Detail of larger sculpture.

For those unfamiliar with Egyptian mythology, Ammut was the monster that devoured the hearts of the wicked in the Egyptian underworld. Ammut had the head of a crocodile, the forequarters of a lion, and the hindquarters of a hippo. Thus it's depicted as being aquatic in this sculpture. Look carefully at his teeth and you can see what appears to be liquid pooling in his mouth, as if he'd risen out of the nile, mouth already open, waiting for that heart.

Anubis and Ammut is ApoxieSculpt over a wire and foam armature. He stands roughly 12” tall with a 6X6 inch footprint.

Sculpting by H.C. O’Neill. Photography by Dave Baker: http://devbrain.com/pj/

Anubis feeding the hearts of the wicked to Ammut the devourer. Egyptian mythology.

Anubis' hair was sculpted as a seperate piece and then attached so as to get the braid right. Ammut's lower jaw was also sculpted as a seperate piece so that each of the teeth could be done seperately. Look carefully, he's even got ridges across the roof of his mouth!

Anubis and Ammut is ApoxieSculpt over a wire and foam armature. He stands roughly 12” tall with a 6X6 inch footprint. Natural sand was used on the base. The water effect involved clear glue, ground glass, plastic wrap and a sheet of metal.

Sculpting by H.C. O’Neill. Photography by Dave Baker: http://devbrain.com/pj/

Anubis feeding the hearts of the wicked to Ammut the devourer.

The water effect was done by putting a piece of metal under the base. On top of this, I plastic wrap. I covered that in a layer of clear school glue gel. I sprinkled ground glass and a little dirt into the gel to give it some additional mass and depth, since it would be translucent with particulate mater suspended in it, like real river water. The edges of the wrap were then folded over the top and pressed into the glue to seal the top and give it the appearance of "chop" from Ammut having disturbed the surface.

Anubis and Ammut is ApoxieSculpt over a wire and foam armature. He stands roughly 12” tall.

Sculpting by H.C. O’Neill. Photography by Dave Baker: http://devbrain.com/pj/

Anubis feeding the hearts of the wicked to Ammut the devourer. Left view.

The superglossy finish on Anubis' jewelry and khopesh were done by painting two layers of clear school glue gel onto them. Ammut was made to look wet by the same method, though it involved even more glue since some is actually layered on to make it appear there's liquid dripping off it as if it had just risen out of the water.

Anubis and Ammut is ApoxieSculpt over a wire and foam armature. He stands roughly 12” tall with a 6X6 inch footprint. Natural sand was used on the base. The water effect involved clear glue, ground glass, plastic wrap and a sheet of metal.

Sculpting by H.C. O’Neill. Photography by Dave Baker: http://devbrain.com/pj/

A hyena mother pulls her distraut cub up onto her lap to give her a kiss and make it all better.

Overhead detail shot showing off the mother cradling her cub and delivering a soothing lick. I like this overhead shot because it shows off how powerful her arms and shoulders look, but also highlights the gentle look on her face too.

I'm extremely pleased with how subtle this paint job came out. The fur has a soft layered look to it, the eyes are bright and lifelike, and I really dig her tongue. It has the proper mix of pink and red spottiness that you see on a real tongue.


Apoxiesculpt over a wire and foam armiture. Painted in acrylic.

A hyena mother pulls her distraut cub up onto her lap to give her a kiss and make it all better.

One of several pieces that will be up for auction at Anthrocon in July.

Normally there's always one side of a sculpture that doesn't end up as interesting as the rest. I figured the back would be it on this one, but I managed to take the photo at just the right angle so the cub is peeping over mom's shoulder warily. And as soon as mum find out who made her cub cry, they're going to get socked one. She has some seriously powerful arms. She may be having a tender moment with her cub now, but she's still a big powerful predator capable of defending that cub with lethal force.

A hyena mother pulls her distraut cub up onto her lap to give her a kiss and make it all better.

One of several pieces that will be up for auction at Anthrocon in July. http://www.anthrocon.org

The hyena's wrap and jewelry are based on photographs of traditional african dress, but not based specifically on any one culture. here beads were done by coating a length of flexible wire in Apoxiesculpt and making slashes along the lenght to make "beads". it was then wound around her in loops. The wrap was made to look like batik by applying several thing washes of yellow and red to give it uneven, natural dyed appearance. The white work was added at the end, and then washed with a thin coat of black to make it look slightly weathered.

A hyena mother pulls her distraut cub up onto her lap to give her a kiss and make it all better.

One of several pieces that will be up for auction at Anthrocon in July.

The hyena's coat patterns are based on the less well known striped hyena, which have a beautiful silver-grey coat. They are more reclusive and gentle than their better known spotted cousins and live in small family groups consisting of a mated pair and their cubs.

Apoxiesculpt over a wire and foam armiture. Painted in acrylic. The shiny finish on the eyes and beads was done with fake water used for building model railroads.

Goat magus detail from "spelling Error"

The hair detailing on his face was done with a toothbrush. His nostils are fully done, so if you really want to look up them, you can. Goats have creppy, creepy eyes because they have rectangular pupils.

Sculpture is ApoxieSculpt over a wire and foam frame, painted in acrylic.

Sculpture is available for purchase. Contact me for details.

A draft horse uses his great strength for something not so serious...giving a wheelbarrow ride to a delighted young colt.

Here come the horses! This sculpture has an insane amount of detail. You can in fact look up his nose if you really wanted. It is that detailed. There are veins and tendons standing out on his arms. He took forever and a day to complete and was a gigantic headache the entire time, but he turned out amazingly well in the end.

Apoxiesculpt over a wire and foam armiture. Natural sand was used on the base. Painted in acrylic.

sculpture available for sale. Contact me for details.

A draft horse uses his great strength for something not so serious...giving a wheelbarrow ride to a delighted young colt.

The texture on his overalls was done by painting them a deep blue color and letting it dry. Then I took some sandy brown paint, slapped it on in thin strokes and smeared it around with my finger to give the appearance of wear, tear, and ground in dirt.

Apoxiesculpt over a wire and foam armiture. Natural sand was used on the base. Painted in acrylic.

sculpture available for sale. Contact me for details.

A draft horse uses his great strength for something not so serious...giving a wheelbarrow ride to a delighted young colt.

Back view showing off some of the musculature in his arms and hands. His hide was given a very slight grain with a toothbrush to make him look hairy without actually looking like he was furry. It gave him some texture while still keeping his coat sleek.

Apoxiesculpt over a wire and foam armiture. Natural sand was used on the base. The dustier look to the path he's pushing along was made by mixing some crushed ashes in with the sand. Painted in acrylic.

sculpture available for sale. Contact me for details.

Detail or larger sculpture.

Even the 'demon' looks confused as to why its here. It has this somewhat resigned look from this angle like "dude, I'm just the messenger lemur lemure. Not my fault you summoned a lemon. Or a lemur. If you old dudes would just write neater Satan would actually send you a DEMON, but no, you gotta send in this garbled summoning and then act all mad when we get your order wrong. I hate my job."

ApoxieSculpt over a wire and foam armiture on a wooden deck.

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After consulting the Necronomicon of the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred a magus attempts to summon a demon and gets a lemur lemure with a lemon. When even the minions of Hell can't decifer your handwriting, you can end up with some weird things...

The lemur is in a circle of very badly transcribed Arabic asking for protection against evil. arabic is very easy to make errors in because of the dots and dashes. One out of place totally changes the meaning of the word. Plus Arabic doesn't include the vowels in the writen form, so its easy to misinterpret. Thus Arabic made the most sense for this piece. The actually copying is so bad it's absolute gibberish by this point.

Sculpture is available for purchase. Contact me for details.

After consulting the Necronomicon of the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred a magus attempts to summon a demon and gets a lemur lemure with a lemon. When even the minions of Hell can't decifer your handwriting, you can end up with some weird things...

Sculpture is ApoxieSculpt over a wire and foam frame, painted in acrylic. The planking is balsa that was distressed by hacking it up with an exacto-knife and then dunking it in a vat of black dye I had around for another project.

Sculpture is available for purchase. Contact me for details.

Little rat, big dreams! Just because the basketball is almost as big as you are doesn't mean you can't be as great a player as the big guys. Work hard, think big.

Eyes forward, ears perked up, and standing in a dramatic pose, he's ready to take a shot or break back into a dribble any second now. He may be the littlest player on the court, but he's #1 in his own mind and jersey at least.

His whiskers are semi-soft. They're actually toouthbrush bristles that were stuck in while he was drying.

Apoxiesculpt. Painted in acrylic.

original is for sale. Contact me for details.

Little rat, big dreams! Just because the basketball is almost as big as you are doesn't mean you can't be as great a player as the big guys. Work hard, think big.

Think Big is ApoxieSculpt over a wire and foam frame. He is a freestanding sculpture with a wooden "court" to play on. Yes, he really does stand on two feet! He's not actually attached to the court, so can be repositioned on it and will still stand on his own. His tail (not visible in this shot) provides the counterbalance, but doesn't actually form a third contact point.

Painted in acrylic.

original is for sale. Contact me for details.

Little rat, big dreams! Just because the basketball is almost as big as you are doesn't mean you can't be as great a player as the big guys. Work hard, think big.

Think Big is ApoxieSculpt over a wire and foam frame. He is a freestanding sculpture with a wooden "court" to play on. He stands on two feet and can be repositioned.

The ball is actually a little tiny rubber ball that was coated in ApoxieSculpt and textured to appear like one of the older style leather coated basketballs. If you're clearly the little guy on the team that they let play for pity's sake, you don't get the prime equipment. Poor guy. Not that he's letting it stop him as he's clearly got a shot lined up.

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"Remember Me" A wombat plants a tree at the grave of a loved one and leaves a token behind.

This got an Honorable Mention ribbon at the 2005 Anthrocon art show, much to my surprise.

ApoxieSculpt over a wire and foam base. Painted in acrylic. natural sand on the base. No, the writing does not say anything, it's random stings of symbols made to look like an inlaid inscription in some unknown language.

"Remember Me" A wombat plants a tree at the grave of a loved one and leaves a token behind.

This got an Honorable Mention ribbon at the 2005 Anthrocon art show.

The shawl was given its slightly wrinkled texture by spreading an thin veneer of ApoxieSculpt over a sheet of aluminum foil. The foil provided just enough stiffening to keep the Apoxiesculpt from tearing apart when spread so thin, but without actually really stiffening it. It worked out great for creating fabric wrinkles and folds.

All the daisies on her shawl were individually painted. Where its folded over itself took extra planning on the painting because in some places you could see both sides of the shawl, so the position on top and bottom needed to match.

Sculpture is for sale. Contact me for additional info.

"Remember Me" A wombat plants a tree at the grave of a loved one.

This got an Honorable Mention ribbon at the 2005 Anthrocon art show.

Rather than the usual cutting method I use when workign with Apoxiesculpt, she was done with tapping. She was sculpted to the exact shape I wanted, then tapped over and over with a knife to create all the fine lines of her fur.

The fur was given its grizzled look by painting her in 3 steps. First I put on the base coat, a blue-grey in this case. Then she was washed with black heavily diluted with water to give it depth. Then she was dry brushed with white to give her a grizzled aged look.

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