my prop work from over the years

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Heres a few props i've done over the years, first up is a 3p0 helmet i made, this one was made for a collector who wanted the beaten up prequel look, made from fibreglass and had light up eyes
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full vader suit on a mannequin, the armour was a bit big for this mannequin
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small scale yoda in carbonite
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here is a prop i made again for a collector, lukes lopped off head from empire
heres the clay sculpture from this i made a mould
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here is the two part mould
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next i make a latex and polyfoam head, here is the unpainted head test fitting in the helmet
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now the finished head
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Next up is a michael jackson bust, i love MJ and wanted to do a sculpture based on his most iconic video thriller
Heres the still i used as referance
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Heres the rough clay sculpture, i tried to get the likeness down first before i added the makeup
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and nearly done with the zombie look
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heres the finished bust
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Bloody hell mate you have got some serious prop making skills!
That Vader is amazing and I've just "stole" the picture of Yoda and set him as my background :D
Can see quite a few members contacting you with work requests in the future
 

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Cheers mate, yeah i've been sculpting and making stuff for years i trained as a makeup fx artist originally, most of which i was self taught
 

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Hope this non star wars stuff is ok to post, i sadly haven't done that much star wars, but i do have yoda on the cards for this year.
Next up is ET as a kid growing up when i saw this movie i identified so much with the kid Elliot, no father around divorced parents, i just loved the idea of something so alien yet so human, i drew this guy over so many times i felt like i could sculpt him in my sleep
heres a couple of pics of the clay sculpture, i took my time on this sculpt took me around ten days to sculpt
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this first ET i had to rush to finish, so i wasn't entirely happy with the paintjob
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the next one i took my time on, this is my favourite piece i've done
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i plan to take my time on my next sculpt which should be yoda
 

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Mate, you know what I think about your talents with props 8)

Superb work mate, I will find the pic of the Mikey you did for my lad
 

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next up is a restoration i did for a friend, he bought a predator mask from someone online, after many months and emails, he eventually got this, a boss eyed piece of crap
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I offered to fix it up for him, took me a while but i managed to get it done, heres the restored mask
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Michael Sith said:
Mate, you know what I think about your talents with props 8)

Superb work mate, I will find the pic of the Mikey you did for my lad

Cheers mate, yeah post away, i enjoyed painting that one
 

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heres another Thriller bust, the werecat
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heres an avatar bust i painted for a friend
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And a couple of dr who busts
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and one of the smiler busts from the new series, this one was never finished
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heres a fett i painted in a rusted up way, like he'd crawled out the sarlac pit
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newxt up is my own version of the karl fredrickson character from the movie 'up', i sculpted what i thought he would look like if he was a real human character, just a pet project of mine, his hair was individually rooted one hair at a time, the bust is silicone

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Cheers mate, i've been making stuff for years now, i used to have my own business making props and similar stuff but i had a stroke and now just do it as a hobby
Heres a few more
This is a copy of mark hamills face taken for empire, i have the moulds for this, an unusual item but interesting bit of history
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Heres the shrunkenhead guy from beetlejuice, love the movie so many cool characters
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heres an oddball item i made for a collector, a ghoulie puppet, lifesize to the movie

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This is a reaper bust from the movie blade 2
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This is a bust i made for my son, he was doing lessons on greek mythology and wanted something to take in, so after one busy weekend i created this, a minatour,my own design, he was made up
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A freddy bust i did, this is a test piece i made to see what it could look like in sillicone
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heres another test piece again in silicone, this is my face ripped apart, lol
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this is a lifesize freddy prop, with a moving head, i love the nightmare films
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and a video of the moving head
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cheers mate, glad you guys like this weird stuff, lol
Does anyone remember that scene in jaws when the head pops out the bottom of the boat, gave me my first real scare when i was a kid, old ben gardners head frightened the hell out of me, so i knew when i could i'd have to make one
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Heres my very first go at making yoda, not the best one but i was only just starting out, he was full remote controled with eye movement and jaw movement, eye blinks and head movement
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i'll be making him again soon hopefully such a brilliant character, i'll do my best to get him looking the part
 
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