The Fly

So, I got the wild hair to make a little custom model project.  I started wit a re-issued Aurora Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde kit.  I assembled the Dr. Jekyl body with the intention of using his lab coated figure to construct my own custom model for the horror classis The Fly.
In this set of pictures you can see me using Styrofoam to create a support for my Fly head sculpture.  Not only will the foam form the interior of the head but also make the head a great deal less top heavy than if I just used solid sculpting materials.  After getting the Head about the size I had in mind I cover it with tinfoil, this protects the foam from the baking process and also helps the Sculpey clay stick to the foam.  It wasn't till a bit later that I realized that most of my photo reference was from, The Return of the Fly, and therefore a much bigger Fly head than in the original.  The sequel went with a much bigger scary monster approach while the design from the original is really quite elegant.  Seeing as how I rarely spend much time sculpting these days I decided that the big ole' head would be just fine.