Thread: Frankenstein Prop help

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I just want to share my progress on my current prop.
I am not happy with the head, if you have any suggestions on how to make it better I would appreciate it. I used foam to carve the head, feet and hands. The feet and hands I like. And I liked the head, until I painted it. (it looked better in gray primer.) I dont want to carve a new head. I don't know. What do you think?












I think my biggest problem is the color. I tried a brighter green, but that looked too much like the wicked witch of the east. This is really the 1st prop I ever had to paint skin and/or hair.

Please let me know what you really think. I am an adult. I can take it.

I think he looks freaking awesome. His expression is great and it's carried across in his body language. Very stylized! I think the colour *might* look a little bit light but that's pretty subjective.

The one thing I would worry about is lighting. If you are planning on sticking him outside with lighting on him, that could change everything. A green light might help get the right colour. BUT if your lighting him from below, (instead of from above like in your photo) it could really change the way his face looks - maybe in unexpected ways. He's really sculpted by the light, so I think it's something I would test and consider.

I have a few shots of lighting from below, but my camera made them look grainy.




It still does not look right to me. The skin looks too fake. Anyway to make it look better without an airbrush? (I don't have on and I don't know how to use one if I did.)
Thanks.

You did a great job! You should feel proud of that! AWESOME!!!!

He does look greener in that light.

He needs bigger bolts and maybe some shading in the creases & skin folds. Just get a color that's one shade darker than the skin color, water it down so it's almost liquid to use as wash, & paint it into the forehead creases, down the side of the nose, under & around the eyes, etc. Or you could wash the whole head with the color, wipe the bulk of it off & it'll stick to the right parts.

Shading really does give depth to any piece.

But overall, he's pretty awesome!

Ah. See that first lighting shot is what I was a little concerned about - his face really flattens out and you sort of lose the brow and the sunken eyes. The second one looks great.

I *think* the approach would be to use a thinner paint in different colors and apply it in layers to build up some depth. But I could be way off base.

edit: RCIAG makes a lot of sense.

You did an amazing job on him and love his shoes! I agree with RCIAG abot some shading in the creases and wrinkles. Also I think his jaw is to blocky if you can shave it more on the sides and I think the overhang of the forehead can be shaven so it does not stick out as far. All and all it is a great sculpt and don't think you have to start over.....just a tweak here and there. You have captured his expression spot on!!!

He looks great!! I think over the years WE have made him look more GREEN. I have always thought that more of a grey/green color looks more like rotting flesh. I am also doing a Frankenstein's monster and I will go more on the grey side. I like the ideas from above with lighting and definitely accent paint. Try different lighting like they said above and then figure out where the shadowing will work.

Yeah, what 4mygirls said! We have a frankenstien that we've built out of a mask and some old clothes that looks nowhere near as awesome as yours (you've inspired me to take another look at his body and figure out how we can get a little emotion out of his stance.)

BUT, we think our mask is awesome (partly because we got it crazy cheap on clearance), and I thought I'd post a really bad photo of it to:
a) show you your base colour is almost exactly what they had
b) inspire you a bit about using accent colours to add some depth

You can see that they've add some dark under the eyes (which is really logical when you think about it.) and in the cheeks to enhance the shallowness of them.) I think the yellow eyes are an interesting choice, but that might kill the mood you've set with your sculpt.

I honestly wouldn't touch the sculpt at all - maybe bigger bolts - it might cheer him up! - but I think the style of it and the expression are sooo perfect. This is just to help you out (and reassure you) about the colour.



Great job! Can't wait to see what you do next!

wow, he turned out fantastic! what a fantastic job, what did you carve him out of? I agree, maybe a bit of shading added to him, that is all he needs, his body and stance is great also, you should be proud of him!!!!!