Bob the Alien (Giger inspired Alien)
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SKIN JOB 66
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Thank you
:lol Love it, Cheers Fred
Well, I had a little something turn up in the post this morning, The pipe for his throat.
I'm real happy with how the texturing is comming out now, so now I know where I'm going with that I had a go at his throat area:
Its superglued in place for now. The corrugations are a bit deep so I'll fill them up a bit with some caulking & then it should look about right.
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chad951
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Unfreakingbelievable! What was it you said you do for a living? If it isn't this kind of work it should be. I just recently joined the forum and just ran across this thread today. All I can say is amazing. I could care less how screen accurate or inaccurate it is. I looks simply fantastic. I would be proud to have a cast of this wonderful piece of art in my home. Keep up the good work and in case you couldn't already tell, you have a new fan.
Cheers.
Cheers.
Canobi
Sr Member
Stippling the skin is a great plan, and perfectly executed :cool
You might not notice it from a slight distance (were you to see Bob out and about), but the skin detailing is one of those things that can make our subcontious do a double take and scares us s***less cos our brain got fooled. It's a great touch, and gives it "realness" (if there is such a word). Keep up the fantastic work :thumbsup
Edit: this is for you
And a rep point for such an inspiring and informative thread :thumbsup
You might not notice it from a slight distance (were you to see Bob out and about), but the skin detailing is one of those things that can make our subcontious do a double take and scares us s***less cos our brain got fooled. It's a great touch, and gives it "realness" (if there is such a word). Keep up the fantastic work :thumbsup
Edit: this is for you
And a rep point for such an inspiring and informative thread :thumbsup
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Nero
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Love the neck. And to built it up with aluminum wire is just genius.
Great, great process. Me so hooked to that project
looks like some cut down extraction hosing to me, either way it looks awesome.
ive been lurking here for months and this is one of the first threads i read start to finish. inspirational
I'm an unemployed pannel beater/sprayer. Many thanks
Thats what I'm hoping
thanks Many thanks
the texture isn't really noticable from about 3 foot away.Love the neck. And to built it up with aluminum wire is just genius.
Great, great process. Me so hooked to that project
Thank you both
spot on Nero, it is 4" dust extractor hose bought from ebay for about £10 a meter:
The wire in it is steel, cutting it down its length causes it to open up as if it were 6" dia, So theres a fair bit of shaping involved in getting it to fit & look right. The pic shows the off cut & I bought 1 meter so it doesn't need alot.
After glueing it in place I used the caulking to fill the corrugations. I've been refering to it as caulking as in 'builders caulking' but its actually 'Evo-stik decorators flexable filler'. Its water based, so after working it into the gaps etc I sponge off the excess & then run the item under the tap to smooth it all off. The down side to it is the drying time if its thick. It forms a skin fairly quickly though.
And again many thanks
all these lovely comments keep things moving forward thumbsup:thumbsup
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darthchromer
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What a great job, love your attention to detail. Panel beating skills are a tremendous help on these kinda things, always helped me. Can't wait to see this finished.
Thanks
Its strange isnt it, how pannel beating skill's would help? I guess it could be due to a familiarity with shape & materials :confused Thanks Clutch
I dont know if it will fit yours :confused maybe we could exchange a few measurements via PM :confusedI've started puting the other pipes on the neck.
I didn't intend to get too much done on the neck untill the head was finished but I needed to get the interface between the two to work before the head is ready to mould.
Heres another pic:
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MoviefanAZ
Member
That is looking fantastic! Can't wait for more.
vaderdarth
Master Member
very nice Leigh!!!!
clancampbell
Sr Member
Simply wonderful!
Rich
Rich
just read all of the pages.....wow! just amazing. Staying tuned to see this beauty finished!
Thank you
Time for a little update...
I've started putting the clay on the neck, its just roughed out at the moment though:
I've still got the other side to do & I need to think up a good connection between the throat on the neck & the throat under the jaw.
The body needs to be thicker, I'll need to raise the back up. The problem with that is I can see me having trouble with the fin hitting under the back of the head :confused
I'm also thinking about possibly doing away with the shoulders :confused
So I've got some thinking to do but I'm happy with the way he's looking
Time for a little update...
I've started putting the clay on the neck, its just roughed out at the moment though:
I've still got the other side to do & I need to think up a good connection between the throat on the neck & the throat under the jaw.
The body needs to be thicker, I'll need to raise the back up. The problem with that is I can see me having trouble with the fin hitting under the back of the head :confused
I'm also thinking about possibly doing away with the shoulders :confused
So I've got some thinking to do but I'm happy with the way he's looking
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