"Rough-Hewn Primitive Alien Stone Statues Or Idols?" Topic

The only ones I can find are Cthulhu ones:

LOTS more of those here:

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Do you guys know of any extraterrestrial-looking ones out there? I'm hoping you might offer options that are under 2" in height, if possible.

Even something like this could work, but with a rougher, pitted surface:

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Thanks,

Dan
PS. The other option would be to make an alien-looking creature from Sculpey and then coat it with salt before baking, like this fella did with yet another Cthulhu:

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There are these from Dream pod9 for Heavy Gear.
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I am not sure if that is what you where looking for, but thats what sprang to mind when I saw your post.

Cheers
GeorgeD.

Check out aquarium decorations.

"Rough-hewn" is how all my creations come out. (At best.)
Personally, I'd second the Sculpy suggestion, supra, for economy and originality. Nobody else will have your unique "rough-hewn" design.

I'd go with Sculpey, too, and stipple the surface with an old toothbrush to get the pitted look.

You could also carve out a rough idol from Oasis floral foam, which is cheap and soft and easy to shape, then coat it with Durham's Rock Hard Water Putty or something similar. That would yield a smoother, more time-worn look.

"Caruthers, bring that lantern closer. I can almost make out the writing here on the base . . . NOOOO!"

Would the Easter Island Moai be ok?

See the boardgame Giants link

The Moia are between 1" – 1.5"

This would be so awesome, if done as a 2-figure set, and kept under 2 or 3 inches in height:

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Jpattern2: "Durham's Rock Hard Water Putty"

I've seen that suggested before. Who sells it?

Dan
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Easter Island heads are easy to get in aquarium shops

Durhams Water Putty is available at Home Depot, or at least it was the last time I looked.

Hydra Miniatures has this guy:

Tim

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Easter Island heads are easy to get in aquarium shops

Seconded.

Years ago I found some odd-looking stone-textured busts which were meant as garden decoration in an Asian knick-knack store at the local mall. They were on clearance at the time. If there's a store like that near you it might be worth visiting.

Along those lines, here's an article from Irrational Line Games on making statues. They wouldn't be rough-hewn though.
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Another Irrational Line Games article. While it's about making a monster from a cheap toy, the idea can be applied to making a statue. You'd want to leave "tool marks" for the rough-hewn look, and incorporate sand to give it stone texture.
inlgames.com/pat.htm

And I finally found the Irrational Line Games article I was looking for: Jungle Tikis!
inlgames.com/tiki.htm

Durhams Water Putty is available at Home Depot, or at least it was the last time I looked.

Yes, as well as Lowe's and just about every other hardware store, and most craft and DIY stores, too. It's very handy stuff.

Check with Stonehouse Miniatures they had some nice egyptian and meso-american stuff.
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Proper pre-historic statues should have giant penis or breasts.

Otherworld miniatures has the demon idol.

Last Hussar, here ya go then:

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This guy's interesting-looking. "Uomo pesce" means fish-man, right?

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Dan

This guy's interesting-looking. "Uomo pesce" means fish-man, right?

Yes.

BTW, Reviresco, thanks for the Stonehouse link. I like the Aztec/Mayan terrain. Saved for possible later use.

I bought this silly thing second hand 0.20 € on a flea market last year. I think it's supposed to be an owl, it's pottery, it's the kind of little things that mad potters do when they have spare time :)
I'll imagine a scenario for it, some time.

Owls are, as David Lynch has warned us, "not what they seem." See also, "Owls and the UFO Abductee", link

You know, a fast way to make a statue "rough-hewn" is to over-prime it – you get a good grainy texture. Slop paint on top too to conceal fine details and go over it real heavy with watered-down paint for ugly weathered.

Just hack away at a chunk of plaster or wood to make what you want…. ;-)

Guys,

Check out these "Kurgan stelae" ("stone babas", "balbals"):

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And these:

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Maybe if done as a stone stela, but with a "Vinca" head like this one?

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Perhaps built by one of these artists?

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Dan

Can glazed porcelain be re-painted successfully?

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Dan

Or maybe I can press faces like these into damp sand and then pour in plaster? Would that produce a nice grainy/pocked surface?

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Dan

Servo3000: "Owls are, as David Lynch has warned us, 'not what they seem.' See also, 'Owls and the UFO Abductee'"

Funny how the Kelly-Hopkinsville "goblins" that attacked the Sutton's cabin we're said by police to have been a flock of owls:

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Dan

When we all know they were just common monkeys covered in radioactive silver paint.

Some people, am I right?

Check out these 13mm Olmec heads!

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Dan

I have 2 plastic Yoda figures from a HappyMeal toy that has a (magnetically) levitating disk in a clear dome.

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I disassembled the toy, removed the Yodas from the base, trimmed off their long ears, glued the arms in a "Halt!" gesture position, primered in white, and then sprayed them with rock-texture paint. I'm going to paint over them with a dark grey and weather them. They'll be a smaller alien-form version of the twin giant statues guarding the border of Gondor at Argonath.

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Please show us how they look once painted!

Dan

There's also the DP9 Stone Heads:

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I suspect Cthulhu will not be happy to find you have a statue of him/her/it(?) sitting on the porcelain throne.

No doubt, he/her/it will hunt you down, and terminate with extreme prejudice.

I would look for a shattered visage, with a frown and wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command, and half-sink it in sand. Put a worn pedestal beside, and write, in a language to be translated by one of the player-characters, "I am .." well, you know the rest.

I built my own using a cheap dollar store action figure:

(That's a 10mm figure in the lower right hand corner.)

I've got my own little Venus of Willendorf figure – it's tiny.

I suppose if there's interest, I could sculpt a bigger one, maybe seated on a throne or something.

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Glenn Goffin, 26 Nov 2014 7:18 p.m. PST:

"I would look for a shattered visage, with a frown and wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command, and half-sink it in sand. Put a worn pedestal beside, and write, in a language to be translated by one of the player-characters, "I am .." well, you know the rest."

Yeah, that sounds nice…but where can you get a figure of Donald Trump?

Alex,

I might finally try something like this, but very weathered and pitted:

Or an idol for a headhunting Sleestak tribe:

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Dan

Dan, I have a "not-sleestak" idol at the caster at this moment!

Toooooooo cooooool!!!!

Got pics of the green?

Dan

Another tutorial about stone effects on polymer clays:

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Dan

I bought a couple of these 1" tall Playmobil gold idols, which I plan to "roughen up" a little, to make them look like chipped stone:

What do you guys think of this 3" tall creepy thing?

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That last statue looks like it would be worshipped by these 15mm "cyclopean" Vleta Reavers from Blue Moon:

Dan

I really like that one eye Buddha thingy

@Alxbates You WILL show when it's done, right?

Doug

I will do!

Check out the Forge of Ice Facebook page for a preview – facebook.com/ForgeofIce

Hi Alex.

This set of statues (at Nemrut Dagi) has always creeped me out and, to this day I can't truly figure out why:

Could it be because they look more primitive-looking than what you'd expect for that place and time? That together with the gigantic "gravel pile" pyramid behind it?
Or could it be because it looks like a forced attempt at blending two very different cultural art styles?
They almost look like the gold Playmobil idols I posted above!

Dan

How about these guys?

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