Mollie Macaw Prop Build
(2024)
Back in 2024 at PAX, I met the insanely talented Mason (or UniqueGeese as he's known online) creator of popular indie horror game “Indigo Park”, later in the year he expressed interest in building a practical prop of the head of the Mollie Macaw character from Indigo Park for promo usage- and then I immediately got to work on building it out for him!
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First step was making an original model for the prop- Mason gave me some direction and concept art to make a more realistic interpretation of the character, so after sculpting a completely original model I begun fabrication.
A big part of this build was the gore and skin effects- specifically around the eyes and mouth. The eyes were modeled after a mix of dinosaur and rooster eyes- with added LEDs in the actual eyes to replicate her look in game. The mouth was just based on the inside of a bird beak (which is really gross looking don’t look it up) The beak also needed a lot of small detail work- many scratches and cracks that were elevated using highlights around each dent.
The fur needed to also look like feathers- which was attainted by lots of combing and precise hand trimming to give it the depth of each feather. The hat was constructed with a layer of fluff around the rims- to give it some extra depth compared to the original game model- with removable goggles that I casted some resin lenses for.
Overall this build took around 3 weeks of work, and it was a really fun refresher from doing FNaF stuff all year!
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Check out the build more in depth in this video!
