Flesh and Bone - Masks, Skins, Hands, Feet, and Dreads

6 topics in this forum

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   Platforming Feet Tutorial

   February 2 by Mr Fett

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   Here's a Huntorial I did back in 2007 when working on my second pair of Predator feet. It seemed to help a bunch of guys back then, so bringing it back here. In the early days of Predator costumers, the artists would sculpt feet you could wear like shoes, but in an effort to gain more height in our costumes, guys would have big Frankenstein sandal soles under those feet. Never looked movie accurate in the long run. So in talking to fellow member Ruffkintoy when he was to begin sculpting his own generic style feet, he sculpted them large enough INSIDE to hide platforming material. Leaving the traditional sized Predator sandal sole viewable from the outside, and not th…

   

   Last reply by MeanGene, June 29

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   Mr. Incredible Suit

   July 26 by MeanGene

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   One of the oldest tricks in the Predator hobby. A lot of us started out this way or did a version of it. Simply put, you get a generic halloween costume muscle suit. Stuff it. Then coat it with latex. Add texture. Paint it and you've got yourself some body skins. Scott, Mannowar posted a thread which exists on another forum. Thought I would copy paste it here. Mr Incredible suit is chosen to use because it has a decent muscle structure. Relatively inexpensive. It is an entry level Predator - "just add armor" kind of deal. Below is some of the Thread created back on the original hunter's lair CIRCA 2007. ============================================…

   

   Last reply by MeanGene, July 26

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   my new wolf mask

   June 19 by Lwoff0677

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   my new wolf mask... i got it form a friends on fb and its incredible... its originally form Hurleyfx

   

   Last reply by Lowdmekon, July 8

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   Predator 2 Head sculpt, mold, cast, paint

   February 19 by MeanGene

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   This will be the full story of the Predator 2 mask I made. Facts: Sculpt in WED Clay Monster makers bust Molded in ultracal30 gypsum Casted in monster makers latex rubber Foam filled with flex foam it 3 Still have the mold and pulls great copies if anyone needs a head. Flex foam filled the mask and made it removable. After a while I wanted to make it so the face could be posed. Added twisted armature wire to the foam with hot glue and it made it easily posable

   

   Last reply by Lwoff0677, February 20

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   Predator 2 Body Skins

   February 11 by MeanGene

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   My Predator 2 Body Skins Project. Completed sometime 2009-2010 Part of this topic if the sculpture itself. But seeing as the major part of the work is in fact the molding process. Figured I would plant it in this section. What I learned from this process: Body skins are a huge undertaking. Duct tape dummies work OK. A proper mannequin would be better. * Sculpt the body skins significantly larger to account for latex shrinkage. Don't make ultracl30 gypsum molds again. Ridiculously heavy. WED clay is perfect for this type of larger sculpt. Sculpt muscles and definition much more pronounced and exaggerated, the forms gets lost in latex rubber. …

   

   Last reply by MeanGene, February 13

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   Custom wolf painted mask.

   February 4 by Usurper

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   This was Recently finished on a clients brief of red skin tones and if I could a brighter green blood.

   

   Last reply by Lowdmekon, February 8

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