Sculpting a KAPPA - the Japanese water demon with 3 BUTT HOLES.

Hold onto your butts. Literally! Today we’re building a Japanese water Yokai (a catchall Japanese word for ghosts, demons and monsters) called a Kappa. These horrendous little creatures have three butt holes and are after something hidden in yours! Watch as I bring this savage little thing to life in clay and, crucially, tell you everything you need to know to defeat it!
Share your thoughts in the comments on any creepy ass creatures you want me to make. Your suggestion might just be the star of my next creation.
Stay wicked. Baz. 🫀
Instagram, check me out: 🐗 / something_wkd
Patreon, these wizards keep me sculpting: 🫀 / somethingwkd
My store, buy yourself some cool shiz: 💀 somethingwkd.com
Special thanks to Oscar Madsen for letting me use some of his incredible music, check his channel / @audaciouscues7219
Images used in the video:
Konjaku zoku hyakki (Night Procession of One Hundred Demons), by Toriyama Sekien (鳥山石燕), 1776
"Illustrated Sino-Japanese Encyclopedia” by Terajima Ryōan (寺島良安), 1712
Bakemono no e "Illustrations of Supernatural Creatures", artist unknown, 1700
Suiko juni-hin no zu “Illustrated Guide to 12 Types of Kappa”, by Sakamoto Kosetsu, 1850
Yuri Wakano Itaka, by Katsushika Hokusai
Ehon Kōmyō Futaba Gusa Gekan, by Tsukioka Settei, 1759
Beauty Being Ravished by Kappa, by Utamaro Kitagawa
A Way to Catch a Kappa, by Katsushika Hokusai
Anoyo Yōkai Onmyoji, artist unknown
Kappa holding Shirikodama, by Jippensha Ikku (十返舎一九), 1797
Keyamura Rokusuke struggling with three kappa, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳), mid 1800’s
Farting at a Kappa, by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1881
Shirafuji Genda, from The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan, by Utagawa Kunisada, 1845
St Bartholomew by Carlo Crivelli, 1473
If you are into sculpting and want to support me, here is a selection of affiliate links for the stuff I use to create my sculptures:
RESIN
Vacuum chamber and pump: amzn.to/45qtKMV
Resin: amzn.to/45vhevn
SCULPTING
Cosclay: amzn.to/3Mu8WMh
Super Sculpey: amzn.to/3FMi5fn
PAINTING
Army Painter Mega Paint Set: amzn.to/3VqCOg1
Awesome Brush Set: amzn.to/4clQAaH
Timbertech Airbrush Kit amzn.to/3slbJ3y
Vallejo Airbrush Cleaner amzn.to/3MqcdMk
Vallejo Airbrush Thinner amzn.to/46WAH8o
OTHER
Fabri Tac amzn.to/4be2SRE
Clay Extruder amzn.to/45Zl5Q0
Miniature Drill amzn.to/47bUEbz
Green Stuff Epoxy Putty amzn.to/3MuuXdE
Sculpey Clay Adhesive amzn.to/40n4ZhX
Vallejo Liquid Mask amzn.to/46WL7Vk

[@tiapugthetemyjummy8648]

WHY DO ALL OF YOUR CREATIONS INVOLVE WEIRD BUTTHOLES???

[@AENock]

It's merely a reflection of humanity lol.

[@redwitch12]

It's becoming a signature of the channel, which I'm 100% fine with, 'cause butts are funny. I enjoy the dissonance that comes with thinking of people centuries ago as being very respectable, scholarly, and dignified...but then realizing that, in fact, they clearly ALSO thought butts were funny, what with all the illustrations and descriptions that sneak in mention of that anatomical feature :D

[@Sheepdog1314]

it's a japanese thing. I have a book of prints, all show a version of "people farting". It's quite low-brow and made to amuse commoners

[@dinlupus3196]

@@AENock The dark reflection of humanity LMAO

[@SleepySloth2705]

Mythical accuracy

[@Sodapop.fizz.Official]

I love how you go through the backstory as well as your process in an informational and humorous manner. It gives a nice, polished look while also being entertaining. Can't wait to see what you have instore next.

[@SomethingWkd]

Thanks so much! I love doing the research and learning more about these hobble little things! Did you see the teaser at the end of the video? 😉🙏🏻🫀

[@taylorp9060]

I love how you love that

[@damienelam9390]

Humanity is so funny because we just couldn’t get enough of our normal animals we had to make up little freaks like this guy

[@BillMakingStuff]

this sculpt is awesome

[@SomethingWkd]

Thanks so much Bill! 🫀

[@zackman9230]

Genuinely curious to see how you'd do H.G. Wells' Martians and their fighting machines

[@redgunnit]

Keeping with books, I'd love to see his rendition of The Cowardly Lion and The Tin Man from the original illustrated version of The Wizard of Oz.

[@jurtheorc8117]

Or creatures from Zeno Clash and Oddworld. A physical figure of Pseudo or Gemini from the ZC prequel Clash: Artifacts of Chaos would be very interesting.

[@otyugsdisplacerbeasts7943]

YESSSSS

[@FuguFae]

Me, just the other week: Judging by previous patterns, a Something Wicked video could pop up sometime soon. 🤔 Barry, emerging from the Lore Crypt: I come bearing a three-buttholed beast Me: HELL YEAH!!!!

[@SomethingWkd]

I come bearing butt holes! 😂🫀

[@amandaoskarsson4903]

Could you make baba yaga?

[@thecandlemaker1329]

Baba Yaga is overrated. There are dozens of weird and cool creatures in Slavic mythology that don't get any love.

[@crimsoncapricorn188]

Wouldn't have been a Something Wicked sculpture if it didn't have some sort of weird nether regions

[@SomethingWkd]

It does seem to be a reoccurring theme doesn't it! 😂🫀

[@crimsoncapricorn188]

@@SomethingWkd I feel like it adds a special uniqueness to your sculptures compared to others :)

[@SomethingWkd]

😂🙏🏻🫀

[@FieryRed_BE]

I love this channel, i really do! Could you do a wyvern next?

[@GenerousFemBoi]

Ya a wyvern would be cool

[@toaster_melone7458]

Damn i am here early, so stoked for the making of this gnarly creature!

[@SomethingWkd]

🫀

[@MsFerretQueen]

This turned out awesome!! And FabriTac is so good for tons of things! Also the beak reminds me of the Skekses from 'the dark crystal'.. and the shell reminds me of Bowser's shell..

[@Lord_Freg]

Best monster sculpturer on KZbin. Your attention to detail and armature making is probably the best ive seen so far. Thank you for taking your time and making everything look amazing.

[@SomethingWkd]

Thanks so much! 🙏🏻🫀

[@coralm2717]

He's terrifying and I love him!!! His base turned out so well!

[@SomethingWkd]

Thanks so much Coral! 🫀

[@Jambguus]

No matter what folklore, religion, mythos, whatever, you never cease to make something amazing. Keep it up ma

[@SomethingWkd]

Thanks so much! 🙏🏻🫀

[@lilpixie25]

The sculpture is beautiful, I love it, but those scutes? WOW! Amazing! You’re amazing, and so inspiring, thank you for sharing your talent!

[@SomethingWkd]

Thank you so much! 🫀

[@benwyness148]

Why do these creatures sound like ancient shitposts?

[@mechwarrior-oz7pn]

Please do more of these sculptures.

[@mickybetts7957]

I was literally talking about your videos today to my mate saying I wish you had more, and now you bring this out! There's a great disturbance in the force! .. I had recently seen an AI heavy metal video with medieval monsters in it and that's why I bought your channel up. Great sculpt!

[@SomethingWkd]

That's awesome, thanks so much for talking about and sharing the channel, really appreciated. 🙏🏻🫀

[@lostitem]

So glad to see another episode!!! Kappas are very fun I love their depictions in media :) Glad to see you sculpt such a neat yokai!

[@ravenseeker8267]

Awesome stuff man, gotta learn how to sculpt myself.

[@CrowSkeleton]

Ingenious use of ModPodge! Now make him a kasa-obake friend...

[@SomethingWkd]

Good call, or a Shirimi or Nuribotoke! So many to choose from! 😅🫀

[@JaneBuxton-m7h]

Your videos are always the highlights of my day. Keep up the amazing work. Can you please sculpt a midevil cat.

[@Cyriakx]

It's always a pleasure finding one of your videos has dropped!

[@yago.granada]

Your art is brutal, love it

[@rendonor5070]

This looks amazing. The shell turned out so well! Love your builds!

[@hal9713]

what an excellent creature! this kappa gives me very henson studio vibes.

[@glitch1481]

So excited for another video of yours! Your content has been amazing :3

[@Molech996]

I hate how underrated you are!!!Don’t get me wrong,I adore north of the border,but you actually sculpt stuff that I’m actually interested in.

[@даниилпрохоров-о4е]

finally new masterpiese from you !

[@fadetojay]

I'm just glad you used a vacuum chamber for your resin. I see so many talented markets. rushing to use resin without it. your a talented egg! keep it up

[@jonathandamattamoreira6324]

Amazing video as always! Love your scuptures of the classical depiction of the art of places of old!

[@BPCustomCreations]

Really great!

[@Lakefront_Khan]

He back.

[@chaos_aren]

DAMN this is so cool!

[@casey040500]

Love your work! Love the amount of research and detail you put into these

[@lofiworkshop]

This turned out so beautifully. Well done. I love the atmosphere of the video as well. Really relaxed.

[@Iskelderon]

Awesome work! Mythological monsters around the world are always such a great source of inspiration.

[@jurtheorc8117]

This channel, the skills, the techniques and the procedures keep astounding me. It's beautiful and ugly and awesome.

[@SomethingWkd]

Aren't we all? 😅🫀🙏🏻

[@ForTheLoveofHistorypod]

OH MY GOSH!! This is my FAVORITE Yokai of them all!

[@phreakli]

This little guy has the ultimative bowl cut 😅

[@megancherbles]

Dude, you are crazy talented!! I've never seen anyone like you! Your work is so unique and detailed!! Love the videos, keep going!!

[@CthulhuRose]

Amazing work as always! :D Your final final result is always worth the wait for such excellent craftmanship! :D

[@liruichen]

This is some remarkably fine work, subscribed!

[@vistick]

OH YEAH BABY WEIRD CREATURE WITH LORE TIME

[@Mecha_phant0m]

Always a pleasure to see your work pop up!

[@SAOS451316]

Thank you for having proper subtitles. It's appreciated.

[@SomethingWkd]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching! 🫀

[@_fedmar_]

LETS GOOOO NEW SCULPTURE DROPPED

[@BananaMike780]

You are easily the best sculptor I've seen on this site, always looking forward to your uploads

[@Marginallyflailing]

I love the vibe of this channel

[@kelpstorm]

wow this just randomly popped up in my recommended and i have to say im shocked at the production quality of the video!! not to mention the sculpture itself is so good, the pose is so dynamic its awesome!! that trick with the epoxy and the fishing lines was really clever, that combined with the surface ripples really tied the setting together. subscribed!! :D

[@soumaiseu2470]

That must be your best video, god damn what a nice work

[@Sharauni]

This is absolutely amazing! The amount of detail you put into it is just *chef's kiss* And I love that you include so much information about the critter you're marking, it makes your channel such a joy to watch!

[@alexrowley5014]

Lovely stuff, In the Nioh games the kappas do have the 'grab your soul out of your bumhole' attack.

[@SomethingWkd]

💀 FATALITY! 💀

[@calvinzinkhon8151]

Always a pleasure to my eye holes

[@Bluecho4]

Just an incredible piece. Good job.

[@lopalx]

Love your videos man, keep it up! 🎉

[@Replicaate]

Incredible work as ever, sir! Don't take this as pestering or requests, seriously but there's a whole bestiary of odd/lesser known heraldic creatures out there - Yales, Lindworms, Panthers, etc. that would look spectacular rendered in sculpture. I only mention it because I've been doodling weird Medieval beasties lately in my own work and I think the creatures beyond the standard dragons, griffins, and unicorns could use some appreciation.

[@SomethingWkd]

These are solid suggestions, thanks so much! We'll be going medieval in the next one. Did you catch the teaser at the end?

[@Replicaate]

@@SomethingWkd I did, and now I’m suitably hyper!

[@Megastronkguy]

Got my gauge wire and cosclay and I am ready to sculpt along with you.

[@fancifuldevices]

It’s nerve wracking to see you sculpt for so long without saving by baking. It makes me so anxious!!!!

[@otyugsdisplacerbeasts7943]

He’s finally returned! After 10,000 years! The prophecies have been fulfilled!

[@AshW1llow]

I’m so happy to see another upload from you!! The dedication is amazing, and it always makes me wish the artists of old who made the original pictures could see your work.

[@cr3am3r69]

let’s go you posted, every one of your videos are a masterpiece ❤

[@commandermagpie]

THOSE SCALES! Incredible work as always. What a delight to learn as well that they make such an aptly-named brush for the microscopic lines I always feel compelled to attempt in my own work 💯

[@SomethingWkd]

Thanks so much! Yeah, that brush is amazing, but my hand always shakes like a dog taking a crap when I use it! 😅

[@rileyfoust5517]

I was literally drawing kappas yesterday you have amazing timing my good sir

[@Ilzhain]

I know you probably get an awful lot of reccomendations but I'd love to see a rendition of the bunyip from aboriginal australian folklore. Excellent work as always, can't wait to see what you make next!

[@SomethingWkd]

Thanks so much! Did you see the teaser at the end of the video?

[@dumbbirdwayne]

BARRY IS BACK - STOP WHATEVER YOUR DOING, THE MAN IS BACK - also the surfers against sewage support is awesome, i love their work, especially as a budding marine biologist who wants to get into paddleboarding, its just a shame our waters here in the UK are so shit :(

[@sarahb1862]

This is SO COOL!

[@vitor-muzulon]

amazing!!

[@amin_i]

i love that you also do creature from other cultures and not just western ones... hope you will continue to explore other real life monsters from other countries

[@abexeffects]

I would love to see you bring some of the critters from Heironymus Bosch's works into the 3D realm. Endless weird little guys with odd bums to add to your collection.

[@SomethingWkd]

Oh, there will be Bosch, don't you worry 🙏🏻🫀

[@Sanzer]

Truly lovely, it remembers me to my old dog

[@SomethingWkd]

Top comment 😅🫀

[@SturleyArt]

Another awesome job there. Seems like real development from the last one and your skills are growing from model to model. Keep up the good work.

[@cactusthestupid7222]

The amount of detail you paint is incredible! I love how much information you include about the various mythologies! I'd love to see you sculpt something from a Native American mythology (not the w*ndigo, though, it is taboo to mention). There are so many interesting creatures and a wide variety of these cultures, and so many people today don't know they even exist. It seems like the kind of thing that might be right up your alley!

[@TheresaWenzel-re7ed]

Something wicked this way comes.

[@SomethingWkd]

Always 🫀

[@Eljan99]

Wow wow wow! All your creations are amazing!

[@SomethingWkd]

Thanks so much! 🙏🏻🫀

[@stuff6218]

Yessssss! I'd love to see an exhibit of your creations one day.

[@ptroinks]

I love everything about this channel!

[@SomethingWkd]

Thanks so much! 🫀

[@cheemsofthemicrowave2929]

Michaelangelo fell hard ever since the other turtles died

[@SomethingWkd]

😅

[@fluorescentgreys]

the party dude lifestyle really took its toll

[@antoinerazou340]

This is absolutely amazing. It would be fun to see you sculpt a Troll from John Bauer's art, or some Lovecraftian creatures. What about the Beast of Gévaudan ? The Loch Ness monster ? The Yeti ? 😁

[@anonymousbosch9265]

Our call of Cthulhu group ended up total party kill from not taking one of these guys seriously

[@fallenangelart_2818]

YES, my favourite creepy sculpter is back!!! 🥳🥳🥳❤️❤️❤️

[@SomethingWkd]

🙏🏻🫀

[@jesusdavidmartinezsilveyra3983]

Man I love your videos

[@thegreatgoldfilms6311]

Little unusual that you didn't replicate the medieval artstyle like you do with your other sculptures, but a good sculpture nonetheless, it looks like a practical effect in a movie

[@SomethingWkd]

Thanks for watching! I found so many incredible kappa images that I tried to take influence from them all! I took the pose from the first image, which remained the primary influence, but the rest is a bit of an amalgamation. The next build is pretty singular in influence. Did you catch the teaser? 🫀

[@Spineless-Lobster]

Ooohhh I love this slimy little guy! I really love how weird and wild japanese mythology is, like hell yeah give that little tri-anus turtle guy a monk haircut! (Also, what your doing with surfers against sewage is super cool I’ll make sure to check that out!)

[@Robinftw]

I love your creations so much. You always put so much effort into them!

[@EDXN13]

Love it 🖤

[@im.not.typical91]

I honestly would have expected you to have way more subscribers. Your videos are very well done as is your art

[@SomethingWkd]

Thank you so much 😀

[@4eyedblaccat]

i really appreciate all the research you do for your projects, the extra effort really shows in the final product :D (also your japanese pronunciation is very good btw!!)

[@paulosborne6517]

"A Kappa's three anuses allow it to fart three times more than a human..." HOLD MY BEER...

[@SomethingWkd]

😂🫀

[@MagnusMoerkoereJohannesen]

Despite the success of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Gollum had a hard time breaking through in Hollywood. To make ends meet, he took on roles in Japanese creature-feature cinema; even resorting to surgical alterations to his digestive tract to secure steady work in increasingly niche kappa-centric productions.

[@SomethingWkd]

😂🫀

[@ivan55599]

Can you make video about your tools and materials? Thanks in advance.

[@mebahel1447]

OMG SOMETHING WICKED'S NEW VID??!! MAYBE LIFE IS WORTH LIVING-

[@SomethingWkd]

Awwwww! Thanks so much 🙏🏻🫀

[@Slightlyonpoint]

Fantastic work as usual!! You should give your take on the Jabberwock, I think its design fits the theme of your channel perfectly!

[@gracerueda]

This one reminded me of a "skeksis" from "the dark crystal" I love it and I love your sculptures and videod

[@SeroSerereSeviSatus]

best content from the internet

[@SomethingWkd]

🙏🏻🫀

[@MaciekN71]

Stunning craftsmanship!

[@SomethingWkd]

Thanks so much! 🙏🏻🫀

[@MacAndTheCheese]

As soon as you said "hello!", hooked, i was hooked, immediately subscribed

[@SomethingWkd]

🙏🏻🫀

[@brandihopkins6210]

Super as always.

[@chester1882]

Such attention to detail, truly you are a master craftsman.

[@SomethingWkd]

🙏🏻🫀

[@Vee_of_the_Weald]

I really enjoy your channel, from your sculpting techniques to the commentary and its delivery. It’s informative, entertaining and fun. What’s not to like?