Mongo Mel
A Fixture
Hi guys,
Here's another piece I did. It's the Centurian bust from Andrea.
I consider this to be the first difficult piece that I ever did that turned out well.
It's white metal with a resin cape.
The original head piece consisted of the curved block with feathers but I decided to change it for 2 reasons.
First, the construction of the block didn't thrill me. I felt that its quality didn't match the rest of the piece. And the support post for it wouldn't have held up well to the rigors of travel, what with the weight of all those white metal feathers.
Second, I found a photograph of a reenactor that must have been the inspiration for this piece. He has the same face as the bust but with a head piece more like the one you see here.
I made the block by laminating several pieces of sheet polystyrene and carving them to the required shape. And there is a verticle rib of styrene to aid in attaching the hair.
The hair was made by glueing Woodland Scenics Fall Grass the this rib.
The support post is a piece of square brass tubing, slit part way down from the top and bent to suit. This has a brass rod inside it, extending up into the block for support. The ends of the block had short curved pieced of brass wire heated and pressed into them. I then added some scrap pieces of PE brass to the helmet and used soft soldering wire to represent the leather strips used to tie the head piece to the helmet.
The detail on the front rim of the helmet was removed and re-detailed with soft solder wire and the heads of small pins to duplicate the one on the reenactor.
This was a pretty major conversion for me to try, especially considering the cost of the piece , but I'm glad I did it. I think it makes mine just a little bit different from the rest.
As always, comments and especially constructive criticisms are welcome.
Thanks,
Craig
Here's another piece I did. It's the Centurian bust from Andrea.
I consider this to be the first difficult piece that I ever did that turned out well.
It's white metal with a resin cape.
The original head piece consisted of the curved block with feathers but I decided to change it for 2 reasons.
First, the construction of the block didn't thrill me. I felt that its quality didn't match the rest of the piece. And the support post for it wouldn't have held up well to the rigors of travel, what with the weight of all those white metal feathers.
Second, I found a photograph of a reenactor that must have been the inspiration for this piece. He has the same face as the bust but with a head piece more like the one you see here.
I made the block by laminating several pieces of sheet polystyrene and carving them to the required shape. And there is a verticle rib of styrene to aid in attaching the hair.
The hair was made by glueing Woodland Scenics Fall Grass the this rib.
The support post is a piece of square brass tubing, slit part way down from the top and bent to suit. This has a brass rod inside it, extending up into the block for support. The ends of the block had short curved pieced of brass wire heated and pressed into them. I then added some scrap pieces of PE brass to the helmet and used soft soldering wire to represent the leather strips used to tie the head piece to the helmet.
The detail on the front rim of the helmet was removed and re-detailed with soft solder wire and the heads of small pins to duplicate the one on the reenactor.
This was a pretty major conversion for me to try, especially considering the cost of the piece , but I'm glad I did it. I think it makes mine just a little bit different from the rest.
As always, comments and especially constructive criticisms are welcome.
Thanks,
Craig
