Mangalore Mask- The Fifth Element

I decided to make  mask of the Mangalores from The Fifth Element, a group of characters that I had always liked growing up, even though they were completely ridiculous.

I got myself some good screencaps from the blu ray and set about sculpting the mask in water based clay on top of a generic human form. I decided to sculpt a random Mangalore, instead of aiming for one specific one. Looking at the movie it seems that there were at least 4 headsculpts for the background characters, and then the lead character Aknot. I decided to go with a closed mouth pose for this first mask as it would be easier.

 Photos of the finished clay sculpt



 I didnt have time to fully document the moulding process, but here is a picture of the mould wall, half way through moulding

Raw latex cast straight from the mould on the left, and on the right is the same mask all trimmed and cleaned up.

after a few evenings of painting, here is the final mask, with the eyeholes now cut out

Now i need to sculpt some hands to go with the head!

Alien Mask color variants

some better color photos of my mask from the previous post, with an additional new color variant.

Latex monster Mask

Its been a while since I have made anything using Latex, more than a while actually, it was  2008 when I made my last mask.

I had an idea for an alien character, with aquatic influences.

I started roughing out a half mask, building on top of a plaster lifecast to bulk out the shape

adding more details..

final sculpt.

Here is the first latex pull from the mould, pretty happy with the quality.

working into the paint scheme

Final paint scheme

Blog Resurrection

Its been nearly 2 years since I updated this blog, I'm not sure if there are any followers still watching it, but I felt like it was time to give an updated with aims to keeping the blog alive. For future posts I will keep in depth articles here, and just images and previews on my Instagram account etc.
I also have a portfolio site now that I will keep updated with Finished artwork

So, whats been happening over the two years??

Here are a selection of projects I've completed in no particular order..


3D printed character busts

Various characters of my own design printed out and then moulded/cast in resin.

Album here for this guy

And another album for this guy

Here is a character who was a clay sculpt combined with 3D printed elements..
Album here

I have also been getting back into scale modelling, and also kitbashing, here are two concept models that were just recently finished

'The Harvester'- full album

And the Walker Drone- Album

3D printed chainsword- I modelled this in Zbrush, and printed it out on my Ultimaker 2, then spent a good while sanding and painting it.
View an album here

3D printed District 9 Rifle- I downloaded this model from 'MyMinifactory' and then practiced my sanding and finishing techniques on it.
Album here and also a Build album