Birdman

After already making 1,500 mini Birdman figures, we took on the challenge of creating five life-size Birdman figures for the promotion of the movie, Birdman. Given only a little amount of time to make them, we sent away one of our mini figures to be scanned and cut in polystyrene, but we couldn’t just stop there. The detail had been scaled up to 20 times its size, so there was a lot of extra work to be done. The details We needed to completely re-make each of the models’ heads and sculpt a lot of detail into the polystyrene to get them all up to superhero-standards. Then it was time to get them moulded. Not only did we have to make sure they were a Birdman replica, we also needed to consider the weight of each of them. With the plan being for them to be placed on top of cinema roofs across London and the South of England, they needed to be lightweight but robust. How we did it With Birdman’s huge wings, this came as a challenge. Done wrong and the wings could easily catch the wind, and the next thing you know Birdman would be flying… then crashing to the ground. Luckily, with our great experience in moulding and casting our sculptures, we knew exactly how to get around this. By using the correct thickness of fibreglass matting and the correct amount of resin, and building it around metal armatures we formed something that was strong and would stand against the high winds, without snapping in half. The result It’s fair to say that our customer was incredibly happy with the outcome, as with the rest of the work we have done for them – including giant t-shirts, giant coat hangers and mini models of characters for movie promotions, counting our little Birdman figurines too! We received a lot of great feedback, and even picked up a few new clients on the back of the project, which is fantastic, especially with the amount of fun we had doing it.

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