Iron Axes, Knives and Scythes, Oh My!

We are releasing some prop weapons this year :) Along with that, some vintage style tools will be added, like axes, scythes and the like, and we are excited! This came from a late night of creating (and cleaning) and viola! we had some realistic looking weapons shinning back at us!
From Right to Left: "The Psycho Shank", "The Pig Sticker", "The Commando", and "The Butcher"
These range from $20 to $30 for each hand made knife and will be available at our etsy shop.

 

We are slowly attempting to release these four along with our Vintage Style Murder Axe before the MWHC show this June, but there is a lot to do! Below is a completed vintage style axe, that is made from soft urethane foam, perfect for when you need a lighter, but realistic prop. It comes complete with a real 32" wooden handle dirtied up to look old and worn.

 

"The Butcher" Handle

As the MWHC date gets closer we are scrambling to wrap it all up for the show, however this will not be the end to the items we will be releasing. Look out for our new mask lines, as well as some excellent new prosthesis items.

Becoming Official: Getting Closer to MWHC!

We are now officially on the list of Midwest Haunters Convention Vendors, we are looking forward to it!

We will be in booth 805 at the Columbus Convention Center, June 4-5, 2011 selling MWS merchandise: prosthesis, masks, props, etc, as well as taking orders and custom design orders.

Come out for good entertainment, classes and workshops, but most importantly: stop by and say hi!

http://midwesthauntersconvention.com/tradeshow/

Tony and I will be at our booth all day Sat and Sun to meet and greet, show off the 2011 lines and possibly sculpt in person a little, who knows.

Our booth design has been tweaked and construction has commenced!  We are excited to see how it turns out and ballpark completion by the end of the week! For those of you who cannot make it to MWHC this year, we will be taking lots of photos we will be uploading here and in the galleries at MetalWaterStudio.com
so check in after the show.

We are also bringing new designs for 2011, and we will see new color schemes from client favs like our little faun horns, a house fav for our customers. One of our 2011 schemes for all horn lines will be Gunmetal:

 

We also have designed a new Devilish scheme for 2011, revamped and more vibrant!

We are letting everyone know that if there are specific things they would like to see brought to the show, the let us know by the last two weeks in April.

We hope to see everyone there, come out and plaaayyyy ayyyy!

Arachnid Mask Finish

Here it is kids, nice and creepy, just the way you like it:

 

T. C. here took it to a very horrific level and it turned out great with the fit to the facial features. 

 

More photos and schemes to come.

No. 3 in ButtonEye: Arachnee A.K.A The Puppet Master Coming Soon!

The third in the series by T Colque here, is the Arachnee Button Eye as I've been calling it, a hybrid that takes on an eerie arachnid personality.

In Greek and Roman Mythology, as well as folklore from cultures all over the world, Arachne was a great mortal weaver and loomstress who's skill was so admired, people came from all over to see her. Her fame became so intoxicating, that Arachne boasted her skill surpassed that of the great Goddess Minerva (or Athena as most of us know her).

Arachne insulted the goddess by not acknowledging that her skill ultimately came from Athena, so the goddess in upset, pitched a contest between Arachne and herself. Ultimately the goddess became so enraged with jealousies toward the the mortal's weaving success (and not to mention the subject matter of her weaving--The Twenty One Episodes of infidelity by the Gods), that Athena tore apart the work and ultimately condemned Arachne to life as a spider.
"So you shall live to swing, to live now and forever, Even to the last hanging creature of your kind."

We hope to release this finished design in the next week, so stay tuned and check out the Etsy store, and our web catalog coming soon to our official site.

http://www.metalwaterstudio.etsy.com

http://www.metalwaterstudio.com

Website and Store Coming Soon!

Finally! MWS will have an official public site with a public store. We love Etsy, it gave us our first store and our first shot, and we are grateful and better for it. We will still be keeping our store there, however time and demand has come that we have an official domain and finally here it is, store coming soon!:

                                                   http://www.MetalWaterStudio.com

                    Designed by K Firor of MWS, we are very excited to have our public domain.


We will be releasing a catalog in our new store with the new designs so far from 2011, plus some things we haven't released yet. We have been working to release new prosthesis designs and have really enjoyed doing some things that we haven't seen yet.

We love these Black Gunmetal back spikes. They're great for many uses (we particularly like them on the arms, photos coming soon). They are very light, and easy to apply and use, T.C. here couldn't even feel them on in the photo shoot.
We sculpt the skin like we sculpt the horn, so they are easier to blend and a lot more realistic than your average appliance. We will be releasing similar designs, clusters, and other body appliances, as well as another mask line---or two!

AlterEgo Mask Update

I said there would be AlterEgo sculpt update and here are a few for you. This is the first in the series, the concept being our Alter Ego Inner Consciousness, inspired by Native Myth and multi cultural stories of shamans and shape shifters.

One of my new favorite movies thanks to T.C. here, happens to be The Island of Dr. Moreau,

1996 Movie Cover, (pics from Wikipedia)

Movie Scene Clip, Hyena (you may recognize Ron Perlman) and Cheetah

The story of a scientist with a god complex who moves to an island where he can manipulate DNA of humans and animals. Seeking the ideal balance of the peaceful creature, he finds he loses control, and that his creations (his "children") must cope with what he has made them, and he realizes too late what he has done. (great photo archive at this blog: http://movie-memorabilia-emporium.blogspot.com)
Powerful inspiration for this new mask/creature line at MWS.

You may notice that this is the Hawk version in this line, and no I did not lose the frontal pics (wow that sounds wrong) those will come before molding this piece. Hey I did say "Teaser Photos".

This mask is designed to move with the features and for one to be able to speak through the beak as they would through lips, since it is sculpted to work with the mouth. Lots of bird research. There are amazing aviary creatures out there. 

I used a mix of inspiration, from Hawks and Falcons to African Ground birds. I wanted this creature to be versatile, able to look fierce ( studying hawks is very useful), or sad or sweet. The idea, really is to have the person wearing this to not just put it on, but to become it, to feel the essence of this realistic fantastic creature.

February Updates

It has been a strange couple of months here at MWS, and overall in the world. Weather has been nuts, even rendering the studio without power for almost a week. We also spent a lot of studio time motel hopping, a very interesting experience if I say so! Now I decided while being a bit under the weather and in bed, that I could do something, so I am updating.
Here is an interesting technique that we are re-introducing into the studio, leather sculpted costume accessories.

 Just a teaser photo for now, you will be able to see the piece in it's entirety listed in the etsy store.

There will be different colors and styles. This piece is a neck piece that doubles as an eye patch. We are very excited to make multi-use pieces and props. This is done with high quality human taxidermy eyes, up-cycled leather, and waxed cotton. We will be releasing pieces with creature eyes, mountain lion, reptile, etc.

Also soon to come, AlterEgo a creature mask line designed by K Firor here at MWS, as well as a traditional style latex, creature-horror mask line by T Colque. Details soon to come, but I can tell you they are very interesting. The new "Button" line by T.C is a continuation from this first piece:

 

We are having a great time experimenting for the MWHC this June, and are working to incorporate some traditional techniques that we have picked up over the years. T.C. has extensive experience in all manner of three dimensional mediums, and along with 3D illustration background they both share, K.F. has extensive experience in jewelry and textiles techniques.

"Bubba" is the next in the new line by T.C. of MWS. This is the preliminary, and not the complete first  paint job but we like it so much here it is:

 

I will be posting updates to this design and the next in the series (which I'm excited to say he is almost finished with the sculpt), with the ties and full paint jobs as well as sculpt teasers for the first AlterEgo piece.