Wolverine Skeleton - Ideas?

hydin

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Friend (same infamous one who wanted the zombie batman) has mentioned a Wolverine Skeleton (I regret ever letting him borrow my Hulk comics :lol).

I think it would be pretty easy to do, but I am hesitant to actually just grab a skeleton, paint it with aluminum house paint and call it a day.

I have taken screencaps of the high def xmen movie so I can see the bones in the arms and head MRIs, so I am thinking of adding some detail to the bones themselves if I tackle this project, but I figured I would post here and see what some cool suggestions are.

1: any ideas on neat poses or how to get them out of a skeleton? I was thinking maybe a PVC buildup around some of the joints to let it have a somewhat dynamic pose as opposed to "dead short guy with a rod in his butt" like most skeletons have. Sort of a "brace" with some weight to it so he won't flop over.

2: detail ideas, tweaks, nerdgasm things that will make it look cooler than a big silver geeky skeleton? (optional OMG DR DOOM setup from the guardians of the galaxy from years ago, that was badass)

3: ideas on the blade "Triggers" in the forearm around the radius/ulna? I have some ideas, but they don't seem to work well with the human body's limitations.

4: what finish would you go with, matte, shiny, combination? (thinking silver leaf details on the highlight areas, and a matte finish to the rest, maybe "armored" areas that are silvery/shiny?)

5: just lob out a cool idea. This is still very much in the working stage (meaning we don't even have a skeleton yet), but it's something that I plan to tackle in a few months.

Thanks guys
Chris
 
It's been a while since I read the comics religiously, but I thought it was established that the claws were OEM and not aftermarket. ;)

Given that, what sort of triggering mechanisms would be part of the skeleton? Seems like it would be muscular and therefor not something that would show up on the skeleton.
 
I couldn't find a picture, but remember from the early nineties, when they had panels with Wolverine's skeleton in the comics? It looked like the adamantium was "caked" on, as opposed to the clean and neat "plated bones."
 
:lol

How long have you waited to post that link up?

As far as the trigger idea goes, I really prefer the 80s-90s wolverine where he had some mechanical parts to control the claws popping out.

Not saying they couldn't work with the metal ones and bone ones as muscle based claw poppers, but I think with all the work being done on the body to make him as invulnerable as possible, it makes sense they would have a "backup" to him losing some flesh on his arm.

I remember some panels from the 90s, but every artist drew them a little different. I am thinking of stealing Byrne's idea for the design. He had the armored part looking pretty good, but he also kept the claws looking like.. well, claws.

People draw the adamantium as super shiny mirror reflective (looking at you Mcfarlane and Larson!), or as matte (pretty much everyone else), so it's more of a design/looks question for taste as opposed to accuracy.

The point to the thread is basically, if you were making a wolverine skeleton, and wanted it looking like something besides a silver painted skeleton, what would you want on there detail wise?


That and seeing if anyone has some cool posing ideas :D

Thanks guys!
Chris
 
Hydin --

You said he wanted one after reading your Hulk comics - was it from the Future Imperfect story he saw it.

There's another shot of the skeleton in Days of Future past when Wolvie gets fried by the Sentinel.
 
I'd get thin sheet styrene and 'plate' the bones with it leaving some bone visible, maybe include some obvious 'rivet' attachment too. Have shaped solid plates covering the ribs too. Basically a skeleton wearing close fitting plate armour :) Prob not accurate but would be what i have imagined.

Have the claws on a piston like arrangment, maybe using Wolv's blood as the hydraulic fluid (his heart being the pump)? Wires coming out to a small control box that is strapped to a bone and say this would then have links to his nervous system so he can 'whink' the clawas in and out.

SAS
 
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I think the main issue with wolvies skeleton would be proportions.
First, more than fangs, it will need an wider skull, and that square jaw.
Also, his whole body is somewhat wider than the average human, with a bigger ribcage and pelvis area (dont say that out loud!) and average limb lenght (Short guy)

Maybe thicker bones would look cool, giving the adamantium some thickness and adding weight to the looks.

In the weapon-x book, the adamantium seemed flawed, forming spikes from cooling before completely set down, very painful for wolvie.Add some damage marks to the bones (hey, adamantium may be strong, but wolverine has been cut with almost every kind of ultraweapon from this universe and others).

As for the claws, I think that his lower arm bones and hand should be scaled up, add some carved rails, holes and mountings for the muscular mechanism.

Hmm...Wolverine Skeleton...you cant be more geeky than that, but a cool project to do
 
I'd either spray the skeleton with AlClad or use some of that bare metal foil that I *think* testors sells. It's like gold leafing...only silver.

Oh, one important question, is he wanting 1:1 scale, or something smaller like 12"?

If he's wanting something 1:1, I'd just do an arm with the claws...or maybe just a hand and the claws.
Where at on his skeleton do the claws originate from? I always thought it was from his hand/s.
 
Where at on his skeleton do the claws originate from? I always thought it was from his hand/s.
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you mean eruption point or storage? they come out of the backs of his hands near the knuckles(comics), or from between the knuckles out the front(movies), and are housed in his forearms.
For proportions, you could base it somewhat on a neanderthal skeleton. In the Brotherhood arc Rucka made a point of portraying Wolverine as cave-man like.
or you could just wait another sixty years and use my skeleton; i'm dead on to the "official" measurements for wolverine(never get tired of saying it, either). hehe, just kidding.

(about the deployment: i've always figured that when they bonded the adamantium to his bones, they reworked his claws to run on a mechanical tract rather than the original muscle and tendon system. this accounts for the x-ray shots where you can clearly see the claws deployment mechanisms)
 
My opinions:

adamantium for me has always been glossy shiny.

The claws should come out from behind his knuckles like the comics rather than the movie.

i have to do some research - but I remember a wolverine scene in the comics - where he was trying to get on a plane with jubilee and he stripped down to his undewear and was still setting off the metal detectors - then he shoved his arm into the x-ray machine and said "there's your 6 pounds of metal bub".... I couldn't find the page on google - but I'll look around - it'll probably be a pretty good reference pic.

for poses - he's a skeleton - so he's dead - this pose would work just fine..
http://www.sideshowtoy.com/?page_id=4489&sku=6806

any other action poses would just take up too much room and not make much sense.

Besides fangs, whatever you're going to do for his arms - and being short -there aren't much differences between his skeleton and everyone else's..

This will be a cool project. good luck
 
How about some sort of bar-coding on the metal, or serial numbers, lord knows how they would've got there but might look cool, also maybe some dents and scratches as after all he has been attacked with adamantium weapons before :thumbsup
 
I actually looked into making a full Adamantium Skeleton replica years ago.

The only problem I have was most of the full-size skeletons available are just too short in height to look heroic :sleep

I end-up purchasing a German-made, 1st. class skeleton for around $450 bucks because it was cast from actual a specimens.

The head had great detail but was a little small in size and looked girly :lol
I never got around to making this replica, Skelly (as we call him here in my shop), just been sitting around collecting dust.


Besides the clawed forearm, I think if you thicken his arm bone and replace the ribcage with something bigger (check out Bandai's SIC Kamen Rider action figure's metal ribcage)... then it would look really cool!

SICKamenRider.jpg




Nick
 
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I always wondered... based on the comics version with the adamantium "sheathes," would Logan's hands have to lock into a certain position before the claws could come out?

I guess it would also apply to the movie version. If his hands are positioned oddly, the claws could come out the base of his wrist or through his palms rather than from between his knuckles. :lol:lol
 
Yep, his hands have to be in the right position or the claws won't pop.

JB - Exactly, he saw the trophy room and went a little insane with "OMG DUDE MAKE THIS", and we settled on the wolvy skeleton.

As far as denting/scratching the adamantium, it doesn't dent or scratch. He has had multiple adamantium rounds fired point blank at his skull and they don't scratch it. He probably gets one mother of a headache though :lol

I plan to give him a little more pointed incisors, but I don't plan to resculpt the entire body for this. Part of the "hugeness" of wolverine is him packing around all the extra weight of the skeleton. Helps keep him big and strong :lol

I think I will be having to mod the skeleton out a bit though, because of the cartilidge links in the ribcage, and the setup for the "poppers" on the radius and ulna. In the movie they got rid of the wrist bones all together, but I am not going for super anatomically correct on this. It's not like I am getting paid for it :lol

Also, his skeleton has been shown lots of times, and he hasn't been dead ;). Granted I did mention I was taking my influence from the 80s-90s years, but when Nitro him up a few years back (pre civil war), he was blasted down to just skeleton and regrew. Also, the Dr Doom Guardians of the Galaxy, where he was dead, but Doom just planted his brain in wolverine's body. No idea how he got the skull open to pop his brain IN there, but it's Doom, so anything is possible.

I think I am going to go with the narrow claw route instead of the movie route, and I will make the little emitters on his hands as well. I do plan to hook up some sort of cable setup for the claws also.

This is a 1:1 replica, so at least that will make it a little easier to do the detail work :lol

Oh... how I set myself up for failure... :lol

Chris
 
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