Sculpting Eldritch Horrors

In this video I look at sculpting up some Lovecraftian monster busts
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[@lauraschlieselhuber8487]

Ah yes, nothing like horror beyond my comprehension to watch while drinking my morning coffee.

[@thedarkpower]

Haha, yep it’s a good combo 🤣

[@chriskuhn7140]

Three things that shall not be named. Howard would be proud! They remind me of the art of Jim Pavelec. Truly ghastly indeed.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks very much. I like that as a title for the series actually! 😁

[@krzysztofmathews738]

Very much appreciate your craftsmanship here. You have excellent control of your tools and media.

[@thedarkpower]

Thank you very much! Very kind 😁

[@kurogiza]

Excellent work! I like that last one very much, very organic and dynamic.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks very much Chris 😁

[@lukemockeridge7899]

Stunning!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks dude! 😁

[@Micky-74-v6f]

Absolutely gorgeous pieces! Great tips too and a lucky find with the soldering station! Love them guts and shoulders! (Never thought I'd say that in a sentence!) 😂

[@thedarkpower]

Cheers dude, haha yeah this bunch are an odd mix. Remember they all came from a turkey…. 🤣

[@Micky-74-v6f]

@@thedarkpower you should call them Erdogans ? Lol

[@thedarkpower]

@@Micky-74-v6f 🤣

[@philippb.3065]

absolutly love the designs! lots of skin details for washes to grab onto :D

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks. Yep I’m looking forward to painting these once I have them moulded and cast.

[@RecklessModelling]

Great idea with the soldering iron. I'll be keeping an eye on your etsy!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! Yeah I’ll be stocking it up as soon as I can.

[@petjapustisek6735]

amazing as always my dude!

[@thedarkpower]

Cheers sir, hope you’re well! 😁

[@petjapustisek6735]

@@thedarkpower no problem! I am alright my self, a little bit slow on the sculpture side but I still do it when I have free time :)

[@jakehendrix181]

Amazing work as always sir. You may want to be careful about using aluminum foil on that wax burner. When heated, that stuff can put off some nasty fumes.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! Ah, good tip thanks. I’ll have to find an alternative.

[@justonsvoid]

You got a lot of GUTS coming in here….

[@thedarkpower]

🤣🤣cheers!

[@rangerofmirkwood746]

I loved the video! Such cool monsters! Been listening to a lot of hp Lovecraft and reading a collection of Lovecraft! This is so cool! Would love to see more videos like this in future! Very inspiring

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks very much! I do have some more Cthulhu-esque ideas, so watch this space 😁🐙

[@paulbrown3975]

Love it, I play call of Cthulhu rpg , I love sculpting mainly in sculpey but I do have monster clay and nsp chavent but yet to use them. Keep up the Cthulhu sculpting very inspiring

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks very much. I like sculpey and chavant but monster clay has taken over as my favourite I think.

[@hman2912]

Love it dude

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! 😁

[@MrBenLanserius]

Would you say that it's harder to get extreme detail into Super Sculpey rather than monster clay? I'm finding it hard to get the sculpey to do what I want it to do but it looks so effortless for you!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks. No I wouldn’t necessarily. Obviously I’m using heat techniques here to create detail and that won’t work for super sculpey. But I’ve never really had a problem adding detail to sculpey with tools and stamps or smoothing it with white spirit and a paint brush, for example. This is quite an old video, but I use super sculpey here, might be useful kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6uuq4Z7lNmXr68si=olSo10zboKUjL2Ay Also this guys channel on instagram is worth a look. He does amazing stuff with what looks like grey sculpey instagram.com/cnotbusch?igsh=MThveGowczFtMmx0NA==

[@ymishaus2266]

Me like rock on stick idea Rock on stick good.

[@thedarkpower]

Rock stick good for texture 😁

[@sparkstron73]

All seems a bit fishy to me😂 Cool sculptures and great vid explaining your techniques.

[@thedarkpower]

Haha, cheers dude 😁

[@celticarchie]

I wonder if they are called Nightmare, Psychosis and Trauma and are in a Hell Metall band together?! :D

[@thedarkpower]

Haha, they should be 🤣

[@paulbrown3975]

Hi again, can I ask are you a self taught sculptor ?

[@thedarkpower]

Hi. Partially. I did special effects at uni which involved several units on sculpture. I've also done a few sculpture courses here and there. I'm largely self taught though.

[@barrycarter9289]

HIDEOUS

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks :)