dcrabb
02-14-2011, 09:15 AM
Pride Rock (remember Simba in the Lion King?) Lava Flow. Let me know what you think.
Here are the raw materials:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/5439584015_951c0204df.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/38453816@N06/5439584015/)
SANY0149 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/38453816@N06/5439584015/) by Doug Crabb (http://www.flickr.com/people/38453816@N06/), on Flickr
Next up are some in progress photos:
1 First thing I sanded down the edges of the base.
2. Next, I took the pink insulation foam and using a hot wire cutter I removed all the pink foam that didn't look like a rock/lava formation. Notice I cut two gulleys for the lava to flow out of the rock.
Side view
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5100/5439580143_5ce452149f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/38453816@N06/5439580143/)
SANY0152 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/38453816@N06/5439580143/) by Doug Crabb (http://www.flickr.com/people/38453816@N06/), on Flickr
3. After glueing the layers of rock together and glueing them to the base, (to make painting easier, I did not glue the rock bridge until I had painted everything) I added the lava. I used a product called Paperclay in the US. It air drys and doesn't need to be put in the oven which is not good for foam. It does shrink a little when it dries so be sure to account for that.
Here is the lava. Notice that I added debris (chopped up pieces of sprue and small gravel) to the outer edges of the flow like a real lava flow would pick up as it moves along. I added some small marbles to act as bubbles. I also made the lava spilling over look like real flows by rolling the clay into different size snakes and adding them in the cuts in the foam.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4134/5439576731_872b42baa9.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/38453816@N06/5439576731/)
SANY0154 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/38453816@N06/5439576731/) by Doug Crabb (http://www.flickr.com/people/38453816@N06/), on Flickr
4 After letting the clay dry overnight I base painted all the rock and the base black. I then painted the lava a dark red.
Then I faded in the various colors of the lava from dark red to orange then yellow and finally white for the hot spots. I painted the bubbles with 1 part white paint, 2 parts PVA glue and 2 parts water. This gives them a translucent quality when it dries. Also notice I dry brushed some of the lava colors on the rocks to make it look like the light from the hot lava was reflecting off the rock. Do darker colors closer to the lava and lighter ones further away.
Finished product
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5256/5439573211_01efefcdc3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/38453816@N06/5439573211/)
SANY0165 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/38453816@N06/5439573211/) by Doug Crabb (http://www.flickr.com/people/38453816@N06/), on Flickr
Here are the raw materials:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/5439584015_951c0204df.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/38453816@N06/5439584015/)
SANY0149 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/38453816@N06/5439584015/) by Doug Crabb (http://www.flickr.com/people/38453816@N06/), on Flickr
Next up are some in progress photos:
1 First thing I sanded down the edges of the base.
2. Next, I took the pink insulation foam and using a hot wire cutter I removed all the pink foam that didn't look like a rock/lava formation. Notice I cut two gulleys for the lava to flow out of the rock.
Side view
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5100/5439580143_5ce452149f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/38453816@N06/5439580143/)
SANY0152 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/38453816@N06/5439580143/) by Doug Crabb (http://www.flickr.com/people/38453816@N06/), on Flickr
3. After glueing the layers of rock together and glueing them to the base, (to make painting easier, I did not glue the rock bridge until I had painted everything) I added the lava. I used a product called Paperclay in the US. It air drys and doesn't need to be put in the oven which is not good for foam. It does shrink a little when it dries so be sure to account for that.
Here is the lava. Notice that I added debris (chopped up pieces of sprue and small gravel) to the outer edges of the flow like a real lava flow would pick up as it moves along. I added some small marbles to act as bubbles. I also made the lava spilling over look like real flows by rolling the clay into different size snakes and adding them in the cuts in the foam.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4134/5439576731_872b42baa9.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/38453816@N06/5439576731/)
SANY0154 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/38453816@N06/5439576731/) by Doug Crabb (http://www.flickr.com/people/38453816@N06/), on Flickr
4 After letting the clay dry overnight I base painted all the rock and the base black. I then painted the lava a dark red.
Then I faded in the various colors of the lava from dark red to orange then yellow and finally white for the hot spots. I painted the bubbles with 1 part white paint, 2 parts PVA glue and 2 parts water. This gives them a translucent quality when it dries. Also notice I dry brushed some of the lava colors on the rocks to make it look like the light from the hot lava was reflecting off the rock. Do darker colors closer to the lava and lighter ones further away.
Finished product
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5256/5439573211_01efefcdc3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/38453816@N06/5439573211/)
SANY0165 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/38453816@N06/5439573211/) by Doug Crabb (http://www.flickr.com/people/38453816@N06/), on Flickr