christrom
Sr Member
Well, here we go again...
So, after I finished my AT-AT diorama I really wanted to build something from scratch. I've always loved the Rancor from return of the Jedi, and although the AMT kit was excellent, the head needed some work. I figured I'd set myself the challenge of doing it from the ground up.
I'll be making this model using Super Sculpey - probably a mix of the normal stuff and the firm stuff. If it all progresses well I'll split it up for casting and offer it as a kit. I'm aiming for a size of around 10" - 12" height. I'll make a sand base, and possibly sculpt a Luke figure as well.
So, first things first - I watch a load of John Brown's sculpture videos, and they proved to be the best start I could give myself. I have also collected reference photos from the net - AMT reference, gentle giant reference and also some Sketchup models as well as some ILM pictures. There was a french guy (I believe) who had modified an AMT rancor on another forum, and the results were astounding. - I hope to get somewhere near that!
So, I first did a test with Sculpey so I could see how it bakes - I did a portrait from a front and side view of some random guy on the internet:
I was fairly pleased with this as a first attempt - it was a couple of night's work, and it taught me a lot.
Next I decided to do a tiny maquette with a wire frame base. I was going to use this to try to work out a pose, but it was a bit useless for it. Still, the armature gave me a reasonably good idea of how to attempt the larger sculpt:
So, that is where I'm up to. Next stage will be to create a larger, more accurate wire armature.
Thanks for looking!
Chris
So, after I finished my AT-AT diorama I really wanted to build something from scratch. I've always loved the Rancor from return of the Jedi, and although the AMT kit was excellent, the head needed some work. I figured I'd set myself the challenge of doing it from the ground up.
I'll be making this model using Super Sculpey - probably a mix of the normal stuff and the firm stuff. If it all progresses well I'll split it up for casting and offer it as a kit. I'm aiming for a size of around 10" - 12" height. I'll make a sand base, and possibly sculpt a Luke figure as well.
So, first things first - I watch a load of John Brown's sculpture videos, and they proved to be the best start I could give myself. I have also collected reference photos from the net - AMT reference, gentle giant reference and also some Sketchup models as well as some ILM pictures. There was a french guy (I believe) who had modified an AMT rancor on another forum, and the results were astounding. - I hope to get somewhere near that!
So, I first did a test with Sculpey so I could see how it bakes - I did a portrait from a front and side view of some random guy on the internet:
I was fairly pleased with this as a first attempt - it was a couple of night's work, and it taught me a lot.
Next I decided to do a tiny maquette with a wire frame base. I was going to use this to try to work out a pose, but it was a bit useless for it. Still, the armature gave me a reasonably good idea of how to attempt the larger sculpt:
So, that is where I'm up to. Next stage will be to create a larger, more accurate wire armature.
Thanks for looking!
Chris
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