Where Grim Visions Become Dark Art
Jul 3rd, 2008 by grim
Last year I began making a gravedigger prop that I never finished. Part of the issue was he was too big. I based his head on a Boomer skull. I have started making a new head based on the old one I started last year. Here it is so far.
The new one in progress
Last years, Now a concept piece for me.
Jun 10th, 2008 by grim
I am finally gotten around to going thru a bunch of 2007 Halloween images. I have some nice pictures of Mr. Lo Pan. Here I have cut out some sections of a larger image so if you are curious you can see the detail. more detailed and textured than my other stuff and its hard to see unless you see him in person. The red lighting we used on him makes him more difficult to photograph as well. The pictures below here were taken on halloween night lit as they were in the display with par cans and gels, with a Digital SLR.
These next pictures were taken by me with a Canon A610 and a few colored floodlights for the hauntforum contest so I could turn in my entry for the contest. This isnt to show that Im a better photographer than my frient with the SLR, because I am not. Its simply to show that haunt lighting is very hard to photgraph in.
He is 95% Monster Mud, chicken wire, muslin, and cheese cloth. And a bit of urethane foam and mache and elmer’s glue. Oh and some air dry clay. …and lots of painting.
May 13th, 2008 by grim
I finished a new piece recently. I needed to make something. It had been a while and I had the itch to sculpt and paint. I had started this a week before Halloween and never finished it. It sat there on my sculpting stand for months staring at me. Meet Ed.
Ed is made of air dry clay, urethane foam, painted with acrylic paints and acrylic inks.
May 10th, 2008 by grim
Its seems that there is always talk of rust patina on the online forums. I have done a fair amount of experimenting using different products and also just using regular paints. So far I like the Patina’s from Sculpt Nouveau the best and the owner was very helpful with any questions I had.
Last year I made a shovel for a piece I was working on.
This is the shovel after I initially started it. It is made from an aluminum pizza peel. I purchased it from a restaurant supply store.
Then I Added the transition from shovel blade to handle with epoxy clay.
Then I coated it with Iron B coating from Sculpt Nouveau
With Black, Tan and Tifanny green Patina’s
After a few hours and coated with permalac to stop the reaction
Resources: Sculpt Nouveau Patinas, Magic sculp Epoxy Clay
Great picture taken of Nevamoore one of my scarecrows. This was taken the night before Halloween. One of all time favorite props, and a great picture, really cool composition.
