Kaleb Lechowski - Portfolio

22nd April 2012

Question

askrenardfoxx asked: The amount of awesome contained in that Hydralisk trophy is unspeakable. That's the kind of thing I want to get started in doing, any advice?

Thanks a lot :)

Well, i don´t do it for a living, so i can only tell you how i personally try to get a good model.

I´ll always work with a rough volume and then refine the shape, so that the proportions will turn out right. Use whatever is helping you. On the Inside of the Hydralisk, for instance, I connected two pieces of styrofoam with a pencil i stuck into both parts. I used cardboard, table tennis balls, random wooden planks and gipsum bandages… whatever suited my needs. Don´t give up, but take your time. And I think it is very good to do different stuff like painting, drawing, animating, modeling… it all works together. I never experimented with mold making before the Hydralisk, which was a great risk, since the silicone rubber cost 750€ (almost 1000$) and I had no experience. I´d not recommend to work that way, but I always want to do great stuff and not loose much time on trying, so I just did it that way…

I hope this inspires you and if you have any questions feel free to always ask :) I´ll try and help you.

Cheers and stay tuned!

Kaleb