ANNOUNCEMENT:

There will be some planned downtime starting Wednesday, June 15th at 9am EDT. The board will be closed for approximately 12 to 24 hours while we work on migrating to a new forum software. For more information on the move, check out the Board Change Announcements thread.
It is currently Sun Sep 14, 2025 4:39 am




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 12 posts ] 
 Long Live The King 
Author Message
Mini Boss
User avatar

Joined: Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:19 pm
Posts: 4010
Location: now
Reply with quote
Post Long Live The King
Did this for a client a couple of years back. Carved 5/8" thick glass. Life size. Built into led light boxes set on motion sensors. He was an Elvis freak. I'm a fan so I didn't mind as much. I also got to pick what era Elvis. This dude was a serious collector. He had clothes of the king on manequins with pictures of Elvis wearing them in floating plexi boxes. His record collection was insane.

Image
Image
Image

_________________
COOP wrote:
"I used to have NagBalls, then I got a divorce."


Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:01 pm
Profile WWW
Comment King
User avatar

Joined: Tue Jan 02, 2007 7:37 pm
Posts: 1157
Location: My Mind
Reply with quote
Post 
THat fuckin rocks!!! How long did it take you to do that. You got crazy skills man. Love seeing your work always.

_________________
PM me if you like to be in my mailing list......:)
Open for Illustration work.
http://www.liljapanart.com

Flick Flick
http://www.flickr.com/photos/liljapanart/

My Blog
http://liljapansworld.blogspot.com/
Chiquito Japon


Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:07 pm
Profile YIM WWW
Mini Boss
User avatar

Joined: Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:19 pm
Posts: 4010
Location: now
Reply with quote
Post 
thanks man, this piece probably took about a week from layout to stencil to sandblast.

_________________
COOP wrote:
"I used to have NagBalls, then I got a divorce."


Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:18 pm
Profile WWW
Comment King
User avatar

Joined: Tue Jan 02, 2007 7:37 pm
Posts: 1157
Location: My Mind
Reply with quote
Post 
man, all i can say is that it's just great. i love it alot. again, amazing work man.

_________________
PM me if you like to be in my mailing list......:)
Open for Illustration work.
http://www.liljapanart.com

Flick Flick
http://www.flickr.com/photos/liljapanart/

My Blog
http://liljapansworld.blogspot.com/
Chiquito Japon


Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:19 pm
Profile YIM WWW
Die-Cast
User avatar

Joined: Sun Nov 26, 2006 9:13 pm
Posts: 12024
Location: Chicago, Like R.Kelly
Reply with quote
Post 
This is the most impressive thing I've seen from you! Not saying I LIKE it more than anything else, but it's INSANE! AMAZING! Perfect choice for the era too.

_________________
Greedy Wants
Trades


Sun Sep 23, 2007 5:45 am
Profile
Post Pimp
User avatar

Joined: Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:19 am
Posts: 2683
Location: Dirty Jersey
Reply with quote
Post 
TCB!

_________________
Coils of the serpent unwind...
flickr


Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:34 am
Profile
Die-Cast
User avatar

Joined: Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:40 pm
Posts: 8096
Reply with quote
Post 
Lamour, you're supreme.....!!!

_________________
www.toybotstudios.com
toybot studios Webstore!


Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:24 am
Profile WWW
Toy Prince
User avatar

Joined: Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:48 am
Posts: 292
Location: Westchester N.Y.
Reply with quote
Post 
KILLAH! How does sandblastin work?


Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:06 pm
Profile
Mini Boss
User avatar

Joined: Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:19 pm
Posts: 4010
Location: now
Reply with quote
Post 
thanks everyone.... Glad I could contribute to the many talents on this board. As far as the process of sandblasting, it works very similar to the etching kits you buy. Just on a larger, more industrial level. First you need glass. You can use tempered glass which basically means it's cooked in an oven. The glass is heat treated for strength as well as safety. If the glass breaks, it shatters in small pieces instead of large shards which kill. You can only etch tempered glass because of its properties or else it shatters. For this project, I had to carve deep into the glass so I used non tempered. 5/8" is pretty damn thick so I just went with regular glass. I then stretch the buttercut stencil material on the glass. Remove bubbles. Lay up the art work. Once the artwork is layed up, take an x-acto knife and start cutting. Once the stencil is cut, you can start sandblasting. I use aluminum oxide. 100 grit which is very, very fine sand. Pour it into my sandblasting machine which is a large tank that holds it all. A large compressor feeds the aluminum oxide through a fat hose with a ceramic tip .
It pumps the aluminum oxide at very high pressures which carves into the glass. Similar to airbrushing but using aluminum oxide instead of paint.
I hope this helps.

_________________
COOP wrote:
"I used to have NagBalls, then I got a divorce."


Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:12 am
Profile WWW
Line of Credit
User avatar

Joined: Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:05 am
Posts: 1868
Location: 1503
Reply with quote
Post 
This is so awesome, if i thought i could follow those instructions at all i would be busting out a gloved thriller era MJ, or a danzig, or maybe a full on zombie army in creepy blues and greens. Actually if i knew how to do that nobody would ever see me again and i would be surrounded by glass.


Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:09 pm
Profile
Toy Prince

Joined: Sun Jul 08, 2007 9:41 am
Posts: 329
Location: Ft. Lauderdale
Reply with quote
Post 
Wow, this is fantastic. You can do it all Lamour! I like the era you have chosen for this peice. Its absolutely perfect


Fri Oct 05, 2007 6:41 am
Profile WWW
Comment King
User avatar

Joined: Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:03 pm
Posts: 1296
Location: Berkeley
Reply with quote
Post 
That's too awesome!!!! Would love to see some kaiju characters to take on the king! :wink: Great stuff Lamour!!!!!


Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:39 am
Profile WWW
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 12 posts ] 


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
cron
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group.
Designed by Vjacheslav Trushkin for Free Forums/DivisionCore.