Maelina
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Hello everyone,
As a second project (the bubblehead Silent Hill nurse being my first costume), I have been working on a Giger replica: Sil Species (first movie) full costume. I have done a lot of progress so far, and I can't wait any longer to show some pictures.
I am doing this costume from scratch, I bought a pvc catsuit that is currently mounted on a duct tape mannequin. I am using and sculpting many types of foam to shape the body and will finish the suit with latex and airbrushing magic. Everything is sculpted by hand. The construction of the suit is currently in progress. I still have many months of work in order to complete it.
Thus far, I have completed the sculpting of the mask and cast it in rotocasting resin. I also sculpted the back dreads and will cast them using Flex foam. I will also sculpt the hands and feet to make sure it suits me as a second skin.
Here's some pictures of my progress. The mask took me a long time to sculpt but I am freakin happy with the results!
The sculpture was made using NSP soft clay. I sprayed a clear coat of paint before casting using Rebound 25 and plaster
Molding the mask using rebound 25. I have used about 7 layers to make a strong shell. I was extremely impressed with the quality of the mold result.
Casting the mask using rotocast resin. Note: we rotated the mold manually to achieve this. After 5 layers:
Mask untrimmed:
Masked trimmed (opened eyes and nose)
Now I have to paint this baby, but as I said before I will wait until my dreads are cast in flex foam to have the full head, then paint. I will post pictures in the next weeks/months when I have more to show.
Hope you enjoyed this, feel free to comment or ask questions
Melle
As a second project (the bubblehead Silent Hill nurse being my first costume), I have been working on a Giger replica: Sil Species (first movie) full costume. I have done a lot of progress so far, and I can't wait any longer to show some pictures.
I am doing this costume from scratch, I bought a pvc catsuit that is currently mounted on a duct tape mannequin. I am using and sculpting many types of foam to shape the body and will finish the suit with latex and airbrushing magic. Everything is sculpted by hand. The construction of the suit is currently in progress. I still have many months of work in order to complete it.
Thus far, I have completed the sculpting of the mask and cast it in rotocasting resin. I also sculpted the back dreads and will cast them using Flex foam. I will also sculpt the hands and feet to make sure it suits me as a second skin.
Here's some pictures of my progress. The mask took me a long time to sculpt but I am freakin happy with the results!
The sculpture was made using NSP soft clay. I sprayed a clear coat of paint before casting using Rebound 25 and plaster
Molding the mask using rebound 25. I have used about 7 layers to make a strong shell. I was extremely impressed with the quality of the mold result.
Casting the mask using rotocast resin. Note: we rotated the mold manually to achieve this. After 5 layers:
Mask untrimmed:
Masked trimmed (opened eyes and nose)
Now I have to paint this baby, but as I said before I will wait until my dreads are cast in flex foam to have the full head, then paint. I will post pictures in the next weeks/months when I have more to show.
Hope you enjoyed this, feel free to comment or ask questions
Melle
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