Imagination is Everything!
Both the Werewolf and Salt Vampire are out of the molds and dry enough to pain and hair. There has been a delay because I ran out of paint, hair, and Barge cement I use to lay the hair on with. I got everything as of yesterday and will be finishing these masks this week. Sorry for the delay I’ll post pictures soon.
All other orders have been shipped on Monday and you should have all got your tracking numbers in an email from the post office.
Thank you all for your patience!
Got the first round of orders completed yesterday. 2 chimps, an eye of the beholder and, Spock ears. Sounds like a song. The Werewolf should be ready to paint Saturday and I have another Salt Vampire coming our of the mold today. Thank you all for the orders you sure know how to keep this guy busy and I so very much appreciate it!
I was asked to do a CGI effects shot for a show that involves an animation to show how our Earth and Sun actually move as they orbit the galactic core. This is being done using Unity. I started in Lightwave but found it easier to use Unity. The Earth will circle up and down around the sun with a wobble and trail behind it to show the orbit.
Slowly but surely these video game engines are replacing Lightwave, 3DMax, Maya, and other expensive 3D programs.
Mask orders keep coming in too and our next short film project is proceeding well. We start shooting in June.
With the studio crazy busy and only me to paint and hair all these masks it’s been a bit daunting. I managed to get both ape masks haired yesterday and today they get the teeth placed in and these orders are ready to go out in the mail.
Still left to do are the Spock Ears in the shadow box and paint and hair the Werewolf mask.
Today I’ll be laying hair on these masks and then they can ship. The Eye of the Beholder mask is done. Spock ears painted and ready to mount in the shadow box. Got a perfect Werewolf of London out of the mold.
I had a little time out of the day to shape those blocks of foam into a Shuttle cockpit. That all worked out very well. Franks kits are just great. I’m waiting on special servos before I can go much further.
Lets see. Paint 2 Planet of the Apes masks and lay hair on them. Paint and mount a set of Spock ears. Paint a Eye of the Beholder mask. And make up, paint and hair and Werewolf of London.
Werewolf is in the mold drying out rubber. All the rest of the pieces are on this table waiting to be painted Monday.
Stay tuned.
As always be sure to click on the thumbnails to see the full image.
More work on masks. The first POTA mask I was able to pull yesterday and pour another.
The mask and teeth came out very well.
I also finished part one of the In-Depth mask making video which brought us up to opening the finished mold and opening it. It is a great mold and today I can cast the first one!
This is the mold after I just opened it. It needs cleaning and rasping off the edges. I baked out all the water in the oven so it’s ready to pour.
Orders for Spock Ears are coming in again. I’ll be pouring a set today.
What a crazy day. I mean to tell you. The phone never stopped ringing and the emails coming in. From Adam, his assistant, and from other sources wanting to talk to us about everything from getting our launch site going to our motor home being ready after being serviced. I had a bunch of cosmetic work done to it. Seems our rear bumper people are attracted to when no one is looking. I can’t stand dings, dents, scrapes, scratches and rust on my cars. Especially when I didn’t do them. Being a gearhead as I am I like to take good care of my cars.
I had masks to pour, meetings on Zoom about our movie production and more. And in there while being on the phone as much as I was I got plaster on my iPhone and studio camera(Adam’s assistant Veronika called in the middle of it) while making the video about the eye of the beholder mask which I some how managed to finish. We are starting the Wright Flyer project next week for Adam. We got the go! So there was a lot of being on the phone to talk to Smith Brothers Hobby Center. Everything we need to build the first Wright Flyer is inbound.
I will open this on camera today and clean it out. This will complete part one of the In-depth video about this project.
I’m hoping the first chimp mask I can pull today. It was so cold in the back bay it wasn’t dry enough to pull so I could pour another.
As crazy busy as it was I can’t complain. Not one bit. I can’t believe sometimes at this point in my life and career I’m still this busy. Even busier than before at any point. I am truly grateful to the universe and to all of you that support us here at the studio by buying our products and giving us interesting projects to pursue.
Bless you all!
The Art of Steve Neill 