Sculpt - The Hunt

[Klaus not Santa]

Hey guys,

over the weekend I was very productive with the Swamp Thing, and yesterday I had a whole day (vacation) to work on this sculpt

Since the last update I decided to really go for the skin texture

It is a lot of work, but its kind of meditating and really worth the effort (I think)

With the first leg "skinned" and baked I added flesh to the rest of the body

also note that I added the front legs (which I initially forgot )

With the babe on it

also fleshing up the tail (and a first base for the head)

And then it was time to add the skin effect

There are some sections really hard to reach with the "stamp"

The one arm broke off in the oven, so he's in a sling
But now I'm ready to start with the head

Cheers
Klaus

 

[Junkie]

Awesome. That texture is totally worth it, totally.

 

[Grendels]

Really nice work!

 

[warped_one]

wow looking good

 

[Quaralane]

You're knocking this out of the park, Klaus

 

[Bizarre]

nice dino skin!

 

[Scrach]

I could only wish to do such work; sculpting is a whole other skill I can't imagine getting good at.
Look forward to more.

 

[MrNatural]

Love seeing a sculpt start to take shape and this thing is definitely looking great. Very nice, keep up the great work, truly inspiring.

 

[JohnSimmons]

More fantastic work!

 

[cargoman5126]

Great work on the sculpting,, the stamp method looks awesome...

 

[Klaus not Santa]

Thank you guys!
Happy Easter by the way

Well, I sent the time quite productive (despite lots of family time and enjoying the sun [occasionally])
The first thing on my list, was the head.

which needed teeth too

and the skin effect

but then I realized I had bent in the neck

So I shaved some material back off

and sculpted a new neck-line

This looks better now

Then I sculpted her left hand and foot

And the right one

For the head I needed about 10 attempts

before I got this one

and this is as far as I got

What do you think?
Cheers
Klaus

 

[cargoman5126]

Looks aamazing...the details are great,the face is incredible...great work!!!!

 

[Jaitea]

....awesone skill.....

J

 

[Grendels]

Looks very good!

 

[Junkie]

Beautiful work.

 

[Quaralane]

She's looking as fierce as her mount, Klaus.
Excellent work

 

[Klaus not Santa]

Finally time for an update

Since the last update I worked on her clothes and chest armor.

Here you can see I used some "dino skin" for the breast armor

Then I worked on the arm and shoulder armor - it will be painted to be of leathery structure

I also used left-overs from the GreenStuff and ProCreate to sculpt little feathers, which I will later use as oranments

Then I created some drapery to flow in the wind, giving the scene (hopefully) a bit more dinamics

Here you can glimpse the central armor piece on her chest

Here I have already completed the boot and added some more dino skin armor to the forearm and the shin

This is as far as I got

and here's also a short youtube video
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/embed/3H1XJKaBvRA[/youtube]

I hope you like today's update.
Cheers
klaus

 

[Junkie]

Stunning work. Great video, it's larger than I first thought.

 

[Quaralane]

Gorgeous work on this, Klaus.
It's all flowing together nicely

 

[JohnSimmons]

Very very cool, must be a lovely feeling having a one off unique piece built by yourself.

 

[Grendels]

Very nice!!!

 

[Klaus not Santa]

Very very cool, must be a lovely feeling having a one off unique piece built by yourself.

Thanks,
To be honest, since most of my projects are scratchbuilds, i never thought about them special ...
But now that you mention it ...
😉

 

[TRM]

Outstanding work Klaus! Had to catch up a little as I missed the start...but WOW!! Great sculpting!! Carry on Sir!!

 

[nicholassagan]

Whoa! Just getting caught up!! NICE!!!

 

[Klaus not Santa]

Thank you guys!

Well I'm a bit handicapped by lumbago since last Friday, but hey pain relievers are to relieve the pain, right?

Since the last update I sculpted a saddle for her

and then decided she needs a bow and arrows

and a quiver

Then I worked on her face, giving her eyelashes and brows as well as....no, not pimples!
These will be ornamental gems

And finally a backpack and bedroll, some final straps for the stirrups

And that's it!

She's done

and ready for paint

I will enter her alone in the "figure" category, but I will also enter her in the diorama category with some background and her prey.
For this I started off with another wire armature

and a lot of SuperSculpey

The "Fire Boar" started off innocent enough

But he showed his true nature quickly

So what do you think?
I will leave them alone for a day or two and then revisit them and see if anything needs fixing andf then start painting.
Cheers
Klaus

 

[Grendels]

Very well done!

 

[Quaralane]

Excellent, Klaus.

 

[Dark Kyp]

Waow this is amazing!

 

[Scrach]

Wonderful progress! And now you're building more?!

 

[adampolo13]

Oh man! One of my favorite builds during this contest!