grinchys star wars props

Ian, Did you have an original pulse rifle, in order to make a casting??

Hello Clint
The kit I got from ebay, it came as a box of unpainted resin bits, I upgraded the parts adding detail here and there, it was sold as cast from original, but I can't be sure, either way its a nice prop

That's great. That way you can paint it the way you want.

Yeah I prefer the green colour as that's what I remember onscreen, I know the originals were more of a brown shade
Heres a commission I just finished for a collector a Michael Jackson Thriller zombie bust. I sculpted it a few years ago but haven't done many copies
heres one of the reference shots I used
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and heres the finished bust, the buyer wanted him really green looking so that's what he got
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That looks fantastic.

Do you use real hair?

Hey Clint
I do use human hair but this is synthetic stuff, keeps its curl better than human would

Heres another one I finished, I only painted and made eyes for this, its not my sculpt, it was sculpted by Darren Harvey from the uk, who did an amazing job, it was a joy to paint
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I don't know how I missed this! First class work. Love watching old behind the scenes videos of Stan Winston, Rick Baker,  Tom Savini, Nicotero, ect.

Also that Zombie in the horror thread was beautiful, and posing it with Romero?

You've got some serious tallent Ian.

Thanks guys appreciate it, Chris I grew up with the making of thriller and loved every behind the scenes thing I could find which wasn't much in the eighties
Yeah George loved the zombie, he was so nice about it
Thanks Steve glad you like my stuff, I'll post more as I do more

Heres a couple more lifesize pieces
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You made a life size predator head that looks that accurate? please tell me that's in a common area of your home on display lol

Hey chris, this pred was finished for a friend, he bought it online from another artist and when it arrived it looked like this
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I offered to fix it up for him and make it presentable, I resculpted areas on the crown and made new eye inserts for it so it wasn't boss eyed
So not all my work but it turned out ok and he was happy with it

Heres one I made for my son when he was six he loved AVP, so wanted to be the predator
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Heres a few more pieces, first up my take on a reaper from blade 2, loved the design in the movie, so I was pleased to take on this commission
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second one is still a reaper this one was just my paintjob though, I painted a mask for another collector, I wanted it to look like translucent skin
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finally a lifesize freddy upper torso puppet, had head movement via a rod at the rear
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Finally a star wars creation  
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Your work is simply freaking amazing Ian

Thanks James, appreciate it, just something I've always done since I was a kid, love making stuff

Very nice upgrades to that Predator. You can really see the improvement in the mouth! And the beads/neck cover look just right

Love that series, I hope the new one is going well. Its hard to speculate on the quality. Predators (2010) was alright but just so forgettable.

Thanks Chris
Yeah its about time we got a decent predator movie, hopefully this new one will be good, love the character itself

Well its been awhile since I sculpted anything, my seizures got out of hand for a while not to bad now, my friend is a fan of the Keanu reeves movie Constantine, and liked the half head demon from the movie, so he asked me to tackle it, heres one of the reference pics of the original and then the finished clay sculpture

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Only thing he asked for differently was pointy teeth, so I added them, its been moulded now and I'll make a finished rubber head from the mould

Ian, that looks awesome.   I'll have to re-watch the movie, just to see the demon.

Hopefully your seizures stay under control.

Cheers mate, its not a bad movie definitely worth a watch

Great work, Ian. That movie is pretty underrated. Looking forward to the new Predator movie? The script was leaked a while back and I'm not so sure.

Thanks bud, yeah the new pred movie i'm going to see it, haven't seen the script trying to stay spoiler free, but it doesn't look that great from what I've seen trailer wise,

Well, it's not like bad scripts have stopped them from doing new amazing designs. I love "Wolf" from AVP2.