For this episode I talk with my friend Paul Salamoff about Creature Building, FX work, our Morbius Monster build, and what it would take to make an Ice Warrior. For more about Paul’s projects please checkout www.paulsalamoff.com, or his fan page at: http://www.facebook.com/PaulSalamoffFanPage For more on our Morbius Build please check out my 6 part blog about it starting here: http://honorarydoctor.livejournal.com/13135.html (pt 2 foam construction on legs) , http://honorarydoctor.livejournal.com/16703.html (Pt 8 Fur Application), http://honorarydoctor.livejournal.com/15545.html (Pt 5 Claw and texturing with heat) , http://honorarydoctor.livejournal.com/15946.html (pt 6 Latexing and cotton) and you can see my 2009 interview with Paul about his TARDIS Console and Dalek for PBS Station KTEH here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q98nJsXLCY (Console in segment 1), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiZyatCNpMU&feature=relmfu (Dalek in Segment 2 6:20 in).
Paul Salamoff Master of the Daleks
Original Ice Warrior Helmet
Original Ice Warrior Front
Original Ice Warrior Side
Paul with his pride and joy
Paul oversees a custom Creation for a Nike Promotion
The Morbius Monster Paul and I created
The Morbius Monster Paul and I created
The Morbius Monster Paul and I created
Morbius the Masque Winner
Sarah Jane Finds Paul’s Genesis Dalek!
Paul Pilots the 1996 Original TVM Console
Morbius Added Pecks
Adding texture to the skin with the Heat Gun
Adding Cotton with spray glue to help add texture/hide seams
Brushing on latex over cotton to give a organic effect
Fur Application – Tape outer side and shave off the back
Spray glue the area then carefully apply the shaven end and peel off the tape from front slowly
Foam Construction- Make your pattern, trace and cut.
Mark join lines and then apply barge glue in thin layers, heat or allow to dry
Assemble piece carefully lining up join markers
Final Shape – a Leg Calf
Adding neck texture with an overlay of glue crinkled thin foam
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Such epic stuff!