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    Jul 12, 2012 - My Dark Knight/ Rises cowl sculpt photos. #1

    Hey everyone.

    Posting this here for the first time. Been working on this on and off for a while now but the movie being out soon is pushing me to finish it.

    These pics are all of the sculpt. My black paint is coming tomorrow so I used primer to see how it looks with a matt finish. Hopefully molding this weekend.

    Hope you like it (cuz I aint changing it now )

    Nat.









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    Jul 12, 2012 - Re: My Dark Knight/ Rises cowl sculpt photos. #2

    Great work Nat. It's going to look great finished! What are you casting in?
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    Jul 12, 2012 - Re: My Dark Knight/ Rises cowl sculpt photos. #3

    Thanks Nate. Initial castings will be standard urethane rubber, followed by cored urethane castings and eventually foam latex.

    I'll be posting many photos of the molding process as I go. I'm using the same techniques they used on the movies and have spoken with the mold designer Brian. It will be lots of fun :-)
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    Jul 13, 2012 - Re: My Dark Knight/ Rises cowl sculpt photos. #4

    What type of clay are you using? and does it harden or stay soft when you paint it?
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    Jul 13, 2012 - Re: My Dark Knight/ Rises cowl sculpt photos. #5

    Looks amazing!
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    Jul 13, 2012 - Re: My Dark Knight/ Rises cowl sculpt photos. #6

    Its chavant LBT clay. The primer was sprayed on to get a better look at the smoothness and to give it a matt finish that will transfer to the silicone mold later. It doesn't really make the clay hard, just puts a layer over it.
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    Jul 14, 2012 - Re: My Dark Knight/ Rises cowl sculpt photos. #7

    That's a damn fine looking sculpt, Nat! Nice job.
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    Jul 14, 2012 - Re: My Dark Knight/ Rises cowl sculpt photos. #8

    TheKingaSwing said: View Post
    Its chavant LBT clay. The primer was sprayed on to get a better look at the smoothness and to give it a matt finish that will transfer to the silicone mold later. It doesn't really make the clay hard, just puts a layer over it.
    Thanks for explaining the process, the cowl looks great.
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    Jul 15, 2012 - Re: My Dark Knight/ Rises cowl sculpt photos. #9

    Thanks Tom, really loving your latest works bro

    No worries Ray, and thanks. Mold pics coming soon.
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    Jul 16, 2012 - Re: My Dark Knight/ Rises cowl sculpt photos. #10

    Great work. Will be posting some of mine soon
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    Jul 16, 2012 - Re: My Dark Knight/ Rises cowl sculpt photos. #11

    nice work with the cowl.
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    Jul 17, 2012 - Re: My Dark Knight/ Rises cowl sculpt photos. #12

    Very cool and I didn't know you could already paint over that clay. Does the paint dry?
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    Jul 17, 2012 - Re: My Dark Knight/ Rises cowl sculpt photos. #13

    looks like you might have missed the little shelve thats between the nose and lip

    other than that, if you sand the hell out of a resin master you could end up with something looks really really close~
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    Jul 17, 2012 - Re: My Dark Knight/ Rises cowl sculpt photos. #14

    I didnt miss it, I just didnt add it lol I don't like the addition to the cowl so I left it off.

    I sprayed it a matt black and believe me, no more sanding needed
    Pouring the silicone tomorrow and will hopefully have a cast to show by the weekend.

    Thanks for the kind words folks. The lines on this weren't easy to capture but I think I have it pretty close based on the photos I had.

    Nat
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    Jul 19, 2012 - Re: My Dark Knight/ Rises cowl sculpt photos. #15

    Very nice!! Why/how do you cast it in silicone? To keep it nice? Will it be wearable or purely decorative?

    However it works out, it looks pretty legit!!
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    Jul 20, 2012 - Re: My Dark Knight/ Rises cowl sculpt photos. #16

    wow dude O.o that looks awesome willing to sell one when you're done??? :P
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    Jul 20, 2012 - Re: My Dark Knight/ Rises cowl sculpt photos. #17

    TheOne1111, the mold will be cast in silicone. Cowl castings will be urethane and/or foam latex and fully wearable

    Doc, thanks, if theres interest I'll throw up a thread in the junkyard although I may wait until I've sculpted the neck piece to go with it.

    Update, jacket is made and I was ready to go with silicone pouring but my paint and primer reacted to each other almost ruining the whole sculpt. I'm currently making a waste mold to sand as I've lost the brow detail almost completely.

    I may add the the lip above the nose at this point. We'll see. I'll be so happy when this thing is done lol

    Nat
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    Jul 20, 2012 - Re: My Dark Knight/ Rises cowl sculpt photos. #18

    Absolutely amazing. I've been wanting to sculpt and make a cowl like this one, However I have never made one like that before...The one in my profile pic I made of cardboard and ducttape....lol..but, I think I got it pretty close to accurate I guess. Now, in this process, does the finished product end up shrinking as it cures? Do you have to make it a little larger than it would be when it's finished?
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    Jul 20, 2012 - Re: My Dark Knight/ Rises cowl sculpt photos. #19

    Ah I remember my days of cardboard cowls, nothing wrong with starting there


    The beauty of urethane rubber is that it doesn't really shrink unlike latex. There is a tiny % of shrinkage I believe but not the 10-30% or so with latex.

    I did however sculpt it slightly bigger than needed for when I make foam latex castings as they can shrink as water and ammonia leave the foam. Although slower baking can make this almost disappear.

    Nat
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    Jul 21, 2012 - Re: My Dark Knight/ Rises cowl sculpt photos. #20

    Looking forward to seeing this cast.
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    Jul 21, 2012 - Re: My Dark Knight/ Rises cowl sculpt photos. #21

    Truly fantastic work. Really looking great!
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    Jul 22, 2012 - Re: My Dark Knight/ Rises cowl sculpt photos. #22

    great work man ish i could sculpt like that

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