Norris spider head from the thing

[frosty]

Well i made this a while ago as a one of commision, its on the website and i have had a couple of people ask if i will sculpt it again, this was one of my first sculpts and the finish is not that great, but i still like it.
I may redo it, this particular one had poseable eye stalks and legs , and i made a stand for it that was concealed underneath so it could be mounted on a wall or a shelf and look like it was supporting its own weight.

Its a hard 'thing' to photograph, so i just took it down and laid it out.
Still one of the most creepy monster designs i have seen,and one of the first movies that got me thinking how'd they do that?

 

[spidermale]

huge The Thing fan here...all john carpenters early work really but the thing kicks ass. Nice sculpt.

 

[Apollo]

"You"ve gotta be ----ing kidding me?."

Looks great.

 

[dropshipbob]

I love that "Thing". I've got a vinyl and resin version from Dark Carnival at home waiting to be painted.

 

[Clutch]

That movie will always hold a special place in my heart. The commentary by Carpenter and Russel on the dvd is classic.

 

[frosty]

Yeah, classic film, i have had it on laserdisc for a while now, picked up a copy on dvd today outa the clearance bin for a pound.
The commentary track is a good listen, most of the carpenter ones i have listened to have been very good, and they sound like they have a blast together

 

[propsculptor]

I was lucky enough to see the real thing at Rob Bottin's shop years ago when I worked on "Deep Rising", anything from "The Thing" is cool...

Frosty, that's not bad for a first sculpt.
It's better than the one they did for the Mcfarland Toy version, I bought one of those and it broke so easily I took it back and got a refund :angry

 

[turok96]

That is an outstanding head if I say so myself. Nice job with sculpting the details and all. That movie scared the crap out of me way back then.

 

[ralphee]

I love it, the DVD commentary is classic, in fact i watched it last nite lol, as a side serving to this thread, did anyone work on replicating the ship? Its so weird as i saw predator again the other day, the start of that movie prompted me to watch The Thing again.

lee.