Project 01 'Nero'

Huuray!


Since someone figured out, from the pile of supplies I posted a short while ago, what I was planning to make, here are some images of what I've gotten done so far!

The concept idea was to make a sculpture of Nero that was free-standing, and had posable wings. So, with the help of ~Karingan's advice of a wire armature base covered in masking tape, I was able to get a structurally stable base on which to create this sculpture! From the first four pics, you can see the process I went through of twisting the wire into the pose I wanted, (which was just a simple stance pose for my first attempt), and then wrap the masking tape around the wires for some bulk. Then I gradually began adding clay to the form, and bit by bit, it started to look likea dragon!

And once the whole thing was covered with clay, I sculpted some wings sepparately and, (using my secret technique of which I will not share with the public), I made moving joints inside the wings, and made the wing fingers able to bend naturally. Right now, it stands roughly 7 inches tall, and is about 1 foot 3 inches long. The wingspan at full spread is about 2 feet long. Give or take a few...

He still has none of his characteristc features yet, as I like to completely sculpt the base ofa dragon before adding all the character details. ^_^ I've also used nearly one whole box of clay on him, (which is crazy because normally I can get 3 slightly smaller sculptures out of just one box), and I still have alot of details to add.

Uuuhhghhgg!!! I'm so not looking forward to making all those stinkin' scales on his chin and belly... Oh well, I must suffer for my art to prosper.

OH! And what expression do you guys think I should give him? As of right now it's his signiture grin, but I'm still open to suggestions.

Well, I'll upload some more pics of him as I add on his characteristic features. ^_^

Till then.

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