Spot (hah!) the difference? Shifting those suckers (hah!!) involved scraping the tops off then smooshing the clay back and then retexturing that half of the scalp. Which is textured differently to the warts which is different to the scales…
The bottom photos show the top fin and ear folds. The fins are still there, the folds not. I need to find my test mandibles and pin them in place to make sure they are placed just so.
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@masseffect Nyreen test cast. The jaw still needs to be freed but yay! The thickness of the latex over the nose and brow ridge mean she holds hape even over my pointy nose! You can see how far her lower face sticks out though.
I’ll be resculpting the mandibles as they are a tad too wide (by barely 3mm) on the under side and the pointy ends are about 5mm too long. Looks fine with a cut edge but it looks better with a molded edge.
So, very hapy with how she is going:)
Sorry the mirror has paint on it and my workroom is cluttered. Play spot the past project in the background though 😉 Asari head butts lined up….While I was picking the Pros-Aide off of my face earlier today, I mentioned to Alyssa that a really awesome Nyreen costume would make me drag Aria out for another photoshoot … and then I discovered this beautiful (test!!!) cast.
hnnnnnnnnng
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Can I please do this shoot? I will fly wherever I need to go. PLEASE.
So this is why I suddenly see lots of reblogs 😉 Many many apple-ogies for the bad photos!
Funnily enough I just dragged myself out to the workroom today (it’s summer and humid as heck in NZ at the moment-clay is melty so goes from great to bad to work with) and started work on the warty skull cap 😉
Okay I think I have mentally designated them sensory cell clusters and left it at that 😉 The larger ones for subsonic the smaller for ultrasonic vibrations.. I don’t know! She has a series of pangolan style scales down the back too, Turian biology is crazy 😉
So I’ll figure a way to get the next round of piccies up tonight 🙂
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My first dream of the year was going to my friend Mikeys big fancy house and seeing him wear a matching coral red childrens suit with trains all over it… I was also incredibly intimidated by his parents so I wouldn’t go upstairs – that will probs be true enough. I hope to god the train themed clothing comes true.
Oh, shit. I dreamed I was in some kind of research facility being stalked by a psycopathic, robotic, blonde Mark Gatiss. Oh, dear.
Mine was “oh hey isn’t it cool we have a stegosaurus in the backyard now?”
Not even kidding.
And a million paleontologists cried out: yes please.
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I really love the designs of the Dark Warhamer (fantasy) elves. I enjoyed making my 40K Wych, even though it was a FUCKTONNE of work and cans of black spray paint (I think I went through four)
(I have a huge soft spot for bikini armor designs because I am a sexy idiot :D)
There were for Warhammer Online right? I remember the witch from the 2nd trailer but also the blondie elf in some freaking pretty gear 😉 (Wytchie in the first trailer looks more like the models :). ) Love the purple velvet wytch outfit. sigh. I have some nice renders of her somewhere in my folder collcection. Not a lot of 40K stuff in that folder but there is some 😉
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Yus! I knew it 🙂 face part pretty much over a direct face cast and the back part is one piece-fits-all.
The full thing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW7NtjSzaYk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ta-J1589ok
And another:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFuX6Uo1VlE
Hmmmm, face is silicon but the back is clearly foam backed. Might have to think about my options here..
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shae vizla rules: It’s more fun in groups 🙂
I have only grown up or behbeh toons so today when helping a friend through the Tomb of Junta Pall I had so much fun, and potential for new stories right from the start 🙂
Behbeh toons 🙂
So the full list for my pals :
Server:
The HarbingerEmdibi, Bounty Hunter, Mercenary, Arsenol (missiles and healing mix) 50 (light)
Tykhi, Sith Inquisiter, Sorcerer, Lightning tree (zaps and some healing) 50 (light)
Eyris, Sith Inquisiter, Assassin (stealth, zaps and smacks) 17(DAAAAARK)
Imako, Sith Warrior, Maruder, debating between two damage trees), 13 (grey)
Lamassa, Bounty Hunter, 2 (?)
Neimhaille, Jedi knight, Sentinel, 13 (light)
Nyeliel, Jedi Consular, Sage, (light, atm)
Zuhess, Trooper, 15? (light)
Looking at adding baby Imp Agent to share with new friends grouping 🙂
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shae vizla rules: It’s more fun in groups 🙂
I have only grown up or behbeh toons so today when helping a friend through the Tomb of Junta Pall I had so much fun, and potential for new stories right from the start 🙂
Behbeh toons 🙂
So the full list for my pals :
Server:
The HarbingerEmdibi, Bounty Hunter, Mercenary, Arsenol (missiles and healing mix) 50 (light)
Tykhi, Sith Inquisiter, Sorcerer, Lightning tree (zaps and some healing) 50 (light)
Eyris, Sith Inquisiter, Assassin (stealth, zaps and smacks) 17(DAAAAARK)
Imako, Sith Warrior, Maruder, debating between two damage trees), 13 (grey)
Lamassa, Bounty Hunter, 2 (?)
Neimhaille, Jedi knight, Sentinel, 13 (light)
Nyeliel, Jedi Consular, Sage, (light, atm)
Zuhess, Trooper, 15? (light)
Looking at adding baby Imp Agent to share with new friends grouping 🙂
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I wish I could sleep…
http://quick-meme.tumblr.com
When people ask why don’t you just relax and meditate or count (even just numbers) because this. Some of us just have our brains switched to go all the damn time.
It makes for great productivity and problem solving because your brain can think in three directions at once, but also pants for playing chess where you can think of so many moves ahead and then give up because none seem to be better than any other because you don’t know what your partner is thinking.
It takes me a good 3-4km of a walk to get my brain tired enough to calm down if I am upset and that’s down to physically tiring the body enough to get different chemicals saturating the brain.
And that same walk will then keep me awake.
Add to that chronic pain and I have a special routine to help me sleep. Two pillows form a very narrow V then one more over the top. I am then safely wedged in place if I turn to the side and my neck is fully supported. And lying on my back I have arm support to help keep my shoulders from hunching forward.
And then I watch TED talks on dinosaurs and bees and generally things I already know with speakers I know so I can be lulled to sleep. Their voices do the job of filling in the silence that my brain usually wants to do.
So during the day? I like noise as well for the same reason. I only like real “silence” if I am out appreciating the wonder of nature so I can hear the wind and the water and the birds and the little crawling things in the grass. Otherwise my ears shift to picking up every electical hum and I get headaches.
So a peep into my crazy brain, I am Leonard of Quirm.
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A head cast requires at least two people and the person having the cast made 🙂 And money for the good alginate (plaster heats up very quickly and is not recommend for a full face/head cast.)
I did recently do the tour at Weta Cave (small window into the workshop, omg the CNC machines which are all handbuilt…..) and spoke with well… everyone. 😉 But one artist said what I was doing was fine 🙂 You do need to be able to think in 3D shapes and take your own measurements pretty well.
I’ve been sculpting since I was a kid. Mainly elfy type creatures and then again a few realistic and a few poupee types. So you can in fact make a sculpture taking all that in to account. Even sculpt it underneath in a different coloured clay.
Were it to be a foam piece I would have definitely waited until I had a cast. To mold and cure foam latex you really do need a mold that holds the final shape. With foam that really means having a backing that will match the final shape it will be adhered to.
As she is slip cast I have a little more freedom as I can glue in foam (urethane either cut from sheets or a low shorw two part urethane- which is incredibly fiddly and requires perfect environmental factors for it to go off with good cell structure).
Before the mold dies completely I’m going to cast her in a semi rigid urethane so I can have a permanent display piece 🙂 I’m currently prepping my Asari molds for the last four or five casts I can really get out of them and will do the same. I have my Samara and Liara tentacles for display but I’d like another set that will never degrade;)
For my next project, the Silurian Madame Vastra I will have to have a head cast. Preferably my own because the scales are so very delicate and fine and blend so closely to the eyes. I would ideally then cast them in foam latex and use a mix of paints and gloss to get that lovely rigid scale look. I’m pretty sure the originals are foam latex based on how the pieces move.
I do have a back up plan in case I am unable to deal with a head cast (I am very very claustrophobic and do not cope with restricted breathing- this is why you need two helpers to make it go faster and also so there is always someone able to help you breathe/understand what is going on.)
BTW I have made gelatin, slip latex and silicon appliances. All have they pros and cons. Some are more delicate (encapsulated silicon which I haven’t done) some are easier to apply some look great except where glued (slip cast latex, sigh). It’s fun to try out each kind (highly recommend gelatin for those at home and who can do small partial face casts! The molds do eventually go moldy ditto with the casts but they are cheap and beautifully translucent).
So long wall of text is long 😉 But there are ways around a lot of issues with not having a full range of kit but it does take extra work and practice. And I am most definitely getting a head cast asap. But after my sinuses and glands have de-swollen. I really don’t need them captured forever 😉
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A head cast requires at least two people and the person having the cast made 🙂 And money for the good alginate (plaster heats up very quickly and is not recommend for a full face/head cast.)
I did recently do the tour at Weta Cave (small window into the workshop, omg the CNC machines which are all handbuilt…..) and spoke with well… everyone. 😉 But one artist said what I was doing was fine 🙂 You do need to be able to think in 3D shapes and take your own measurements pretty well.
I’ve been sculpting since I was a kid. Mainly elfy type creatures and then again a few realistic and a few poupee types. So you can in fact make a sculpture taking all that in to account. Even sculpt it underneath in a different coloured clay.
Were it to be a foam piece I would have definitely waited until I had a cast. To mold and cure foam latex you really do need a mold that holds the final shape. With foam that really means having a backing that will match the final shape it will be adhered to.
As she is slip cast I have a little more freedom as I can glue in foam (urethane either cut from sheets or a low shorw two part urethane- which is incredibly fiddly and requires perfect environmental factors for it to go off with good cell structure).
Before the mold dies completely I’m going to cast her in a semi rigid urethane so I can have a permanent display piece 🙂 I’m currently prepping my Asari molds for the last four or five casts I can really get out of them and will do the same. I have my Samara and Liara tentacles for display but I’d like another set that will never degrade;)
For my next project, the Silurian Madame Vastra I will have to have a head cast. Preferably my own because the scales are so very delicate and fine and blend so closely to the eyes. I would ideally then cast them in foam latex and use a mix of paints and gloss to get that lovely rigid scale look. I’m pretty sure the originals are foam latex based on how the pieces move.
I do have a back up plan in case I am unable to deal with a head cast (I am very very claustrophobic and do not cope with restricted breathing- this is why you need two helpers to make it go faster and also so there is always someone able to help you breathe/understand what is going on.)
BTW I have made gelatin, slip latex and silicon appliances. All have they pros and cons. Some are more delicate (encapsulated silicon which I haven’t done) some are easier to apply some look great except where glued (slip cast latex, sigh). It’s fun to try out each kind (highly recommend gelatin for those at home and who can do small partial face casts! The molds do eventually go moldy ditto with the casts but they are cheap and beautifully translucent).
So long wall of text is long 😉 But there are ways around a lot of issues with not having a full range of kit but it does take extra work and practice. And I am most definitely getting a head cast asap. But after my sinuses and glands have de-swollen. I really don’t need them captured forever 😉
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