1:1 Dead Space Lurker sculpture

[Seaniiie]

Hey guys, long time lurker (boom boom), first time poster. Thought I'd share my latest project, he's a polyurethane resin cast from a WED sculpt and stands just under 3 feet tall. The official Dead Space Facebook and Twitter feeds posted him yesterday and I've had an overwhelming response so far, makes all the fibreglass splinters and sleepless nights worthwhile!

 

[chuckyAPP]

wow, that looks amazing. wish you posted progress shots but hey, I think it's awesome.

 

[gregoriarts]

Deadspace is one of my favorite games...awesome. How many pounds of wed clay for finished piece?

 

[Howlrunner]

Very cool. Liking the blotchy skin tones. Got more pics?

 

[Seaniiie]

Thanks guys! Not sure about pounds, but I ended up using an entire 11kg box and about a third of another box. The skintone I would not have been able to achieve had it not been for watching the Stan Winston school video with Steve Wang talking about painting latex masks. It was incredibly helpful, as you'd expect from something by Mr Wang. Here are a few shots from along the way:

 

[Wes R]

My friend is insane about Deadspace and showed me this when it hit the official twitter. She goes "I want one" which is normal for her when she sees deadspace stuff lol. It looks amazing.

 

[Seaniiie]

Haha I'm completely overwhelmed by the reaction it's got all over the place!

 

[Wes R]

Oh trust me she wanted to find and commission you until i reminded her that you're now known to EA and the DS gang and they'd frown on it lol.

 

[grinty33]

Love Dead Space and this is totally amazing! Really captured the necromorph with this piece. What kind of armature did you make for this if you don't mind me asking?

 

[Impactor]

This is great! Saw it on the FB page and now I'm glad to see it here. Great job man!

 

[Seaniiie]

Thanks guys. I built the armature onto a strong base which had joints that would let me rotate and pivot the sculpt so I could get at it from every angle:

And this was the skeleton I sculpted onto (the smiley face was probably the most important part of the process):

The tentacles were all sculpted and cast separately obviously.

 

[grinty33]

Nice armature. Did you sculpt straight onto the metal or build it up using the chicken wire for the clay to lie on?

 

[Seaniiie]

I sculpted straight onto the armature wire, I could've saved clay if I built up the armature a bit more but I was kind of making the sculpt up as I went along so the way I did it gave me a bit more freedom as I could reposition the limbs and stuff into more dynamic positions.

 

[DethBecomesYou]

Gorgeous! Thanks for posting. :thumbsup

 

[Seaniiie]

I've just received a message from Paul Mathus at Visceral Games saying they'd like to buy him to display at their offices...I hate to think how much shipping would cost on a 3 foot tall tentacle baby from England to California...

 

[Strickler]

Looks amazing man, awesome work.

I've just received a message from Paul Mathus at Visceral Games saying they'd like to buy him to display at their offices...I hate to think how much shipping would cost on a 3 foot tall tentacle baby from England to California...

Let me guess they have offered a measly sum for the hard work, time and effort you have put into this? But letting you know that it will be displayed in there office for all others to see.