This is the culmination of two full months of work.
This Pyramid Head sculpture was born when I saw a gigantic action figure of Batman from the movie Batman Begins at my local Wal-Mart. As I had just finished the much smaller movie figure visible here, I had Pyramid Head customs on the mind; I saw this Batman as, potentially, the holy grail of custom figures. So believe it or not, Batman is deep inside there, somewhere.
I completely obliterated Batman's armor and rebuilt his skin, using a special combination of hot glue, textured paint, and regular paint to build up his horribly scarred flesh. This was the slowest part of the whole process; I worked in six different layers of sculpting / finish to achieve the final effect. On close inspection you can see bulging veins, burn scars, and muscle striations.
His head is made from foamcore, metal, and a variety of layers and textures of paint. There are little rivets, rust trails, bloodstains, chips, dings, and scratches all over it. The meaty interior of the helmet, behind the grate, is treated with several layers of high-gloss polyurethane to make it look disgusting and mucousy.
The apron was hand-stitched from faux suede and upholstry thread, then dyed and aged with paint, stain, water, and a knife.
The base is made of wood underneath those tiles, which are, actually, singular linoleum tiles which I laid individually, by hand, over the entire base! Much like the rest of the figure, I then distressed and aged them with stain and various colors and types of paint.
The great knife is made from wood; one piece for the blade, the other for the handle. Using flooring adhesive, I coated the knife with a layer of tinfoil to make it appear metallic, then, you guessed it... aged and distressed it. The knife alone is 30.5 inches long.
As a finishing touch, I went all out and bought a silver engraved plaque for the base, because this is the largest, most expensive, most complex, and most lengthy project of my career as an artist thus far, and I wanted it to look the part.
This 'action figure' is NOT poseable. He is permanently attached to the base and the knife is secured in place. The head does not turn, nor do the arms. Thus I've taken to calling him a sculpture instead.
Although I didn't keep an item-by-item tally of the cost involved in this project, it is easily over $200. I am not interested in selling this figure unless I recieve a very good offer; you're welcome to make one, though don't be surprsed if I turn you down.
