December 12, 2000
Here is a Sketch of what will become the Gungan's
Ancient City Ruins. I think with all the figures it
will be a very cool scene. |
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December 12, 2000
I went to Wal-Mart and bought plastic leaves in the
arts and craft department. around $1.25 for a bunch.
Cut different sizes and this will become your foliage
in the diorama. |
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December 12, 2000
Next up, I cut 14 inch lenghts of tree branch. These
are also found at Wal-Mart. It's a 6 foot "tree"
with plastic leaves for branches. It's like a plant
decoration with no need of watering to stay alive.
These are a good size and reall tree branches look
better then plastic. I guess you could sculpt the
tree stumps out of plasticine or such but that would
be harder and very time consuming. Did I really say
that? - ha ha |
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December 12, 2000
On the shelf back and floor I placed a model railroad
grass texture poster. I bought this at Toys R Us and
it comes rolled in a tube for like $6.00. The green
will help hide the wall behind. You could even use
aquarium backgrounds of forest if you can find them. |
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December 12, 2000
Next add some small twigs and the grass things that
come with the Wal-Mart tree. I am hoping this will
add texture and help give a more real look to the
forest. |
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December 16, 2000
First step I added thin strips around the eyes and
around the "mask" area. You can't see those
because I already smoothed and blended them in before
the picture. oops :-) |
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December 16, 2000
Here you can see the difference with the above picture
and how the strips are blended with the rest of the
face. I might make more changes later on but only
after I have hardened the Super Sculpy in the oven.
I don't want to have too many details and bruise them
with over manipulation. it's easier to work in steps.
That's the cool thing about Super Sculpey. |
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December 16, 2000
I used a tool to create the lines that form the stone
slabs that create the face. Slowly it's taking shape
and starting to resemble the stone prop. |
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December 16, 2000
Next I used a stamp to create a rock type texture
to the entire face.
Once painted and in plaster it should look very realistic.
I hope - LOL |
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December 17, 2000
And I thought making the Sarlaac's Claws were a pain
in the butt - :)
Here are half of the "curlers" I made that
will go around the statues head. Very repetitive work
and time consuming. But hey, at least they will be
accurate ;) |
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December 17, 2000
Here you can see that I made a cap extension out
of Sculpey. It's softer then Super Sculpey and will
be easier to stick the curlers into.
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December 17, 2000
After I placed each "curler" into the Scalp,
I realised I forgot to stamp the stone texture before
hardening the Super Sculpey. Plus I knew those crooked
tips would anoy me so I started all over - you knew
I would, didn't you? LOL - I remade all the curlers
and stamped the stone texture into them plus now the
top is all even. I can now sleep at night ;)
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December 18, 2000
Here you can see the top view of the head. I made
a flat surface in the center for the next row of details
that make up the hat ornament thingee.
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December 18, 2000
Decided to skip the hat and go to easy parts. Here
is the temple jewelry doodad. It looks a bit burned
I know, that's what happens if you leave the paint
stripper gun aimed at the same spot for too long.
Be very carefull not to scorch. But once painted,
it won't show anyway.
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December 18, 2000
You can see where the temple pieces go. Electro shock
therapy perhaps? hee hee
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