Goo Be Gone

If you're doing any moldmaking, propmaker Bill Doran has a handy writeup on what to do with your extra silicone. 

If you’ve done any silicone mold making, you know to treat the material like liquid gold. Silicone ain’t cheap. That’s a fact of life. If you end up mixing too much of the goop for your current mold making project, you could be scrambling for some way to use it that doesn’t waste the dollars you’ve just poured into a cup.

Cthulhu Fhtagn! Der Alchemist Edition.

This primitive Cthulhu idol is brought to us by Der Alchemist.  It started life as a lump of clay scooped out of the ground.  Now that's authenticity.

 

Dagon

The gifted John Cherevka is no stranger to these pages.  His latest piece is this well done bust of Dagon.

Cyberpunk Mask

Brian Cargile of "Two Horns United" brings us this nicely done cybernetic mask.   The cabled neck piece is a cool touch.

Out of the Shadows

I was very surprised to discover that makeup legend Dick Smith was attached to an attempt to bring "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" to the big screen back in the 90s.  These are two of his test sculpts from the failed project, apparently taken from a writeup in an issue of "Fangoria".  Later today I'll try and track down a copy of the article.

Update:  A kind reader sent over a scan of the article in question.  The "Fangoria" story seems to be the only notable press coverage the project received, other than some teaser posters and a color ad in "Variety".  Instead of "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" Dick Smith ended up working on "The Godfather III".  Now that's a horror story.

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Comes the Titan

Professional propmaker Mark Cordory created this stunning Bronze Titan for the Mythlore LARP in the UK.  The suit was crafted from latex and plastazote foam, which makes the metallic finish all the more impressive.  Browse the linked gallery for some amazing shots from the event by photographer Roy Smallpage.

I'm continually impressed by the high production values of Euro-LARPs in comparison to what's found here in the US.  The only American live action events with this level of immersiveness are paintball and airsoft event games.  I'm not sure if you can read anything into that in terms of differences in culture, but it certainly is odd.  The only explanation I can think of is that our domestic LARPs haven't broken through the perception of being "kids with boffers".  That's a real turnoff to a lot of adults who might be interested in live action games, but end up going into things like historical re-enacting and the SCA as a somewhat more respectable alternative.

Sculpting Insect Legs

Xenite at "Little Green Monsters" has a tutorial on sculpting insect legs using paper clips and greenstuff modeling putty.   While it's aimed at creating custom gaming miniatures the technique is just as helpful for anyone sculpting legs, palps, and antennae for gaff specimens.