Morphed Heads

I created the morphed heads by using SuperSculpey with my hands as I didn't have a sculpting set. 

I first created a generic shape for each of the heads then heated them so I could model on top of them.

I chose to change the cat head to a more vicious looking cat to fit the character more appropriately. 

I started painting by giving each of the characters a coat of a similar colour to their skin. 

I then painted them using different shades of the colours to add depth to the character. After that I added shading and tone by using a watered down black and white.

While waiting for my models to cook I created a simple knife, even though I didn't have the job of creating the knife I figured it would give us a variation to chose from when it came to animating.

Morphed Head Moodboards

For research I created moodboards for the morphed heads for references. 

Cat

Horns/Devil

Pig

Pig man painting

This is a concept painting for the pig morph head. We changed the idea by adding a beard and removing the hair as it looked more like the character it morphed from.

Head Model

I made the main base for the faces by making a ball then I cooked the ball so it was hard, and then I added more Sculpey. I then pushed the face pieces onto the Sculpey so it would definitely match the face definitions. Then I cooked it again to harden it and then I worked on the rest of the head so it was the right shape and proportions. I created the hair by placing some Sculpey in the general shape of the head then add the hair texture by scraping it with a scalpel.

There should be magnets attached to each of the faces and to the model to hold the faces in place and make them easy to remove/ change without moving the model but the magnets I ordered online haven't arrived on time.

In the end I was too busy with other projects to find time to paint the head but would like to do it in my own time over the summer so I can finally do speech through stop motion which I have tried doing before with plasticine i found it too hard to repeat and mould the faces without moving the whole model.

Painting Faces

I started to paint the 3D printed models with Citadel base paints for figure painting. I first painted a base skin colour on all the faces and then I added colour to the teeth and mouth. I got some of the mouth colour on the faces but this could easily be fixed by repainting with the skin colour.

Because the character has stubble I attempted to do a stubble effect but I don't think it worked out so well so I repainted over it with the skin colour.

As the stubble didn't work I added some subtle shading and highlights to the faces so they would look more realistic and detailed.