The eye of this sculpture is made from 'green stuff' modelling putty, usually used to create wargames miniatures Horror Art Prints HPLHS - The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society
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The Wings of Cthulhu
Today I did more sculpting on the wings of my Cthulhu sculpture. I need to make the wings symmetrical. I also need to make sure the clay is fully blended together so that they don't fall apart. Horror Art Prints HPLHS - The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society
Orrery
I continued making my Lovecraftian orrery. I applied more acrylic paint to the orbs. I also think I will do more greenstuff sculpting, particularly on the middle orb. I will put two or three more eyes on the sides. Other wise it will only have one eye, facing in one...
Exoskeleton
I am experimenting with putting an exoskeleton on this figure of Cthulhu I have sculpted the joins between the limbs to look more like armor. I have also put the detail of the spikes onto the exoskeleton. Horror Art Prints HPLHS - The H.P. Lovecraft Historical...
The Details of Cthulhu
I have been working more to come up with a unique look for the head. I am really just experimenting with small bits of clay and different tools. I think I might simply leave the eyes as sockets rather than putting eyeballs in them. However, having an eye watching the...
Sculpting the feelers
Cthulhu is described by Lovecraft has having a beard of tentacles or feelers. I carved the lines onto the feelers using a metal sculpting tool. I will use the technique of partially smoothing over the lines. It really needs to be shown in a photograph, but it has the...
Wing spikes; I am still not using reference photos – memory only.
I started adding claws to the edges of the wings. I will add several to each wing rather than just one. This is one way I hope the sculpture will be original. I want the wings to be more than just a bat wing. It isn't visible here but something else I have started...
Making the wings more realistic
This is the wing of my Cthulhu sculpture. Up until now the edge, meaning the skin of the flaps had been too straight. I pushed it inwards to achieve that curvature that you get on bat like wings of this kind. This also means building up the folds of the wings to make...
Will I be able to get the wings out of the mold?
Applying the wings will be the hardest part of making this sculpture. I will mold this sculpture in silicone. It will be very difficult to extract the clay from the wing areas of the mold. That is why I am using silicone. It will mean the mold has a lot of...
The wings of a god
This is going to be the most difficult stage of this sculpture: applying the wings.