JudgeLusk's JUDGE DREDD HELMET CONTEST ENTRY

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Well hopefully the contest extends to non-human 'helmets...'...lol!

Long-time Judge Dredd readers may remember the Judge Cal storyline wherein the crazy Judge Cal--leader of the branch that investigates other Judges-- takes over as head Judge and proceeds to go utterly insane with power.

One of his more interesting decisions was to announce Judge Fish as the Deputy Chief Judge.

Judge Fish was a fish. A goldfish.

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I'm hoping the special Judge-a-riffic bowl wherein Judge Fish resides will count as a 'fish helmet.' If not... well at least I'll have a sweet prop to sit next to my Dredd comics!
 
Hardest part is the badge on top of the bowl, so I started there, with Sculpey. This is the first time I've touched Sculpey since college, so I'm a little rusty, I'm also missing most of the useful sculpting knives I used to have so I had to manage with a exacto blade, the butt end of a paint brush, and my fingernails. Roughin' it!

Here are some sequential pictures:

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And here it is baked solid and sanded smooth on the edges and flat surfaces:

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More coming soon!
 
Cool idea, you could save a bit on a Judge uniform as well if you go for Judge Quincy to accompany Judge Fish (on the left) :)

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Lol! Judge fish!?!? What the hell?! Still, good luck with your project, you have amaizing sculpting skills!! :thumbsup
 
JudgeLusk said:
Well hopefully the contest extends to non-human 'helmets...'...lol!

I'm hoping the special Judge-a-riffic bowl wherein Judge Fish resides will count as a 'fish helmet.' If not... well at least I'll have a sweet prop to sit next to my Dredd comics!
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Quoting from the rules:

CREATE A HELMET FOR ANY CHARACTER, EXISTING OR IMAGINED, FROM THE JUDGE DREDD UNIVERSE. YOU MAY SCRATCH BUILD YOUR HELMET AND/OR MODIFY AND USE PREEXISTING ITEMS AS A BASE (AS LONG AS THEY ARE NOT HELMET KITS ALREADY INTENDED FOR THE JUDGE DREDD UNIVERSE). THE MORE CREATIVE AND UNIQUE THE BETTER.
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This is a real character from the Dredd universe and is definitely creative and unique. It's also, I believe, in the spirit of the contest so I will allow the fish helmet as an entry. :thumbsup
 
Awesome. I'd read about Judge Fish just this week and am glad to see someone tackling the helmet.

Your sculpt is fantastic!
 
Little more sculpting done, for the chain band around the top lid of the bowl. I bought a plain round glass fishbowl that I'm doing all my measurements on.

Sculpted flat...
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Curved and baked (but unsanded, so the edges are rough)
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So I used bondo to adhere the clay parts to the fishbowl, and built up the lip. I've only got one coat on there so far-- I'll be refining it with spot putty to get it all smooth. The bottom ring is the bottom from a 4lb Domino sugar cannister. It's a bit wider than the base from the comics, but as I intend to keep a real fish in here, I didn't want it to be so top heavy and potentially tippy.

Here it is drying on the floor after a quick bath to get rid of the bondo dust...

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