Moderator Popular Post TaleSpinner Posted December 14, 2015 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2015 For many years, my wife and I have supported the MN Zoo. One of our favorite yearly activities is to attend the Beastly Ball, a black tie fundraiser they hold each year. One aspect of the Ball is a silent auction, where various people donate objects of value and the Zoo auctions them off to raise money. Two years ago we missed the Ball because I was attending ReaperCon. Last year, we were able to attend again, and one of the Zoo staff whom we are friends with asked us why we'd missed the previous year (our first miss in over ten years). I told her about my sculpting and the minis hobby, eventually showing her photos on my phone. She asked if I would be interested in donating a sculpture for sale at the auction for this year. I agreed, as I love the zoo; it's a great cause in our area. So fast forward to now, and I am beginning the sculpt that I will paint up as a unique work of art for the highest bidder this coming April. I decided to do a bust of an Amur Tiger, the most popular animal at our zoo. It will be about 2-2.5 inches tall when finished. After the 12mm teddy bear, this thing is huge! I created an armature out of an old coat-hanger. I wanted the stiffness of the steel as it will be supported at only one point. Then I added bulk to the armature using 2 Apoxie Sculpt:1 GS. Today, I sculpted the skull. It took me about 1.5 hours to get it right. Reference: Mine looks a bit long because the armature extends past the skull into the fleshy part of the nose. Andy 33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Jack Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 (edited) Awesome. Can't wait to see the end result. Edited December 14, 2015 by Mad Jack 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitterwolf Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Wow. I wish I could do that! Cool, and a nice idea for the Zoo. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corporea Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 great idea for an even better cause! Also- what are those exciting things with claws in the background... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchen_wolf Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 It might actually fetch a higher price unpainted. Particularly if the top layer is in a nice pseudo-alabaster material. Or if you were able to use it to make bronze copies for the zoo gift shop and auction off the original. That way it's an "artists' model" vice a painted figurine. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirithiliel Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 oooooh this is gonna be fun! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrift Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 great idea for an even better cause! Also- what are those exciting things with claws in the background... Yes...whaaaat?? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiniest rhombus Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Awesome sculpt for an awesome cause. I can't wait to see the finished product. Tell us what those things are. Tell us now. Please. :-) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator TaleSpinner Posted December 15, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted December 15, 2015 great idea for an even better cause! Also- what are those exciting things with claws in the background... Yes...whaaaat?? I'm not sure. They are something that crawled out of my brain a few years back. I work on them every now and then when I don't have any active commissions and just want to relax. I guess I can take pictures and make another post with them. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrift Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 great idea for an even better cause! Also- what are those exciting things with claws in the background... Yes...whaaaat?? I'm not sure. They are something that crawled out of my brain a few years back. I work on them every now and then when I don't have any active commissions and just want to relax. I guess I can take pictures and make another post with them. Duuuh, get on that slacker! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovejoy Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 (edited) Great idea! I'll be following this for sure... Looking at the front view, I think it might be a bit narrow, but it's hard to tell from a photo. Incidentally, there's some excellent multi-view skull photos on these two pages: http://animalsversesanimals.yuku.com/search/topic/topic/2274/q/java?page=7 http://wildfact.com/forum/topic-who-is-the-king-of-the-tigers?page=2 And get someone to buy you this book for Christmas... it's really good, musculature, skeletal restos, posing etc: The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives: An Illustrated Guide to Their Evolution and Natural History Can't wait to see this one! cheers Michael Edited December 16, 2015 by Qwyksilver Commercial Link removed 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Darsc Zacal Posted December 15, 2015 Moderator Share Posted December 15, 2015 I think this is a Grrreat project! Looking forward to watching your progress with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redambrosia Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Great idea! I'll be following this for sure... Looking at the front view, I think it might be a bit narrow, but it's hard to tell from a photo. Incidentally, there's some excellent multi-view skull photos on these two pages: http://animalsversesanimals.yuku.com/search/topic/topic/2274/q/java?page=7 http://wildfact.com/forum/topic-who-is-the-king-of-the-tigers?page=2 And get someone to buy you this book for Christmas... it's really good, musculature, skeletal restos, posing etc: The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives: An Illustrated Guide to Their Evolution and Natural History Can't wait to see this one! cheers Michael *adds book to wishlist...* Wut? I like kittehs! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaGeek Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Very cool, love your WIPs, where we get to see the skeletal structure building up to the full miniature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub3r_n3rd Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 This is gonna be insanely awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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