Bob the Alien (Giger inspired Alien)
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sterling archer
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Very impressive redo of jaw.I haven't seen this thread for a while but I'm still amazed at your attention to detail.AWESOME WORK! BTW are you going with a clear dome and view of the brain or what?
This is the A L I E N version of the creature, which does need to have the skull, but it's different in many other ways from the eyeless Aliens version. When finished it will also have a translucent dome over the top of the whole head, which gives it the eyeless appearance anyway.
Totally seconded. Just wow...
Your all too kind, Thank you 
Spot on :thumbsup
The cheeks are now done, I'll need to do a final detail & texture but I'll do that to the whole head in one hit. At this stage while I still have work to do I tend to leave finger prints all over the place.
I'm after a bit more critisism here: Does anything need altering from the very front upto the orange bits ?? is there anything I've missed ?? or anything that could be better?? Thanks
Heres some cheeky pics:
Spot on :thumbsup
The cheeks are now done, I'll need to do a final detail & texture but I'll do that to the whole head in one hit. At this stage while I still have work to do I tend to leave finger prints all over the place.
I'm after a bit more critisism here: Does anything need altering from the very front upto the orange bits ?? is there anything I've missed ?? or anything that could be better?? Thanks
Heres some cheeky pics:
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locusta
Well-Known Member
Love the new teeth. You totally got the shape of the dentition now, especially you fixed the mistake many other sculptors or toymakers did in the past, to close the upper and lower frontal teeth together. They had that gap in the original which is seen so nicely in the frontal shot of yours.
Thumbs up man. I linger for every update here.
Thumbs up man. I linger for every update here.
That is a lie in for me
I dunno, I think he's hinting at me changing something :confused
A little update:
I'm having a go at his throat area as I want to cast the bottom jaw with part of the throat moulded into it. In the process I've ended up re-carving his neck or most of it & it fits up nicely around the back of the jaw:
In the next pic you can see where I'm making a fillet for the underside of the jaw out of foam, this will be covered in the convoluted pipe & then blended into the jaw prior to moulding. Thats the current plan anyway
I chose a 4.5" dia for the roundness of the throat area, I've got a feeling I'm going to have to create my own covering for the throat to mimic the pipe that was used originally.
I'm really not happy with my poor attempt at the shape of the upper torso, so to make life easier I'm on the hunt for a polystyrene mannequin torso I can chop up. Also He may not keep the leaning forward look as it leaves him a little unstable. I'm going to have to put some thought into how to pose him :confused
I'm having a go at his throat area as I want to cast the bottom jaw with part of the throat moulded into it. In the process I've ended up re-carving his neck or most of it & it fits up nicely around the back of the jaw:
In the next pic you can see where I'm making a fillet for the underside of the jaw out of foam, this will be covered in the convoluted pipe & then blended into the jaw prior to moulding. Thats the current plan anyway
I chose a 4.5" dia for the roundness of the throat area, I've got a feeling I'm going to have to create my own covering for the throat to mimic the pipe that was used originally.
I'm really not happy with my poor attempt at the shape of the upper torso, so to make life easier I'm on the hunt for a polystyrene mannequin torso I can chop up. Also He may not keep the leaning forward look as it leaves him a little unstable. I'm going to have to put some thought into how to pose him :confused
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clancampbell
Sr Member
I dunno, Leigh. I think this is at the stage where everything you do just makes him look better and better.
When i saw the Geiger pic, i was astonished at just how close your Alien is to the original.
Again, top work.
Rich
When i saw the Geiger pic, i was astonished at just how close your Alien is to the original.
Again, top work.
Rich
Thank you
It really is a pleasure to be part of a community that has such a caring & considerate attitude towards others & their efforts Thanks again for the support folks 
I think it looks great, as always. No tweaks or nitpicks jump out at me right at the moment.
I'd like to say the forward lean of the torso is a terrific look, though - really agressive. I hope you can keep that. Maybe put some weights in the back of the head? And your torso's fine - it'll presumably get Gigerised anyway, yeah? I don't think you need a mannequin.
I'd like to say the forward lean of the torso is a terrific look, though - really agressive. I hope you can keep that. Maybe put some weights in the back of the head? And your torso's fine - it'll presumably get Gigerised anyway, yeah? I don't think you need a mannequin.
Thanks for the offer Chewcy & sorry to mess you about :$
Gigerised
yeah. I'm much happier with it now though, so it'll stay as is for the time being Thanks for the input
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^^This
