Grommash Build. Last Page new pics of the silicone glove. 01/25/2017

AlphaTech686 · Apr 9, 2016

Re: Grommash by Alphatech Last page Grom got hair transplants 04/09/2016

So here is the tutorial on the head of Grommash.
Once I had the torso laid up in silicone I knew I could move forward on the build. First thing was to make an armature to sculpt on. I had an old bust cast of myself that is heavy as hell so I made a silicone mold of the face and cast it in epoxy.

Then it was on to getting some clay on it. This was my very first try at Monster Clay. I can only say one thing, I would use it on everything if I could.

Once I got to a curtain point I knew I need to do the lower teeth so I could work those into the face I went for size and proportion.

Then I placed them and sculpted the gums.

Then it was on to finishing the skin.
My and Gromm.

I have to break here only 24 photos allowed per post.

AlphaTech686 · Apr 9, 2016

Re: Grommash by Alphatech Last page Grom has a do 04/06/2016

Ok to the skin.

I molded his face next in Epoxacoat and Epoxy/fiberglass. I don't know where those photos are but when I find them I will post them. At this point I knew I needed to start on the underskull. I used the mold I did for my armature and filled it will 2 part soft foam. This was to lay up the fiberglass on and be able to remove it easily. I covered the foam with a couple of coats of Plasti dip then a couple coats of PVA.

Once I made sure the underskull fit ok I build the collapsible core. It wasn't pretty but it worked well. I'm a control freak and I wanted control of the skin thickness.

First pull.

That's 24. Next post.

AlphaTech686 · Apr 9, 2016

Re: Grommash by Alphatech Last page Grom got hair transplants 04/09/2016

Placing the teeth just for fun.

Ok because I had to.

I sculpted the upper teeth at some point

I needed to finish up the underskull. Earlier in the year a friend stopped by to show me this mask he had bought. It was cheap but when I started looking at it I noticed the jaw hinged and the upper lip had a bit of movement. I could see just enough to set me in a direction other than a cable deal like I had done several times before on a gorilla and a werewolf. I was excited. This thing really works well.

I worked for an entire day on this next part and ended up not using it. I thought it would be really cool for the lower lip to move down when the upper lip went up as the mouth opened. I fabricated this little bar and it worked great. When I clued the throw down face on and put it through it's paces you really could hardly tell even though it move almost 3/5 of an inch. I decided to shelf the lower lip movement. I chalked up the day to a learning experience.

As I was making a short movement video I realized I needed some structure behind the skin in the jaw area. I place the face back in the mold and laid up a jaw in it.

I got the upper gums done somewhere around this time. I added some dark spot which I would have done to the lowers had I thought about it more. Hinds sight truly is 20/20

Lower jaw structure.

Then I attached the welders helmet had strap. These have always served me well.

That's it for today. I will try to get the rest of the head build up in the morning.

Snikt · Apr 9, 2016

Re: Grommash by Alphatech Last page- 70 new pic-half the head tutorial 04/09/2016

Dude. Im at a loss for words. This is gorgeous. How the HELL do you know how to do all this? This looks like its professional! I want to do this kind of stuff! I dont even know where to begin... :cry

AlphaTech686 · Apr 10, 2016

Re: Grommash by Alphatech Last page- 70 new pic-half the head tutorial 04/09/2016

Thanks Snikt, I've just been doing this stuff as a hobby most of my life.
Ok onward through the fog.
This is a little out of order but eventually I decided to add a couple of molars to the lower jaw. I figured if someone is right on top of this face when the mouth is open I wanted them to see these teeth. These pictures also show how I achieved the jaw return. I happened to have these little tiny ball joint things for model airplanes that worked great to attach the rubber bands. I then put on as many bands as it took which was 3 on each side. This is also when I attached the spandex curtain to cover my mouth.

On to the ears. I roughed them in and compared them to the head before I affixed them to something to finish the sculpts.

When I molded these I inserted a 1/4 inch diameter rod before pouring the silicone. I knew I would need to have something on the underskull to support them.

I have to add this here, when I was seaming these ear I tried using the same silicone which was Echoflex20 and it just would not set up no matter what I did. I used thivex so I thought that was the problem then I didn't use it. I was smoothing it with alcohol so I tried naptha. Nothing worked. Eventually I tinted my GE I silicone and that worked.

I fabricated this new underskull strictly to hold the mask for painting. I hot glued the mold core together and then used a heat gun to mold this plastic around around the core which gave me the exact shape of the inside of the mask. I pulled it off the core and rubber banded it onto my bust and it was time to paint.

That's 24 photos. on to the next post.

AlphaTech686 · Apr 10, 2016

Re: Grommash by Alphatech Last page- 70 new pic-half the head tutorial 04/09/2016

I used the same paint technique as the torso, GEI silicone thinned with Naptha, tinted with oil base paint.

Onto punching hair. Unfortunately I learned something after I had already punched this beard and that was to dip the needle into thinned GE1 silicone with each hair. I didn't really think about this aspect until I was about halfway through with the beard. I ended up spraying a layer of silicone over the stubble and on the backside. We will see how that works over time. I am still pissed at myself for not researching that better. I started with the nose hairs. I actually punched in hairs form my wife's hair brush. She is Hispanic so they are the right color. She thinks I'm weird. I found some other hair for the beard.

While I was taking breaks punching hair, it took a total of around 40 hours, I was sculpting the topknot holder, nose ring, earrings, and cartilage piercings.

The finished face.

I decided to stitch the wig onto the underskull/mask so I could remove it if I screwed something up. If I had glued it into the silicone I could not do that as easily. I place the wig where it needed to be then marked where I needed to drill the small holes to stitch through. That last one is Grommash when he first wakes up in the morning.

The ponytail was next. I actually bought a second wig to use for the tail. I used an old vacuum attachment riveted to the top of the underskull to keep the ponytail in place. I cut the part of the wig that I needed and rolled it up and stuffed it into the small pipe. I used 2 pins at right angles to each other to hold the tail in place. I then pushed the pipe onto the holder on the skull, pulled the surrounding hair up around it then slid on the topknot holder then slid a pin in from the back to hold everything in place.

AlphaTech686 · Apr 10, 2016

Re: Grommash by Alphatech Last page- 70 new pic-half the head tutorial 04/09/2016

The first photo is of the wig before the hairline is punched in.

Finally after the hairline was fixed. I still need to trim up the hair a bit and add a couple of little things. I will get some better photos up in a couple of days.

kialna · Apr 10, 2016

Re: Grommash by Alphatech Last page-over 100 pics post for the head tutorial 04/10/20

This is so amazing... I'm at loss for words.

AlphaTech686 · Apr 11, 2016

Re: Grommash by Alphatech Last page-over 100 pics post for the head tutorial 04/10/20

So I finished the head today. I also found the molding pictures.
Here is the finished head sculpt.

Here's the molding

Snikt · Apr 11, 2016

Re: Grommash by Alphatech Last page-over 100 pics post for the head tutorial 04/10/20

How did you get those wonderful pores? (89 batman joker style)

B Wo · Apr 12, 2016

Re: Grommash by Alphatech Last page-over 100 pics post for the head tutorial 04/10/20

Thank you for documenting your progress so in-depth...ly.

When I saw that this thread had a 100 picture update, I about jumped out of my seat with joy. This build is so much fun to follow.

AlphaTech686 · Apr 12, 2016

Re: Grommash by Alphatech Last page-over 100 pics post for the head tutorial 04/10/20

I want to thank everyone for checkin in on my build. Hey Snikt all those pores and little wrinkles were done by placing a sandwich bag on the clay and using a needle like tool to basically draw everything onto the clay. It is a little trial and error until you get what you like.

I will post some of the final photos in a bit.

Snikt · Apr 12, 2016

Re: Grommash by Alphatech Last page-over 100 pics post for the head tutorial 04/10/20

AlphaTech686 said:
I want to thank everyone for checkin in on my build. Hey Snikt all those pores and little wrinkles were done by placing a sandwich bag on the clay and using a needle like tool to basically draw everything onto the clay. It is a little trial and error until you get what you like.

I will post some of the final photos in a bit.

Im familiar with that method but dude, you did that individually?!?! There wasnt some other trick to it?! :eek

AlphaTech686 · Apr 12, 2016

Re: Grommash by Alphatech Last page-over 100 pics post for the head tutorial 04/10/20

Ok here are the pictures of the final Grommash head.

Snikt · Apr 12, 2016

Re: Grommash by Alphatech Last face molding and head final photos 04/12/2016

I got chills looking at these.

Snikt · Apr 28, 2016

Re: Grommash by Alphatech Last face molding and head final photos 04/12/2016

Updates?! Its been 2 weeks. I need a fix.

AlphaTech686 · Apr 28, 2016

Re: Grommash by Alphatech Last face molding and head final photos 04/12/2016

Sorry Dude i was out of town visiting the family. I'm almost done with the shoulder armor sculpt so I will at least get a few up of that soon.

ChickenHaunt · Apr 28, 2016

Re: Grommash by Alphatech Last face molding and head final photos 04/12/2016

This is so awesome.

AlphaTech686 · May 6, 2016

Re: Grommash by Alphatech Last face molding and head final photos 04/12/2016

Finally finished the sculpt of the shoulder armor.
This first pic is one I found online and just loved the look. Thank you who ever you are who designed this.

I needed something to sculpt on so I fabricated this shoulder armature. I used plaster bandages then back filled with 2 part rigid foam. I painted on a couple of layers of enamel so the plaster wouldn't absorb the oil from the clay.

Then I started building up the clay. I used Saran wrap on one half then free handed the surface design then flipped the Saran wrap and traced it on to the side. This helped in achieving the symmetry.

I just had to see how it looked with his head in place.

Once I had it looking just right I had to start aging and scarring it up.
These are the finished sculpt. I was trying to make it look like it was iron formed in an ancient sand cast.

Onto molding. Thanks for looking.

HashiVonBrown · May 9, 2016

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Speachless. just brilliant, majestic. Can't wait to see the finished product.

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