28mm Wickerman( Finished 21/8)

[Andym]

I don't know if this is the right board to post this on or if The Wickerman can be classed as a horror film? There's not really much in the way of blood and guts!

I was asked recently if I could make a model of the wickerman pyre that's in the dramatic scene at the end of the film. I could only think of two ways to try and make one and I didn't fancy learning how to weave! The only way I could think of doing it was to make a foam former, stick on lines of solder wire to follow the contours of the statue and act as the cane frame, and then cover it in green stuff which is score to look like bundles of wicker woven into the canes.

Here's the one from the film...



Here's the ideas I had for my own version. I think I'll just stick as close to the original as I can.



....and here's where I've got so far....



This is blue foam cover in red clay to make it harder, solder 'canes' on top and green stuff for the wicker.



...and about 3/4 completed body...



I'm going to sit it on a plinth type stone base with steps on. There's going to be a cage in the centre of the chest, I'll make the frame/bars for it separate. The cage will fit a standard based 28mm figure.

Hope you likey!

[OSHIROmodels]

That looks great mate 

How much 'green stuff' have you used 

Are you going to sculpt the head mask as well?

cheers

James

[Brummie Thug]

Great idea mate! Looks Brill look forward to seeing this finished 

[robh]

Wonderful looking piece, that will make a superb centerpiece to a gaming table. Are you making it as a master for casting or a "one off"?

[anevilgiraffe]

very good start... is this for casting?

two points though - of course the Wicker Man is a horror film and that picture is from the abortion of a remake which is barely even a film...  

[uti long smile]

Nice

[Malamute]

Wonderful stuff Andy.

[Van-Helsing]

Fantastic!

[Svennn]

Another great build you talented bugger but you must be raving bonkers to use that much greenstuff.  'tis not the cheap option.

[Dr. The Viking]

Please take photos when you set it alight,.

And...

[Chairface]

Very cool. And usable for many different time periods. I was just reading a Slaine comic with a Wickerman.

[Steve F]

What a great project, Andym: I'm really looking forward to seeing how this works out.

(Oh, and I don't think that "horror" means the same as "splatter": some of the best horror movies don't have much, if anything, by way of blood and guts: see, for example, Robert Wise's The Haunting, James Whale's Bride of Frankenstein or even Hitchcock's Psycho.)

[white knight]

Very cool!

[Belgian]

Saw a film with that statue, quite a weird film but it's ages ago when I saw him. But I think I can remember that some sort of cop was sent to an island to investigate something and there was some folklore dancing involved. Can be totally wrong of course  

[aggro84]

Very nice work Andym.
The sculpted thatching is incredible!