Thought I would share my latest bust of yoda, made of latex and polyfoam with acrylic eyes

This is cool. You made this entire thing from scratch? What's the next project (if there is one)? Any in progress pics to add?

cheers, yes I made it from scratch, I started with a clay sculpture which took around a week to finish, heres a pic of it

I do plan on making his hands and feet and doing a full figure

That's awesome. Great sculpting talent also. I don't know anything about the process of making one of these, but from the sculpture do you make a mold or is the latex layered onto the sculpture in some way? It managed to capture the details of the sculpture so I am assuming the latex must go into some sort of mold made from the sculpture or if it is layered it must be incredibly thin layers so not to lose detail. Either way is beyond my ability level.

once the sculpture is finished I then make a two part plaster mould, when that sets I pop it apart clean the clay out and its ready to add the rubber, a few thin coats of rubber is brushed in then that is backed with a two part polyfoam which rises and fills the mould, once that sets I pop the mould apart and pull out thee rubber head and then paint it and add the final details, sounds pretty complicated but its very straightforward

That is awesome, Fantastic job.

Cheers, it was a fun project, glad you like it

Thanks for sharing the pics here. That is just incredible Really good job and makes me think of ESB Yoda. Hope you do more stuff like this, I'd love to see stage-by-stage pics.

Thank you, empire yoda was the look i was going for, i haven't done many star wars projects, heres my latest the weathered millenium falcon and x wing

Heres a piece i finished for a friend, i bought the moulds for this yoda in carbonite a few years ago, its around 7 inches tall, i made this from resin and painted it, a cool little prop

Loving the falcon and x-wing, good work !!

Nice weathering jobs on the ships. The Yoda in Carboite is really cool and makes for an interesting prop.

Grinchy, I just accidentally found your thread over on swfuk. You make some really awesome stuff. Feel free to share some of that over here also. Doesn't have to be all Star Wars.

cheers i'll change the thread title and add pics here,

heres a mini fridge magnet i finished today, only small, i'm also doing a george lucas one

That is awesome detail being it is so small.

cheers, i finished the george lucas version to, heres both of them, as a joke i have george holding jar jars head

Heres a few non star wars pieces i have finished, first up is ET, i  yoda and ET are my favourite movie creatures



this is a reaper vampire  from blade 2


next a critter from the eighties flick critters

I logged in just to say.. keep up the excellent work!

Grinchy, the ET and reaper vampire are just stunning pieces of work!
What scale are they? They look pretty big - about the same size as a human skull, or are they more miniature scale?

thanks folks, glad you like them, they are all lifesize pieces, made in a variety of materials, usually latex and polyfoam which i use a lot, ETs eyes were clear christmas baubles which i backpainted.
I've made loads of things over the years, mostly horror related, but i do like making star wars stuff, hope to do more over the coming years

Keep up the awesome work. So far I am loving seeing this stuff. Some of the pieces I have seen from you would fit right in at the chickenshack house of horrors. I know I shared your thread with James and I am pretty sure he liked it.

Wow awesome work on all the items the Falcon and X-Wing are very cool so is the Yoda bust keep up the fantastic work.

Grinchy, Great work mate, Awesome work

Thanks guys appreciate it