Wonderfest 1999
Dealer Room
Acornboy Stand
In-process Blade sculpture
from Resin D'Etre
Bloom County
Bugstomper Logo
from Endless Enterprises
Creature Plaque
from Diceman Creations
Creature Bust
from Diceman Creations
Darth Edge
from TDM Studios
Ed "Diceman" Bowkley
Dragon Bookends
from Jayco Hobbies
Dragon Hunter
by Bruce The Brush
Fewture Stand
1/24th Creature
from GEOmetric
Mummy
from GEOmetric
Alien Skulls
from GEOmetric
Godzilla Base
Dracula
from Janus
Bride of Dracula
from Janus
Im Ho Tep
from Janus
Jerry Buchanan’s Table
Jerry and Dominique
Jessica Rabbit
Leather Jacket
from Cellar Cast
Leather Jacket
Vampire’s Kiss
from Cellar Cast
The Supreme Being
from Gabriel Marquez and Dan Perez
The Supreme Being
close up
Lyra Bust
from Solarwind
Lyra Bust
Phantom Menace Droids
by Bruce The Brush
Merlin
from Jayco Hobbies
Mordred
from Jayco Hobbies
Metaluna Mutant
Creature From The Black Lagoon
Heavy Metal Kits
from Raven Hood
Revenge
from Gabriel Marquez
Revenge
close up
Solarwind Stand
Soul Train
Mars Attacks Spy Girls
from Jimmy Flintstone
Tiny Robot Monster and Shyzilla
from Mad Labs
Tiny Batzilla
from Mad Labs
Tiny Nosferatu and Gort
from Mad Labs
Tiny Ape and Godzilla
from Mad Labs
Torlak
from Solarwind
Tremors 2
Samurai Warriors
from Kaiyodo
Samurai Warriors
Elric
Gigantic Silverback Ape
Full Size Gremlin
- actual prop?
Curse Of The Werewolf Bust
from Mike Hill
Superdeformed Lady Death
Superdeformed Blade
aka Butter Knife!
Some of Bruce The Brush’s great built-ups
American Werewolf
Gargoyle and Cat
Darth Edge
Darth Edge
Steve West and the Cellar Cast table
Mecanical Beetles
Jessica Rabbit
George at the GEOMetric table
Mummy bust
from Fewture (I think...)
Aries Zodiac
from Acornboy
Alien Exhibits
Dark Horse Alien 3
by Larrey Brackney
Original head from Aliens
Billiken Alien Plaque
by Larrey Brackney
Alien Diorama
by Ron Landis
Alien Diorama
Alien Diorama
Xenomorphous Rex
by Larrey Brackney
Contest Entries
Aerial Hunter Killer
Agent Venus Conversion
Anime Entries
Barbarella
Borg Queen Prototype
Bugs Bunny
Centauri Cruiser
Centauri Cruiser
Creepshow
Humor Entries
Dragon
Entries
Entries
Fewture Woman Bee
Frankenstein
Godzilla vs King Ghidora
Full Size Gremlin
Full Size Gremlin
Gremlin head
Jabba The Hustler
Countess Karenstein
Countess Karenstein
Ambassador Kosh
Leeloo
Lethal Weapon Deformeds
Marine vs Alien
Mars Attacks Gun
Pod Racer
Pod Racer
Predator
Ballistic Rose
Ballistic Rose
B5 Shadow Fighter
Sil
Spidergirl?
Fantastic Voyage Sub
Supergirl
B5 Thunderbolt
The Time Machine
Unknown
Vampira
Unknown Winged Thing!
Seminars
Three all-day seminars were held on the Friday before the show, Painting, Casting and Sculpting. I
attended the sculpting class, which was hosted by an expert panel of FX Supremo Chris Walas
(Gremlins, The Fly & Fly 2), ILM's Carol Bauman, Hollywood makeup expert & actor John Goodwin
and freelance scuptor Ron Lizorty - more talent than you could ever hope to squeeze into a
single room!
The class at work
Here are some pictures of my attempt in progress - we all started off making a basically
human shaped head form and then began to digress. I was initially trying to keep mine human
but as you'll see, I didn't succeed, so I just started adding bits willy-nilly ;-)
Step 1
The basic head shape is formed in Super Sculpey over
an armature of wood and scrunched up cooking foil.
Step 2
Added the eyes, nose and upper lip and started to
define the jawbone. I pushed one eye (wooden bead) in too far and couldn't get it out again without
wrecking the whole face...
Step 3
Added lower lip and wacky ears, and started to refine
the face details. The torso was also blocked in.
Step 4
Detailed the ears and neck & colar bone. Tweaked the chin
a bit.
Step 5
Added some gill-like details to the cheeks (hey,
I was making it up as I went along, ok?), and started shaping the chest & shoulders.
Step 6
Experimented with some veins on the temples then
Bzzzzzzzzt! Time up!
All in a day’s work...
Close ups
Close ups
Close ups
Close ups
The Teachers
- Chris Walas, John Goodwin, Ron Lizorty, a pupil, & Carol Bauman.
