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Popular Post thethedew Posted August 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2020 Here's something I've been working on for a few days. I own an unfinished Butch Guice cover concept from 1983. I was inspired to 'follow-through' on the concept that Guice abandoned so long ago. This is copic markers on a separate print of the original art. MagnusX, The Voord, PixelPusher and 6 others 9 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Will_K Posted August 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2020 (edited) As I mentioned, when I posted a 2004 Christmas gift I made, some of my old superhero drawings are on CAF. I have ability but no talent. Here's a Christmas gift I made in 2005. I couldn't find a shadowbox that was deep enough so a friend made one for me about 5 inches deep. The glass was 11 x 14. This is diorama is formed from different houses that I drew on paper, cut out and mounted to balsa wood. The houses really are at different offsets and overlap to create some parallax. I got 3 different battery powered LED boards to light the houses in different patterns and colors. One LED board was always on, one rotated between a few LEDs, one board would blink. I soldered different colored LED bulbs to the boards. Each LED bulb had a fiber optic cable attached. Each cable had 25 fiber strands, so there was a lot of lighting to design for the houses, trees, bushes and night sky. Unfortunately, I don’t have a place to upload the .mov files I have. There was a battery powered soundbox that could record a few seconds of sound. It had a sensor that could detect movement (light/shadow) and would play back the recording. For that, I used the fiber optics “in reverse” to direct light to the sensor. I had it play a few seconds of James Taylor's version of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town". At the top right, there are 9 reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh. The lead reindeer had a red blinking nose. I made several pine trees and bushes. The snow effects were white acrylic paint and a very, very fine glitter (almost like ground glass). If think the sky was piece of black stiffened felt that came with some sparkles. I put doors on the shadowbox and painted it to look like a wrapped gift. With the diorama mounted in the shadowbox, it appears like there's a snow drift on the glass. Edited August 27, 2020 by Will_K PixelPusher, grapeape, BuraddoRun and 3 others 6 Link to post Share on other sites
The Voord Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 Some work-in-progress shots of my new sculpt . . . a full-size alien soldier bust from the OUTER LIMITS episode, 'Keeper of the Purple Twilight'. This is one of four copies I've cast in latex. This copy is now foam-filled with rigid-drying polyurethane and has been primed. Final paint-job over the next day or two, so stay tuned for photos of the end-product . . .. A screen-cap from the filmed episode is included for comparison. PixelPusher, Will_K and grapeape 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post The Voord Posted September 2, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) Laid some basic colors down on my OUTER LIMITS soldier alien KOTPT bust (photos attached). Need to work out something for the eyes (painted all black for now) . . . I hate painting eyes . . . and fine-tune the painted detail (especially the ears), but it's going okay-ish. Edited September 2, 2020 by The Voord davidtere, alxjhnsn, Will_K and 3 others 6 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post The Voord Posted September 3, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 3, 2020 I'm now near finished painting my bust of a soldier alien from the 2nd season OUTER LIMITS episode, 'Keeper of the Purple Twilight'. A bit more tidying-up of my paint-scheme this afternoon, then I am definitely having a break from it for a few days to work on another project. I'm leaning towards the idea of buying a set of pre-prepared eyes to save me the hassle of painting my own (just leaving them all-black for now), and some more detail needed on the ears. Also attaching a photo with Ikar included (from the same episode). Not an exact color match, but near enough. Ikar (the guy with the big head) was sculpted and painted by an American named Harry Inman, who sadly died a while back. I'd like to think my sculpt makes for a worthy companion piece. BCarter27, PixelPusher, grapeape and 2 others 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post The Voord Posted October 7, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2020 I've been doing a few spare copies of my 'Keeper of the Purple Twilight' soldier bust for collector friends and have now only just finished-off my own copy with a nice set of eyes and a bit of re-modelling! New OUTER LIMITS sculpture commences Monday . . . BuraddoRun, PixelPusher, cloud cloddie and 6 others 9 Link to post Share on other sites
The Voord Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 Pretty much finished with my latest sculpture, the Plag, an alien presence from the OUTER LIMITS episode, 'Wolf 359'. I might come back to it in about a week's time with a fresh eye and see if any tweaks are needed. What started off as a nice easy one came with its own set of problems on the casting side and I had to re-do about 40% of him. It's all experience adding to the learning curve - as I only started making my own OL creatures a few years ago - having never tried sculpting before. For some reason, I'm not terribly fond of this one. Could be that that the original prop was a pair of hands in rubber . . . and all I'm seeing is a pair of hands . . . in latex rubber. Other than suggest some shadow areas with grey, it's not a terribly exciting paint-job. Overall, it's okay - but that's as far as I'll go. Some photos of a work-in-progress leading to the finished thing (with a screen-cap from the filmed episode for comparison): vodou, PixelPusher and cloud cloddie 3 Link to post Share on other sites
The Voord Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 Some work-in-progress shots of my latest sculpture . . . a re-do of the Antheon from the OUTER LIMITS episode, "Counterweight' The plaster mold has now been made, ready to cast latex masks, which I'll commence Monday. Should stand about 15" tall when completed (foam-filled and painted). First photo is a screen-capture from the filmed episode, shown for comparison. cloud cloddie, alxjhnsn, vodou and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
alxjhnsn Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 I got nuttin. Link to post Share on other sites
Will_K Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Based on the shape of that head, that neck is definitely in need of a "counterweight". Link to post Share on other sites
alxjhnsn Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 (edited) Actually, I do have something one might consider art if one is in a generous mood. This is a recreation of the map of Middle Earth by Christopher and JRR Tolkien by me. It's on a poster board and this picture "de-ages" the piece. Click it to see the aged version and read more about it. Edited January 17 by alxjhnsn The Voord and Andahaion 2 Link to post Share on other sites
The Voord Posted January 2 Author Share Posted January 2 To all intents and purposes, my re-do of the Antheon from the OUTER LIMITS episode 'Counterweight' is complete. I've a few minor touch-ups to perform, but pretty much there. He stands about 15" tall, cast in latex and foam-filled with rigid-drying polyurethane. A screen-capture from the filmed episode along with a series of progression shots as follows. Sorry if you've see the earlier work-in-progress photos before . . . I just think it's a good idea to group everything together alexgross.com, Twanj, alxjhnsn and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Randall Dowling Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Very cool to see all these recreations of Outer Limits aliens! The scariest episode of television that I remember from childhood was "The Chameleon" starring Robert Duvall. Absolutely gives me the shivers just thinking about that messed up laugh... I've always gotten a kick of this production photo showing a cast member eating lunch. The Voord 1 Link to post Share on other sites
The Voord Posted January 4 Author Share Posted January 4 11 hours ago, Randall Dowling said: Very cool to see all these recreations of Outer Limits aliens! The scariest episode of television that I remember from childhood was "The Chameleon" starring Robert Duvall. Absolutely gives me the shivers just thinking about that messed up laugh... I've always gotten a kick of this production photo showing a cast member eating lunch. Terrific episode written by Robert Towne, scriptwriter of the classic movie, Chinatown. I have a full-size Chameleon bust, which was made by someone else. I only started sculpting my own stuff to plug gaps in my collection of OUTER LIMITS aliens. Randall Dowling 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Randall Dowling Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 6 minutes ago, The Voord said: Terrific episode written by Robert Towne, scriptwriter of the classic movie, Chinatown. Yeah, I'm a fan of Robert Towne. Chinatown is in my top 10 films of all time. I've read a few interviews with him and I think he was really good at developing a simple concept and maintaining the essence of what the story is about. I found it interesting that he helped out Coppola on The Godfather and his brother co-wrote The Natural, another 2 of my favorite films. John Huston in Chinatown... (shudder) one of the nastiest villains in film history. And possibly the most realistic. That closing scene is pretty close to perfect. The Voord 1 Link to post Share on other sites
The Voord Posted January 4 Author Share Posted January 4 2 hours ago, Randall Dowling said: Yeah, I'm a fan of Robert Towne. Chinatown is in my top 10 films of all time. I've read a few interviews with him and I think he was really good at developing a simple concept and maintaining the essence of what the story is about. I found it interesting that he helped out Coppola on The Godfather and his brother co-wrote The Natural, another 2 of my favorite films. John Huston in Chinatown... (shudder) one of the nastiest villains in film history. And possibly the most realistic. That closing scene is pretty close to perfect. The ending certainly packs a powerful punch. I was actually watching it about a month ago and hadn't seen it since its original release. A timeless classic! Randall Dowling 1 Link to post Share on other sites
The Voord Posted January 17 Author Share Posted January 17 I decided to re-do my second OUTER LIMITS sculpture, 'Soldier'. The first version was pretty good but I thought I could make some noticeable improvements now that I've got a little more experience behind me. Some end of day five photo updates. The clay sculpture has been sprayed with white plastic coat spray, to act as a barrier between the clay and the plaster mold - which has now been created. Some light plaster repairs to do on the inside of the cast then give it several days to dry more fully. Should have my first latex copy towards the end of the coming week . . . Some attachments, such as rivets and the antenna, will be added in post-production. vodou, Hal Turner and cloud cloddie 3 Link to post Share on other sites
The Voord Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 (edited) Have started to build my army of OUTER LIMITS 'Soldiers'. Two today . . . three by Saturday! These are hollow latex casts of my latest sculpture. The one on the left is a few days old and the latex has cured a bit more than the guy on the right, who is fresh out of the mold today. As the latex cures, the colour begins to tan. They're hollow casts and will need to be filled with rigid-drying polyurethane foam, prior to painting and extras bits and pieces added . . . like rivets and stuff. The guy on the right has not been seamed (i.e. flash from the two halves of the join eliminated). Edited January 20 by The Voord vodou 1 Link to post Share on other sites
The Voord Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 (edited) To all intents and purposes I've now finished my re-do of 'Soldier' from the 1964 OUTER LIMITS episode of the same name written by the late great Harlan Ellison. 'Soldier' is one of several OUTER LIMITS episodes that James Cameron would later plagiarize for his 1980s movie, THE TERMINATOR. I based my sculpture on available screen captures from the filmed episode and I'd like to think that I've remained faithful to the helmet's design. This is one of four casts. This is my display bust; I'll keep a spare (unpainted) cast and the remaining two copies are now spoken for by collector friends. I'll be starting a new project next month . . . A few minor paint corrections to make here, but nothing major. Edited February 8 by The Voord BCarter27, Hal Turner, vodou and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
