Tuesday, 23 November 2010

The Grandfather…..Cthulhu inspired


Well have not done a great deal of painting recently, but I have done a little sculpting!
When Frothers Unite announced their Cthleudo 2010 Sculpting contest (mix of Cthulhu mythos and Cluedo for a game at Salute 2011) I thought ‘nope’ can not think of anything to do with that and know very little about Cthulhu anyway. Until that is 2 weeks before the deadline I had one of those Time Bandit moments of an ‘idea forming in my head’ and rashly decided to proceed. After about 3 days of fine tuning the idea and working up a 3d sketch in putty to test the engineering aspects for casting, there was a week and a half to sculpt it…never again! Any way I am happy that it placed 2nd in the Evil Lurkers category, and will be cast up and made available. Overall an enjoyable if stressful change from swinging the brush and some useful practice in pushing the putty!















The piece is designed as nominal 28mm and stands a total of about 54mm high
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11 comments:

  1. Dr. Willett's Workshop23 November 2010 at 16:27

    Brilliant work. Love the whole idea and execution|!!

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  2. steve23 November 2010 at 17:18

    Cheers Dr.Willett glad you like it, I'm a bit too close to it to have an objective view!

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  3. phreedh26 November 2010 at 09:55

    Nice one mate, didn't follow the competition on FUUK so thanks for posting this. The small details in this are what makes the whole piece... like the slippers on the floor, and the poor fellow's face showing through the back of the clock body. Wouldn't mind seeing a more detailed shot of that, or was it left out intentionally? ;)

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  4. steve26 November 2010 at 10:43

    Well.... ;-) in the limited time I had I wanted to put a little interest detail at the back, as this had far less attention than the front, but also knowing the back would not be the main subject of viewing I could not go too much to town over it. The putty probably shows more detail in the face than the final cast will as it is actually very smooth, just wanted a hint of the face, and took the unfeasible decision of the open mouth to add a little impact! I have added another image for your pleasure ;-)

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  5. phreedh30 November 2010 at 14:33

    Cheers Steve, looks awesome! Love the whole thing!

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  6. Tony10 December 2010 at 18:49

    Very Good - I like it a lot.

    Tony
    http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.com/

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  7. steve10 December 2010 at 21:58

    Cheers Tony

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  8. demi_morgana11 January 2011 at 16:12

    Great idea!
    Cant wait to get it in the FUUKing store ;)

    -Demi Morgana-

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  9. steve11 January 2011 at 16:20

    Thanks Demi
    Hopefully won't be too long...but I have no idea exactly when!

    Cheers

    Steve

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  10. Paul´s Bods24 January 2011 at 18:01

    Highly original and beautifully made...I love it
    Cheers
    paul

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  11. steve24 January 2011 at 21:19

    Thanks for looking and commenting Paul, glad you like it!

    Cheers

    Steve

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