Finished Exorcist Pazuzu head showoff

[LeMarchand]

Last week i was contacted by Jhyphen, who was interrested in obtaining a finished Pazuzu head from me. I was able to finish it yesterday. The finish turned out nicer than i expected and i thought i would post a tip on how to get a really cool and quite realistic old stone finish. This technique is probably old news to all the paintexperts, but it might be helpfull for the people like me who are still discovering the possibilities of paints & airbrush.

After cleaning up the raw cast, i gave it a coat of primer. I mixed a dark grey color (darker than the finish i was after). Using the 'dry-brush' technique i gave it a very subtle weathering with black. Once it was dry, using a soft large brush, i dapped on talcumpowder and gently blew off most of it. From about 30-40 cm away i then applied a light coat of dull clearcoat with the airbrush, using way more pressure from my compressor than regular airbrushing requires. This results in the paint particels semi-drying in the air. The clearcoat gives it a dull flat look and fixes the talcum powder to the figure and also gives a 'rough' feeling finish. I did the talcum powder/overpressured dullcoat 3-4 time when i was satisfied with the look.

here's some pics, hope you like them:
raw cast before finishing:

Finished painted/weathered head

 

[Birdie]

Arrrrgh, what a cutie. :lol

 

[LeMarchand]

Yeah, i know. Fortunately my bed hasn't started shaking yet or has anybody in the house suffered from 360 degree headturns or peasoup vomitting. My wife hates this thing so much i can't leave it in any part of the house except my proproom :lol

Marc

 

[allosaur176]

looks great :thumbsup

I'm glad I own one of these

 

[Rylo]

That thing just makes me uncomfortable.... :confused

 

[SFPROPS]

All I get are a case of the RED X's.

 

[LeMarchand]

looks like my providers server is down. They will probably be up again later.

cheers,

Marc

 

[kdawg1]

Now that is cool. Thanks for the tips I never heard that one but will keep it in mind for down the road.

Thanks for the info and the great job.

 

[Rylo]

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looks like my providers server is down. They will probably be up again later.

cheers,

Marc
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NO, pure evil is at work in this thread & this kinda **** is gonna happen when you go playin' around with Pazuzu heads. :confused

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Can't see the pics either... how they show up soon. Can't wait to see that effect described in the paint progess description.

 

[Mr_Creepy]

Looked really old & crusty (that's a good thing) :lol


Great little tutorial, thanks for posting it.

 

[BlindSquirrel]

Why can't I see the pics? Is it due to their SHEER EVIL content?

 

[12Rogues]

I can't see them either. I checked, and my browser has evil enabled and everything.

 

[LeMarchand]

looks like the server has been restored

Marc

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Lovely... I really like it. It is very rare to see an item that's supposed to look like stone that actually LOOKS like stone. Impressed. :thumbsup

 

[Goldenrod]

nice job.

 

[The Mantis]

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I would get one of these in a heart beat but it conjures so many memories and dark thoughts around that movie that I couldn't have it in my house.

AMAZING paint job....looks like you pulled it out of a dig (cue the dogs growling and fighting....wind blows...giant statue of Pazuzu looms in the distance....YIKES.)

 

[SFPROPS]

Very nice. Here's a screenshot of the original:

[image]http://www.adeleblancsec.org/pazuzu3.jpg[/image]

 

[mike5150]

That is incredibly evil looking which is a good thing.