head merchant .

**kent kidwell** · May 16th, 2007, 02:02 AM

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[/IMG]I finaly finished this piece , no spacific subject. its about a foot tall and took all my best clay, dammit!, anyway I hope you like .

**tysiony** · May 16th, 2007, 03:22 AM

Wow!

definatley worth every single piece of your best clay-this is amazing!

**pijay-brown** · May 16th, 2007, 06:16 AM

Damned ! You are definetly such a "killer" Mr Kidwell, more than your head merchant

Amazing piece,
Threatening
How long did you work on it?
I saw you changed eyes of the beast,

Are you gonna mold it cause it seems tricky...But you always surprising us so...

Isn't that better to cut arms under shoulders to hide the cutting lines (sorry for this novice question i guess you have you reasons)
Won't you cut the wire under, couldn't he stand without?

Congratulations!!!!!!!

**nickzucc** · May 16th, 2007, 10:31 AM

I don't like Paris Hilton but.... that is hot dude! Love it!

**VashTheStampede** · May 16th, 2007, 12:47 PM

<- 'nough said

Thats pretty amazing man, and well worth the clay.

**zweiDee** · May 21st, 2007, 06:30 AM

looks very cool, nice creature. how big is that sculpture?

**kent kidwell** · May 23rd, 2007, 05:31 AM

thanks guys I really appreciate that .tysiony I cant keep that stuff around long its no matter how much i overstock , 12 dollars a pound plus shipping that piece cost me $200 plus oh well, I just hate waiting until i have more .
hey pj thanks much . I worked on it about three weeks . and I appreciate the good word on the eyes I like them much better now .as for the molds on this one this piece is going to have to be cast hollow due to its size so its getting farmed out for that , I dont have a spin casting machine and the molds need to be made to work with that . this will actually help keep my resin costs very low as well as shipping as the head murchant kit will be lighter as well as shipped from stateside and not from way out here .
I actually had planned to have the chaimail neck armor extend out over those lines but I felt it looked better shorter so Im going to be working some strapping over those seams.
As for the rest of the casting the beast will be cast all one piece minus the base and body of the dude. and the wire will be removed before molding . no novice questions there at all . Thanks pj you are actually very perceptive as these are questions ive also had to ask and fix.
thanks much , nick, vash and zwie for the kind words ...

**RII** · May 23rd, 2007, 07:36 AM

Hey Kent,
Just had to let you know that I too love your work. Thank you for sharing your art with all of us! For those of you that have seen Mr. Kidwells work, The Institute of Visual Arts wil be offering classes tauhgt by this master here in the Paradise of Kauai. Let me see, A tax deductible trip to paradise, to learn skills that will save you time and make you money. This is a no brainer folks. I will keep you posted as detaild develop. Intereset parties may contact me at [email protected]. See you in paradise!
Aloha!
Robert

**Borax** · May 26th, 2007, 02:09 PM

This is truly an amazing piece !! Very believable detail, and the facial expression in very sinister and smirky at the same time. Some great work on the beasty and it may be enough to inspire me to break out of just doing small stuff and try to take on something bigger. Great work on this!!

**Hitman FX** · May 26th, 2007, 02:13 PM

Amazing, I love it.

**kent kidwell** · May 26th, 2007, 05:48 PM

excuse me swii , it is 18 inches hi.I dont know how I missed that , thanks robert,and hitman .

**bracomadar** · May 27th, 2007, 12:39 AM

Wow!

That thing is breathtaking. It reminds me of Frazetta's Death Dealer, but that's a good thing

**Troll Skelking** · May 27th, 2007, 04:58 AM

OMG I love it!

**Monkeywiz** · May 27th, 2007, 05:51 AM

Great piece, love the pose and lots of really impressive detail.

**Dionisa** · May 27th, 2007, 11:19 PM

Waw ! I love all, the expressions are fabulous

**Breath of Life** · June 13th, 2007, 03:25 PM

Simply exquisite.

**bennybobo** · June 14th, 2007, 01:49 AM

Wow!!!
Great work, I am your fans,haha

Benny

**kent kidwell** · June 14th, 2007, 04:04 AM

Thanks brakomadar, troll skelking, monkeywiz, dionisa, breath of life, benny bobo. I really really appreciate it. This piece was recently released as a resin kit the first casting's will be available in 3 weeks or so.again I really appreciate the kind words on this piece .

**oddioh** · June 17th, 2007, 05:37 PM

Hey Kent,

It looks like you sprayed your sculpture with a gray primer or something. If so, what did you use and why?

BTW, I'm a big fan of your work and have been watching your resin kit thread with anticipation. Can't wait to see more!

**dkounios** · June 17th, 2007, 05:59 PM

amazing detail. cant wait to see the finished piece!

**kent kidwell** · June 17th, 2007, 11:19 PM

hey oddioh,
the sculpture was so multi colored with baking differen epoxies three kinds of clay it was very hard to see detail at all for photographs, It also helps to see flaws , so after the shots weer taken I sanded alot to clean it up before sending to the castor.

**Breath of Life** · June 18th, 2007, 03:46 PM

Do you give it a light sanding after spraying?

I've never bought kits before, but I might want to just to study your work closer.

I hope your marriage survived. If your wife still has hard feelings tell her a bunch of geeks on the internet really appreciate your work!

**kent kidwell** · June 18th, 2007, 06:32 PM

your everywhere breath , thats a good thing. she has decided to keep me around. I just need to be a little more whipped and Im good.

**Breath of Life** · June 18th, 2007, 07:31 PM

Haha! That's good to hear.

**Piranha Clan** · June 22nd, 2008, 06:21 PM

Farkin awesome. Great pose, detail, design. 5 stars!

**woofer** · June 23rd, 2008, 10:34 AM

mr. kent kindwell sir, do you have any website where you showcase your great line of works? I hope to see more, Thanks for posting again.

**Tadeu** · June 23rd, 2008, 12:17 PM

Awsome dude!

**elove001** · June 23rd, 2008, 09:40 PM

Great detail. I'm very impressed.

**SoulWraith** · June 23rd, 2008, 10:03 PM

Could you please post where this kit will be available and the price? Thanks so much....freakin awesome!!!

**kent kidwell** · June 24th, 2008, 02:28 PM

this piece is available , its $190.00 with shipping $210.00, delivery is around 3 weeks on average, you can paypal me through my email address [email protected]. just go to paypal type in my email address in the send money section and walla . I will place the order with the castor soon as I get the email that you ordered one. and thats all . I appreciate the compliment of your interest in my work..
kent