Moderator Popular Post TaleSpinner Posted April 20, 2016 Author Moderator Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2016 Finished the head and legs: It's not so smiley now. I'll be starting the feathers tomorrow. Have a great day, Andy 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezler the Polychromatic Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Finished the head and legs: 01.jpg 02.jpg It's not so smiley now. I'll be starting the feathers tomorrow. Have a great day, Andy Awwwww, now he's hellbent on death. I like the head, very wrinkly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator TaleSpinner Posted April 20, 2016 Author Moderator Share Posted April 20, 2016 So I am about to start he feathers. I decided to make them like a Cassowary's feathers: That seems most likely, as a Cassowary is the closest thing we have to a terror bird living today. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morihalda Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 How are his tiny feet standing alone on the cork? Is that what y'all meant when talking about how there would be a pin running through that? I've never seen a cassowary before. Those are feathers?! I'm really interested in seeing how you would sculpt that. It's.... furry feathery.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator TaleSpinner Posted April 20, 2016 Author Moderator Share Posted April 20, 2016 How are his tiny feet standing alone on the cork? Is that what y'all meant when talking about how there would be a pin running through that? I've never seen a cassowary before. Those are feathers?! I'm really interested in seeing how you would sculpt that. It's.... furry feathery.... Yep, the leg armature pin goes into the cork about a half an inch. Yes, they are hair like feathers that some primitive birds have. I figure it is pretty close to what a Terror Bird had. So I sculpted the rest of the neck skin and then added the belly feathers and finally feathers the drumsticks. For now I am using the same technique for these as I do for fur, just with longer strokes. I'll add the wings next, then the thigh feathers, and then build the final feather dome over all. I may need to make the feet a bit larger after I get it all done. They seem a bit petite. (Sorry for the poor photo quality, I took these on my phone and I don't have as good of editing software here as I do at home.) 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub3r_n3rd Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Andy, this is so frickin' cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingo Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 So I am about to start he feathers. I decided to make them like a Cassowary's feathers: That seems most likely, as a Cassowary is the closest thing we have to a terror bird living today. OMG, that baby bird looks totally like a fuzzy dinosaur. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowRaven Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 So I am about to start he feathers. I decided to make them like a Cassowary's feathers: That seems most likely, as a Cassowary is the closest thing we have to a terror bird living today. OMG, that baby bird looks is totally like a fuzzy dinosaur. FTFY 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezler the Polychromatic Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 So I am about to start he feathers. I decided to make them like a Cassowary's feathers: That seems most likely, as a Cassowary is the closest thing we have to a terror bird living today. OMG, that baby bird looks is totally like a fuzzy dinosaur. FTFY Not to mention that they're incredibly aggressive. Just to give you a sense of scale, they're 6'6" tall and weigh 130 lbs, and the largest of the subspecies will attack humans without a second thought. They're giant turkeys that can kill you. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Popular Post TaleSpinner Posted April 21, 2016 Author Moderator Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2016 And yet the top of their crest wouldn't even come up to the top of the back on a Terror Bird. They are however the closest thing we have today to the Diatryma and other Gastornis species. I added little naked chicken wings which will be covered in feathers, but still were present. Andy 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hosercanadian Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Looking good but I think there is a far more terrifying modern bird. Native to New York...yellow...very memorable song...and measures close to 9' tall...the genus and species escapes me right now. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitterwolf Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 I want it!!! And I want to paint it with those blue colours... hmmm I do have Axebeak somewhere in storage... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator TaleSpinner Posted April 21, 2016 Author Moderator Share Posted April 21, 2016 Looking good but I think there is a far more terrifying modern bird. Native to New York...yellow...very memorable song...and measures close to 9' tall...the genus and species escapes me right now. Bigus birdiei 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezler the Polychromatic Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Looking good but I think there is a far more terrifying modern bird. Native to New York...yellow...very memorable song...and measures close to 9' tall...the genus and species escapes me right now. Bigus birdiei Big Bird is attired for war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaGeek Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Looking awesome! And I love how you sculpt the actual inner anatomy, even when you're just going to cover it with more layers of greenstuff. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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