Staff of Ra Headpiece Custom Stand

[LandronArtifact]

I've been looking forever for a decent way to prop up my Staff of Ra headpiece to no avail. I considered using one of those little fold-out photo stands, but I thought there had to be a better way. After a while I figured I should just make my own and get it over with. It's made out of hard foam carved with a hot wire foam cutting tool and later painted. The colors in the pics aren't quite right though, as the color of the stand is supposed to be more yellowish to look more like Egyptian pyramid stone.

Here it is in its home, right at the feet of the Raiders Premium Format fig.

I designed it so it can be displayed in 2 ways, centered, and off centered. I still can't decide which way I like best. :wacko

Hmmm.... if it was human sized it would make for an interesting couch! lol.

-AL

 

[LandronArtifact]

Haven't posted in a while. Anyway, here's what I've been up to these days. These hand-carved stands were becoming a little too time consuming on the long run. I eventually decided that I should devote a good amount of time to develop one single master sculpt, and cast it. This not only freed me up to spend more time on more things, but also eliminated variants in sculpts... all castings would become identical to the original master. Another thing that was driving my nuts is the fumes of the melting foam. Even with my vent box it was a little too much.

The material I chose was something I had only recently become aware of: Hydrocal white. I LOVE THIS STUFF!!!!!!

It's a gypsum-based cement, but unlike Plaster of Paris, it's very high grade. It captures superb detail, and is ridiculously strong. It also gives a nice stone-like feel and weight that's appropriate for this piece.

Silicone mold.

Fresh unpainted casting.

Completed piece.

-AL

 

[r4k5guy]

Looks great! Best part is you can use the stand for Warhammer Fantasy as a Tomb Kings terrain piece .

Were did you get the Staff of Ra piece?

Oscar

 

[LandronArtifact]

Thanks! That is an Acme piece my wife bought me for Christmas.

Here's the site: Staff of Ra [ra] - $100.00 : Acme Artifacts, Welcome

 

[mattropolis]

Very nice!

 

[Decky]

Looks great. Like the paint job as well

 

[PHArchivist]

Cool - I want one!