creature from the black lagoon mask and display stand wip

i started a thread a few weeks ago asking for help on how to clean up my creature mask before paint but now i thought id start a seperate thread for the actual build. i started on the didplay stand a few days ago and its almost finished but i could use some ideas on how to finish it off. ill be making a plaque for it next and when i get some more money ill start actually painting the mask! so heres pics of the build up to this point.

heres a pic of the display head almost ready for the filler:


heres the mask from when i receved it:


first coat of filler:




here it is displayed and a coat of primer:




last coat of filler, then another coat of primer and then flat black:




heres how it looks now:




hope you guys like it!

LOVE IT! Nicely done!

Very cool!

thanks!

i finished up the plaque last night so heres the build process for that!

That looks great.

Very well done! Good stuff!
Darren

thank you both!
heres a quick update, i repainted the plaque with a darker yellow:

finaly started painting him!
theres still allot to do though..

ok, so im almost done painting it! any advice on how to make it better?

Great work!! I absolutely love what you've made, and Creature himself!

Phenomenal job on both the mask and the base. I love it!

daydalus1 said:

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Phenomenal job on both the mask and the base. I love it!

thanks!

i outlined the letters on the plaque:



and heres two more pics with some cool lighting just for the fun of it:

I would go in with some reds/pinks and some yellow greens to bring out highlights and add depth. The eyes are bugging me a little for some reason as well...

It's coming along GREAT though! I LOVE the base and the way you made it look like the rock wall sets from the films! Plaque looks great as well!

I'd say the biggest thing to do is break up the green with some different green tones and some contrasting reds as mentioned above. Keep it up!

SonOfPumpkinhead said:

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I would go in with some reds/pinks and some yellow greens to bring out highlights and add depth. The eyes are bugging me a little for some reason as well...

It's coming along GREAT though! I LOVE the base and the way you made it look like the rock wall sets from the films! Plaque looks great as well!

I'd say the biggest thing to do is break up the green with some different green tones and some contrasting reds as mentioned above. Keep it up!

thanks for the advice! ive been trying to do a bit of that with the lighter greens, its hard to tell in the pics, but i kinda hilighted the brow with a few differant lighter greens and also differentiating the fin and gills with various shades of green and even a little brown. and i also did a bit of hilighting with the same brown under the mouth and on the neck, but it needs allot more, and i agree that it needs some reds in it too..

and as for the eyes, their just temporary until i can find some better looking ones. right now their just some cheep foam halloween eyes i got at michaels for like $.99
thanks again for the compliments and the advice!

Great Work!!!

Very nicely done!

Chuck...

sorry for not posting in a few days, i kinda let it sit for a while to see if i could figure out what else i could do, and after a day or two i decided to add some red highlights to the gills and back fin, and also added more tan hilights to his neck and under his houth but they dont show up well in the pics..








i still plan on sculpting some better eyes though.. the ones that are in it are some crappy foam haloween eyes haha

The red gills really make it work, imho.

That is beautiful!

What did you use to sculpt the base?

Jedifyfe said:

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That is beautiful!

What did you use to sculpt the base?

thank you!
i just used some drydex spackling that i had lying around. i was trying to keep the price of this as low as possible

mummycop said:

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The red gills really make it work, imho.

thanks! i think it gave him some more character

Did you sculpt the petrified hand also? If so great work man!

Very nice work!

when i got 10 i created a fossil creature hand.and i still having them.