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 Post subject: CCX The Spectre's 2 Week Challenge "Giant Leech"
PostPosted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 10:40 pm 
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A few weeks back, I found an awesome fish tank decoration by BioBubbe Origins called the "Giant Leech". It looks like this:

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The one I found at the pet store was missing the tiny silicone tentacles that go around the "neck" so I got it at a discount. There were also a pair of holes drilled straight through the polystone pieces where a length of twine was used to keep the two heavy pieces together on the shelf and where the retail tags were attached. These would need filling.

I wanted to fill the gap between the base and neck with tentacles like in the picture but wanted longer, more dynamic looking ones than the little tiny production ones.

This afternoon, I found a pair of vinyl jellyfish I had gotten in a bag of sea life miniatures at one of our local dollar stores a few years back and removed the long central portions from beneath the bells and then trimmed out the center of the bells to accommodate the thick polystone plug that attaches the neck to the base. I glued one bell to the base and the other to the bottom of the neck piece then joined the 2 pieces together permanently with super glue resulting in this:

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A few hours later, when I was sure that the newly applied jellyfish parts were successfully adhered to the polystone pieces, I set about filling the holes drilled through the original parts. I pulled out my favorite air hardening clay, which I have used many times over the years for various projects. I rolled 2 very small rods of clay and inserted them into the holes. After plugging the holes, I used a very tiny flat head precision screwdriver to press some small lines in the clay on the underside of the neck to match the wrinkles and folds in the original sculpt. For the end of the hole near the mouth, I manipulated the clay with my fingertip to follow the contour of the folds surrounding the Leech's beak. For the hole in the base (only 1 side of which needed detailing as the other side is underneath the creature and unseen) I manipulated the clay to follow the contour of the mucus-like cocoon enshrouding the Leech's bulbous body. This is the result:

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Now I will leave it alone overnight for the clay to fully cure. Hopefully I will be able to begin painting this beast tomorrow.

The colors I have in mind are:

A sickly gray for the Leech's skin, starting with a black base followed with 4 levels of drybrushing with successively lighter shades of gray.

Tan with bone drybrushing for the beak and large teeth surrounding it.

A really nasty yellowish green for the mucus-like cocoon

The newly added tentacles will remain as is since I like the transparency and the blue-ish overspray suggests bioluminescence.

Pics will be added as this project progresses.

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 Post subject: Re: CCX The Spectre's 2 Week Challenge "Giant Leech"
PostPosted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 11:24 pm 
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8-O

Can't wait to see this thing painted. The jelly fish add ons look amazing!

Crazy some company out there is making aquarium ornaments like this!

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 Post subject: Re: CCX The Spectre's 2 Week Challenge "Giant Leech"
PostPosted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 11:31 pm 

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Can't imagine the market for this. It's gross, yet amazing for what you are creating. Nice.


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 Post subject: Re: CCX The Spectre's 2 Week Challenge "Giant Leech"
PostPosted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 11:36 pm 
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feed me Seymour :)

I love it !

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 Post subject: Re: CCX The Spectre's 2 Week Challenge "Giant Leech"
PostPosted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 11:58 pm 
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Squashfest wrote:
Can't imagine the market for this. It's gross, yet amazing for what you are creating. Nice.



The line it comes from is called "Creepy Creatures" and also features a giant scorpion, a log covered in Madagascar hissing cockroaches and at least one other design. I guess the market is guys (or gals) that like creepy stuff for their fish tanks or reptile tanks.

I am having a blast reworking this thing. I knew it would work great for my Universe the moment I saw it :)

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 Post subject: Re: CCX The Spectre's 2 Week Challenge "Giant Leech"
PostPosted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 3:09 pm 
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I just finished laying down the black base coat on the Giant Leech. It needs to dry for a few hours before the drybrushing can begin.

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 Post subject: Re: CCX The Spectre's 2 Week Challenge "Giant Leech"
PostPosted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 3:23 pm 
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I'm seriously excited about this. Your stuff has had a huge influence on me incorporating the supernatural into my customs, and I can't wait to see how this one turns out!

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 Post subject: Re: CCX The Spectre's 2 Week Challenge "Giant Leech"
PostPosted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 3:24 pm 
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Cool.

Kinda get a Dune worm feel from this.

Am looking forward to rest of this....


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 Post subject: Re: CCX The Spectre's 2 Week Challenge "Giant Leech"
PostPosted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 4:08 pm 
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So wonderfully gross.

My son's been watching a lot of the new-ish TMNT toon and I could see something like this popping out of ooze infused sludge pretty easily.


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 Post subject: Re: CCX The Spectre's 2 Week Challenge "Giant Leech"
PostPosted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 4:42 pm 
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Yeah, this is pukingly good and it's on My List. I need to see Hellboy hacking away at it with a sword to move it up to #1.

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 Post subject: Re: CCX The Spectre's 2 Week Challenge "Giant Leech"
PostPosted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 9:33 pm 
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Giant Leech skin drybrushing is done!

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Tomorrow, the drybrushing on the mucus cocoon begins.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 12:38 pm 
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Man this thing is awesome. Really love seeing new stuff by you and seeing the process makes it even more awesome.


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 3:14 pm 
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Geekgasm on overflow. I absolutely friggin' LOVE the direction you took with this. The tentacles... the black basing... the drybrushing...all of it.

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 Post subject: Re: CCX The Spectre's 2 Week Challenge "Giant Leech"
PostPosted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 11:57 pm 
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Finished painting the mucus cocoon tonight!

I sealed it with Testors Glosscote for a nice, slimy finish.

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Next up will be the drybrushing of the cranial teeth and the beak which will finish off this beast!

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 12:36 am 
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loving this !

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