Book of the Dead in Sculpey

by Dan Stout


I've been meaning to try out Super Sculpey, and ​inspired by some Necronomicon projects (both from Lovecraft and Evil Dead versions) I whipped this up. 

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This is coming in on the half way point-- it needs detail work and paint, but it was fun to get it this far.​

​I'd seen this version of the Evil Dead Necronomicon some time ago, and when I was doing research I realized that it had actually taken the place of the original in my mind. So I just embraced that and borrowed heavily from it.  

If I were to to ​do it again (and I might) I would really play up the notion that it was erupting from the cover. I did pull back the faux leather, and the piece I included in the sculpt is nice, but it's not enough, and is really only noticeable up close. Also, I'd sculpt the teeth then wrap them with the excess leather I cut out, so that they would appear to be formed from the cover itself. 

​Meh, live and learn. 

I'm Dan Stout, a joyfully collaborative storyteller who loves rocket ships, dinosaurs, and monsters that skulk through shadows.