My Balrog Sculpt...new and improved

[Darth Infamous]

Hi All,
If there is one character that really gets me fired up its the Balrog from the Lord Of the Rings Movie. Fantastic character...superbly realized by Weta.
I sculpted my first Balrog awhile ago. Casted it up and painted it. But I wasn't satisfied. It had to be better. Now I have based my Balrog sculpt on a very finely done sculpt by Ben Wooten. The pose to me is fantastic. Captures the essence of the creature. So here is the original Ben Wooten sculpt I used as reference. Then Pics of my sculpt. My Balrog is actually 20 percent larger than the original. I wanted to make it bigger and more detailed. So here is some pics. Hope you like them.

 

[Amish Trooper]

Loved this piece the first go round. Will watch again .

 

[Maelstrom]

Wow! Great sculpt and great paintjob as well!

 

[Darth Infamous]

Wow! Great sculpt and great paintjob as well!

I wish the first sculpt was my work lol....That is Ben Wooten from Weta. The unfinished one is mine.

 

[SPS]

I was actually expecting to see Balrog from Street Fighter, but this is still cool

 

[Edwardowan]

Holy bejeebus! Impressive... most impressive!
Your sculpt looks amazing! Its spot on and not even finished yet!!! I'm impressed! :thumbsup

 

[Maelstrom]

I wish the first sculpt was my work lol....That is Ben Wooten from Weta. The unfinished one is mine.

Whoops. Just re-read your 1st post. Still your sculpt looks like its well on its way there. Keep us posted with pics!

 

[darthsideous]

Wow, beautiful work.

 

[vaderdarth]

Very nice!

 

[DanielS]

looks great! fantastic job!
/D

 

[Mauiman]

YOU SHALT NOT PA...... Erm. You done a beautiful job on this sculpture and it is very good eye candy.

 

[MadAlice]

WOW, great work on the details! :love
Can't wait to see the finished work, with paint job and all...

:thumbsup And I agree, the pose matches the Balrog perfectly!

 

[Nwerke]

Great, get to follow the same awesomeness all over again, only better. :thumbsup

 

[christrom]

great sculpt. You should see if there is a way of taking a transparent cast of your sculpt and then lighting it from the interior - You could really take it to a new level... like the coolest lava lamp ever created!

 

[PredatrHuntr]

Very nice work done...

 

[Trap Joe]

As much as I despice the Peter Jackson LOTR "movies",
I really have to say: this is an outstanding piece of art. Very well executed. I love the pose and especially the painting. I can really feel the fire burning underneath his skin. Very cool!!!thumbsup:thumbsup

 

[MooCriket]

Wha?!^I think PJ has done a fantastic job on the LOTR films. Anyway, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT sculpt!

 

[clancampbell]

Incredible sculpt...and the paint job is wonderful!

Rich

 

[Darth Infamous]

Thanks for all the nice comments. here is some updated pics for you all. They are a little washed out...took them in the daylight.

Carl

 

[jaybible]

limited run maybe??... very nice sculpt! This was always my favourite creature in the LoTR books, and the film version was pretty much what i had visualized all those yrs ago. any updates? also are you using super sculpey?