Ghostbuster FireHouse sign

[falconNL]

Hi all!

I always wanted the Ghostbuster sign that was outside the firehouse. There are a couple out there, but most of them are too small or not accurate enough. So i thought i would make one.

For me this is a pretty big build and i have divided this projects in a couple of Fases.
Fase I: Building a 3D model.
Fase II: Mill the model out of MDF, and sculpt over the MDF.
Fase III: Vacuum form the model and paint
Fase IV: Build the casing and finish the lighting.


The dimensions are:
5,4cmx 70.9cm x 68.9cm.
or
1.96 x 27.9 x 27.1 inch
The last photo i added a bottle of glass cleaning to show the scale the sign


At this point im at Fase II. I hope you all enjoy the photo's, any comment at all is really helpfull!

 

[Snow Builder]

Very nice!

 

[nickjm007]

Excellent project! Looking forward to the final results.

 

[Clark HD]

This is awesome, great job!

 

[Jintosh]

Great idea for a project.

 

[Apollo]

Coming along nicely!

 

[falconNL]

Thanks for all the great comments!

Today the goal was to clear the sign of all the wood surrounding it and building up some shapes in plaster.

I did had a two tiny mistakes with the table-saw, but nothing to major I cant fix.
After that it was off the sculpts the shapes in clay, its clearly not done, but im kinda happy with the overall shape of it. I do need to trim the hight of the sculpt down a bit.

I would love to hear your comments on how i could improve the shape.

 

[Abelugo]

Looks great so far- your first pics are not showing.
Were you going for a certain scale?
Check this on out, even though its the part two sign it shows scale and some sculpt shapes
http://www.filmbuffonline.com/FBOLN...ters-firehouse-threatened-by-nyc-budget-cuts/

 

[falconNL]

Well i wasn't going for a certain scale, as big as my vacuum forming machine would let me

But its roughly 1:3. Thanks for the link, its always helpful to see more pictures!

 

[falconNL]

Little update,

I have been working on the lower parts of the sign. The "belly" is ultra smooth but the line is a bit to long.
The shape of the hands are somewhat okayish, they need a bit of work but im really happy how they turned out.

The top needs still a lot of work, but its the most important piece of the sign. Tomorrow im going to start making it smooth and going to work on the eyes and mouth.