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Re: What would you like to learn from the Stan Winston School?
1.Materials Science/ Safety/ Sourcing/Disposal as a comprehensive science and engineering driven course with a look at new and old materials. I would like history included, because... this would be an awesome course, with death and intrigue... 2. Ethics and Practices course on intellectual property and... i don't know… -
Re: Digital VFX artist wants to go practical
Hi Oliver, As someone who worked in 3D for film/tv/games I can totally relate to what you are feeling. As a kid I dreamed of building models and animatronics for films, but ended up going into the digital side of the industry because that's what my generation was doing. Here are some good starting off points in a few… -
*** Creature Painting Contest Official Rules ***
Deadline extended to Monday, May 4th Welcome to the Stan Winston School of Character Arts Creature Painting Contest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay9dqsqLkYU How to Enter the Contest: To enter this contest simply post a new discussion in the "Creature Painting Contest" category. Please include a detailed description and… -
*** 2019 Halloween Costume Contest Official Rules ***
Welcome to the Stan Winston School of Character Arts Halloween Costume Contest How to Enter the Contest: To enter this contest simply post a new discussion in the "2019 Halloween Costume Contest" category. Please include a description and high rez pictures of your costume. Video submissions are cool, too! Just upload your… -
*** Character Makeup Contest Official Rules *** Deadline extended to 9/16!
Welcome to the Stan Winston School of Character Arts Character Makeup Contest How to Enter the Contest: To enter this contest simply post a new discussion in the “Character Makeup Contest 2019" category. Please include a description and high rez pictures of your character makeups. Video submissions are cool, too! Just… -
For you consideration: Quetzalcoatlus Sculpture ~1:9 Scale
Montezuma "Monty" Lawson: Articulated Quetzalcoatlus northropi sculpture Medium: Copper wire, Aluminum foil, hot glue, bubble wrap, animal hair, spray-paint, paper clips, Book Sox book covers. Scale: 1:9 The attached photos depict "Monty", a Quetzalcoatlus northropi sculpture I built a few years ago. His skeleton was… -
Re: 3D Printing and Mold Making for Props - NukaCola Bottle
Today I finished the second half of the bottle bottom mold and started designing the mold for the top half of the bottle. Here you can see that the final section for this mold includes a small core at the center to help support the slug of silicone that will be inside the bottle. Here you can see the assembled mold for the… -
"King's Kreations" Stephen King theme costumes
This is my handmade "King's Kreations" costume. All costumes were sewed by me and my grandmother, all props were fabricated by my husband, and the mask was hand sculpted, cast, and molded by me. I molded the mask off of the moment when Pennywise jumps out of the projector screen! This was a long project with lots of small… -
Din Djarin costume replica
This costume is a replica of Din Djarin’s costume in The Mandalorian S1 E1. Original costume created by Legacy Effects. Costume design by Joseph Porro. The helmet and right shoulder are both painted with Imperial Surface Alumaluster, using the same process of black primer, 2K clear, chrome, and 2K clear. The cheeks on the… -
Re: help making witch fingernails
Here's how I've made fake nails in the past. (This is just one of any number of possible ways, but it's worked for me!) * Find some clear plastic sheet material that is about the same thickness as the nail you wish to create. Some possible sources are: overhead projection transparencies, lamination plastic, plastic water… -
casting a hand positive from a silicone lifecast mold + encapsulation question
Hello, I'm creating an extensive scarring makeup for a film and have a question about casting hand positives from the lifecast negative molds. Another makeup effects artist lifecasted the actress and shipped the molds to me - they include 2 hands - I believe the material is Smooth On's Body Double inside of plaster… -
*** Creature Sculpting Contest 2021 Official Rules ***
Welcome to the Stan Winston School of Character Arts Creature Sculpting Contest How to Enter the Contest: To enter this contest simply post a new discussion in the Creature Sculpting Contest 2021 category. Please include a detailed description and high-rez pictures of your creation. Video submissions are cool, too! Just… -
seeking classes to fill in the gaps - materials, 3d printing
I've been watching classes to learn how to make an animal puppet character. This is a garage production. It will likely be a hand puppet as far as the mouth and head movement, but I do want some expressiveness in the eyes and brows so I'll do mechs for eye movement, eye lids, brows, etc. Organic Mechanics has been really… -
*** Monster Makeup Contest Official Rules *** Deadline Extended to August 31st!
Welcome to the Stan Winston School of Character Arts Monster Makeup Contest How to Enter the Contest: To enter this contest simply post a new discussion in the "Monster Makeup Contest" category. Please include a detailed description and high-resolution pictures of your creations. Video submissions are cool, too! Just… -
My version of Captain Hook
As a distraction from multiple surgeries this year, I decided my costume for my office Halloween party would be my version of Captain Hook. I have no professional training, other than being a lifelong artist and a bachelor's degree in graphic design. All items were either hand made, reworked thift store or dollar store… -
Re: Final Homework
So here is my finished puppet. He's a cute lil' cat- but don't let his outer exterior fool you. He is part of an elite force that call themselves "Extinction Force 5". Street performers by day, assassins by night- EF5 tour the world in search of extinct animals to save by eliminating their threat using the latest high tech… -
Baby Raptor Puppet
This is a project I did for art class in my freshman year of high school, obviously inspired by the baby raptor from the first Jurassic Park film, which was the reason I decided I wanted to start building creatures. I just graduated last month and after three years of use it needed some repairs. The raptor itself is a… -
Re: Skeksis Animatronic Creature Suit Project
Much progress has been made on my CAD work for this project in the last week. I have fine tuned the eye mech into something that works within the unique constraints of this character. The eyes are now canted at 40 degrees from the center of the head. The 5 degree reduction causes the eyes to face slightly more forward,… -
My recreation of Buck", The male T-Rex modeled by Stan Winston and his team, imagined in 1997
Hello from Paris / France. Very happy to present to you in all humility a new creation, on the occasion of this "Creature Making Contest" 2023, my amateur "recreation" of the head of "Buck", the male T-Rex from "The Lost World / Jurassic Park 2” as it was imagined in 1997 by the great Stan Winston and his teams! My… -
iwould like to start working on building animatronics - wish to enroll for basic plan at $20 a month
i'm a college student (community college of allegheny county, in pittsburgh, pa) and a teacher (Scott C. Conner, who said he used to work for Stan Winston in 2004) at my school today & he referred me to you guys (the Stan Winston school). I'd like to work on building animatronics as soon as i can, including over the summer…