Season 2, Episode 20: Go Fish
When several members of Sunnydale High swim team are mysteriously skinned alive, Buffy and the gang take it upon themselves to protect the remaining members, which results in Xander revealing a side of himself rarely seen.

I made Gage from the episode Go Fish. I've wanted to attempt a Wentworth Miller character and the particular scene when he rips off his skin was one that I've always liked. While junk shopping I came across a locker and this set my mind in motion to recreate this scene.

Here are two scenes from Buffy the Vampire Slayer:


The locker system was something I think from Sabrina the Teenage Witch. I ripped out something inside which left a hole at the top. I decided to invert the lockers so the hole was on the bottom. It still worked. I glued a piece to the bottom of the locker so that I could screw it to the base. For the base I used a Lorn stage piece. I was originally going to use this cool tile looking floor (which you can see in some pictures) but after watching the show I noticed the floor was cement so I sadly had to scrap that idea (after having to cut up the tile piece to fit into the Lorn stage.)

I had this John Cena figure with the mouth open so I started with that. It was about a 7 inch figure so I knew it would be tricky to find other parts that would be in proportion to this figure's head. I went with a demon Giles body since it had that bumpy texture like the creature in the show. I also used the Leo's (from Charm) lower torso, legs and one arm. This was originally used to make my Grooslaugg figure. Since I redid that figure awhile back I recycled these parts. The size was what I needed. I started out using both of Leo's arms but I ran into some problems. I also used a Spike jacket and an alien's hand and a spider man hand.

Here are some before pics:

I had to cut away some of Gile's body and then I super glued that to the top of Leo's torso. I also drilled a hole in the top of Gile's body and used a plastic dowel to hold up the head. I tilted and angled it some to make him look at his hand. I used a lot of clay for the stomach to fill in the huge gaps. I then sculpted the stomach and the ripped open chest. Next I sculpted the legs. I am extremely happy how the folds in the jeans look. It's very real looking! I'm not sure if the detail is easily seen in the pictures.

I then sculpted the arms. Most of the forearm is the Leo arm. I took off the hand are replaced it with the demon hand. I sculpted around the arm to make it look like one piece. Then I super glued the Spider Man hand to the demon hand and sculpted that in place to appear as if the demon hand is ripping through his human hand. Here is a picture.

For the rest of the arm it didn't look right to have anything attached. I tried gluing parts of other upper arms but it looked too bulky. I decided to just sculpt the rest of the arm and the shirt. I am also very pleased how all the folds and how the rolled up sleeve turned out!

Then I was going to have his other hand supporting the ripped hand (like in the show) but every time I attempted the arm looked super long. For risk of it looking silly I had two options. One was to have his left hand hang down and rest on his leg...which looked great. Option 2 was to have his hand on his ripped open chest area. You can see what I decided was best. This one was super difficult to sculpt. Most of the arm is my own sculpting. I used a different hand (not Leo's) and part of Leo's forearm. The shirt was also tricky to sculpt but I love how it all turned out. The jacket I cut away a large chunk off the bottom to make it not hang so low. I cut away a large chunk from the shoulder areas and sculpted that in to make it appear less rigid and more real. Take a look!

Here are some finished locker pictures. I spray painted the lockers with a metallic silver paint and then sealed it with a matte spray which gave it a really cool look. I painted rust on the bottom. I used a Wesley jacket and an arm from a figure (minus the hand) for the jacket. I only did one side since I glued it to the top of the locker. I sculpted it to look like a letter jacket. I included a bag, cell phone, and shoes that were left over from another figure. I cut part of the blanket from a Spike figure and there is also a mirror glued inside.

Here is the finished painted piece. I do like how the flannel turned out. It was a learning experience how to paint flannel material. I think it looks good. I gave the jeans a textured look. I'm not totally sold on the facial likeness but I think it'll work. It was so darn hard painting Wentworth's eyes on a figure with squinting eyes. There is dirty sweat marks on his head and I used hot glue for the slimy strands on his new demon hand.