Re: WIP: HPotter
OA Monster Book of Monsters!! Grrr!
You'd have to pay about 450.00 actually. I know its odd, but I've got the price point all figured out, from clay to shipping, and you'll like my price much better. **cough onetwentyfive cough**
While I feel like I'm laboring the point. . . I'll take you along my decision making . . .
Take a look:
The hero (Harry's book) has such short hair and such tight lines along the text that I'd not only have to do crazy things like hand glue, or god forbid hand punch fur in. Even worse, it seems so short on the ends(tentacles) that its almost velvet like?!!? And don't get me started on the mange going on all over the book.
What's even worse, is even if we found a thin enough fur to lay down, scrape, and trim, I'd have to build a die to cut the letters out! Ever make a die?! They are expensive and hard to make! Ack! :eek
Now, here's one of the stunts:
We could do this, but I don't think it looks very good . . .
I could go over all the obvious points on this, but bottom line is it doesn't look alive enough, and the fur is just messy. I also think its a bit of a cop out to trim huge holes around the letters, and also there's zero mange, no lifelike direction to the fur, and the eyes look dead.
Another option I'm leaving out, is the belt **ducks**
Sorry, but I'm not covering that lettering up. Plus, I want this thing to look like it's going to leap off the shelf.
So, as I move along with the sculpt, I am taking a stunt standpoint, and heroing it up a bit. While the fur it sculpted, it will be a semirigid resin with a soft foam backing, so it will feel soft. I'll also be setting in cat eyes so the eyes will look very alive. I'm also researching lizard eyes, but haven't found any affordable options yet.
So, sculpted fur is the way to go. *shrug*
I'm working on the mouth today, and the tounge. Pics later this weekend.
OA Monster Book of Monsters!! Grrr!You'd have to pay about 450.00 actually. I know its odd, but I've got the price point all figured out, from clay to shipping, and you'll like my price much better. **cough onetwentyfive cough**
While I feel like I'm laboring the point. . . I'll take you along my decision making . . .
Take a look:
The hero (Harry's book) has such short hair and such tight lines along the text that I'd not only have to do crazy things like hand glue, or god forbid hand punch fur in. Even worse, it seems so short on the ends(tentacles) that its almost velvet like?!!? And don't get me started on the mange going on all over the book.
What's even worse, is even if we found a thin enough fur to lay down, scrape, and trim, I'd have to build a die to cut the letters out! Ever make a die?! They are expensive and hard to make! Ack! :eek
Now, here's one of the stunts:
We could do this, but I don't think it looks very good . . .
I could go over all the obvious points on this, but bottom line is it doesn't look alive enough, and the fur is just messy. I also think its a bit of a cop out to trim huge holes around the letters, and also there's zero mange, no lifelike direction to the fur, and the eyes look dead.
Another option I'm leaving out, is the belt **ducks**
Sorry, but I'm not covering that lettering up. Plus, I want this thing to look like it's going to leap off the shelf.
So, as I move along with the sculpt, I am taking a stunt standpoint, and heroing it up a bit. While the fur it sculpted, it will be a semirigid resin with a soft foam backing, so it will feel soft. I'll also be setting in cat eyes so the eyes will look very alive. I'm also researching lizard eyes, but haven't found any affordable options yet.
So, sculpted fur is the way to go. *shrug*
I'm working on the mouth today, and the tounge. Pics later this weekend.
