - Mass Effect 3

Keep at it. I've never sculpted a head before, either, and I just started toying around with sculpting a Mordin Solus bust.

 

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giedrius

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• Feb 1, 2013

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Re: First time sculpting head - Javik - Mass Effect 3

So sculpt is more or less done.


now i need to buy plaster and latex, so i could start casting it. i really hope this gona work

 

Leigh

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• Feb 1, 2013

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Re: First time sculpting head - Javik - Mass Effect 3

Looking real good man thumbsupthumbsup

 

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giedrius

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• Feb 2, 2013

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Re: First time sculpting head - Javik - Mass Effect 3

Just a coat o primer to even color of sculpt. next week i will spay it with some glossy spaypaint and will start making plaster mold or it

 

Shatterpoint25

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• Feb 5, 2013

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Re: First time sculpting head - Javik - Mass Effect 3

Wow. very impressive. Really great job. looking forward to seeing more!

 

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giedrius

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• Feb 8, 2013

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Re: First time sculpting head - Javik - Mass Effect 3

well everything wen to hell. whole head sculpt and plaster mold is in pieces, ruble. because it was my first plaster mold i didn't applied enough plaster to whole head and broke everything when i tried to remove.

so will try to humidify my clay that i used for head sculpt ant try once more. this time with fiberglass mold. at-least i have some experience with that stuff

 

Emmabellish

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• Feb 8, 2013

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Re: First time sculpting head - Javik - Mass Effect 3

Noooooo! My heart breaks for you.

 

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giedrius

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• Feb 21, 2013

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Re: First time sculpting head - Javik - Mass Effect 3

New head pep base, this time reinforced with foam before applying resign
so back side of carapace is much higher this time


head has 2 front eyes turned out of oak, and 2 rear eyes made from Christmas decoration cut in half. inside is reinforced with foam strips in most of the places and the whole thing is painted with polyester resign. i will be making a fiberglass molds for this ant then latex pull out of it (hopefully)


here are head file https://dl.dropbox.com/u/16229315/javik head 2,0.pdo
here is armor file https://dl.dropbox.com/u/16229315/javik armor.pdo

 

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giedrius

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• Feb 22, 2013

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Re: First time sculpting head - Javik - Mass Effect 3

~2hours of adding clay and detailing

 

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giedrius

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• Feb 23, 2013

• #17

Re: First time sculpting head - Javik - Mass Effect 3

well sculpting is more or less done, now just need to wait for it to dry and fill all cracks that will show up

 

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giedrius

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• Mar 5, 2013

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Re: First time sculpting head - Javik - Mass Effect 3

So i started making mold for head

this will be 3 part mold (2 sides and top piece)

 

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giedrius

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• Mar 17, 2013

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Re: First time sculpting head - Javik - Mass Effect 3

So i finally finished making fiberglass mold for the head.
and this is the result of me trying to open it.
now just need to make clay wet and remove it

 

PPZ

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• Mar 18, 2013

• #20

Re: First time sculpting head - Javik - Mass Effect 3

Yeah, Javik! Not nearly enough of him around, imo.

Sucks to hear your first version broke. But! I think your second version came out looking improved, so its not a total loss
Good luck on this, I'll be subscribing cause I'm excited to see how this turns out.

Do you plan on making the armor as well?