Owlbear Rug

[kitchen_wolf 6552]

 

Made his darned paws too thick.  But the buddy that didn't want to order one from France seems happy with it.  I think the French one's nicer, and a whole lot easier than skinning my Bones one.

Edited October 18, 2014 by ladystorm
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[LittleBluberry 35706]

This is awesome!  I love that it looks so much like the Bones owlbear.  Are you willing to divulge your methods?? 

[MonkeySloth 9148]

Bravo. Love it.

[Trodax 2591]

Ha, that is pretty awesome!

[naponatom 3019]

Há! Fantastic!

[spencerjohn 1703]

Ah excellent, you did a wonderful job! I never would have thought of making things like this for my "set dressing", thank you for the ideas!

[Girot 8280]

I so want one of those now. 

[joshuaslater 1890]

Forge of Ice has owlbear skin rugs.  You can contact Alex Bates if you want one in metal.  

[kitchen_wolf 6552]

Well Blueberry, the first thing you do is get a very sharp knife and... no.  That'll get you in trouble with PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Abominations).  What I did was grabbed a sheet of thin laminated cardboard (cream cheese package in this instance) and cut it to the approximate area size I wanted the rug to cover (2"x3" - a big polar bear on his hind legs is 12' tall with his head level).  Then I did the stuff that went under the fur (claws, beak, eye sockets).  Eyes went on after that cured, and then a thin, bear shaped layer over the furry parts.  Fur texture was done with  a dental pick, there's about a gazillion tutorials on it.  After it's all cured I just soaked the whole thing for a couple of hours and the cardboard just fell away.  Mostly.  If you hold the underside up to a mirror there's some nutrition information indicating that he's fairly high in fat and salt and contains milk.

[Pragma 2614]

Fun piece! Are you going to paint him/her/it?

[kitchen_wolf 6552]

I sculpted him for someone else.  So it will probably get painted eventually, possibly even Soon.

Edited February 23, 2014 by kitchen_wolf

[scorpio616 1797]

I like that yours is more classic owlbear. The french one is too modern owlbear, with extraneous feathers.

[MiniCannuck 1777]

Though the French model has a bit more detail, I prefer yours. The reason is that your rug sits more like a rug and the other seems to have left the spine inside. A rug should be flat with the exception of the head/claw accents.

 

Great job.

[JeffWoodall 570]

Very well done and a very original idea.

[ShadowRaven 55968]

Though the French model has a bit more detail, I prefer yours. The reason is that your rug sits more like a rug and the other seems to have left the spine inside. A rug should be flat with the exception of the head/claw accents.

 

Great job.

that's it. That's what was bothering me about the french one, I just couldn't quite place my finger on it.