Making my own (non-2000AD) Sun WuKong!

shaolin_monkey · 28 August, 2015, 02:28:06 PM

At least one of you seemed amenable to me posting a non-2000AD creation, so here he is.

I'm still working on him - had a nasty accident after baking him which left him in pieces on my kitchen floor, but after some repair work he's ready to paint.

Some of you may remember the tattoo I have of the Monkey King on my back. He's been with me ever since I saw the Japanese TV series as a child. I've also read a couple of the translations of Journey to the West, and seen quite a few films. I have countless bits of Monkey King tat scattered about the house.

Anyway, I wanted to do a homage to the source - the TV series. However, I wanted to add my own flavour. As such, while he's wearing the TV outfit, the rest I made up as I went along.

Anyway, here he is so far:

Dandontdare · 28 August, 2015, 03:03:49 PM

there's only one word for that....

IRREPRESSIBLE!

sheridan · 28 August, 2015, 05:17:48 PM

Like the way you've done the cloud!

Colin YNWA · 28 August, 2015, 06:03:23 PM

Quite brilliant.

Fungus · 28 August, 2015, 06:14:11 PM

Looks ready for Supersurf (tm).
Excellent.

shaolin_monkey · 28 August, 2015, 08:45:25 PM

Finished!!!

I, Cosh · 29 August, 2015, 02:56:15 AM

Flippineck! Amazing.

ThryllSeekyr · 29 August, 2015, 03:09:06 AM

Just comparing....

Great stuff.

Atreides · 29 August, 2015, 08:02:29 AM

Wow! Great work!

My wife is from China and we both love monkey King! Especially The 1986 chinese tv show.

Again, awesome!

shaolin_monkey · 29 August, 2015, 06:45:08 PM

Cheers guys. While I'm not 100% happy with it (weird looking arms, head a bit big) I'm starting to get the hang of the Sculpey, plus I'm pleased with the even paint job in his clothes. I had fun figuring out the best stand to make the cloud look like it was in mid-air too. Learning all the time!

I'm taking a brief break from modelling to catch up on other stuff now (it's very time consuming) but this'll give me time to consider my next project.