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The brief:
Looking at Whaler's entry in last week's Challenge, I remembered that all clowns have their own distinctive make-up - and, I believe, their copyright is registered by them painting their make-up onto an egg. So I thought, who can I pick as the basis for a week of clowns? Only one face really sprang to mind. Fun aside, the hard part here will be creating the base white coat of make-up: how can we do that without losing all the detail in the face?
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(Not trying to make a political statement!)
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The brief:
Going through the archives, I came across this picture I took of myself back in 2001. For the life of me, I can't remember what I needed a body in this pose for - but it must have been something big to warrant changing into a jacket and tie for. And I can't remember whose head I put on here, either. Can you help me jog my memory?
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(Sorry, Bill!) 
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The brief:
OK, so there's no body yet. But it seems to me this scene is crying out for a freshly done away with corpse, and perhaps a selection of murder weapons... Reverend Green with the candlestick, anyone?
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The Original:
The brief:
My brother recently brought me back one of these rather nifty robot hands from a trip to New York. Turn it on, and the fingers move more or less in time with a piano soundtrack. Well, the batteries ran out fairly quickly, and to be honest I haven't replaced them. What I do like about it is the fact that you can see all the cogs, wires and electronics through the transparent hand. And it set me thinking: could we build a robot head to match the hand? I just happened to have this glass head lying around (sorry it's so dusty) and thought we could give it a go. It's not an easy project, so do feel free to put the head to other uses if you prefer!
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