monster rider challenge

i  enjoyed making that hat

made from super sculpey, vaccuformed styrene, cast resin parts,
a crap load of bondo, some metal sheet. this guy was a multimedia
nightmare

i tried to make a helmet but when i vaccuformed the arcylic huge bubbles formed in
the dome. the lil starfishsquid guy's controls were going to run
into the helmet. right now i'm not sure who's driving

why the hell would you strap a hermit crab monster to
robot legs? this makes no sense

he's a little fragile . i was going to have a guy at
work who's a great photographer do this guy right but
i was afraid of something breaking in transit before documentation.
these photos aren't the best quality

the straps are elastic bands like in your whiteytighties with little
bits of sheet metal for the clasps

you can see the  vise clamping the steel support that runs through the right
leg. see the " escargot" thread to see more of the early stuff.
i worked so fast that i didn't take time to document as well as i'd like

escargot

some of the masters that i vaccuformed over and
a few molds for one-off pieces

study for the monster head

the rider. rough. not his disposition. just the state he's in
now

claws. i crapped these out in 1 night. the clay part that is.
will polish them up but they really aren't that visible on the finished model

the starfish squid's lil chair

butt cheeks

vacuuformed  leg parts.

footsies. note the beige epoxy cast pieces for the foot
details. i sculpted one  tread then smooshed 12 impressions in
clay as a impromptu mold. it worked ok

pre vacuuformed parts

crude armature for the rider in my monster rider challenge

leg pieces

i filled the back of the leg with bondo to make the inner
surface. bondo doesn't like styrene so i added the little
squares( green). each square has a bevelled edge facing towards
the outside making mini fasteners for the bondo to wrap around and grab

steel load bearing section of leg with  shells taped up for inspection

the steel armature was glued to the leg and then covered over with the bondo

steel secured. little wood block filler

and thankfully the steel support holds up the shell's weight. see the bondo. i'll add more
and give it cleaner edges

glad it worked

biggest piece of monster rider challenge  sculpt
fired.    That weird purply gross color. don't squint at this photo. it
looks like something else

bad idea: christmas dinosaur

ok. so we had a contest at work for our christmas
party. tacky sweaters. i went...retarded.
i had a mental image of a candycane striped dinosaur frill...sigh

best shows the length. the candycane bit is about 20".

it hurts to wear. where it meets my forehead feels like a
headache after five minutes. the wires that run to the back were cut
too short . i couldn't sit. D frikin batteries to boot.

it's made of card board, burlap, and matt board covered
in caulk . the lower half of the flap is canvas

i used pieces of a wreath for the furry feathery bits. i hate what i did with the forehead
below the wreathy part. it was a dud. did not debut at party