Fullsize Alien Warrior Build (Xenomorph)

[joberg]

Fantastic workmanship

 

[Metalalien]

in case you are wondering about my method... I glue on pieces of foam, then grind them into shape and then repeat that over and over until the muscles and shape look right to me... then I start skinning it and adding detail..

This is one of the legs you can see how I keep adding muscles... I will keep adding on and grinding to shape until I am happy with it.

 

[Metalalien]

Holy **** this is going to be big...lol

 

[joberg]

Thanks for sharing your techniques with us. Learning a lot from you

 

[Metalalien]

Thanks for sharing your techniques with us. Learning a lot from you

Thank you sir. You know that Apoxie Clay stuff is crazy. It is chemical impervious to nearly everything yet it smooths with water sands easily and is very strong. Plus you can use it without gloves.. I started using it for other stuff like repairing a fuel tank... lol

 

[joberg]

Thank you sir. You know that Apoxie Clay stuff is crazy. It is chemical impervious to nearly everything yet it smooths with water sands easily and is very strong. Plus you can use it without gloves.. I started using it for other stuff like repairing a fuel tank... lol

Good to know the many usages of that clay

 

[Metalalien]

So again a hybrid. Part Puppet sized warrior from Aliens, part display at Stan Winston Studios, and just part me having fun....

 

[Palantirion]

Thank you sir. You know that Apoxie Clay stuff is crazy. It is chemical impervious to nearly everything yet it smooths with water sands easily and is very strong. Plus you can use it without gloves.. I started using it for other stuff like repairing a fuel tank... lol

- Funny you should mention that. I recently used it to reinforce the impeller housings of two (different brands) Home Depot condensation pumps...their plastic is terrible and cracks very quickly making the pump(s) fail after about 3 months even though the rest of them is fine. Flexible CA around the O-ring to improve the seal, UV glue to tack the plastic parts back together (CA doesn't grip it well enough), then Apoxie around every screw boss, rib and seam. So far so good.

*end of thread hijack*

 

[Metalalien]

- Funny you should mention that. I recently used it to reinforce the impeller housings of two (different brands) Home Depot condensation pumps...their plastic is terrible and cracks very quickly making the pump(s) fail after about 3 months even though the rest of them is fine. Flexible CA around the O-ring to improve the seal, UV glue to tack the plastic parts back together (CA doesn't grip it well enough), then Apoxie around every screw boss, rib and seam. So far so good.

*end of thread hijack*

lol it really is amazing. If you use JB weld first off you have to use gloves and you better hope you don't get it on anything you don't want it on. You can't really sculpt it. You have to wait for it to dry before you can do anything with it. Even then it turns to gum when it comes in contact with fuel.

Apoxie Clay does everything JB weld does and 10 things it doesn't do. The people who make it don't realize what they created..

 

[Palantirion]

lol it really is amazing. If you use JB weld first off you have to use gloves and you better hope you don't get it on anything you don't want it on. You can't really sculpt it. You have to wait for it to dry before you can do anything with it. Even then it turns to gum when it comes in contact with fuel.

Apoxie Clay does everything JB weld does and 10 things it doesn't do. The people who make it don't realize what they created..

- Yeah, pretty much. I think JB Weld (original) is a little stronger and harder than Apoxie. But the difference is small. I also suspect that JB weld has slightly better bonding properties to metal and smooth ceramic, but I haven't tested them head-to-head yet. As you point out you can't sculpt or smooth wet JB Weld, but you can sculpt it in general ways at the 1-2 hour mark (use water as a tool barrier) and at 3-4 hours its hard enough to not move but still soft enough to cut it with a knife. I haven't tested Apoxie to know the range of it's cutting time, would guess 1-4 hours depending on the thickness (thicker cures a little quicker).

 

[Metalalien]

Starting on the feet

 

[Metalalien]

This foam clay takes nearly a week to dry all the way through.. but it is very sandable and lightweight. Top layer will be apoxie clay.

 

[Metalalien]

while i'm waiting on the clay to dry... going to start fleshing out the tail.. all 10ft of it

 

[Metalalien]

Just loosely put it together... waiting on some piping.. so can't really do anything else this weekend.

 

[Palantirion]

Is he going through boot camp? Seems to be crawling under the wires (j/k).

Which foam clay are you using?

 

[Metalalien]

Is he going through boot camp? Seems to be crawling under the wires (j/k).

Which foam clay are you using?

he is crawling actually... across the ceiling. when he is hung in place.

I am using Calpalmy clay..I know there are a bunch of different foam clays all with different properties, this one is cheap and it will stick even without adding water... that is because it is already very wet. Takes longer to dry through.

Amazon.com

 

[FORCE FLUIDE]

Really impressive, I feel like the legs seem quite short, compared to the arms

 

[Metalalien]

Really impressive, I feel like the legs seem quite short, compared to the arms

Thank you sir. It's partly based on the puppet alien from the movie so it's arms are the same length as the legs. 4ft long each.. the puppet was the same way basically.

 

[Palantirion]

he is crawling actually... across the ceiling. when he is hung in place.

I am using Calpalmy clay..I know there are a bunch of different foam clays all with different properties, this one is cheap and it will stick even without adding water... that is because it is already very wet. Takes longer to dry through.

Amazon.com

-HA, then I get partial credit, lol. Thanks for the link. I've used a different foam clay a little, was an interesting alternative to other processes. I'll pic up some calpalmy and mess around with it. Might be good for a sculpt I hope to start sometime in the next year.

 

[Metalalien]

-HA, then I get partial credit, lol. Thanks for the link. I've used a different foam clay a little, was an interesting alternative to other processes. I'll pic up some calpalmy and mess around with it. Might be good for a sculpt I hope to start sometime in the next year.

It's good for filling. That is what i use it for mostly. It doesn't hold it shape very well cause it has so much moisture.