Dragolina- Dinosaur Slayer (updated 11-22-11)

[gojulasprime23]

Sept 29, 2011 1:13:53 GMT Blade-of-the-Moon said:

Sorry...tend to get hung up on the clowns.. ;D

Any artwork for the story line your doing ? Like some other scenes maybe ?

I actually did a whole synopsis book for the story when I was in college, but that stuff is pretty much irrelevant a this point. However here's a drawing I did a few years ago of the this same character. Obviously I've changed the design since then, but I do plan on keeping the dragon tattoo on the torso.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Nice ! I have to say if your were doing a individual sculpt of her and not a scene so much as the current piece, the middle sketch's pose is a bit more appealing to me. I like how she's about to deliver a ( probable ) death blow to some enemy...very powerful and still sexy at the same time.

Maybe you can do some short stories and a sketch or two for each one to expand the universe a bit more ? I love that aspect in pieces I collect..makes the subject more..alive, you know ?

[gojulasprime23]

Interesting idea. I actually went to art school to draw comic books. Perhaps some sequential art would be a possibility. Hmm...

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Sounds good to me ! ;D

[gojulasprime23]

Still working on this one- as usual this is taking longer than expected. Been working a lot on the base as of late, which in it's self is kind of it's own piece. Also, you can see the new shoulder cape and alternate right hand for holding the swords. When one sword is in her hand, the other will 'attach' to the base so that no parts are left out. Anyway, I'm heading into the home stretch now and I hope to have this wrapped up soon. Here's some new pics- let me know what you think.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Sweet ! The base def has some detail now...so many tiny scales..;makes my fingers cramp thinking about it.. lol

What is the cape made from ? It looks really thin..almost like a paper towel..but you can't cast that of course..

[gojulasprime23]

The cape was made from epoxy and run through a pasta maker. I then shaped it and added some additional castilene. It is a bit thin, but still very sturdy. I have to thank Chris Lynch for the tip on that one.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Interesting method there..could be good for wings as well. Every attempt I've made at sculpting wings has pretty much bombed...well my undead dragons look alright :




..but they don't have that pesky membrane really to worry over..which kinda misses the point. lol

[gojulasprime23]

Yeah I plan to try the epoxy technique for the wings of my upcoming dragon. At McFarlane for the dragon wings we always used sheet wax and covered it in castilene then added texture on that. I tried that on the dimetrodon sail, but apparently that isn't the easiest thing to mold as it has a tendency to break.

[redhorse]

The sculpting looks great! I'm curious, what are you using for clay? Sculpey?

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Nov 29, 2011 6:41:07 GMT gojulasprime23 said:

Yeah I plan to try the epoxy technique for the wings of my upcoming dragon. At McFarlane for the dragon wings we always used sheet wax and covered it in castilene then added texture on that. I tried that on the dimetrodon sail, but apparently that isn't the easiest thing to mold as it has a tendency to break.

Brrr..don't much like wax at all. It's very tricky to work with and the original sculpt is almost always destroyed. I recall reading where the sculptors of the Enchantica range of Dragons used wax for their pieces..they sometimes ended up re-sculptig the whole thing because the sculpt would break or just flat out be destroyed before or during casting. I think you've found a much better method for doing wings honestly.

[gojulasprime23]

Castilene- the wax/ clay mix I use to sculpt with- is actually a standard material in the toy/ collectible industry. I've used plenty of other mediums, but IMO it is by far the best. I have not had issues with breaking parts and I don't know how something can simply be 'destroyed' but if something does break, it can be easily welded back into place with a wax pen. As far as the original piece is concerned- it is usually damaged to some extent by the molding process, but I don't see the point in keeping the original piece since you can't paint it. If it sat around it would just collect dust and get sticky. I usually like to melt down my sculpts after molding to reuse the material- another advantage to castilene. I personally have always enjoyed destroying my original sculptures at some point anyway because I know the next one will always be the best one.

[gojulasprime23]

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