I Admit, These Posts Are Getting Fewer And Farther Between. But I Haven't Abandoned You Entirely!

I admit, these posts are getting fewer and farther between. But I haven't abandoned you entirely!

Here's a frog prince (or is he a baron?), modeled after this statue in Philadelphia. I'm quite a fan of his jaunty crown, personally.

Here is in in profile:

Super Sculpey, ~60 min.

Catastrophe! I came in this morning to pry apart the little boy mold, and it crumbled in my hands. Well, half of it crumbled. So I rebuilt that half, and while I was waiting for it to dry, I started on the Monster #1 mold. That's this little guy!

He's going to be covered in fur, remember, so he'll actually look really different than this. But this is what he'd look like if he was naked, shaved, and blanched. So helpful.

In other news, the second attempt at the boy mold was successful, so I built a wire armature for the puppet and tomorrow I'll pour and bake the latex on top of it. I'd show you a picture, but I'm frankly so sick of looking at the dude that I couldn't bear it. So just use your imaginations.

Merci started bringing in set pieces and monster fur today, and I'm starting to see the whole thing coming together in my head. It's really exciting. :)

We started filming today. :)

Eyeless Mina and about 5% of my tools.

Sara and Jim, setting up the shot.

Little Mina could use some friends.

There were three things John Watson loved in this world: a good pipe, Sherlock Holmes, and their bull-pup Gladstone.

Super Sculpey, ~30 min.

This little droid is a Christmas present for my friend Rhonda, AKA Rhonda2D2. Ever since Star Wars: Uncut, Artoo has made me think of her, so I hope she gets a kick out of it.

It's funny how the different colors mold differently. The white clay was much softer and more pliable--to the point where it was impossible to get my fingerprints out of it--than, say, the black, which crumbled in my hands no matter how much I kneaded it first.

This is the first sculpture I've baked since the puppet heads from the film shoot, so I was a little worried it would crack, but it came out beautifully. Working in color is much more time consuming, but the finished product looks so much nicer, wouldn't you say?

Sculpey III (white, black, and denim), ~3 hours

I call this one "Second Attempt at a Human Head: This Time (Please, Lord) Let My Friends Make Less Fun of Me."

Skulls are hard, you guys! I'm trying to get the fundamentals down so I can sculpt more realistic figures (you gotta know what's underneath first, right?), but people just got too many bones. I'll keep at it, though. Eventually I will be a skeleton-sculpting pro, which I guess will come in handy in my future career as either a medical supply stockist or a Hot Topic employee.

Super Sculpey, ~60 min.