[chicken]

underTaker, on 30 August 2012 - 03:17 AM, said:

Dude! This looks freakin' cool! Have you ever considered putting it in some kind of waredrobe to scary people? It could do the trick at late night

make a mask out of it!

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[Micky C]

Davox, are you intentionally trying to hide the face in EVERY SINGLE PHOTO?!?

[Jinroh]

This is absolutely sick, DavoX your modeling skill is sublime.

[DavoX]

Thanks guys! I'm going to make a little video working on one of the tentacles to show the process.

No Micky C, I'm just showing the tentacles. There are plenty of "Face" photos in the beginning of the thread

[Jinroh]

DavoX, on 30 August 2012 - 05:53 AM, said:

Thanks guys! I'm going to make a little video working on one of the tentacles to show the process.

That would be very cool, I'm always interested in different kinds of art I know nothing about.

[DavoX]

I've been touching up a bit the brain as it looked unnatural before, so I gave it a try:

Before:



After:

[Malgon]

This seriously keeps getting better and better! Keep it up.

[DavoX]

Finally, it's finished. There may be a few touchups to be done but overall it's finished.

It's been a long ride but there's still work to be done. Namely molding and casting it, and then painting it. Stay tuned.

[Mike Norvak]

Awesome

[chicken]

That

is

beautiful.

PS: What are its dimensions?

[DavoX]

If it were inside a cube, the cube would be :

For people with metrics system:

25 cm tall , and 20 cm each side.

Inches:

9,84 inches tall, 7,87 inches each side.


Remember this is the sculpture alone, without measuring the base and tubing.

[Malgon]

It looks like the Octabrain is smiling. Must be excited for that paint job!

[zwieback]

really awesome! it got better with every update

[Jinroh]

Man, this is looking so rad. The detailing is so detailed it's amazing.

[The Commander]

Now he can finish his EDuke32 map/mod.

http://www.amcwebfor...hp?topic=8737.0

[LeoD]

Malgon, on 12 September 2012 - 12:28 AM, said:

It looks like the Octabrain is smiling. Must be excited for that paint job!

Or he's proud of the big pile of shit he's still sitting on.

[geomancien]

cool

[MusicallyInspired]

Holy cow.

[Lunick]

Now that someone has bumped it he HAS to finish it

[RichardStorm]

Let me tell you this is -just- an Awesome work.

Now colouring, isn't right ?

[DavoX]

Started boiling the different parts to harden them and then make molds out of it.

First I started with one Tentacle since I've never actually boiled sculpey, so this is just a test to see if it really works... Boiled for 20 minutes and then let it cool at Room temperature for 1 hour.



Apparently it does work:



I've only had one problem with the first tentacle , it had some bubbles on the surface, then I knew it was because Right before boiling it I brushed it with turpentine, apparently turpentine on the surface and boiling don't mix well.... So I didn't add any turpentine at all for the remaining parts and Didn't have any problems.



Here I'm sanding rough surfaces to smooth them out.



After sanding:



Now what you've all been waiting for... boiling the head, it took some time to actually set up the head inside. It fit inside by just a few milimeters. Let it boil for 30 minutes and then let it cool outside for 4 hours, of course while it was still inside the water.



After cooking, everything went great, or so I thought....



Cracking! Aahh! Thankfully this is easy to fix with some epoxy putty and sanding.



That's it for now. Next step is sanding the rough spots on the head and then onto mold making!

[DavoX]

Ok so I started building the Base for the sculpture...

First I made an armature for it, with wire and aluminium foil. Then I covered the whole thing with epoxy for sculptors.




Then I made little holes on the surface for the clay to hold on to. Also drilled a hole on top and inserted this hook to be able to hold it and place it inside the boiling cup later on.



Here I placed the sculpting clay on it and used some clay to get a sense of how the thing will flow when it's finished, Form wise.



Here I'm drawing some lines so I know where the edges of each little rock will be. Then With a dental tool I'll separate each rock as I need.



Started making the little rocks, I realized later that some parts where too thin (too close to the epoxy) and It would crack if boiled, so I added more clay to make it a thicker layer.



Here I'm adding some bumps on the rocks to give them more tridimensionality and protruding.




And how it looks so far....



There's still much add and polish. This is still rough. Later!

[Hank]

Are you planing to eventually sell the sculpture to the highest bidder?

[termit]

Wow, that's amazing! Such a detailed work!

[Malgon]

Awesome work so far man, keep it up!

[ReaperMan]

Imagine molded copies as awards for mapper of the year.

We could call it the octa-award.

[Micky C]

ReaperMan, on 21 November 2013 - 04:59 AM, said:

Imagine molded copies as awards for mapper of the year.

We could call it the octa-award.

I suppose after I've won the first dozen copies I can start giving away the rest to friends

[DavoX]

Why sell it to the highest bidder if I'm making several copies of it?

Thanks for the kind comments guys!

[MusicallyInspired]

How many are you making?

[DavoX]

That's a good question... it depends on the demand... I'll make 5 first and if it's sold fast then I'll make 5 or 10 more.