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This happy-go-lucky fellow, along with all the other creatures shown in this article, was designed and built by Dave Britton, who specializes in making alien trophy heads out of Casteline modeling wax and animal bone. He uses these models to create resin-cast kits that he sells online at headhuntersstudio.com.

Photography by Dave Britton

It Came from My Garage!

Model kit makers bring B-movie monsters to your home.

By Gareth Branwyn

MANY MAKERS LIKELY GOT THEIR first bug for building by putting together styrene plastic vehicle and monster model kits as kids. Until the late 1980s, the barriers to entry for actually fabricating — as opposed ...

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