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loginpicked out the heads, started toying around with how to make the legs, and took more enjoyment than was totally proper splitting the one head down the middle...
the entire thing is built off of a frame of pony innards, aluminum foil, and electrical tape.
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login"pony cores"
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loginthe main legs are constructed and the heads laid out... only the beginning of a grueling process and my war on gravity. =P
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loginbuilding the foundation for the split head. armiture wire and a bit of tape.
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loginfirst round of sculpting on the split head. the teeth were individually sculpted and left to dry to be put in at a later stage.
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loginand i left a length of pipecleaner exposed out the back, wrapped thru the wire mesh of the membrane and sculpted over. to give the main head more stability when i anchor it to the rest of the bulk.
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loginforgot to mention- feet were wired into the heads and magic sculpt packed inside where the wire was to hold it in place. the body was bulked up with some "ponycores" and held together with more pipecleaners. the legs are on cores made of aluminum foil to keep the piece lighter, with electrical tape over that to keep the segments from sliding and to give me a better surface to sculpt over.
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loginbody was built up and rounded off with more foil, and shoulder sockets taped in place, 5 for the legs, 3 for 'head stalks' and 3 for 'arms' (1 is under the body) o, and 2 to hold the split head's arms.
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loginand we're taping... and we're taping...
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loginand now we're at the point where the custom went thru a few... er... unfortunate, shapes. here it looks kinda like an evil potato. sculpting the membrane and muscles around the sockets.
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loginmore evil potato.
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loginevil potato with LEGS!!! segments held in place with wedges of foil and tape, but i could only sculpt one set of joints a day, to give them time to harden so they wouldnt change angles when i was handling him. and i saved the ankles for the last step, so if it started to get front heavy or something i would have some wiggle room for a last minute emergency repositioning.
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loginarms sorted out. same deal. pipecleaner core with foil and tape.
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logintesting angles for the heads.
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loginfinally taping up the ankles
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logincloseup of finished maw. added more membrane and inset the fangs.
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loginnoticed the longest arm was sagging from some weak joints, making the head droop. so hiked it up again and reinforced the segments that were showing wear while i was waiting for the underarm to set.
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loginthe main segment that was causing problems. looks like the sculpting didn't overlap the seam enough for it to hold onto the contour of the segment, giving the joint more bend than i wanted.
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loginheadlift. =P
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loginthe joint after it was bulked up a bit.
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loginsculpting finished.
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loginbasecoated in a dirty ivory and red, given a few washes of darker red and plum, and splotched with deep purple in a few spots
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loginbasic paintwork done.
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loginglossed with a brush on sealer, and added clear water effects to give him translucent drippy gloopy bits. (thats the opaque white sludge on it... it dries clear)
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