Easter Island Movie Statue Prop

yaris · Mar 28, 2016

Okay I kind of mislead you with the title, but in my defence, Easter Island has some seriously cool monolithic statues and there was a reference in Night at the Museum and Rapa Nui, so I wanted a break from other prop stuff and thought this would be fun.

I don't actually have any idea what I'm doing, but with a pep file for $9 and some clay that I've never used before, I'm really enjoying this

yaris · Apr 2, 2016

After some advice form other builders and as the clay isn't really sticking that well to the resin over card stock, I've switched to mortar as an alternative, so I'll see how it dries....

yaris · Apr 8, 2016

okay, mortar doesn't work and while the clay could be picked off, it didn't fall off like the mortar....so I think I'll rough up the card stock resin surface and use the clay again.

yaris · Apr 9, 2016

How to rough up the resin coated card stock.....???

I needed a cheap grit paint something, so I had some white house paint and table salt, so I mixed it up and painted it on.

The surface now feels more gritty, so I'm hoping the clay will stick better.

rbeach84 · Apr 9, 2016

The salt may effect the chemistry of the clay, so try and seal it really well.

R/ Robert

yaris · Apr 9, 2016

rbeach84 said:
The salt may effect the chemistry of the clay, so try and seal it really well.

R/ Robert

hmmmm, didn't think of that, good point

Rogviler · Apr 9, 2016

I've used a mixture of white glue, latex/acrylic paint, and sand to add texture to miniature buildings. I'd probably go that way if it were me. The thing that would worry me more about salt is that it dissolves when wet.

-Rog

yaris · Apr 10, 2016

The salt and paint gave it a nice rough texture, but the clay has very little stick at all to this now so I sprayed it with clear laquer and I'll see if the clay stick to that.

brandomack · Apr 10, 2016

Was the mortar polymer based?

yaris · Apr 16, 2016

Clay is sticking much better now, a few little updates...

yaris · Apr 23, 2016

some more updates....i'm really enjoying this clay work stuff....never done anything like this before...rookie work I know.....I can see why peeps love sculpting...

....One of the photos below has the little brown turd pep version,:lol he was the original pep file, so small, so I scale the pep file 200% to get the beast I have now.

yaris · Apr 24, 2016

A little more work done, I was concerned I'd have to do a lot of work getting the overall shape more true, but I like the way it kind of looks carved from rock.

I told my wife, I like how it's working out and said I'm going to build a bigger version 2m tall....she said "do what ever you like, but it's not coming inside":lol

Sym-Cha · Apr 25, 2016

That looks absolutely fantastic ... well done ... and you do know that the original statues wore hats and had eyes placed in their sockets on special occassions?

Chaim

RKS · Apr 25, 2016

Now you only need a few more and you have a Martian bowling alley.

yaris · Apr 26, 2016

Sym-Cha said:
That looks absolutely fantastic ... well done ... and you do know that the original statues wore hats and had eyes placed in their sockets on special occassions?

Chaim

yeah super weird and the hats look like giant buckets and most of the statues have bodies that are buried under ground level.

rbeach84 · Apr 26, 2016

Also, they were 'walked' into place from where they were carved to the final site. Bunch of historians, archaeologists, etc. teamed up and ran a practical experiment to test the theory. Because of the specific shape of the statues' bases and the way the center of gravity is placed, it is possible, using ropes and opposing teams, to 'teeter-toter' the statue so it 'falls forward' and rotates, which when controlled, 'walks' the head along. Was on a NOVA episode that showed how it was done. After they worked out the method, they could get that thing going quite fast (for a huge chunk of rock!) Also explained the various 'junk' heads scattered about that didn't quite make it...

R/ Robert

MonsieurTox · Apr 28, 2016

I love the subject ! Nice work !

yaris · May 7, 2016

Finished all the back and lower clay work, so now it's done. I will paint it and airbrush some effect.

I've enjoyed this project because it allowed me to use clay, which I've never used before. It might sound weird, but working with clay is so therapeutic. It's organic and you use you hands and water and some basic tools. My end result may not look that great, but I like it and it is really something different from molding and casting. There's no glue or hard substrates, it's much fun

yaris · May 16, 2016

Added some colour, looks a bit better...gunna build a six foot one next

rbeach84 · May 16, 2016

Looks good, Yaris. I especially like the texture on it.

R/ Robert

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