lochsloy
New Member
Hi folks,
I've been working on a Nightmare in Silver Cyberman for a while now and will use this thread to update my progress. My first task will be to document what I've done so far and then I'll post progress as I move along. I'm not the fastest builder out there so there may be weeks or months where no progress is made but it will eventually get done.
The first thing I tackled was the head. If I can't get it right, there's no point in working on the rest of the body.
I took measurements of my head with my glasses on first to make sure the head I was going to build would fit over the head I already have. I then roughed out the shape of the head in clay so it would be big enough.
Apologies for the way some of the photos appear as attachments. I'm not sure what I did to mess things up and I can't figure out how to fix them.
View attachment 336190
Next, I started working on the overall shape and adding the details.
View attachment 336191 View attachment 336192 View attachment 336193 View attachment 336194
After fiddling around way too much on the details, I decided to start making the mould. I used silicon followed by a plaster of paris (with burlap) mother shell.
I decided to make the mother shell in two pieces so the ear parts wouldn't cause problems when de-moulding.
The two halves came of nicely and fit back together with no problems.
The silicon came off of the clay very easily and fits nicely into the mother shell, ready for making the head.
I've been working on a Nightmare in Silver Cyberman for a while now and will use this thread to update my progress. My first task will be to document what I've done so far and then I'll post progress as I move along. I'm not the fastest builder out there so there may be weeks or months where no progress is made but it will eventually get done.
The first thing I tackled was the head. If I can't get it right, there's no point in working on the rest of the body.
I took measurements of my head with my glasses on first to make sure the head I was going to build would fit over the head I already have. I then roughed out the shape of the head in clay so it would be big enough.
Apologies for the way some of the photos appear as attachments. I'm not sure what I did to mess things up and I can't figure out how to fix them.
View attachment 336190
Next, I started working on the overall shape and adding the details.
View attachment 336191 View attachment 336192 View attachment 336193 View attachment 336194
After fiddling around way too much on the details, I decided to start making the mould. I used silicon followed by a plaster of paris (with burlap) mother shell.
I decided to make the mother shell in two pieces so the ear parts wouldn't cause problems when de-moulding.
The two halves came of nicely and fit back together with no problems.
The silicon came off of the clay very easily and fits nicely into the mother shell, ready for making the head.
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