The Princess - 100% scratch sculpt

Klaus not Santa · Feb 11, 2015

Hi all,

lately I haven't been working on any models.
Rather I started deeper into sculpting. Did some water clay for a while ( http://fischers-design-shop.blogspot.de/2014/12/dragon-rider-5.html ) and am now doing some polymer-clay sculpting.
This project is called "The Princess" and based on Frank Frazetta's "Queen of the Nile" - mixed a bit with Anne McCaffrey's "Dragon Riders of Pern" novels.

I started out (on 23rd Dec 2014) with the wire sceleton

and then slowly added ProCreate (GreenStuff)

then I fleshed her up wit first SuperSculpey firm (the grey one) and then SuperSculpey standard (flesh color)

at the same time I scratch built the throne with 1mm and 1.5mm plastic card

Once I was pleased with the sculpt, I baked it and started to detail it out with regular GreenStuff - here the start of the hair

While the GreenStuff pieces cured (between 2 and 10 hours) I started to add two little, dragon like Watch-Wher's

again starting with the firm SuperSculpey and then working up with the standard

Here's a step-by-step of the head:

Looks a bit like a Killer-Chicken

The left Wher's head was too big, so I chopped it off and sculpted a new one

In the meantime the Princess got more details

And here she was pretty much completed

with some extra details

and then I sarted to sculpt some "fire lizards" (small dragons) that accompany her

and this is the completed sculpt:

The Princess primed and ready for painting

First paint on the platform

starting the non-metalic gold

adding light effects to the small glow blobes on the floor

First details on the throne

and then working more on the gold

And this is how the trhoen looks as of last night (11 Feb)

With the Priness seated

I hope you like this rather big post and I look forward to your comments, feedback and suggestions.
Cheers
klaus

Daf57 · Feb 11, 2015

Wow! Well done! Thanks for the photos of the process!

Cave_Dweller · Feb 11, 2015

Top shelf work there! You have some great sculpting and painting skills, to make that all from scratch, very well done!

Quaralane · Feb 11, 2015

Definitely some excellent work going on with this one

cargoman5126 · Feb 12, 2015

You've got some skills going on...simply incredible work.. luv the results.. ;D

The Chaos · Feb 13, 2015

WOW You are the scratsch sculpt Master

Klaus not Santa · Feb 17, 2015

Hi all,
thank you for your feedback.
Well, current progress is rather slow.
But I managed to work on the carpets. I have the base colors and patterns down.

Even without light and shadows I think they already look great in the scene.

I also started to add patterns to the sheets on the ground.

This pattern was really hard-core (I'd never do it again) and I still have some clean up to do.

But in the scene the result looks worth the effort.

Now I have to decide if and what kind of patterns I will add to the other sheets.
Looking at this image, you see there are still two furs, a small shield, and the sheets draped around the throne.

What do you think?
I look forward to your comments and feedback. Suggestions welcome

Cheers
Klaus

Belugawrx · Feb 17, 2015

What do I think?
I think this is looking fantastic!!!
Love what you've done so far Klaus.
Sculpting and painting skills are really exemplary!
I will be following this one.
Cheers

Biskup · Feb 18, 2015

Really cool Idea and I especially like the trone work.

Klaus not Santa · Feb 19, 2015

Thank you guys!

I did work structures into the rugs and some of the drapes:

I gues they will be better visible with the first wash

While I do like the look, I think it looks a bit too "wild" - or as Hruotland says she apparently threw a Temper Tandrum

(naw, it's the little dragon playing around

)

So I repainted most of the drapes in red

and added the first patterns

I'm not sure if I'll do the pattern also on the other pieces...
any thoughts?

I think it looks a lot better now.

So what do you think?
Better with mostly red? Shall I add more patterns to these red pieces or leave them uni-colored?
Thanks for your comments and feedback.
Cheers
Klaus

WebbyNZ · Feb 22, 2015

What do I think, I think you sir have some incredible skills on display there.

Klaus not Santa · Feb 24, 2015

Thank you!

Since the last update I added one more set of patterns to the rear drapes.
Simple stylized dragons. Once the two Watch-Wher's sit in front the drapes will be hardly visible.

Speaking of the two Wher's.
My plan was to make them "bronze" colored. After three coats I had a halfway decent base color, together with the blue eyes.

Getting the first shadows on was also relatively easy. But somehow I couldn't get a decent and even color coat - it always looked dirty or smeared. So I decided to remove the paint completely!
It was quite a mess, I can assure you.

But then I finally got them completely color free.

And gave them a new matte black base coat. And changed the color setting completely.
Now they are blue. Shades worked out better this time.

And with the little Fire-Lizards - but they will hopefully be bronze colored!
Cross your fingers for me.
I'm quite pleased with the blue skin and they work with the other colors.

So what do you think?
I look forward to your comments and feedback.
Cheers
Klaus

Quaralane · Feb 24, 2015

Looking really good, Klaus.
I'm thinking the blue is working well for the larger whers

batfan71 · Feb 24, 2015

Yeah. I like the blue Whers. All of the fabric looks amazing. Don't do anything else to them. I can't wait to see her fully painted. As the others have said, AMAZING work!!!! Is this just something you do for fun or is this a commission?