Mauricioch98 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Hi, im new to the forum, this is my latest attempt at a predator bust. Im still pretty early in the process, not sure yet whether to print it in 1/4 or 1/6 scale. For years my dream has been to sculpt the full lost tribe, at least in bust form, so I hope to finish him an a city hunter to start mixing them and making the tribe. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutank Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Looks great for a start! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauricioch98 Posted November 30, 2022 Author Share Posted November 30, 2022 Quick update, after hours and hours of neverending detail the head is close to been done 😃 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutank Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Coming along. Must take a lot of work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanGene Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Looks really great. The detail work is so similar to the actual head. I have a copy of the original head and its very close. Great work. This is it here, maybe this helps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauricioch98 Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 Thanks guys! I paid a lot of attention to the patterns of the skin texture and detail. For a long time it has been my goal to make one of the most accurate portraits of the jungle hunter and eventually the city hunter, this is like my third attempt at it 😅. I will never get it as good as Matt Rose did, it´s just imposible to match his talent, but so far im happy with how it´s going. Amazing score and reference pics btw, I will definetly use them to improve my sculpt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanGene Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Do you need any pics or reference of the back of the head? I can do a dred count and let you know how many holes there are in total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauricioch98 Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 Thanks Gene, it would be great. Currently it has 58 holes. I made them using pics I could find of Morris costumes/ Stan Winston heads around the internet as reference, but it may still not be 100% right. As for the texture, it was a mixture of improvisation and reference, since it's not gonna be seen too much with the dreads on. Writing this made me realize I will have to cast 58 dreads for each head I'm planning to make 😬, thankfully it will be at 1/6 scale so many can be made at the same time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutank Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Are the dreads going to be soft or molded hard? I think it would be cool if the dreads were soft and then dread beads hard and slipped on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauricioch98 Posted December 5, 2022 Author Share Posted December 5, 2022 Im planning to have all silicone dreads for the p1 heads, beads included and dreads with no beads for the p2 preds since there was a lot of customization between the hunters of the lost tribe 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauricioch98 Posted April 15 Author Share Posted April 15 Hi, just wanted to leave a quick update on the proyect. I basically redid the eyes and mouth, and tweaked some proportions of the head to make it a bit more accurate. I threw in a quick, dirty paintjob and render and I can see theres still room for improvement so any comments/suggestions are very welcomed and would be of much help 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanGene Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 This looks great. The only critique I would give is the eyes. What I loved about the movie mask was the eyes were sunk and looked grumpy. This angle from the movie was always my favorite. Also, if you look at some of the pictures with Matt Rose working on the heads in the trailer. The dreds are swept back in a deliberate way at what seems like a short length. What is the final goal? Print a bunch of heads for sale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauricioch98 Posted April 15 Author Share Posted April 15 (edited) Thanks Gene, I definitely agree. The eyes on mine need to have more character, they are quite sunken in already, but maybe they could be a bit higher and deeper like in the movie still As far as a goal for it, it´s been my goal for years to make the ultimate jungle hunter and city hunter portraits. Of course, there are companies like Prime one that have nailed it much better, but I´ve done a traditionally sculpted lifesize, 1/3 and now this digital one that will be printed in 1/6 and so far this is my best attempt yet. Nowadays, I mostly sculpt 1/6 heads/ busts and I figured out that other than a bust, this could work as a head for the classic predator from hot toys, since many collectors like to turn their classic into the original jungle hunter. It is a passion project, but I will be offering a few heads to whoever´s interested. Edited April 16 by Mauricioch98 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanGene Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Love it! Keep creating. Sounds like you are trying to push your skill set to the next level. I respect that. Keep us updated. Looking forward to seeing a finish print. 👍👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
predator666thepain666 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 V impressive work 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usurper Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 This is beautiful work. 👏👏👏 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauricioch98 Posted May 22 Author Share Posted May 22 (edited) Thanks for the kind words guys, sculpt is finally done (except a close mandibles head and possibly a masked one later on), keying and mold making are the next steps (Im gonna 3d print a mold to be able to do silicone dreads). Hopefully I will be able to print most of it next weekend Edited May 22 by Mauricioch98 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanGene Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 This is gonna be amazing to see finish. The level of detail is amazing. Great work 👍👍 Thanks for posting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutank Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Really coming along nicely! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauricioch98 Posted June 14 Author Share Posted June 14 (edited) Thanks guys, working on this really makes me appreciate the work you guys do in full suits even more, so much work is going into this and it´s just a small bust I cann´t imagen doing a full life size predator 😅 After many test prints, Im finally good with the size of it, here´s the final test print of the open mouth head on the hot toys figure, Im still refining the paint job, don´t want to go too far away from the hot toys body Edited June 14 by Mauricioch98 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanGene Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 That looks so good! Looks just like the movie head. Great work Forgive my ignorance. Can this 3D model be printed in larger scales? As long as you had a large enough printer? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauricioch98 Posted June 14 Author Share Posted June 14 Thanks Gene. Im no 3d printing expert myself, but with the proper prepping it could be printed in any size. My resin printer could fit a 1/4 scale head tops, but there are bigger resin printers out there, they are just way out of my price range. It´s also cheaper to print in a bigger scale using plastic filament printers, but the detail gets lost quite a bit and overall I´ve got zero experience with them so I don´t really know what the process of printing something like this would be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkeaupingus Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Wow that final test print looks awesome, impressive work man! What program did you use to create the 3d model? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauricioch98 Posted June 15 Author Share Posted June 15 Thanks! All the sculpting was done on zbrush Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kithunter Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 Ok 1st badass looking pred. 2nd want one lol... the details on that is just so 9n point 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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