I wasn't happy with the lack of control over detail in the previous attempts so I decided on a different technique. I sculpted a face in plasticine, made an open plaster mould and slush cast a thin latex mask. After dipping the upholstery foam head in latex, I grafted the mask on while the head was still wet. I don't think I have a career in plastic surgery, but it worked ok.
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| Slightly disturbing! |
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| Mask, mould, sculpt. |
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| Still a bit rough but getting nearer to what I envisaged. |
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| I have to thank Jon for the photo backdrop technique. Cheers, pal :) |
Hey Dean! This here goblin is looking brilliant! Looking forward to seeing some test with him
ReplyDeleteVery kewl puppet Dean !
ReplyDeleteThe mask idea is great and the results too.
Do some tests.
I wanna see him in action !
That looks GREAT man!
ReplyDeletegood call on the mask style to get the look you want.
jriggity
Ben* Hi, mate. Good to see you here. Kind words, cheers. Goblin is waiting patiently to be exploited!
ReplyDeleteVincent* Thanks! The mask experiment worked well. I'm gonna try improve on it for the next puppet.
jriggity* Capitalising 'GREAT' makes my smile even wider! Thanks.
YES! Seriously brilliant, man! The mask technique is damn clever.
ReplyDeleteJon* Cheers, Jon. I'm looking forward to playing with the technique slightly for my next puppet, which will be a bit bigger. It may be a couple of weeks, though. I'm chocabusy at the mo.
ReplyDeletewow thats really cool
ReplyDeleteThanks, Andrew. I'm currently in the process of doing some animation tests with him. I should be posting the results over this weekend.
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