Poor old blog… ignored for aaaaaages. I’d like to put it down to being really busy but its also that I’m too damn lazy to update this place. Still, not as bad as the five month gap between the previous two. So whats been happening in the last couple of months? Well, the Bertram Fiddle… Continue reading Welcome to the Hinterland
Tag: sculpting
Casting Cthulhu
I’ve been asked a few times over the last couple of weeks how I actually mould and cast my statues. So rather than do a project update blog, I’m going to talk a little about how I cast my statues using (appropriately enough) a brass Cthulhu that I cast last weekend. Before I actually start… Continue reading Casting Cthulhu
Paint your dragon
Before I start on the writeup on this dragon sculpture project, I’d like to take a moment to shamelessly promote my Facebook page Castings of Cthulhu. Yes, it has the same name as my Etsy page. in some misguided attempt at branding. I’ll mainly be using the blog for the big meaty project writeups while… Continue reading Paint your dragon
Cupcake Fairy
Another month, another finished project and this one is a bit of a change of tack from my usual stuff as it’s a fairy. This was produced as a commission for a chap to give to his girlfriend as a gift and the brief ran vaguely along the lines of: a fairy with bee-wings (NOT… Continue reading Cupcake Fairy
Doom
A quick update to show off the build process of something I’ve done this month based on the Mancubus from Doom. These boys first cropped up in Doom 2 and reappeared with a new design in Doom 3 and as someone who played the original Doom game when it first came out, I have something… Continue reading Doom
Science time
Science is made up of so many things that appear obvious after they are explained. Pardot Kynes. Another Dune quote but its apt for so many things that happened this weekend. Friday Firstly on Friday, I gave a brief talk at Dorkbot Anglia about how I used our Celestron telescope and a cheap, off the… Continue reading Science time