Steampunk Cylon

I just wanted to share something I did almost a year ago. I am a huge fan of the Dvice blog. If you aren't familiar with that blog, check it out. It is a great place to see new technology, crazy (and mostly improbable) concepts, and some interesting and inspiring ideas.

Well, Dvice is affiliated with the SciFi (SyFy?) channel, and I also happen to love the new Battlestar Galacitca. One day, about a year ago, Dvice announced a challenge to create a Steampunk inspired Cylon. How awesome does that sound? Well I decided to join the competition, and try my hand at sculpting something out of clay. The end result got me runner up in the competition, and some great experience with sculpting. I like to look at the progress and see the definite improvement in my skill, while also noticing the places that I still need work.

So here he is, the Steampunk Cylon

So this guy was made using all sorts of things. Sculpey was used for the body, head, and main parts of the limbs. For all the other stuff on him I used printer parts, pieces of plastic pencils and markers, a belt from a plotter, Bristol paper, and other stuff that was just laying around the house. Paints were just Folk Art metallic paints that I had from years ago.

And go to this here website to check out all the amazing finalists!