The Patterson Bigfoot (1967)

 This next bust comes, once again, from Gillman Productions.  The bust is approx. 1/4 scale and comes in 2 parts - the bust and the base. As usual the kit is spotlessly clean and work can begin almost right away. 

 

This bust is to represent the 1967 Bigfoot that was filmed by Roger Patterson, and Bob Gimlin along a logging road in northern California. It was said that the film was taken on October 20, 1967, but some critics believe it was shot earlier. Gimlin mostly avoided publicly discussing the subject from at least the early 1970s until about 2005 (except for three appearances), when he began giving interviews and appearing at Bigfoot conferences.

 

The film Shows him a very dark creature. But I thought a little artistic license would work as I would create a sort of  OSL (Object-source lighting). Tru OSL is when the lighted object is part of the sculpture, but in this case I decided to use a setting sun of the the side of the beast. 

It was just a case of basic layer painting, some highlights and then adding detail around the deeply sunken eyes. The flat back of the bust and base gave me an idea for something different (for me).

 Using various shadows of browns from almost black thru a reddish cork color I added the highlights and shadows according to how I added the primer.  Also looking up gorilla eyes, I got an idea of what I wanted this guy's eyes to look like. 

 

For the base I decided to call out my inner Bob Ross. As a teenager my parents had gotten me one of his paint sets, and I used it quite a bit, but that was 40 years ago! But I gave it a shot and came up with this woodland scene. The Bigfoot, rocks and downed trees were done in bas relief on the base.  I don't think it's all that terrible. Thanks for looking. 

Sasquatch

When I restarted, of course I had to start up a few kits to keep my time occupied. Another kit was Troy McDevitt's Sasquatch. It is a two piece, 1:4 scale bust (the figure, the base)  in white resin. There was only the faintest of seam lines seen across the top of the head, and only one little bubble. Clean up took minutes and then it was a coat of gray primer. 

Vs tan primer was the basis for the skin tone on his face. From there I used Vs Black brown, and then 2 successive highlights of lighter brown. Around the face I gave give more high lights of a darkened tan primer, then gave him some mature dignity ;) with some Ivory hairs. That was a little too light and Citadel's Agrax Earthshade darkened it just enough. The face was highlighted with Vs Beige Red and a little added Ivory for the 2nd highlight.

 The base was also primed gray. From there I added more Agrax to brown the tree just a little and tie it to Sasquatch. The vines were done in Red Leather, and the foliage was plain ol' green.  I then added some Vs Light Slime to weather up the tree and a little more tan on one of the dead limbs to tie it to the bust.

Going back with another tie in, his eyes were also painted green. With that the bust got a matte coat and the base got a satin one. and I was done. Thanks for looking. 

 

Harry Finale

The major step this session was painting in the eyes. A web check of the eye color of Kevin Peter Hall turned up nothing. Most of the images show him with green eyes so that's where I went.  When dry, onto the tree he went. Merry Christmas and thanks for looking everyone.

Harry Christmas

It was only a few days after my latest "New" post, that the Harry from Harry & the Henderson Christmas ornament showed up. Produced by my friends at Gillman Productions, it's an excellent bubble free piece. 

After priming black, I started the base coating - 

Here's where I always try something - which doesn't work - and then have to backtrack. I tried a highlight to the skin that ended up being too yellow. Looking at screen grabs of Harry, he has quite a rosy complexion.
The I added a highlight to the brown fur that IMHO was too red. Time to start again.
I also wanted to start coloring in the eyes and teeth. I wanted to use V's White Gray, but being very thin, I added Iraqi Sand first.

Finally to end Part 1, I added the gray fur to age him up a little bit. 
Thanks for looking. 

 

Bigfoot: A Weekend Bust

I had gotten behind on things, and the most recent post of the busts really happened a the end of last week. 
So over the weekend I started working on the Bigfoot Bust by John Dennett. It got it's soapy wash and then a looks see about any mould lines. There was one very well hidden along the back of his head and a little on his shoulders. But I figure since I saw it others might (if I take it to a show).  So I got out my sanding pads, my xacto knife, and MicroMark's Scriber.  This little tool is fantastic for digging out the little mold lines that I can see between the tufts of hair. 

A Few New Busts

Lurking around I came across a few smaller sized busts - perfect for a weekend paint up.
The first was from Cadwallon Miniatures. She's named Little Miss Smily (sic). The bust is a little under 3 inches tall as there is no plinth, so you have to get your own. She comes in 5 pieces - the bust itself and then 4 parts that make up her hair. 

Here she is, obviously without any hair just yet. The hair in spots sits a little proud of the skin. So I wanted to get the skin painted and then add on the hair.