I’m really pleased to say that the sale of the green Cthulhu on ebay for Cancer Research UK sold this afternoon for £180 and I’m blown away by how much it went for. I honestly didn’t expect it to go for so much and thank you very much to the winner (who ever you are), I hope it helps you to keep the shoggoths at bay. Remember, all of my Cthulhu statues come with a guarantee that you won’t be eaten by a Great Old One or your money back, no quibble.
Well done to Mikimus Prime/Mike Jackson for organising it and the huge success of his auction in raising £633 and well done to everyone else who donated. I did bid on one of the items, sadly I was outbid but it was good to remember some of the fun in bidding on ebay.
Thank you to everyone on Facebook and Twitter who retweeted or shared the info. I know some of you have no idea who Cthulhu is, but he knows who you are now. (psssst go edjucakat yurselfs wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu )
Thanks to:
Matthew Applegate – pixelh8.co.uk @Pixelh8
Duncan Craig – facebook.com/zombiemedia @zombie_media
Karl Dawson – multicelldesign.com @multicelldsgn
Anders Fisher – andersfisher.com @atleastimtrying
Bruce Kirkby – brucekirkby.com @bruce_kirkby
Kirsty Lewis – Who appears to only lurk on FB.
Anthony Mann – wmavideo.co.uk @wmavideo
Dana McKeen – @zircadia
Steve Shaw – greatbritishhorror.com @Dr_Terror
Geoff Smith – @necron1967
Matt Smith – matt40k.co.uk @matt40k
Rebecca Twiss – Another FB lurker
I should also give a thanks to Cthulhu himself who posted it on his facebook page. facebook.com/iaiacthulhufhtagn
As a result of this auction I’ve started thinking about listing the green as an option on Etsy with a donation to Cancer Research UK for each one, but I’m worried about devaluing the one that just sold. Possible alternative options include different colours but green is obviously the preferred version as the statue is described as that shade in the story.
I’m going to have a ponder over this.
NAME CHECK! (and a big hug to all) Matthew C Applegate, Duncan Craig, Karl Dawson, Anders Fisher, Bruce Kirkby, Kirsty Lewis, Dana McKeen, Steve Shaw, Geoff Smith, Matt Smith
Can you have a green that looks more like aged silver/coper ?
Well done!
Possibly. I did mix some iron powder into the material when making this one.
“…its very material was a mystery; for the soapy, greenish-black stone with its golden or iridescent flecks and striations resembled nothing familiar to geology or mineralogy”
Geoff, I’d like to take credit but the guy who organised it did most of the work in collecting the artwork.
translucent with embedded leds
Clear resin is possible, it’s a bugger to work with though. Air bubbles and any imperfections show up like you wouldn’t believe. One grain of dust and BOOM! the damn thing turns out nasty.
What if you made it a murky kind of translucent rather than perfectly clear.
(0, 180, 0, 0.5)?
in rgba sure, I think hsla might describe it better, you want a horrible murky colour
Can you use malachite? Might be a good colour …
I’d have to look into finding some clear resin that I can cast in one go. I do a hollow shell by slush casting and then backfilling with a cheaper material. To do it transparent I’d need to do the whole thing in one hit.
It would be nice to get a malachite effect. Not sure how to pull it off with resin but a swirly finish could be interesting.
Or copper and somehow rapid oxidising? What are they usually made of? (Sorry for stupid qs I don’t do modelling stuff!) could electroplate with copper after?! Then oxidise…
I’ve done copper and the patina effect can be done with a chemical I buy. https://plus.google.com/photos/108296186356286750210/albums/5799880821385647889?banner=pwa
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Wow they are great, love all the different effects. How many have you made?
35? They’re all there except the one I posted today and the one I’m working on now.
36.
And the one tonight. So 37.
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