Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-37292191-20190628170116/@comment-39246653-20190821180531

Oxcent wrote:

Okay so the next one I did was The Ghost of Dr. Coffin. I actually was just starting on this guy when I found the thread. I'm not really sure why I chose to start with these two as they're not particularly well known or anything lol. Anyway Coffin was def the hardest to do as I wanted to sculpt and cast my own latex mask for the guy. While sculpting I wanted to really reflect his design in the cartoon as I felt the MU counterpart did not really look like him face wise (just kinda surprised and a lil like a monkey). I brought back his pointed ears, tried to accentuate his long face and bony cheekbones and furrowed angry brow. aaaaaand he looks like an elf, whoops oh well. BTW the process to make the mask took so incredibly long and was so painful (An entire week of all day work and then into the night until 5 am), that I really just want to avoid making another mask for as long as I can. Also so many things went wrong along the way I was barely able to salvage it as the latex didn't stick properly, mold broke several times etc etc. End result was I had to cut it up and glue it to a styrafoam head to salvage it so it sadly isn't wearable. It also had lots of seams and deformations so I tried to cover those bits up with staples for looks (He's a doctor right? it kinda makes sense to be cut up?), and lots of red paint on the deformed bits. Also I always keep his surgical mask on just to hide it a bit ooph. The clothes were obviously inspired by MU as I liked the way the modern scrubs looked, again wear, holes, fake dirt and blood added for effect and stand and plaque made and written/drawn by me. Sorry that was so long, but in the end this guy really was more of a little bit more of a labor tbh than a love. Oxcent, you've done such an amazing job. At this rate, I feel like you'd wanna open your own Coolsonian Criminology Museum! And I'd happily pay for admission because this is totally mindblowing how much time and dedication you've put into this! And I wonder who the next monster is!