Karkull

By Kevin

The villain from one of my favorite STAS episodes “The Hand of Fate.” The dreaded demon Karkull is almost exclusively an original sculpt. The only real base part I used was a Mattel TNBA Batman torso, which is now undetectable. I started by sculpting the head with super sculpey. Then I sawed the Batman torso vertically in half. I filled it with tin foil and sculpted over it making it much wider. I then made a foil skeleton for the lower torso, then sculpted a base for his lower half. Batman’s arms were removed and I created Karkull’s from scratch, essentially only using the Batman arms and torso for the joints so he’d have some articulation. Then I created each tentacle and posed them all as I wanted them. His cloak was just pieces of vinyl that hang off of his torso and shoulders. I blended the upper seams of the vinyl into his torso with decoupage and globs of paint. A fairly complex sculpt, but a very simple paint job. He’s a new favorite of mine.