Completed: Alien Queen Reservoir: Project AVP

[Rachel]

Yeyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!! *jump, jump, jump.*

[Guttenaffe]

[Crimson Sky]

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.

[Crimson Sky]

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.

[Rachel]

That is simply awsome.

[Bum]

The clear cast gives the little Queen that all-important wet slimy look. Excellent finish work.

[Rachel]

I didn't even think of that! It really does... The baby fetus is being born....

[Xbrid]

Looks amazing. Great work.

[Crimson Sky]

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:

[Whisp]

That looks pretty nice. How much did you charge to build that?