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Re: Can I vacuum form while adhering?
Fon's course is fantastic, and should help you a ton. I've only done a bit of vacuum forming, and his course helped me a great deal.
Looking forward to seeing how Brolin turns out!
/Chris
Looking forward to seeing how Brolin turns out!
/Chris
Re: What's Your Favorite Stan Winston School Course?
Great collection you got there! Looks like an awesome reference library!
/Chris
/Chris
Re: How would you replicate this? ALIEN HIVE from movie "Black Friday" (2021)
I would also try one of my personal all-time favorites and that's Steve Johnson's and Billy Bryan's bag technique? Here, take a look for yourself...
Make a Monster - Plastic Bag Technology with Steve Johnson and Bill Bryan | Stan Winston School of Character Arts https://share.google/ygADYyRfcqeF2dKmG
And...
Make a Monster - Plastic Bag Technology with Steve Johnson and Bill Bryan | Stan Winston School of Character Arts https://share.google/ygADYyRfcqeF2dKmG
And...
How to Make a Plastic Bag Puppet Monster | Stan Winston School of Character Arts https://share.google/WSEwTpqZGYC06iAXC
Tom Luca
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Re: How do i smooth this out?
Well, looks like Chris already covered your question, but I would say you could also use a blow-dryer along with the solvents for softening and smoothing the clay then go in and work it rough with a rake like Chris mentioned then when you have the desired look you want from painstaking hours of studying your reference photographs, just use a can of compressed air, don't shake it but hold it upside-down and squeeze the trigger until the freezing cold air makes the clay hard. Then you can glaze it again with solvents using a fine hair brush and it should shine like a baby's behind.
Tom Luca
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Re: What's Your Favorite Stan Winston School Course?
We have hundreds of SWSCA DVDs at our Research Reference Library collection facility that our Buyer-Purchaser ordered and let me tell you they are amazing! I have not seen every one of them yet but the ones I have they are incredibly helpful. A BIG round of applause to SWSCA!
Tom Luca
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Re: What's Your Favorite Stan Winston School Course?
Here's just a little section of our Research Reference Library collection showing the DVDs of Stan Winston School of Character Arts. The shelf you see is eight feet long, and eight feet high plus there's more cases behind it.
Tom Luca
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How would you replicate this? ALIEN HIVE from movie "Black Friday" (2021)
Hello, I would like to replicate this "alien hive" from the movie Black Friday! (2021), I think plastic bags and bubble paper is the base, but how to make the black veins etc? any help is very welcome!! Thank you very much
caca25_
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Re: How would you replicate this? ALIEN HIVE from movie "Black Friday" (2021)
Something like this could be a combination of liquid latex, cellophane, etc. The black veins look a lot like latex "nurnies" which you can learn more about in this course: https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/blood-gore-makeup-effects-part-2-props-fx-gags-fake-corpse
They likely also added something on the surface to add gloss. Could be methylcellulose, ultra slime, water-based lubricant, etc.
/Chris
They likely also added something on the surface to add gloss. Could be methylcellulose, ultra slime, water-based lubricant, etc.
/Chris
Re: How do i smooth this out?
A rake tool, the kind made from thick wound guitar string, would help take off high points and fill in low points from previous sculpting steps. It will make the surface look rougher initially, but after additional smoothing, the surface will be more even.
You can finish by brushing on a solvent like Naptha, Lighter Fluid, Mineral Spirits, NOVOCS from Smooth-On, Turpentine, and to a lesser extent 99% isopropyl alcohol. A trimmed-down chip brush works great for this.
/Chris
You can finish by brushing on a solvent like Naptha, Lighter Fluid, Mineral Spirits, NOVOCS from Smooth-On, Turpentine, and to a lesser extent 99% isopropyl alcohol. A trimmed-down chip brush works great for this.
/Chris