Kialna's 2014 Halloween Costume Contest Entry - Smaug the Magnificent

[Winchester1701]

Re: The Hobbit - Smaug the magnificent [Human form]

Really cool

 

[kialna]

Re: The Hobbit - Smaug the magnificent [Human form]

PROGRESSSSS

Painted the pauldrons. Aww yisss.

Complete with missing scale.

Complete armour. It's just 100% done!

Working on the lower jaw....it has been modded by the next pics.

LOOK AT THAT SMILE! :lol

As it turns out, I can see through that slit. With teeth.

Profile shot.

I'm going to need some make-up I think. Hahaha

I'll lower that middle chin-spike tomorrow.

 

[Lunaman]

Re: The Hobbit - Smaug the magnificent [Human form]

YES. So good. It's really really coming together! Can't wait to see what you have planned for the wings!

 

[hakerman]

Re: The Hobbit - Smaug the magnificent [Human form]

Really, really, really impressive!

 

[outatime26]

Re: The Hobbit - Smaug the magnificent [Human form]

Wow the head looks amazing. You work ridiculously fast!
Such a great design

 

[forklift]

Re: The Hobbit - Smaug the magnificent [Human form]

need to see it all together!

 

[kialna]

Re: The Hobbit - Smaug the magnificent [Human form]

They didn't have any other colour. So...smaug is a smurf now. I'll be sanding the horns outside today (nice weather) but I won't do a lot more, since my hands are painful (regular job) and need rest before I start again monday.

 

[Chevalric]

Re: The Hobbit - Smaug the magnificent [Human form]

This is coming along really nicely! Excellent paintjob on the armour as well. Is that brushwork or do you own an airbrush?

 

[kialna]

Re: The Hobbit - Smaug the magnificent [Human form]

All just with a paintbrush. I use drybrushing like they do on sculptures to paint. I made a tutorial actually...

 

[Chevalric]

Re: The Hobbit - Smaug the magnificent [Human form]

That is really well done. I would not have guessed that this was mostly drybrushing, I haven't really seen it used on such a large scale before.

 

[Cascades]

Re: The Hobbit - Smaug the magnificent [Human form]

Looks brilliant keep it up

 

[kialna]

Re: The Hobbit - Smaug the magnificent [Human form]

Smaug Cosplay:
Head; skull with silicone skin and removable horns:

• [x] General shaping of both jaws
• [x] creating the skull of both jaws
• [x] Sculpt the dragon skin and small horns
• [ ] Sculpt the tongue
• [x] Sculpt the teeth
• [x] mechanism for jaws
• [x] Test visibility
• [ ] Eyes with LED’s embedded, cast in resin (See Kamui cosplay)
• [ ] Mold and Cast the skin in Silicone (dragonskin)
• [ ] LED’s in throat (orange/red/yellow)
• [ ] Flabby ‘skin’ at the lower jaw to cover neck.
• [x] Sculpt the horns (Possibly in Worbla. Seems to work well, make them removable. Magnets or screws.)
• [ ] Padding
• [ ]Assemble and test

Chest; Scalemail shirt with breastplate and pauldrons.

• [x] Create breastplate, including coins
• [x] Create pauldrons
• [x] Make a pattern of the pieces which will need scalemail
• [ ] Make the mail
• [ ] Sew the chainmail to the shirt
• [ ] Connect pauldrons and chestplate with straps
• [ ] check if straps disappear in the scalemail (small threads)

Arms & Hands; Latex talons/claws with worbla bracers, connect to wings.

• [x] Sculpt claws
• [x] Mold claws
• [x] Cast claws in latex
• [ ] Paint claws, possibly airbrush.
• [x] Create bracers
• [ ] Figure out where to put the connecting piece for the wings.

Waist: Belt with tail attatched and scraps of fabric for movability.

• [x] Create belt
• [ ] Create the animatronic tail
• [ ] Connect electronics, do not forget an on/off switch.
• [ ] Program arduino to snake-like movements
• [ ] Test the tail
• [ ] Make the tail dragon-y with foam filling and leatherlike skin. Maybe pleather.
• [ ] connect the tail to the belt
• [ ] Make sure the tail can be tucked in somewhere, for sitting purposes. Or easily removable.
• [ ] Test tail again.
• [ ] Add fabrics in black and maybe white, scorch them for fire-y effects
• [ ] If necessary, add extra straps.

Legs and feet; Trousers that look like I have dragon legs, with the digitigrade look. And dragon feet.

• [x] See the tutorial at: Matrices.net
• [x] Make patterns
• [x] Sew trousers together
• [x] add foam
• [x] Decide for reptile pleather/leather or create a pattern.
• [x] Find comfortable shoes
• [x] Create leather/pleather boots
• [ ] Use leather layers to create the talon-look used for the hands
• [x] Again, refer to the tutorial.

Wings; Framework that opens with arm movement.

• [ ] Follow tutorial for articulating framework on indestructibles.
• [ ] When framework is done, plot out possibilities for dragonwings
• [ ] Use pleather or a thin layer of silicone (with texture) for the wing membrane.
• [ ] Paint the wings accordingly.
• [ ] Make a pleather/leather cape, long enough to cover the framework, short enough to showcase most of the tail
• [ ] Add spikes to the cape
• [ ] Paint cape with the by now familiar paintscheme.
  
  
  I updated the list and calculated where I stand. At this point I've hit the 33,33% mark. This means I'm one third on the way to completion!

 

[kialna]

Re: The Hobbit - Smaug the magnificent [Human form]

It's not programmed yet at all. This is just the raw tail. I also bought supplies for the wings.

Right now, this weekend will be less active, because the last two days at work killed me, and when I woke up everything hurt. So I need to chill out. Tomorrow I will create some patterns for the legs, close the lower jaw a bit (for the throat) and start sculpting the tongue maybe. It depends a little on how my body reacts.

Still no Scalemail. I contacted the ringlord, and they said the package hadn't returned to them, so it's probably still travelling. I figured customs might be wary of 3000 jumprings and 1500 scales...

 

[maverick07]

Re: The Hobbit - Smaug the magnificent [Human form]

This is looking great I'm impressed with the detail so far keep it up I look forward to the progress

 

[kialna]

Re: The Hobbit - Smaug the magnificent [Human form]

I started working on the tongue. However, before I got to fill in the sides and make the tongue higher/bigger, my arm started complaining.

And since I need my arm for my dayjob, I quit for today.

 

[LeMaxim]

Re: The Hobbit - Smaug the magnificent [Human form]

Wow, just wow!
Haven't checked this thread for a few days but now that I did my jaw dropped.

 

[Jathoris]

Re: The Hobbit - Smaug the magnificent [Human form]

Good lord this is an incredible build. :0)

 

[TurboTrey03]

Re: The Hobbit - Smaug the magnificent [Human form]

Wooww, just went through this whole thread..AWESOME JOB!

 

[Nial]

Re: The Hobbit - Smaug the magnificent [Human form]

This is mighty fine work and thanks for the tutorial description on the paintwork. Can't wait to see it finished. Be very proud oof your self. =0

 

[kialna]

Re: The Hobbit - Smaug the magnificent [Human form]

I started strapping up the armour.

Here's a video with explaination and me wearing it.