Death Knight helmet project.

[FrogmanStudio]

Hello all!

Previously, I had started a clay sculpt for the Extremis Iron Man helmet over the summer. Due to HORRIBLE heat, and bad measurements and research, I scrapped it to make another based on Volpin's use of another's (forgetting the name) method.

So after that, I started working on a project based on a game I had enjoyed for awhile. THANKFULLY, my addiction has been cast aside, buy my interest in the artwork surrounding the World of WarCraft, will honestly never cease. So looked at quite a few of the armor designs, and thought: Hell, I can sculpt. Why not make one?!

Well, here it is so far. Proportions are not exactly 'to scale' of the model of the Tier 8 Death Knight helm, as well...the game itself has a wacked out proportion, one of the things I love. My attempt was to make it 'realistic' while sticking true to its origins.

I apologize for the bad quality of the photos as I have a rather cheap, though useful camera, plus, its 3am, and I took this on my drafting table, and not in my studio (POWERS OUT!!!).

[Edit]- Interest thread here.

 

[OdiWan72]

Great design you chose and great work so far.
Is it just the way the pics were taken, or do the eye-sections have slight symmetry issues?!

PIcture 3 shows one eye socket being higher than the other plus a slightly narrower shape...

Markus

 

[FrogmanStudio]

Bit of both. The left eye is still being sculpted, so it's just clay layed out, and I noticed that a few things got tilted, which freaked me out, and I sent about an hour doing measurements again! Like I mentioned, camera is a bit unsuited for this sort of thing, but ti gets the point across....most of the time.

 

[berger]

OHHHH!!!!!!! OHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

do a warrior t10 helm next!

 

[Mobiuscorpus]

Awesome! I played WoW for quite a while, and I'm thinking about coming back for Cataclysm. My main toon is a Death Knight. I will watch this thread with great interest (shamless Palpatine reference...) I absolutley love the backstory with the DKs and their history.

 

[FrogmanStudio]

I have plans to do a few other helmets, and maybe a full set of one of the armors.
Personally, I played a warrior, and was always in love with the Tier 4 set, and the 'Sharkfin' helmet as well.

 

[weaselflinger]

I'm not familiar with the source material, but that sculpt is all kinds of cool.

 

[MooCriket]

Some very nice work indeed

 

[berger]

sharkfin would be tier 2, best looking tier set in the game as far as im concerned

 

[jp3rks]

Cool. Nice details.

 

[FrogmanStudio]

weaselflinger- Thats probably for the best! The games rather addictive, glad I got out when I did! Thank you for your kind words!

MooCriket- Thanks!

berger- Yup, I know the tier But to me, it shall always be 'Sharkfin Helm'!

jp3rks- Thanks!

 

[FrogmanStudio]

Update!

Worked on the clay sculpt some more, tightening things up before making a first cast to continue working on it in fiberglass. Heres some shots!

 

[berger]

i was just thinking about this earlier today, cant wait to see it finished with the fins/ears on the sides.

 

[FrogmanStudio]

i was just thinking about this earlier today, cant wait to see it finished with the fins/ears on the sides.

Thanks! It's been unfortunately, slow going. Problems with the softness of the clay, and smudging some details away too often. I'll be adding the raised details from the game model with Apoxie Sculpt on a fiberglass version. I'm making a horn while working on the mold and fiberglass copy, and will work a way of attaching them, as well as the teeth. Hopefully it will be more steady progress, and maybe I'll get some made for people!

 

[berger]

definitely looking foreward to updates

 

[Meng]

Wow that is fantastic! Great schulpt! I love the lines on it.
So cool!

 

[FrogmanStudio]

WELL! Haven't touched this project as much as I want, but I finally got the first sculpt of the main helmet in a mold, and made a pull to see how it would come out, and was quite happy with it. Now I need to work on the ridge detail, teeth, and figure out how to go about the horns. I have a model of them in foam at the moment thankfully.

I just took some goofy pictures of the pull, nothing too serious right now.

 

[Boomer]

That's huge, but it does look great. I don't really like the dk's in the game. Especially with The latest patch of "hey I'm a dk I can kills anything".

Anywho have you thought of doing Arthas helmet as he Lk I assume that would generate more interest as it's from W3 as well.

 

[clancampbell]

Superb sculpt! Smooth, detailed...lovely!

 

[Kris Lyssara]

That's huge, but it does look great. I don't really like the dk's in the game. Especially with The latest patch of "hey I'm a dk I can kills anything".

Anywho have you thought of doing Arthas helmet as he Lk I assume that would generate more interest as it's from W3 as well.

*death grip - death coil - death coil - death coil - ghoulnoms* Kill anything? What in the world are you talking about?

Anyway, the helmet looks amazing! I'd love to get a cast of one. =]