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*** Creature Making Contest 2025 Winner Announcement ***
Big thanks to all of you fantastic creature makers who entered our 2025 Creature Making Contest! As always, your level of creativity was through the roof. With so many fun entries, it was nearly impossible to pick a single winner, but we are pleased to announce the Grand Prize goes to InkyPunkArt for their entry, The Banderbear. Congratulations!

Here are some words from InkyPunkArt about their creation:
Made entirely by myself from scratch, he has an aluminium wire skeleton, a faux fur soft body stuffed with wadding and hand sculpted and painted head, hands and feet.
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Grand Prize Winner:
The Banderbear by InkyPunkArt
https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/11907/the-banderbear-poseable-ooak-puppet
Honorable Mentions (in no particular order)
https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/12056/kudaru-baby-sea-creature-original-design
https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/12097/bear-snail
https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/11890/hrima-and-eisglodir
https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/11993/lady-latrodectus
https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/12069/the-druid
https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/12096/the-grafton-monster
https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/12090/gorilla-crab
https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/12051/leviathan
https://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/12134/weird-hybrid-animal-the-morsh
- Team SWSCA
Re: What's On Your Workbench? (Summer 2025)


Weird hybrid animal The Morsh
Our names are Ivan and Anna, we are family of sculptors/artists from Ukraine. We create characters from our imagination, and then make sculptures and figurines, maintly from polymer clay, sometimes from ceramic mass. We hope 3 our works we post here for contest, at least attract some attention and interest !
As for this sculpture : Weird hybrid animal The Morsh
Made from Cedrnit opaline, eyes made from epoxy





Hrima and Eisglodir
In the farthest reaches of the frozen north, where wind and ice rule, Hrima and Eisglodir patrol the endless snowfields. Hrima—a quiet guardian—carries the weight of ancient oaths, his small frame steady with a warrior’s resolve. Eisglodir—his towering mount—moves with sharp grace, venom gleaming, spikes poised, a shield against the cold, and the key to their survival.
Bound by an unspoken bond, they cross the stillness, watching, listening—protectors of hidden paths, keepers of old secrets. A flicker of life in an endless white, enduring where few dare to tread.
Sculpted with Cosclay, painted with acrylics.
KUDARU baby sea creature Original design























Hand Monster - "Feel No Light" (3D Sculpt using Zbrush, Substance Painter, and Maya)




Here are a couple of screenshots from Zbrush:


Here are three screenshots from Substance Painter:



Gorilla Crab
please enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi1se-tvghw




*** The 2025 Creature Making Contest Has Ended ***
The 2025 Creature Making Contest Has Ended
Anglerfish-Human Hybrid Creature



Here are some pictures of the mask out of costume, the esca even glows in the dark after being charged with UV light!




And here is the sculpt, I used Chavant NSP Medium.

