Skull's Custom Predator Design

[munson]

Sweet pack! Great sketches!

 

[Crazy Hunter]

Skullsplitter I build the Glaive just till the end of the week
if it is ready there I this time more in the material
will use

 

[Skullsplitter]

Not too sure what you're saying there, but good luck anyway

 

[Crazy Hunter]

Not too sure what you're saying there, but good luck anyway

I build the Glaive on Saturday after it is finished

 

[Skullsplitter]

You might be one of the most swell guys to get to know, but your English just ain't... Still, good luck on building your weapons mate.

 

[Skullsplitter]

Some more WIP on the backpack
Shading first, still have to add details like bumps, scratches etc.

Slapped on some color for general reference

See who finishes his backpack first, me or Carl

 

[UNSC Hunter]

I thik this is like mcdonalds because Im loving it

 

[svehunter]

Unique backpack design I can dig it

 

[Skullsplitter]

Progress has been slowed down for quite some time, but I finally am back on the subject again. Thigh armor in progress.

 

[hellonearth]

dude!! absolutely lovin these designs of yours! ****** AWESOME!

glad you're back at it buddy

 

[Skullsplitter]

Some newfound respect for sculptors though, I once told Paul (Hez) that his Gort could've used some smoothing, but I can imagine ending the progress since it takes FOREVER to refine all those surfaces, lol. If Paul did that, we'd still be waiting and the Gort already is a piece of art.

I want to get my general shape down before I go more into the detail side, and still bending my nugget over whether I'd keep it flat as it is now, or get a snap-cast of my thigh to bend the basic sculpture over in a slightly heated form for flexibility. For Latex, it won't matter much, but if I'd take polyurethane (much like Carlarts works), it'd better be somewhat curved. Still far too distant though

Another shot, when I just drew the lines and started carving the concave parts under each edge

 

[Tiny Evil]

how come I haven't seen this before??
the design is great opcorn:

 

[Skullsplitter]

and faaaaaaaaaaar from finished, lol... After I finish up this baby I'll move back to the chest-piece I guess opcorn:

 

[DBOYSLADE]

Coming along nicely! That Medpack came out killer. Great concept!
Keep us posted!

 

[Usurper]

You can always hot glue or latex some wire into the back of the peice once cast, your thigh will not have a HUGE curve in it, so it will not bend out of shape tooooo much.

hopefully opcorn:

 

[predator666]

Looking pretty damn cool man

 

[Skullsplitter]

Not too sure, Lee, polyurethane would be kinda sturdy I guess. Heating it up in an oven and slowly bending it to shape over a casting would be more suited I guess.

Still, it all comes down to learning and honing skills in making cool props, both the chestpiece and the thighpad are the first serious sculpts, after I did a Rumpelstiltchkin about 10 years ago... And that bust fit a cd-juwelcase cubed... (a remake is on my to do list).

Thanks for the comments, I'll keep you guys posted opcorn:

 

[Usurper]

aaah sorry i thought you were going latex.

why not use fastcast resin like easyflo 120, you can heat that ( i used a kettle ) and bend it to the shape you want.

 

[aliengod33]

What type of clay do you use? Great work by the way!

 

[Skullsplitter]

aaah sorry i thought you were going latex.

why not use fastcast resin like easyflo 120, you can heat that ( i used a kettle ) and bend it to the shape you want.

Sounds interesting enough to try, will keep that in mind once I get to that point.

As for what clay I'm using: Pelikan plastilin, works fine, but might pick up some chavant nsp or klean clay in the future, just to try different materials. Dunno if it's this clay, but i think it get's a little flaky when it's really thin.