Chronological Clay updated with PREDATOR first paint layer

[troyboy]

Wow doggy, how have I not checked out this thread yet? You've got a
lot of great stuff going on here. You've got a lot of nice variety going
on and I can see gradual improvement with each new sculpt. You're also
very open to everyone's comments which shows a lot of maturity and
lack of ego. Always nice traits to see among fellow artists. Anyway,
keep postin' these great updates and I'll definitely make sure I don't
overlook this thread again!

[Doggy]

KU: Yeah, he realy made it clear what to do! I sort of ended up with tunnel vision trying to get the lips right (combination of Rhona Mitra and Angelina Jolie btw) so i´m gonna give her(?) a rest for a while and come back with fresh eyes.

Troy: Thanks for the kind words! I´m here to learn you know, and it´s a great feeling when someone of your skill says i´m improving

[Doggy]

Well, i haven´t posted anything for a loooong time, so i just thought i´d share a little something i´ve been working on for a while.
I´m a huge zombie fan, so i´m going to make two of these to be used as bookends for my zombie dvd collection... just for the fun of it.

As usual, please crit the hell out of it!

Oh, and i´m a crap photographer so you can´t realy make out the skintexture...

[Bongsplat]

Hey Doggy

Great to see some new stuff from you The Zombie is looking great so far,brilliant detailing round the ribs,and the skin looks nice and loose.
I really like the movement in it as if he is trudging towards you with his arm forward like that.

Cant wait to see it painted with loads of blood??

Looking forward to seeing the other end!

Great stuff m8

[Doggy]

Thanks for looking Erol, and yes, there will be blood
I´m thinking one of them will emerge from some sort of toxic goo, and the other one will erupt from the ground to cover the most common forms of zombie lore

[TeaMonster]

Yeah Toxic goo!!! Good to see ya again Doggy

[Doggy]

Good to be back Temonster

Quick update on the zombie. I´ve applied a few washes of grays and blues, painted in a lot of veins and started adding the lovely goo. I based the skin colour on blue cheese

[Bongsplat]

Wow Doggy this looks fantastic!! The paint job is great, good choice for the colours

How did you do that awesome looking goo?? I've just gotta try that on a zombie figure.

[Doggy]

Thanks a million Bongsplat! Still quite a few details to paint, and a bit of tweaking to do, but i couldn´t resist the lure of the goo

My theory regarding this guy is that he has been soaking in some sort of chemical waste for a while, so i figured there wouldn´t bee a lot of blood in the fluids leaking from him. I´ve added some pinks and yellow though...

To make the goo i use spray glue (i´ll get back to you with a brand name if you want... Don´t remember now). Spray some into a shallow disposable container and mix it with ordinary acrylics until it gets a little bit sticky. Then i just use something pointy (toothpick works a treat) to dab some on, and pull those lovely stringy things around.
Now, since the spray glue gets kind of brittle when dry, i "paint" on some water thin superglue on top of it to make it a little bit stronger and shinier Ta daaaaa!

[Doggy]

Another update on the zombie experiment. I have put this aside for now to work on a commision, believe it or not

[semoet]

conggrats for ur job in commision....

i still waiting for ure next project here...awesome

[Doggy]

Back after a while in lurker mode. I´ve managed to put together a quickie Darth Vader for a friend. Well i say quickie... as quick as it gets while working 11 hour days and having a small child. I´ve also finished the comission i was working on. It´s sort of a 3d logotype.

Oh, and Darth is by no means accurate. I actualy tried to make it look more like a statue... if i had´nt i´d still be sanding the damn thing...

[Doggy]

Well hello again!

As there are loads of realy good predators in the forum now i´m a bit scared of posting this, but since i´m happy with how the big guy is turning out i still want to show you guys

Still a bunch of stuff to do, but as usual any crit or tips is welcome.

[Doggy]

First few layers of paint on the Pred... What do you think? Still a few things to sculpt, such as some skulls and the wrist blades, but i´ll be doing those separately anyway. Hardly any details painted yet, just trying to get a feel for the basic colour scheme...

[Hookswords]

I dont know if this was intentional, since you prefaced with your Vader not really looking like Vader, but it actually really resembles early concept art for his helmet design.

[Doggy]

Thanks for looking Hookswords, but sadly the resemblance is just a happy coincidence.