Lions

[TaleSpinner 48083]

I am now working on a family of lions with a male, female, and juvenile cub. These will be featured in an upcoming Inde campaign, but that is all I will/can say about that until such a time as it is posted on the KS page.  That said, my client gave me permission to do another WIP with these.

 

The male will be walking, similar to the following reference art:

 

 

 

Th female will be stalking prey:

 

 

 

And the juvenile cub will be walking:

 

 

 

 

Should be fun.

 

Andy

[TaleSpinner 48083]

Armature Creation:

 

The following photos show my process for creating the armature for the male lion:

 

1. Size a photo and draw skeletal features:

 

 

 

2. Bend the spine/head wire:

 

 

 

3. Measure and plot the leg joints:

 

 

 

4. Bend the leg wires and secure them in the cork:

 

 

 

5. Adhere the spine to the legs with 1:1 GS:Apoxie and check against image:

 

 

 

 

Ready for sculpting:

 

 

 

 

I have already also completed the lioness and cub.  I will post them later.

 

Andy

[Arc 724 18318]

I always enjoy seeing your WIP's thanks for sharing. I've been contemplating trying out sculpting.

[DixonGrfx 4340]

I love the big cat figs!  Yeah LIONS!!  

[Sirithiliel 69380]

Another awesome sculpting progress!

[Glitterwolf 201849]

Somehow when looking at those pics  it looks like...oh yeah easy, lets sculpt a lion ...

 

I know when I would try that, I would be looking at some kinda paperclip with a blob of greenstuff on it...

 

I really admire your art Andy !!!

[ub3r_n3rd 152256]

FRICKIN' COOL!

[Doug Sundseth 56785]

Really interesting to see how you create the armature.

[TaleSpinner 48083]

Today I bulked out the ribs and guts.  The male's is too small, but I can add more later.

 

[Darcstaar 10618]

Really interesting to see how you create the armature.

My thought exactly!

So intuitive, but something I never would have thought of.

[TaleSpinner 48083]

Sculpted the male's skull and bulked out his belly a bit. Underpinned the necks on the other two with my left over putty.

 

 

 

 

Andy

[knarthex 61944]

Very cool to see you do this!

 

Someday....

[zorro 102]

Great work as always. How many sculpts do you work at at a time?

[TaleSpinner 48083]

Great work as always. How many sculpts do you work at at a time?

At least 2. This is the most I have ever had going at once though. I currently have 10 active sculpts right now, though only 5 are getting daily attention (lions and sphinxes).

 

It is important to have multiple sculpts going at once, as it allows you to keep busy for as long as you can sculpt, yet leaving cure time for parts that need them. You just keep rotating which model you are working on, putting the fresh ones in the heat.

 

Andy

 

(BTW: My spell checker corrects sphinges into sphinxes.)

[TaleSpinner 48083]

Funny little side note, given the 2 sphinxes*, 3 lions, and now 2 caracals, I'll be sculpting 28 cat paws in the next month. 

 

 

 

*Even Word corrects sphinges to sphinxes; what dictionary are you using Pingo? M-W says either is correct, but the "xes" form is listed first.