Amidst all the 9-5 work craziness and everything CAR related I will occasionally take a break and work on something odd ball.
My current side burner project is actually something I've had for a good while. I purchased three photos made for BTTF III from a friend of mine. There photos were as follows.
Doc alone by the Clock (used in the library reference photos)
Doc and Marty by the Clock (same formatting as the photo above)
and lastly
Doc and Marty by the Clock (this is the one used in the frame at the end of the film)
I've put the originals away, but wanted to do something for the Doc and Marty pic from the end of the film. So it was time to stretch my creative juices.
and for comparison - a shot of the original.
This whole shebang was scratchbuilt - no off the shelf parts. Believe it or not the original frame master I did is made from layered styrene and pvc sheet. It's what I had on hand, it can be cut by hand in my office, and lastly my woodworking stuff is piled behind a Delorean at the moment. Once I had the frame mocked up I treated it with Gesso to simulate the wood grain.
From there I had to sculpt all the detail plates. Using an HD screencap of the original I scaled everything to my original photo and went from there.
The originals sculptures were made from Supersculpy and then molded/cast. Duplicate castings were made and placed on the frame - then the whole ball of wax was molded/cast. Here is a detail shot of the corner. You can see the mock wood grain real well.
The mat board was hand cut and lined with a ruling pen. The text was also transferred from the HD Screencap to the mat board via a graphite tracing - then inked by hand.
All in all, a pretty damn fun prop to kill a couple days on. I think the most complex part was sculpting the filligree details. Its been AGES since I did a freeform sculpt like that.
It was a very welcome break from time circuits and other car related props.
-Gary
My current side burner project is actually something I've had for a good while. I purchased three photos made for BTTF III from a friend of mine. There photos were as follows.
Doc alone by the Clock (used in the library reference photos)
Doc and Marty by the Clock (same formatting as the photo above)
and lastly
Doc and Marty by the Clock (this is the one used in the frame at the end of the film)
I've put the originals away, but wanted to do something for the Doc and Marty pic from the end of the film. So it was time to stretch my creative juices.
and for comparison - a shot of the original.
This whole shebang was scratchbuilt - no off the shelf parts. Believe it or not the original frame master I did is made from layered styrene and pvc sheet. It's what I had on hand, it can be cut by hand in my office, and lastly my woodworking stuff is piled behind a Delorean at the moment. Once I had the frame mocked up I treated it with Gesso to simulate the wood grain.
From there I had to sculpt all the detail plates. Using an HD screencap of the original I scaled everything to my original photo and went from there.
The originals sculptures were made from Supersculpy and then molded/cast. Duplicate castings were made and placed on the frame - then the whole ball of wax was molded/cast. Here is a detail shot of the corner. You can see the mock wood grain real well.
The mat board was hand cut and lined with a ruling pen. The text was also transferred from the HD Screencap to the mat board via a graphite tracing - then inked by hand.
All in all, a pretty damn fun prop to kill a couple days on. I think the most complex part was sculpting the filligree details. Its been AGES since I did a freeform sculpt like that.
It was a very welcome break from time circuits and other car related props.
-Gary
