Post by Lonesome Crow on Oct 9, 2010 1:28:50 GMT 1
30 years ago, the British Sci/Fi comic 2000AD introduced us to the avenging, anti-hero, alien NEMESIS THE WARLOCK. I was a huge fan at the time and still am. (Big Kid)
Created by Pat Mills (best known for creating 2000 AD and playing a major part in the development of Judge Dredd.)
And artist Kevin O'Neill (Probably best known for his work on the comics The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)
First appearing in a story called TERROR TUBE (based on THE JAM's hit record Going Underground) in July 1980 you didn't get to see the actual alien known as Nemesis, you only saw his craft the Blitzspear.
For all we knew Nemesis could have been a Human. But in November 1980 we saw that Nemesis was far from Human.
Goat footed, Demon horned and fire breathing this was the ultimate anti-hero.
Over the years, several illustrators have depict Nemesis, some successfully some not so. In my opinion Kevin O'Neill's is still the best with Bryan Talbot's coming a close second.
About 15 years ago I decided to scratch build a model of Nemesis combining both O'Neill's and Talbot's design with a little of my own interpretation thrown in. The result was this 18 inch figure.
At the time I was happy with the finished result, but now I feel it lacks drama, so as a lunchtime project at work I thought I'd have another attempt at sculpting Nemesis only this time the figure would only be about 8 inches high.
I am a Dental Technician by profession. this means I have access to many different types of materials and tool suitable for sculpting.
Unfortunately I didn't start photographing the work until it was nearing completion. but basically, after drawing out the design, I build an armature out of scrap 4mm and 1.5mm poly sheet (poly sheet is a thermo plastic we use for making impression trays and is the same plastic used for model kits)
Then I filled in all the spaces in the armature with dental acrylic (the stuff dentures are made from).
Over this I added an epoxy putty called Milliput, this can be bought from any good model shop and is a great material to work with, when first mixed Milliput has the same consistency as plasticine but after a couple of hours it's as hard as rock.
The little skulls on his trunks were carved out of plastic denture teeth and duplicated using a silicon impression material called LAB PUTTY, this meant I only had to carve 2 skulls 1 about 6mm and 1 about 7mm.
Created by Pat Mills (best known for creating 2000 AD and playing a major part in the development of Judge Dredd.)
And artist Kevin O'Neill (Probably best known for his work on the comics The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)
First appearing in a story called TERROR TUBE (based on THE JAM's hit record Going Underground) in July 1980 you didn't get to see the actual alien known as Nemesis, you only saw his craft the Blitzspear.
For all we knew Nemesis could have been a Human. But in November 1980 we saw that Nemesis was far from Human.
Goat footed, Demon horned and fire breathing this was the ultimate anti-hero.
Over the years, several illustrators have depict Nemesis, some successfully some not so. In my opinion Kevin O'Neill's is still the best with Bryan Talbot's coming a close second.
About 15 years ago I decided to scratch build a model of Nemesis combining both O'Neill's and Talbot's design with a little of my own interpretation thrown in. The result was this 18 inch figure.
At the time I was happy with the finished result, but now I feel it lacks drama, so as a lunchtime project at work I thought I'd have another attempt at sculpting Nemesis only this time the figure would only be about 8 inches high.
I am a Dental Technician by profession. this means I have access to many different types of materials and tool suitable for sculpting.
Unfortunately I didn't start photographing the work until it was nearing completion. but basically, after drawing out the design, I build an armature out of scrap 4mm and 1.5mm poly sheet (poly sheet is a thermo plastic we use for making impression trays and is the same plastic used for model kits)
Then I filled in all the spaces in the armature with dental acrylic (the stuff dentures are made from).
Over this I added an epoxy putty called Milliput, this can be bought from any good model shop and is a great material to work with, when first mixed Milliput has the same consistency as plasticine but after a couple of hours it's as hard as rock.
The little skulls on his trunks were carved out of plastic denture teeth and duplicated using a silicon impression material called LAB PUTTY, this meant I only had to carve 2 skulls 1 about 6mm and 1 about 7mm.
