Starship Troopers Brain Bug (In Progress)

[IamJoesLung]

I have to sculpt a movie monster so I decided to sculpt him.

He's about 16 in long and about 8 in tall or so.

Still adding texture and smoothing, lot's to do. Will be done soon though.

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[darkwolf29a]

Very cool. :) You are capturing his essence very well.

Nice work.

[TeaMonster]

Cool, troopers is one of my fave films! Your progress looks good so far, I'll be watching with great interest!
Welcome to CA :)

[IamJoesLung]

Thanks guys. I still have a lot to do with the mouth area. I can't wait to get him done and moulded.

[Breath of Life]

Great job. Those veins must have taken forever!

[IamJoesLung]

the veins were actually one of the easier things to do all of them took only about 5 mins.

My teacher Will Ritter taught me this technique.

What you do is if you're using an oil or wax based clay you can heat it with your torch to where it starts to melt and then I took a little brass tube and started to blow on it, that starts to create little waves that end up looking like little veins which are a little hard looking so I again go over with the torch or some alcohol and soften them.

But it's that simple. Give it a try. I love it.

[MikeMakesModels]

the veins were actually one of the easier things to do all of them took only about 5 mins.

My teacher Will Ritter taught me this technique.

What you do is if you're using an oil or wax based clay you can heat it with your torch to where it starts to melt and then I took a little brass tube and started to blow on it, that starts to create little waves that end up looking like little veins which are a little hard looking so I again go over with the torch or some alcohol and soften them.

But it's that simple. Give it a try. I love it.

That's a cool trick :) thanks for sharing.

16"? That's quite big :P Great progress - keep us posted.

[Breath of Life]

My teacher Will Ritter taught me this technique.

What you do is if you're using an oil or wax based clay you can heat it with your torch to where it starts to melt and then I took a little brass tube and started to blow on it, that starts to create little waves that end up looking like little veins which are a little hard looking so I again go over with the torch or some alcohol and soften them.



Awesome! Thanks for sharing. I've got his name so I know who to sue when I get molten wax in my eye. :P

[IamJoesLung]

New pics of the complete brain bug. Minus some leg detail due to the fact that I have to get it off of the board and re sculpt the underside.

It's going to be a two part silicone mould and I will make two part plastic and translucent resin copies as well. I can't wait to get this bad boy done. Hope you all enjoy.

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[Breath of Life]

Looks amazing. Great job!

[MikeLoh]

This bug always Bugs me. Are ya gonna make the Spider troop Bug? I always like those army ants

[ROOSTERCAT]

Great choice to sculpt!.

looks really good.

BTW I like a lot the movie