As I have been a fan
of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies for a long time, as well as dabbling in
special effects makeup,
I thought I would share this nice kit from Screamin with everyone in celebration
of our favorite holiday.
This figure is
in 1/8th scale and is constructed out of PVC.
1. The vinyl is hard and difficult to trim as well as being too soft in some
parts to sand and reshape, Miliput is my friend here.
2. The hat is not shaped right to allow it to sit on Freddy's head without
looking like a cartoon.
3. No detailed shoelaces on the work shoes. it has basic lacing details on it,
but you will need to add the bows, I made mine out of thin solder. Also I filled
the shoes with Miliput to give them some strength
4. The shoulder seams needed extensive work as it looked like Freddy was wearing
a sweater vest, Miliput here to make the sleeves blend into the body. I made a
stamp from a small piece of 2 part RTV Putty to use to blend and give texture to
the putty as it was being worked.
5. The Sweater and arms were primed using Flat White primer before I assembled
it fully.
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6. The pants were a
perfect shade of brown out of the box and just needed a coating of clear flat to
allow me to weather and shade them to look right.
7. The face and hands were detailed as follows.. Flesh was painted using
various Citadel Colours, and after each layer was completed a coat of flat clear
was sprayed over to set the colors.
The colors used were 3 shades of flesh, red as well as black
and white with a little yellow and blue to break up the monochrome look in some
areas, got to get the burned flesh and the deep wounds to look right.
Eyes were painted with a little white with a drop of flesh to
make them look more realistic, Light blue and dark blue went into the eyes to
allow them to look more realistic, as was a little highlighting and the black of
the pupil.
Teeth were painted first with Bone then light dry brushing of
yellow and white with a thin wash of flesh wash to make them look old and
stained.
The glove was painted with brown leather, allowed to dry
completely then coated again with flat spray, before the copper and the knives
were painted.
After all this was
complete I looked for a base to display the figure on, Had a great idea to do it
with a boiler but ran out of time before a model show to complete the kit and
base
SO I found a square of plastic that was the base of a Butane Lighter display
from a C-Store I used to manage many years ago.
This plastic needed a heavy coating of grey primer ( actually 3 coats of heavy
grey sanding primer) to make it look like concrete. then about a week of dry
brushing shading and overall work to make it look like a concrete slab.
After this had dried I took the kit and mocked up where freddy would be on the
base.
Drilled a few holes inserted some aluminum tubes and miliputed them into place
on the base and inserted them into corresponding holes in the bottom of Freddy's
shoes.
With that in place I figured the only things missing were copious amounts of
good old Hemoglobin,
So breaking out my
effects kit I took out some of my scab and wound goo, took some thick tissue
paper and mixed up some entrails, as well as a few spots of dripping goo for the
floor,
All in all this kit
was a blast to build, gave me an excuse to pull out my Make up skills and go out
and buy a copy of the movies again on DVD. The build took about 10 hours,
and the painting took 2 weeks...
Interestingly enough
I entered this at my local Hobby Town USA, and did not get anything but a lot of
wow's from everyone, as I was the only person with a figure kit I kinda felt
gypped.
This year I entered this with a model of a Guyver I built while I was in Korea
back in 1991 and the Guyver got 1'st place in the Figure category... Oh well
Now this figure
graces my nieces bedroom in Kansas.
William
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