Gremlin 1 (Mohawk)

Hello,

Been quite a bit since I last updated. I was meaning to have enough of these little guys done before I decided to move forward with the blog posts, and now that I've completed the full set, time to post them. This may be the last project I have with Gremlins for a while. I want to move forward with more horror movie monsters, though, with some pretty obscure ones first. Namely your RawHead Rexs' or From Beyond type creatures.

Anyway, it had to be Mohawk to kick it off. He is easily the most wicked of them all, which, if you're unfamiliar with my tastes in creature design, rule is, if it bares fangs, it's getting all the love all at once. Good thing I started here too because it allowed me to get over the pose and onto the detail (the main event) and make all the little mistakes I wanted there (and not in the pose). There's a bunch of correction fluid here, though not necessarily a bad thing. My first trial at a Gremlin. 

Also, knowing no artist rendition prior to playing around with them gave more of an opportunity to interpret it however way I was going to, free from any third-party influence. All the designs you'll be seeing from this point forward are based solely from the actual film props, statues, and 3D renders. So, they're gonna look pretty damn accurate, for the most part.

 

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