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Series Three Launch

Classic movie monsters re-imagined with a unique robotic twist. Designed & Handmade in the UK by artist Doktor A (Bruce Whistlecraft). Series One inspired by Imhotep the Mummy and The Wolfman. Cold Cast Bronze Edition.

Series three of the Classic Monster inspired resin robot collectibles are nearly with us.
“Imhotep”, Son of the Sands and “The Wolfman”, moon fearing denizen of the night, are the two latest additions to the expanding line.

Available at launch will be the super limited “Mono” edition. Hand painted, signed and numbered by Doktor A in a run of only 20 or each character. ( £90 each figure.)
And the open edition “Metal” editions in cold-cast Bronze and Pewter. Each signed by Doktor A. ( £40 each figure.)
Imhotep stands a slender 4″ tall with the Wolfman at a chunky 2.75″.
They come individually boxed in simple packaging with striking metal labels.

The series will launch on Saturday the 21st of August in person at Creaturegeddon the UK convention for lovers of creature design and monster make-up, taking place in Watford, London
( http://www.creaturegeddon.net/ )

The metal editions will be available online in my store ( http://mechtorians.bigcartel.com ) the same day.
Also Half of the Mono editions will be added to the store with any others added after the event closes should if any remain.

Classic movie monsters re-imagined with a unique robotic twist. Designed & Handmade in the UK by artist Doktor A (Bruce Whistlecraft). Series One inspired by Imhotep the Mummy and The Wolfman. Cold Cast Bronze Edition. Classic movie monsters re-imagined with a unique robotic twist. Designed & Handmade in the UK by artist Doktor A (Bruce Whistlecraft). Series One inspired by Imhotep the Mummy and The Wolfman. Cold Cast Pewter Edition. Classic movie monsters re-imagined with a unique robotic twist. Designed & Handmade in the UK by artist Doktor A (Bruce Whistlecraft). Series One inspired by Imhotep the Mummy and The Wolfman. Cold Cast Pewter Edition.

Creaturegeddon

Creaturegeddon 2016 Floor Plan

On the 21st & 22nd of August I will be having a booth at Creaturegeddon in Watford, London.
This is fairly new UK convention for lovers of creature design and monster make-up.

It has some amazing speakers from the very top of the movie effects world including Nick Dudman who oversaw all the Harry Potter films and David Marti of DDTFX responsible for the wonders of Pan’s Labyrinth and Crimson Peak among many others.

I will be there at booth No. 13, right in the middle of the hall with my work and launching series 3 of Copper Creeps .

If you want 10% off an advanced ticket use the code MECH16 at their online ticket vendor (good for the first 30 users).
l hope to see you there.
http://www.creaturegeddon.net/

How to make a Monster…

Basic Materials Monster

Copper Creeps are now digital creations. They are made the old fashioned way, by hand. I realise that in this day and age this is a novel idea so I thought I would show you how I did it.

This is how I made the master form of the Monster for series 1.

The photo above shows what I am using for this prototype master sculpt. More of a construct than a sculpt.
Acrylic geometric forms. Styrene sheet. Acrylic and Styrene rod and tube. Lead tape. Some plastic hemispheres. And some epoxy putty.

Tools

My tools for this job. All hand tools apart from a mini Dremel type drill not shown for bulky cutting and sanding, of which there is not much. As I am mostly using acrylic and styrene I am chemically welding more than gluing. Using Dychloromethane.

Monster Basic form

The form is constructed from the various Acrylic shapes, cut and welded together and then fine sanded to give the frosted surface. Any small gaps can be plugged with Epoxy filler.
The hairline and collars were added in thin Lead sheet which is easy to contour around the compound curves.
The rivets are small styrene domes found in a hobby supply store.
Some rub down and finishing required before molding but he came together nicely.
Three days work so far.

Monster Switch in Progress

This is the power switch on his back. Mostly made from Styrene sheet. The blue switch crossbar is acrylic rod which was tuned to shape.

Monster mutiview

Some more views of the piece.

Monster Red Primed Back

The whole thing is given several coats of primer and wet sanded back to get a nice smooth finish before going for molding and casting.

MonsterPrimed Front

A final top coat of primer before he heads off.

It’s Alive!.. Alive!

MonoCopper Creeps Wave1and 2Welcome to the brand new Copper Creeps website.
Enter freely and of your own will…

Copper Creeps are a series of resin figures inspired by famous movie monsters of the past.
Each of these iconic horrors have been re-imagined with a minimalist vintage mechanical style.
Designed and created by award winning UK artist Doktor A. the Creeps stand apart from his ongoing Mechtorian world, whilst being familiar in tone to his existing fans and easily accessible to new collectors.

Hand made in England and shipped to collectors worldwide.

We hope you enjoy this new range of creature collectibles.