My Dark Knight/ Rises cowl sculpt photos.

[TigerStoneFX]

Hey everyone.

Posting this here for the first time. Been working on this on and off for a while now but the movie being out soon is pushing me to finish it.

These pics are all of the sculpt. My black paint is coming tomorrow so I used primer to see how it looks with a matt finish. Hopefully molding this weekend.

Hope you like it (cuz I aint changing it now :lol )

Nat.

And sealed:

 

[SampleName]

Great work Nat. It's going to look great finished! What are you casting in?

 

[TigerStoneFX]

Thanks Nate. Initial castings will be standard urethane rubber, followed by cored urethane castings and eventually foam latex.

I'll be posting many photos of the molding process as I go. I'm using the same techniques they used on the movies and have spoken with the mold designer Brian. It will be lots of fun

 

[Ray22]

What type of clay are you using? and does it harden or stay soft when you paint it?

 

[dmb454]

Looks amazing!

 

[TigerStoneFX]

Its chavant LBT clay. The primer was sprayed on to get a better look at the smoothness and to give it a matt finish that will transfer to the silicone mold later. It doesn't really make the clay hard, just puts a layer over it.

 

[BatTexan]

That's a damn fine looking sculpt, Nat! Nice job.:thumbsup

 

[Ray22]

Its chavant LBT clay. The primer was sprayed on to get a better look at the smoothness and to give it a matt finish that will transfer to the silicone mold later. It doesn't really make the clay hard, just puts a layer over it.

Thanks for explaining the process, the cowl looks great.

 

[TigerStoneFX]

Thanks Tom, really loving your latest works bro

No worries Ray, and thanks. Mold pics coming soon.

 

[DamnGoodPaul]

Great work. Will be posting some of mine soon

 

[g_sculpt]

nice work with the cowl.

 

[chuckyAPP]

Very cool and I didn't know you could already paint over that clay. Does the paint dry?

 

[BATS]

looks like you might have missed the little shelve thats between the nose and lip

other than that, if you sand the hell out of a resin master you could end up with something looks really really close~

 

[TigerStoneFX]

I didnt miss it, I just didnt add it lol I don't like the addition to the cowl so I left it off.

I sprayed it a matt black and believe me, no more sanding needed
Pouring the silicone tomorrow and will hopefully have a cast to show by the weekend.

Thanks for the kind words folks. The lines on this weren't easy to capture but I think I have it pretty close based on the photos I had.

Nat

 

[TheOne1111]

Very nice!! Why/how do you cast it in silicone? To keep it nice? Will it be wearable or purely decorative?

However it works out, it looks pretty legit!!

 

[TigerStoneFX]

TheOne1111, the mold will be cast in silicone. Cowl castings will be urethane and/or foam latex and fully wearable

Update, jacket is made and I was ready to go with silicone pouring but my paint and primer reacted to each other almost ruining the whole sculpt. I'm currently making a waste mold to sand as I've lost the brow detail almost completely.

I may add the the lip above the nose at this point. We'll see. I'll be so happy when this thing is done lol

Nat

 

[Sledgepoo90]

Absolutely amazing. I've been wanting to sculpt and make a cowl like this one, However I have never made one like that before...The one in my profile pic I made of cardboard and ducttape....lol..but, I think I got it pretty close to accurate I guess. Now, in this process, does the finished product end up shrinking as it cures? Do you have to make it a little larger than it would be when it's finished?

 

[TigerStoneFX]

Ah I remember my days of cardboard cowls, nothing wrong with starting there


The beauty of urethane rubber is that it doesn't really shrink unlike latex. There is a tiny % of shrinkage I believe but not the 10-30% or so with latex.

I did however sculpt it slightly bigger than needed for when I make foam latex castings as they can shrink as water and ammonia leave the foam. Although slower baking can make this almost disappear.

Nat

 

[Ray22]

Looking forward to seeing this cast.

 

[MooCriket]

Truly fantastic work. Really looking great!