Kodiak Bear Bio -- 5/8/12 Polar Bear Version Done

[SMOKE]

No drawn design or even an over all design in mind.. just make mean, make it a Bear. make it Pred. I'm trying to keep it in the vein of Steve Wang meets Made007 ( what can I say man I love your work, truely inspiring). We will see how it turns out..


Here's what I got after about 2 nights with it.. It's a start.

Thanks for looking guys and gals..suggestions and comments always welcome!

 

[Estelle]

Nice. You can definitely see the bear influence in your design. This is gonna be a fun one to watch from start to end.
~Estelle

 

[made007]

I like it , but with bigger eyes

 

[made007]

Hey quakie, instead of using the pepakura bio as an armature, do one armature using a mask, that way every bio you do looks different, and not the same as the pepakura, or even the same as the previous

 

[SMOKE]

Nice. You can definitely see the bear influence in your design. This is gonna be a fun one to watch from start to end.
~Estelle

Thank you! I was having trouble at first getting the bear in there. damn thing kept looking like a bull dog to me. lol

I like it , but with bigger eyes

Thanks bro! I've mainly been working on the nose and cheek area. I like the idea of bigger eyes and Definitely think it needs them. My armature is basically and bone crawler Cast with 10x expanding foam resin. I'll have to do a little bit of cutting to get them any bigger.

Here's where I'm at right now..

Started roughing out the ears and I added some more flares to the cheeks. I also went around evened it out the symmetry a bit more. I still havent really touched the crown...

Thanks for looking, commenting and suggesting folks! Bigger eyes on the way!

 

[SMOKE]

Hey quakie, instead of using the pepakura bio as an armature, do one armature using a mask, that way every bio you do looks different, and not the same as the pepakura, or even the same as the previous

I must have missed this one.. Dude I honestly don't know why I haven't already done it. lol This will now be my last Bio with a pep base. Im gonna put my big boy pants on and do one right proper with a mask. I'll probably have questions for you when the time comes bro. I thank you in advance.

 

[made007]

I will try to make another next week, im gonna take pictures of all the process, keep working bro youre like a sculpting machine full of ideas LOL

 

[SMOKE]

Update time!

I did a little more evening out and worked on the ears and nose abit more. Not sure about the circles on the muzzle. Thinking maybe less or a different pattern. I like the way they mimic wiskers

Was going to put a trilaser in the ear but now I'm thinking otherwise. Suggestions?

Thanks for looking and commenting folks!

 

[made007]

I see this painted bronze with some weathering......

 

[SMOKE]

I see this painted bronze with some weathering......

That's what I was thinking and another version white and black with some weathering.... For those Arctic hunts..

Just roughed in the mouth.. I'll post some pics up after I work on the brows abit. Wicked little smile he has..

 

[made007]

Lol, now i want to see that artic bear

 

[Lowdmekon]

Great Bio fella, your getting on well . Just a personal one, I would go with bigger eyes.

 

[Kithunter]

My suggestion is to keep making these bios, very creative concept.

i can see a whole series of these bios. Kinda like a native american totem. next is eagle and wolf, (not avp wolf!)

 

[SMOKE]

Great Bio fella, your getting on well . Just a personal one, I would go with bigger eyes.

Thanks bud! still working on the eyes and brow area.

My suggestion is to keep making these bios, very creative concept.

i can see a whole series of these bios. Kinda like a native american totem. next is eagle and wolf, (not avp wolf!)

Thanks Andrew! Now that's an idea I can get behind! If the Kodiak bio goes well I think a series is definitely in my future.

Last nights progress.
Worked on the crown a little bit. I'm going for a bear skull kinda look. Will be a metal finish in the end.

Not happy with the wisker spots I think they are distracting and need to be smaller and more subtle.

Thanks for looking, commenting and suggesting folks!

 

[SMOKE]

Update:

redid the wisker dots. cleaned up around the eyes. They are a bit bigger,

Better shot of the crown I still need to finish.

Rounded off the bottom lip a bit more.

I think the nose is too flat and needs to have a little bit more roundness or something.

Time to really work on the inner and outer crown areas.

Thanks for looking/commenting/and suggesting guys and gals!

 

[SMOKE]

Last nights Progress.

messed with the mouth a little. Changed the wisker dots. uhhhm trimmed down the outer crown and started roughing in the shape. I think it has a Berzerker feel to it..

Textured a little below the cheeks. Gonna add a couple greebles in there to break it up a bit. Might widen the eyes abit more.

Thanks for looking and commenting! As always feedback and suggestions are very welcome.

 

[PredatorX98]

Looks great, just curious as to which side your going to put the laser onto? Looks great, and keep up the awesome work

 

[SMOKE]

Thanks bud! I'm thinking either the center of the forehead or no laser all together. I was going to put them in the right ear but decided to keep em as is..

 

[SMOKE]

Update.. I redid the texturing lastnight. I used a bead with a swirl kinda design in it to make the texture.

Here's part of the crown. The swirl part was on one tiny part of the bead I used to make the pattern.

More clean up and evening out. I added the texture to the chin and lower cheek area too.

Thanks for looking guys and gals!

 

[SMOKE]

Finished smoothing it out. all thats left is fixing 2 little things and what I bump around when I get it on the molding board.

Here's some shots of the finished sculpt...

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Whatcha think? not bad for few hours a night for a week.

Thanks for looking and commenting folks!