| Here we are, almost in
October and (believe it or not) I
started |
| working on this kit, back in
March. |
| |
| At the time, I was really
bummed out over the death of my |
| Uncle who introduced me to
the hobby of building Monster |
| Models. |
| I was (in fact) so bummed out
that I was actually considering |
| giving up this hobby. |
| |
| Well, my Buddy Ringo
wasn't having any of this
nonsense of |
| me quitting. |
| He mailed me a box filled
with model kits. |
| One of the kits in this box
was the Creature. |
| He knew exactly what he was
doing, there was no way that I |
| could give up modeling with
this beautiful kit in my house. |
| For this, I want to publicly
thank him. |
| Thanks, Man! |
| |
| Because this figure had no
base, I built one. |
| A kit that looks this good,
deserves a base. |
| Rather than bore you all to
tears, I'll just give a quick |
| run-down as to how this was
done... |
| |
| I started with the basic
piece of wood that I picked up at
a |
| "Michael's" craft
store. |
| I formed the landscape with
aluminum foil. |
| I then rolled out thin pieces
of Magic Sculp and covered the |
| foil. |
| After it hardened, I gave it
a quick coat of paint. |
| Next, I took a trip to
the beach. |
| While at the beach, I
collected sand, shells and rocks. |
| I glued the sand to the base
and sealed it. |
| I then placed the shell and
rocks in the desired areas and |
| glued them. |
| For the water effect, I
purposely made the base floor
curve |
| inward like a bowl but not as
drastic. |
| Then, I just poured gloss
varnish into the hollowed area
and |
| it created a small pool. |
| This water is the main reason
that it took so long for this kit
|
| to be finished. |
| The varnish pours out white
and it takes a LONG time |
| before it turns clear. |
| |
| However, I liked the effect
so much, I also used it on my |
| newest Wolfman kit. |
