Deathclaw1 Hook Tooth the Bone Biter! Legendary Deathclaw Mask
Deathclaw
Deathclaw Refinement
Deathclaw Render
Rough Sculpture
Molding I made a two part stone mold for foam latex.
Mold Half 2 I flattened one side to lay on a flat surface.
Mold 5
Wax Lifecast My lifecast was covered with wax sheets for fiberglass application.
Finished Fiberglass Helm.
Helm./Underskull Holes were drilled into the lifecast to register the helmet and underskull.
Horn Rough I used orthographic templates to cut out the horns from insulation foam.
Latexing Horns The horns were coated in mask latex for additional texture.
Test Foam Mask

Final Makeup 2
Final Makeup
Orc Concept 1 I overlaid tracing paper on photos of my model.
Ogre Concept 2
Ogre Anterior
Ogre Left Profile
Snap Cuts I cut the sculpture into three pieces to make snap molds.
Final Foam I stippled PAX paint on for the base tone, then airbrushed the top layers.
Ogre Dentures Custom top and bottom set of dentures.
Steel Gauntlets I cold forged 16 gauge steel to make the gauntlets. They fully articulate.
Ogre Armor The armor is shaped out of 16 gauge steel. The layers allow for more mobility.

Fallout 3 Deathclaw

Multi-Piece Ogre Makeup

Blue Bug Open
Blue Bug Closed
Maquette
Sculpture I used vacuforms of the face shells to sculpt the face in a neutral position.
Mold and Core The mold was complex and required five pieces to make the core. Three stone parts, and two silicone plugs for the eye sockets.
Shell Buck I used green foam and body filler to sculpt the buck for fiberglass.
Fiberglass Shells The shell pieces are all fiberglass that I wet sanded smooth for painting.
Lever Box I built a custom lever box to operate the cables in the jaw mechanics.
Mandible Mechs. I made simple pin joints to operate the mandibles. I attached the cables with dental acrylic and zip ties.
Servo Plate Each set of eyes is operated by an independent servo mechanism.
Shell Gap I used spandex and foam latex to build the flexible gap between shells. It was baked with a heat gun once fully sculpted.

Mechanical Creature

Bridge 1 This 1/32 scale model has two modular floors. The top floor has the Officer's Quarters and Operations Room.
Bridge 3
The Operations Room I incorporated pneumatic controls to simulate the table and elevator rising and free floating on the 1/24 scale model.
Bridge Concept 1
Bridge Concept 4
Bridge 2 The center piece of the 1/32 scale model is a functioning hologram. It works when I put my phone on pyramid in the model.
Bridge 6
Bridge 4

Movie Set Whitemodel

The design challenge was to create a mechanical mask of a Deathclaw for the game Fallout 3. The idea was to create a unique legendary version of the creature as DLC side quest. I imagined him as a particularly large beast with a uniquely shaped tooth.

The mask was sculpted on a full head lifecast of myself, and molded and cored using gypsum cement. It was constructed from foam latex, fiberglass and two part plastics. It's brow was mechanized using cables on a custom hand controller and the jaw was spring loaded.

A set of white models I built to represent the bridge, Captain's quarters and operations room of a starship. They are meant for a conceptual sequel to the 1956 film Forbidden Planet by MGM Studios. The full bridge model is 1/32 scale and the larger operations room is 1/24 scale. All the pieces had modular parts allowing multiple different view and photography angles

The bridge is meant to be a briefing area incorporating a holographic display. I conceptualized the tables, elevators and chairs lowering themselves flush with the floor when not in use, or raising when needed. The tables double as controls or holographic displays as well and can have any authorized image swiped over to it.

Blue Bug is a custom mechanical creature operated by cable and servo components. The shell armor opens to reveal the insects real face! The story behind this guy is that his species was engineered by alien invaders bent on world domination. Heavily armored and agile, and difficult to kill, but they eggs hatch upon death!

This guy is made from scratch using machined and hand tooled parts. The shells are foam sculpted to shape that were silicone molded and cast with fiberglass. The face and other muscles were hand sculpted in water clay, molded and cast in foam latex.

The shell, mandibles and lower jaw are cable mechs operated by a lever box I built for the project. Each set of eyes is attached to an individual servo programmed to a controller.

This is an original concept of a warrior ogre. It was designed to be a multi-piece makeup prosthetic. This technique is used to maximize the movement of the over all makeup. It was a five piece makeup including a forehead, nose, chin and both ears.

The makeup also included custom dentures and armor. The dentures were hand sculpted on the models teeth castings and painted with tooth stains. The plate armor was cold forged from various gauges of steel and connected with hammered rivets to genuine leather.

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ABOUT ME

Hello! I'm Josiah Stormer. I am a special effects artist who loves to conceptualize and build 3-Dimensional artwork! I have a healthy interest in things like horror movies, gaming, fantasy and practical movie effects.

I went from making cardboard armor as a kid to my own Halloween masks as a teenager. I didn't find any happiness in my previous careers, and decided to pursue my lifelong passion for art. Now I continue making fun interesting projects while growing closer to perfecting my craft!

I am willing to make replicas, in limited runs, but prefer to build custom fantasy and sci-fi pieces. I love hearing about and creating new worlds, characters and stories.

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Josiah Stormer

SPECIAL EFFECTS ARTIST

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DESIGN

FABRICATION

CUSTOM WORK

Original Concepts, Modifications,

& Customized Replicas

Wood, Metal, Plastic, Foam & Silicone Fabrication

Concepting, Refinements,

Renderings,

& Construction Drawings

Past Projects

Deathclaw1 Hook Tooth the Bone Biter! Legendary Deathclaw Mask
Deathclaw
Deathclaw Refinement
Deathclaw Render
Rough Sculpture
Molding I made a two part stone mold for foam latex.
Mold Half 2 I flattened one side to lay on a flat surface.
Mold 5
Wax Lifecast My lifecast was covered with wax sheets for fiberglass application.
Finished Fiberglass Helm.
Helm./Underskull Holes were drilled into the lifecast to register the helmet and underskull.
Horn Rough I used orthographic templates to cut out the horns from insulation foam.
Latexing Horns The horns were coated in mask latex for additional texture.
Test Foam Mask

Final Makeup 2
Final Makeup
Orc Concept 1 I overlaid tracing paper on photos of my model.
Ogre Concept 2
Ogre Anterior
Ogre Left Profile
Snap Cuts I cut the sculpture into three pieces to make snap molds.
Ogre Dentures Set of acrylic dentures sculpted on the model's teeth casting.
Final Foam I stippled PAX paint on for the base tone, then airbrushed the top layers.
Steel Gauntlets I cold forged 16 gauge steel to make the gauntlets. They fully articulate.
Ogre Armor The armor is shaped out of 16 gauge steel. The layers allow for more mobility.

Fallout 3 Deathclaw

Multi-Piece Ogre Makeup & Costume

Blue Bug Open
Blue Bug Closed
Maquette
Sculpture I used vacuforms of the face shells to sculpt the face in a neutral position.
Mold and Core The mold was complex and required five pieces to make the core. Three stone parts, and two silicone plugs for the eye sockets.
Shell Buck I used green foam and body filler to sculpt the buck for molding and fiberglass.
Fiberglass Shells The shell pieces are all fiberglass that I wet sanded smooth for painting.
Lever Box I built a custom lever box to operate the cables in the jaw mechanics.
Mandible Mechs. I made simple pin joints to operate the mandibles. I attached the cables with dental acrylic and zip ties.
Servo Plate Each set of eyes is operated by an independent servo mechanism.
Shell Gap Me sculpting foam latex before baking with a heat gun.

Mechanical Creature

Bridge 1 This 1/32 scale model has two modular floors. The top floor has the Officer's Quarters and Operations Room.
Bridge 3
The Operations Room I incorporated pneumatic controls to simulate the table and elevator rising and free floating on the 1/24 scale model.
Bridge Concept 1
Bridge Concept 4
Bridge 2 The center piece of the 1/32 scale model is a functioning hologram. It works when I put my phone on pyramid in the model.
Bridge 6
Bridge 4

Movie Set Whitemodel

This is Hook Tooth the Bone Biter. He is one ugly SOB known for eating people in a small settlement north of Fort Constantine, in the Capital Wasteland. The people are forced to make weekly sacrifices to keep it at bay. They kidnapped strangers to feed the creature until a lone wanderer came to town...

The design challenge was to create a mechanical Deathclaw mask, a monster from the game Fallout 3. The idea was to create a unique legendary version of the creature as a DLC side quest. I imagined him as a particularly large beast with a uniquely shaped tooth.

The mask was sculpted on a full head lifecast of myself, and molded using gypsum cement. It was constructed using foam latex, fiberglass and two part liquid plastics. It's brow was mechanized using cables on a custom hand controller and the jaw was spring loaded.

"Murrey" is a custom mechanical creature operated by cable and servo components. The shell armor opens to reveal the insects real face! The story behind this guy is that his species was engineered by alien invaders bent on world domination. Heavily armored and agile, they are difficult to kill and quickly drive mankind toward extinction.

This nasty is made from scratch using machined and hand tooled parts. The shells were silicone molded and cast with fiberglass. The face and other muscles were hand sculpted in water clay, molded and cast in foam latex.

The shell, mandibles and lower jaw are cable mechs operated by a lever box I built for the project. Each set of eyes is attached to an individual servo programmed to a controller. It was painted with custom made PAX paints.

This is an original concept of a badass warrior ogre. It was designed to be a multi-piece makeup prosthetic. This technique is used to maximize the movement of the over all makeup. It was a five piece makeup including a forehead, nose, chin and both ears. I also made custom dentures.

The plate armor was cold forged from various gauges of steel and connected with hammered rivets to genuine leather. Every piece was designed to articulate as functional armor would. As a last touch I lined the armor with faux-fur.

The Godsunder Each blade was cast with liquid plastics with magnets embedded on the back edge so the halves can snap together.
Complete handle w Orb The runes were hand written and scanned into a computer.
Vhalara's Seal The seal the sorceress Vhalara cast with the orb to bind the gods into the blade.
Statue Foam sculpted life sized statue used to display the swords.
MDF Buck I traced a paper template onto 1/4 inch MDF and cut the shape on a bandsaw.
Primer The sealed and cleaned blade was spray primed before wet sanding.
Buck An MDF buck after being sealed and hand sanded to a high shine finish. The styrene was also sanded and buffed.
Gluing Pieces Hand cut styrene pieces were made for the raised parts of the blades.
Blade Seal I used 1/8th inch acrylic for the seals.
App. Runes to Buck I transferred runes taken from laser cut sticker paper to the buck before molding.
Handle Molding Each set of runes actually translate to real phrases.
Demo with Runes A test of the buck with runes, 3D printed faces and plastic cast hands.
Clay Jacket Building my matrix mold.
Fiberglassing I had a friend help me build one of the fiberglass jackets.
Silicone Pour Filling one side of the matrix mold with silicone.
Hand Rough Sculpt I sculpted the hands for the pommel on a marble the exact size of the orb.
Hand and Orb Molding
Hand Mold The hands are cast using EasyFlo 60 Liquid Plastic.
Pommel The hands on the pommels of the halves close over a pressure cast clear resin orb with an acrylic core.

The Godsunder

The god of light, Vinur, had been using mankind to fight his war against the dark god, Azyaer, for centuries. Until a talented sorceress steals a mysterious orb and uses its power to bind the gods into two halves of a blade. The sword can destroy anything the wielder wills, as long as they can tame and control the orb.

This is a prop sword made up of two identical halves designed to snap together and form into one larger blade. They are cast from two part liquid plastics and painted using lacquer paints. The swords are 47 inches long, and 4.5 inches at the widest point when combined.

Joker Bust
Joker Bust 2
Joker rig gif ZSphere rig for my Joker bust.
Joker Bust Rough 2 Rough sculpt of Joker
Ornstein Helm Ghost I 3D scanned my lifecast and sculpted the helmet on top of it.
ornstein proto
ornstein proto 2
Ornstein Front
Ornstein 3 Quarter

ZBrush

A few projects sculpted on ZBrush. The Joker bust was built on a ZSphere armature so it can be posed. The eyes, teeth and other accessories are sub-tools.

The Ornstein helmet was based on a character by the same name from Dark Souls by From Software. It was sculpted on a 3D scan of my lifecast. The project was to digitally create a detailed replica of a video game helmet that could be used for modeling or potential 3D printing.

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