So, despite the fact that I seem to be inputing to myself, I have new updates on my Empire to Bretonnian conversion. I feel that I\'m making huge strides in sculpting the greenstuff. It\'s now become rather enjoyable
I\'ve learned a great deal with this project and had I known this would be such an involved project, I probably would have not have chosen it for my first attempt at conversion. Be that as it may, I\'m glad I did start with a grand idea as opposed to something basic. I really love how it\'s coming along and look forward to painting it and putting it in it\'s rightful place as Lord of my army. So enough jibba jabba, here\'s what I\'ve been doing lately:
Decided to give you all a more \"overall\" look at the model. I\'ve re-done the bear cloak as you can see. It still needs some work on the mouth, but I\'ve found it\'s better for me to work on a few areas of detail at a time so I don\'t accidentally mess something else up that hasn\'t set up yet. I\'ll get some teeth and tongue action in there tomorrow I hope. Also had to go back and redo the cape/paw section as well. It just didn\'t feel anatomically correct, so with some help from google images, I think it now better represents an actual bearskin cloak with a little bit of artistic exageration
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So here\'s the other side. The tail needs some more work down at the bottom, but it\'s coming along. I\'m having way too much fun with hair on this project. Also, I guess ya\'ll noticed I\'ve made some additions to the horse\'s head as well. He now has his new and improved viking-style mane
(very butch, don\'t you think?), a fleur de lys icon on his forehead, flowing ribbon on one side, and on this side the two leather straps with medallions. Still a few more things to clean up about the head, but it\'s near completion.
Just another view. I\'m sorry for the not so great lighting in these pictures. I\'ll get it figured out.
And a parting shot of a close up of the bear head shoulder guard. I\'m really glad I\'ve gotten over my fear of destroying something I\'ve worked hard on and redoing it to what I actually want. The passive looking bear head just didn\'t seem imposing enough. I drilled and cut off a lot of the mouth area to open it up enough to make him look like he was taxidermed with a roar. If I had killed a bear, I sure would want to show off how fierice that bear was, not how cute he was. Anywho, thanks to those of you who have perused this. I\'d like to give a big thanks to my husband who has been my critic every step of the way and to all the other posters who are showing their conversion wips. It\'s helped tremendously. Again, I welcome more critique because I\'m still at a stage where it\'s ok to tear it down and try again. I\'m looking forward to painting this bad boy though :bouncy:
