Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Velociraptor

Another one of the Horizon kits this one was only slightly smaller than the T-Rex weighing in at just 3 feet from head to tail. Again, another painstakingly rendered kit. These were really fun to build and paint.






Monday, July 7, 2008

T-Rex

This thing is a beast! Literally. The model which is made by Horizon measures 4 feet head to tail. The detail is really well done on every part of the body. It was a vinyl kit which you don't see much of anymore. Vinyl kits had their "hay-day" in the late 90's and I really miss seeing them in the hobby store. There were alot of small garage kits with some really unique designs. Horizon was a bigger company that put out alot of licensed kits, Freddy, Jason, Ash from Evil Dead, etc. Then they came out with 3 dinosaur kits and all of them had a similarity - the were BIG!







Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Skeksis

This is a resin model I painted years ago. I'm not sure who the artist was that made it but the likeness is dead-on. It really is a beautiful piece.








Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Yoda

This is a bust I did of the character Yoda. My plans were to create an animatronic puppet from it but it never made it that far. I'm sure one of these days I'll get back to it.












Below are a few pics of the first silicone cast I pulled from the mold. It's pretty rough so if I ever get back to this project I'll probably make another one.