The Winged Avenger (Replica Display)

Avengerholic · Post by **Avengerholic** » Mon May 01, 2017 1:39 pm

FINISHED

Avengerholic · Post by **Avengerholic** » Mon May 01, 2017 3:34 pm

Next up .... The claws, I think I've finally come up with a way to make them in fibreglass.

MikeR · Post by **MikeR** » Mon May 01, 2017 4:08 pm

To quote from the episode, 'Creation and creator fused into one... Mrs Peel!'

MikeR · Post by **MikeR** » Mon May 01, 2017 4:10 pm

Avengerholic wrote:FINISHED

Ian

This looks the business now. All the hard working in painting the lettering by hand appears to have paid off.

Avengerholic · Post by **Avengerholic** » Mon May 01, 2017 5:50 pm

MikeR wrote:Ian

This looks the business now. All the hard working in painting the lettering by hand appears to have paid off.

Thanks Mike. very kind

I painted it all by hand with the exception of 'ENTERPRISES'. I think I'm actually going to hang this one in the front porch.

Making the claws was always a bug to me because I dreaded the thought of having to make eight 'fingers' (I get bored quickly doing repetitive stuff). However I thought of a way to create them really quickly in fibreglass. I've just knocked this rough test one up in literally 10 minutes - cool, about an hour and I'll have em all done

Avengerholic · Post by **Avengerholic** » Wed May 03, 2017 4:58 am

I'm wondering how hard it would be to make this ....

.... a lot tougher than it looks I'm thinking, Plasticine would be out of the question, it wouldn't last 5 minutes, and trying to gouge scratches like that out of something solid isn't simple. And the lettering would have go on first so one mistake with the scratching and it's screwed !

MikeR · Post by **MikeR** » Wed May 03, 2017 7:47 am

Ian

Could it be clay?

Avengerholic · Post by **Avengerholic** » Wed May 03, 2017 9:30 am

MikeR wrote:Ian

Could it be clay?

I really have no idea Mike. Clay painted blue and then torn open like that would reveal the clays natural colour underneath surely

I think you were right the first time, it's a form of blue Plasticine (I would never have thought of that), rolled out, the lettering painted on and then gouged with a sharp instrument. And the scratches aren't cleverly painted on because they are casting shadows. Very hard to replicate (maybe impossible) in a more sturdy form. The more solid version seen in Epic doesn't really interest or inspire me. Maybe studying the scene where it's scratched will reveal something

Avengerholic · Post by **Avengerholic** » Wed May 03, 2017 9:41 am

Cast the 'fingers' for one hand

Avengerholic · Post by **Avengerholic** » Wed May 03, 2017 11:57 am

Lots more refining to do but I can see where its going.