So I've been trying to get back into the swing of things, and decided to go way back to my roots, and sculpt. I haven't sculpted in this scale, or a face, since about 1995(did a predator head as my final art project, it was fun, and even landed in the yearbook). I decided to go full hog and dive into a big sculpt so I'd have to succeed, instead of doing small stuff that didn't have much invested in.
A friend in our Ghostbusters group suggested we have the ghosts as well as the Ghostbusters at our booths, and also suggested having masks and the like to sell, and on top of that, the haunted house I work with has an electric chair installation, so everything kinda fell into place.
I was pretty lucky, having learned how to do the basic latex mask stuff way back in 93 at an Art Institute summer program, but never really did much with the skill, and was curious if I still 'had it."
Turns out, I've still got it! I was pretty relieved, since I started with the fat boy Nunzio Scoleri! I reduced the size of the film monster suit, to make a more manageable mask, as well as a smaller, more booth friendly costume.
This is just water based clay, and I'll do a HydroCal two part slush mold over top. Good old fashioned Monster Maker latex lay in and cast.
Did the first couple of photos during Game of Thornes the other night, and have hit it a few times in the last few days. Maybe total of 10 hours into the sculpt.
Enjoy!
Day 1: blocking, shaping, sculpting, and drawing in face lines, wrinkles, etc . . .
Day 2: Resculpts, smoothing out, texturing, detailing begins
Day 3 Detailing, final smoothing, added eyes and teeth
A friend in our Ghostbusters group suggested we have the ghosts as well as the Ghostbusters at our booths, and also suggested having masks and the like to sell, and on top of that, the haunted house I work with has an electric chair installation, so everything kinda fell into place.
I was pretty lucky, having learned how to do the basic latex mask stuff way back in 93 at an Art Institute summer program, but never really did much with the skill, and was curious if I still 'had it."
Turns out, I've still got it! I was pretty relieved, since I started with the fat boy Nunzio Scoleri! I reduced the size of the film monster suit, to make a more manageable mask, as well as a smaller, more booth friendly costume.
This is just water based clay, and I'll do a HydroCal two part slush mold over top. Good old fashioned Monster Maker latex lay in and cast.
Did the first couple of photos during Game of Thornes the other night, and have hit it a few times in the last few days. Maybe total of 10 hours into the sculpt.
Enjoy!
Day 1: blocking, shaping, sculpting, and drawing in face lines, wrinkles, etc . . .
Day 2: Resculpts, smoothing out, texturing, detailing begins
Day 3 Detailing, final smoothing, added eyes and teeth
