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Running the Silicone Appliances for the Witch Character
Neill Gorton
Running the Silicone Appliances for the Witch CharacterThe process of preparing the moulds for casting out the prosthetic appliance in silicone gel with a cap plastic encapsulate. Steps include: cleaning the moulds, application of release agents, spraying the cap plastics, pouring the silicone and closing the moulds and, once cured, how to properly de-mould the appliances.
Sculpting a Basic Flat Mould Appliance
Neill Gorton
Sculpting a Basic Flat Mould ApplianceSculpting a simple wound appliance in plastiline: a great introduction to silicone prosthetics and easily reproduced with only the most basic materials and equipment.
Sculpting a Half Mask in Pottery Clay
Neill Gorton
Sculpting a Half Mask in Pottery ClayHow to develop a fantasy character using inexpensive, readily available pottery clay. This sculpture could be used to create both a display bust and a latex half mask.
Sculpting Bigfoot in WED Clay for an Animatronic Mask
Neill Gorton
Sculpting Bigfoot in WED Clay for an Animatronic MaskCreating a sculpture of a Bigfoot character head in WED clay. This sculpture is modelled on top of a head cast and designed to have a performer's own eyes incorporated into the mask design.
Sculpting Homo Habilis
Neill Gorton
Sculpting Homo HabilisSculpting Homo Habilis in WED clay. Homo Habilis was an archaic human who lived around 2 million years ago. This character display bust sculpture was based loosely on images from natural history reconstructions and fossil skulls and a little bit of artistic license.
Sculpting the Penguin
Neill Gorton
Sculpting the PenguinSculpting a one piece character prosthetic using Chavant NSP medium plastiline. The complete process from start to finish: blocking out, refining and detailing including creating skin textures.
Sculpting the Witch Character Prosthetic
Neill Gorton
Sculpting the Witch Character ProstheticFrom clay to character. Step by step process of sculpting a prosthetic character Witch makeup on a life cast. The sculpture is done in plastiline and we follow the process of blocking out the forms and working the surfaces to develop our character’s features. The sculpture is taken to the point where all the forms and some of the detail are finalised.
