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Alien Scorpion | Stan Winston creature contest
Hello,
this is my second entrie to the creature contest. ( First entrie to be found here)
This time an original creatur - a scorpion from somewhere in the galaxy.
He is something between a facehugger, a headcrap and a "casual" earth-based scoprion, with big knive-sharp claws in the front and a supersized heavy duty spike on the end of his plated tail.
The front claws are for fixating the prey, while the big spike slams down on them to kill and crack open potential armored enemies.
He was sculpted mainly in SuperSculpey with a few smaller parts ( mostly the small hairs and spikes) out of Cosplay.
I started him begining of february on the weekend sessions.
Sadly I was not able to start the paintjob on him yet for the contest, but since I saw, others are submitting raw-sculpts aswell, I though I'll give him a shot anyway.
I streamed the entire process of creating and sculpting him on my twitch channel, but I didnt come along to pull the sessions together in a little timelaps yet. I will do eventually, also to have a nice memorie where and how it started, and how he turned out.
Some High-Res Closeups I managed to shoot, to emphasize the detail in his plates and legs
this is my second entrie to the creature contest. ( First entrie to be found here)
This time an original creatur - a scorpion from somewhere in the galaxy.
He is something between a facehugger, a headcrap and a "casual" earth-based scoprion, with big knive-sharp claws in the front and a supersized heavy duty spike on the end of his plated tail.
The front claws are for fixating the prey, while the big spike slams down on them to kill and crack open potential armored enemies.
He was sculpted mainly in SuperSculpey with a few smaller parts ( mostly the small hairs and spikes) out of Cosplay.
I started him begining of february on the weekend sessions.
Sadly I was not able to start the paintjob on him yet for the contest, but since I saw, others are submitting raw-sculpts aswell, I though I'll give him a shot anyway.
I streamed the entire process of creating and sculpting him on my twitch channel, but I didnt come along to pull the sessions together in a little timelaps yet. I will do eventually, also to have a nice memorie where and how it started, and how he turned out.
Some High-Res Closeups I managed to shoot, to emphasize the detail in his plates and legs
Fawkes the Phoenix
As my university project I created
a replica static puppet of Fawkes the Phoenix from Harry Potter. This was my
first time working with featherwork, so the Stan Winston featherwork tutorials
really helped me out. Each feather was individually dyed and placed onto the
model. This project took 3 months to finish. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIhX26RORWE&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=mirrribirrri
My BIG Witch Bust: Linda
I created this bust for my final major project at university; I wanted to showcase all the skills I had learnt over the past three years I spent there and felt this did exactly that. I started by making the armature out of foamboard and expanding foam to get the rough shape of the head then I sculpted on top of that with WED clay to clarify the forms and add the details. I then made a 2 part fiberglass mould to cast her out of Progel10. Some of the veins in the face are wool fibers I cast into the silicone. It's also worth mentioning different areas of her face are deadened differently, some parts like the jowels on her jawline are up to 200% deadener I encapsulated in 0% deadened silicone so they feel more like loose skin as oppose to her nose which is 50% deadened so it feels more like cartilage. Once I demoulded her I sat her back on the fiberglass core and painted her using pigmented silicone and some alcohol paints. the eyeballs are painted vac formed acrylic and the hair is all hand punched, this includes her eyebrows, eyelashes, nostril hair, chin hair and the hair on her head! The whole project from start to finish took me 9 weeks, I
hope you love her as much as I do!
old witch puppet
My puppet measures 40 cm and is articulated, made with polymer clay and media mix as materials, it is a puppet oakdoll
KRENT the pumpkin reaper
KRENT is a underworld creature. He is a reaper. And it's a design which I have created.
It is handmade in polymerclay and mixed media. He is dressed with real leather fabric and belts, and polymerclay. The hair is made in whool.
He is in 1.6 scale. It is hand painted with acrylics. The skull flame in his hand was made in oil based clay and casted in resin.
(Sorry I am a foreigner, I had to translate in English)
This is the story of Krent the pumpkin reaper, told by himself.
Magic ... The air is imbued with magic ... You can feel it...
(* breathe *)
every time you inspire ... You feel it go down and flow into your stomach. The world and the laws of the universe are based on it .
But now, stranger, I'll tell you my truth: What do you know about necromancy?
Oh ... You sure don't know much about it (laughs), but don't be afraid, I'll explain everything:
Once a year, in the mortal world there is this holiday ... (laughs) they call this a holiday (laughs). .
Well, stranger, who among mortals leaves that world on that precise day ... Becomes a pumpkin!
Oh, no no, don't get me wrong. His death in his world, on that very day, fuels my power in my world.
And I, because I am tied to this power and chained with its deep roots, must pledge.
I will plant a small seed in this sin-scorched land, and a sprout will grow, fueled by its essence. That sprout will become a pumpkin ... And yes! You understood it well, foreigner. I turn mortal souls into pumpkins (laughs).
What do you think about it? Are you amazed? But you have nothing to fear, you will not become a pumpkin ... Just try not to detach yourself from your carcass on that very day ... Besides, I'm just doing my job!
You see, necromancy is a complex art of black magic, and black magic, like that of light, has a purpose, there is balance.
Especially necessary in this world, where a minimum charge of extra magic would be enough to unbalance this universe. For this, once the pumpkins reach maturity, I have to uproot them ... Ripping that gummy soul and adding it to my magical charge. Ooohhhhh ... I love that day, and plucking and cutting and skinning pumpkins is my favorite activity (laughs)
My world also has its laws governed by powerful gods, what you mortals would call ... GOD? But not here ... There is neither one ... This world is much larger and it is said that it has no borders. This whole world works like a machine, the energies in it feed their power, just as these greasy souls feed mine. A single sign from them would make mine, and yours of the world, disappear forever, dissolving and getting lost in the boundless temporal fabric. Enough with the fairy tales now ...
Especially necessary in this world, where a minimum charge of extra magic would be enough to unbalance this universe. For this, once the pumpkins reach maturity, I have to uproot them ... Ripping that gummy soul and adding it to my magical charge. Ooohhhhh ... I love that day, and plucking and cutting and skinning pumpkins is my favorite activity (laughs)
My world also has its laws governed by powerful gods, what you mortals would call ... GOD? But not here ... There is neither one ... This world is much larger and it is said that it has no borders. This whole world works like a machine, the energies in it feed their power, just as these greasy souls feed mine. A single sign from them would make mine, and yours of the world, disappear forever, dissolving and getting lost in the boundless temporal fabric. Enough with the fairy tales now ...
This is my story ... The known one.
I'm Krent the Pumpkin Reaper, and I'll be waiting for you here in my world, if you will be willing to know the rest (laughs)
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And now, some work in progress.
Thank you for watching and reading.
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And now, some work in progress.
Thank you for watching and reading.
Re: *** Creature Painting Contest Winner Announcement ***
I can't find the aproppiate words, this is awesome!!! I feel so honored! Winning this price among such great pieces is so amazing. Thank you so much, thanks to all Stan Winston School Team!!!
Eduardo Velayos Ortega 🐒
Eduardo Velayos Ortega 🐒
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Re: What's On Your Workbench? (Summer 2020)
This years project was a 25' crouching gorilla. Combining an animatronic cable eye mechanism, breathing chest and puppetry to bring it to life.Thanks Stan Winston!
Re: What's On Your Workbench? (Summer 2020)
Thanks to the knowledge you have provided on this platform, I have achieved so much more in my art than I could have on my own. It is my extreme pleasure to share with my fellow artists what I have been working on throughout the pandemic. This is my 99% finished likeness of Christopher Plummer. Done in monster clay over the course of a year. I hope you all like this as much as I have enjoyed creating it. 😁 The pics are not in the correct order of progress. 🤷🏻♂️
