Halcyon Dog Burster Head Re-sculpt WIP

[AaronBackwoods]

Very impressive work, especially the lower jaw! I really love the SS firm, such a great medium. Looking forward to the finished kit, I think your modifications are a dynamic improvement. The open mouth and the slight turn of the head will give it SO much more life.

[Frank-Holger]

Any news, Joe?

Frank

[Devileyes]

Sorry guys...thought I would have some time to get back to this, but haven't had a chance yet.

Wow! Your mods to this kit are fantastic! I am looking at my kit and thinking of redoing everything thanks to your inspiring work. Is there any way you would consider casting the head? It's an amazing piece of work and would bring new life to my previously feeble attempts.

Thank you!! I most likely will be casting the head when I'm finished, as it is pretty heavy...probably too heavy for this vinyl kit.... even though I bulked it out with foil first.
I actually figured this would be the case so I sculpted the head a tiny bit larger to account for resin shrinkage.
I will post updates of molding and casting in this thread after my sculpting is done.

Very impressive work, especially the lower jaw! I really love the SS firm, such a great medium. Looking forward to the finished kit, I think your modifications are a dynamic improvement. The open mouth and the slight turn of the head will give it SO much more life.

Thank you!! I'm dying to get back to it, hopefully I will have some time this weekend.

Any news, Joe?

Frank

Glad you're still with me Frank! You've been a tremendous help an inspiration!!
Thank you!!
Joe

[Foo fighter]

That sounds great Joe! Can't wait to see what's next.

[Frank-Holger]

Joe, yep, still around till the end. And then hopefully waiting for your cool queen facehugger ! Love your work indeed and am glad like hell if you could use some of my ideas! AND NOW FINSIH THIS THING !!

Frank

[Foo fighter]

It's been some time since we have heard from Joe... Any progress on this project?

[Frank-Holger]

I hope, everything is fine and he is only busy!

Frank

[Devileyes]

Still here guys
Thanks for the interest!
No progress on this or any of my sculpts
I'm hoping very soon, though.

[Foo fighter]

Good to hear from you. Let me know when you cast your modified head. I definitely would like to pick one up. Hope all is well and look forward to seeing future updates.

[Frank-Holger]

Joe, cool to read that you are still kicking! Hope you will be back soon with new sculpting news. So I stay tuned and hope the same of you!

Frank

[Devileyes]

Finally! Getting back to this.
A small bit of progress since my last pic...so long ago.
Cleaning up a bit and adding more anatomy. Will try to have this side done in the next few days. The other side should go quite a bit faster, as I'll just need to reproduce what I've already done on this side. Then I'll try to tie it all in to the neck on the kit.
Which will be a project on its own! Lol

[Foo fighter]

Fantastic Joe! Really good to see you moving forward on this sculpt. The mods you have made are terrific. Cant wait for the next installment!

Richard

[Frank-Holger]

Yeah, like Richard said! But do not wait as long as now for the next stage on this fantastic sculpt. So I sit here eagerly waiting for your new ideas. Top work as usual here!

Frank

[Too Much Garlic]

That's a really cool conversion. A suggestion would be to slim the teeth a little, make them smaller, as that was one of the key feature differences between the Alien3 alien and all the others - that it had very human-like teeth and much smaller than what we saw before and after.

[Devileyes]

That's a really cool conversion. A suggestion would be to slim the teeth a little, make them smaller, as that was one of the key feature differences between the Alien3 alien and all the others - that it had very human-like teeth and much smaller than what we saw before and after.

Thank you!
That is a great suggestion, but wish I would of heard it earlier...that part of the sculpture has already been baked and hardened.
Oh well, he is a baby Xeno after all, maybe he has to grow into his teeth

Joe

[Foo fighter]

I guess it would be safe to say that the accuracy of the alien sculpt would be compromised if the creature wore braces on its "teeth". A slightly "human" quality to the mandibles adds a creepy element to the creature in my opinion.

[Frank-Holger]

The pros and cons of the accuracy concerning Aliens... ! I have sculptet lots of Aliens, from 1:6 to 1:16 and 1:32 and I think none of them is like its pedant on the screen, I consider to add more own ideas of design in it, but you always encounter them as Aliens. The same did Takeya with his own versions. I think, it is the look of the Beast that counts. I personally love the human theeth here a lot, they enhance, in my eyes, the feeling of creepyness and are very "alienesque". When we look at the military modeling, we see Nitpickers galore (Hey, your Tank looks fine, but aren´t there two more bolts in this area here?). Being a Sculptor of Moviedesign stuff I like to have the freedom to alter designs to my own fun or when I think, that could look better the way I have done it (may sound a bit strange, but to have this freedom allows me to go a bit over the top). But it would be interesting to know what other sculptors think about that question.

Frank

[Foo fighter]

I have to agree with you Frank. I have a large collection of hard to find alien statues etc. and most are uniquely different in their own way. However, I do respect the position of those alien enthusiasts who appreciate accuracy etc.

[Frank-Holger]

Sure Foo, you are right of cause ! I always love to see an "anatomically correct" Alien from time to time, and there are tons of cool kit available!

Frank

[seabiskit]

Amazing work, Joe! The new head is a vast improvement!


Josh