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Completed: Alien Queen Reservoir: Project AVP
Not much time to complete Rachel's Alien Queen water feature, so it must be finished in the next few days! With a bit of Super Sculpey, a toothpick and small paintbrush I sculpted the alien queen to about the size of an oatmeal cookie. For those unfamiliar with Sculpey, it is a polymer clay that can be baked hard in the oven. The fetus will be mounted on a "holding harness" that I will kitbash from various parts---its as if she was extracted from the host, secured and is in stasis. Ok now I want an oatmeal cookie damn it.
On the right is the clear acrylic capsule that will hold the Alien queen:
After airbrushing the little queen with flat black, some gunmetal and a bit of yellow its time to do some hand painting:
More updates soon!
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That is soo awesome!!!!! :D I'm so happy. It looks way sweeter than what I thought it would. Thank you so much for taking time to do this for me!!!!
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You sculpted that freehand out of claw with a toothpick?
If so that is pretty damn nice.
For the oven can it be a home oven or do you need a special oven?
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Just a home oven. You can buy sculpey at an arts a crafts store. I used it once and it's very easy to use. Baking doesn't take too long either.
Yea I showed my class and they wanted to know where the mold came from to make it. It blew them away that you made it yourself without a mold.
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Hey glad you like it so far Rachel-- :D
Yeah thats just pretty much modeled after a few pics I was looking at--I didnt want the tail to look like a worm (like it does in the posted pics of that figurine) so I modeled it after the tail on the "runner" alien. I think it has more detail and thus more character.
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Originally Posted by Whisp
You sculpted that freehand out of claw with a toothpick?
If so that is pretty damn nice.
For the oven can it be a home oven or do you need a special oven?
hehe..thanks or the cookie
You bake Sculpey in your home oven at 250 degrees F for about 15 mins--longer for larger pieces of course.
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That is sweet looking Alien ..
and a Yummy looking cookie ...
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dude your like fuc#ing magiver over there man if i give you some duct tape, super glue, a straw, some sculpey and of course a oatmeal cookie :D
i would get something unbelievable.
seriously thats amazing dude, by chance are you an ex-sculpter? lol jw
how do you make those so presice at such small sizes are you really like an artist or is there a special secret? TELL ME! i must know the secret to your Jedi ways lol that seriously looks like you put many hours of work into im assuming it took you like maybe 6-10 hours between shaping it baking it and painting it. am i at all close? or did you already say maybe ill take a cremarics class next year never thought it would be useful til i started looking at your work.
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Originally Posted by specialsteve
dude your like fuc#ing magiver over there man if i give you some duct tape, super glue, a straw, some sculpey and of course a oatmeal cookie :D
i would get something unbelievable.
seriously thats amazing dude, by chance are you an ex-sculpter? lol jw
how do you make those so presice at such small sizes are you really like an artist or is there a special secret? TELL ME! i must know the secret to your Jedi ways lol that seriously looks like you put many hours of work into im assuming it took you like maybe 6-10 hours between shaping it baking it and painting it. am i at all close? or did you already say maybe ill take a cremarics class next year never thought it would be useful til i started looking at your work.
Dude ... this is not the jedi you were looking for ...
you should read the rest of the site besides just the forums and you would have your answers young padwan.
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Pretty much almost finished. I need to keep building the little cradle for the queen; It's basically made from scrap model parts from cars and trucks, and also small acrylic findings. I also need to put the alien's teeth in!
The compression fittings were mounted on that clear plexi disk by first tapping the hole then sealing them in permanently with two-part resin--same as epoxy but much stronger and water-clear.
I'm also installing a couple of LEDs inside this resevoir for effect
Once the alien/cradle is painted I'll coat the entire model in clear casting resin an mount it inside the res permanently.
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Wait a second... your giving it teeth too? :eek: And LEDs... Wow. What color where you thinking? You leave me speechless... :D
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How big is that?
Also do I get that clay stuff from a model store or something?
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Wait a second... your giving it teeth too? :eek: And LEDs... Wow. What color where you thinking? You leave me speechless... :D
I have Yellow, Blue, Red, White--its up to you, I was gonna ask. I was thinking either yellow or blue--whats your thoughts? The light will be inside the capsule on that cradle.
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It's up to you they both sound good. I'm putting UV green dye in the water so they're both close colors.
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Eeewewe...UV Green--oh well..I guess white then.
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Are you saying UV green is bad? I didn't think the UVs would shine good up there so the water in the res should look normal.
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Hmm..I just hope its not too cloudy that it obscures the alien water feature completely---the UV stuff I've seen is fairly hard to see through.
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Well if it does that then I just wont use it. I could then get UV tubing.
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yeah i think the UV tubing is the best idea-- :D
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yeah i think the UV tubing is the best idea-- :D
I would have to agree this time .. dont want fade out the fine art work done on the Queen.
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I completed the kitbashing and painting on the "stasis cradle" that holds the nasty little queen. Parts were mostly from model cars, and also the radar dish from a Millenium Falcon model. The next step is to install the LED in the cradle and cover the entire thing in clear cast resin to water proof it.
Here's a close up detailing the little "stainless steel" ring that secures the creature's tail. Its actually a chrome wheel rim from a 1/32 scale Cobra:
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thats amazing look really cool that is gonna set her mod of really well
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Thats insanely awesome. That will definetly help her mod move along.
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wow thats so sick.... Paul, you have an amazing talent man!
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Wow ...
That looks amazing Crimson!
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That is so nice. I can't wait til it's on my case. :D
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That is looking great.
Want to make me something :P
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I installed a superbright (6500mCd) LED in the stasis cradle. The lamp and wires were then sealed in with clear cast resin to make it water tight. The edges on the two acrylic disks were unpainted so it would illuminate:
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Yeyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!! :D *jump, jump, jump.*
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The alien fetus figurine is completed--Even though she is in stasis, this creature a nasty little bitch so I installed a chrome harness to secure her to the cradle. ;) Here are a couple of views just before resin coating:
The crystal clear resin I've been mentioning throughout this project is made by Smooth-On (www.smooth-on.com). This two part resin is used for making clear castings to simulate glass and other clear objects. Its hard as stone once cured, and can be degassed (all the air bubbles removed) in a special machine for opticaly clear castings. The mix is 1:1, so you don't need a scale to measure it out prior to mixing parts A & B. It was important for me to continually rotate the alien figure once it was coated to prevent any drips or thick spots from forming on it. Cure time is several hours, but it thickens up in about 15 mins and turns to gel. This is the same material I used to make the capsule for my Matrix: Regenerator water resevoir capsule, also with a figure inside. This resin coat completely seals in all the little model parts that make up the alien figurine, and will ensure that this res will last for many years.
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Prior to mounting the capsule to the base, I had to polish a bit. Novus 2 & 3 for scratches, and then Kleenmaster Brillianize to polish it up and remove static.
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The clear cast gives the little Queen that all-important wet slimy look. Excellent finish work.
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I didn't even think of that! It really does... The baby fetus is being born....
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Looks amazing. Great work.
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Since Rachel is going for an Alien Vs. Predator theme with elements of the predator temple. I thought I'd add some flavor to the base (the base is an acrylic bronze colored disk left over from my Metropolis mod)of the res by sculpting some simple stone/metal and hieroglyph texture. The stone is made from Sculpey, first by making the circular shape and then by pressing scraggly stone pieces into the soft clay like a stamping tool before baking. I also pressed some shapes into the clay using various model parts. Once this is airbrushed and hand painted it should look pretty cool.
To seal and leakproof the capsule, I poured liquid clear cast resin into a well (red arrow) created around it, about 5/16" deep. To make doubly sure it was sealed, I then poured resin into one of the hose barbs, sealing the capsule from the inside, again about 5/16" deep.
On the underside of the capsule, the same treatment with liquid resin. This should seal in the entire capsule and also the LED wires:
Close up detail of the "hieroglyphs" and stone texture. The pinkish material is where I blended the edges in with Bondo. This was then given a carved look with a sanding drum and my rotary tool:
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That looks pretty nice. How much did you charge to build that?