I decided to model my female sculpture inspired by the Alien movies in Maya. At first I just wanted to make a simple low poly model that I would take into Zbrush and sculpt all of the details there, but I just kept going and going in Maya because I wanted to practice my edge loops; I wanted to end up with something that I can animate later. It's still not done, and I still want to add more detail in Zbrush and possibly tweak the face a bit even though it'll have a helmet in the end. So far I'm pretty happy on how it's coming out.

I dusted off my airbrush and brushes and got to finish my sculpture. I need to learn how to take photos, that or my cameras suck cause my phone was the only thing that came close to taking pictures that blended the colors more naturally.

I Decided to mold and cast my sculpture. I was a bit nervous because it was my first time making a mold and since this piece has big undercuts, I was worried that I will screw up my hard work. I did some research and went with silicone mold, and rebound 25 seemed to be a good all around silicone mold material, and I was happy with the results. I bought the starter kit at Blicks but I found out that during the process of my mold making that just one kit wasn't enough for my 12 inch sculpture, I needed 2 kits and I should have probably bought another 2 lbs of the silicone mold. So I ended up using 4 lbs of silicone, but I should have probably used 6lbs. Even though I felt like I should have used more product, I'm happy with the end result. I plan to do another cast to try and see if i can fix any imperfections I felt i got with the first cast, but that was mostly my fault with my slush technique and demolding.

Making a bust of one of my sketches, here's some progress and evolution of the piece. Now starting the small skin details and refining, it's all a learning process.

Painted it

Accidentally painted it this grey metallic color thinking that it was more grey primer, but I like it. I might just leave it the way it is, now I just need to put it on a better stand.

Made a few more adjustments

Made a few more adjustments. Fixed the hands a bit, and added visual sensors to her helmet.

Put some primer on it

Looks better with primer. Anyways, I baked it and it developed some cracks. I'm kind of disappointed cause I knew that it was going to develop some cracks, and I could have probably avoided it...but, I also learned how to fix them so it's not a total loss. I still want to touch up the cracks a bit though. If I really want to hide the cracks even further, I might want to paint it a dark color when I get around to it.

A little more info on my concept sculpture. This sculpture was inspired by the alien movies, Giger, and the Prometheus film. I didn't start with a sketch, I kind of just went with the flow and changed things as the sculpture progressed. I kept seeing different designs and concepts as the piece evolved, it was an interesting way to keep me focused and inspired throughout the process. If I had finished this piece earlier, it probably would have looked different, but I'm glad that there were things that kept me away from the sculpture cause that helped me to continually look at it with fresh eyes.

So what is it? Well, like I said before, it was inspired by the Alien movies so I would like to think of it as a type of space suit that is resistant to the Aliens acidic blood and would also help the wearer fight in a more even field against them. It can also help the wearer see like them and infiltrate the Aliens almost unnoticed. Or, maybe she's a more evolved alien female? I like my design, and I hope to create more of her in the future.