naja der Titel sagt ja alles .... ich will für einen Ogercheffe ein größeres Rhinox haben, da das vom Scraplauncher nur ein Baby-rhinox ist und man da beim besten Willen keinen Tyrannen drauf haben kann. Vielleicht auch für alle Nicht-Ogermöger (gibt es die nach Shrek denn noch? ) interessant 😀
Ich hab mir gedacht, das Ganze wäre als kleines Tagebuch vielleicht nicht so schlecht, allerdings verfasse ich das Tagebuch in meinem eher schlechten als rechten Englisch, da ich auch keine Zeit habe, das Ganze nochmals ins Deutsche zu übertragen lohnt es sich vielleicht doch, in der Schule Englisch zu büffeln 😉
Schritt 1:
Maw is still in work, needing just the boring detail-work and last fixes.
So i wanted to make something different, not to go mad about him 🙂 The artworks of rhinox-riding ogres in the armybook was very inspiring for me. I guess it was inspiring for some ogre-players too 🙂 The rinox of the gnoblar warmachine looks incredible, but i thought it is just too small to be the mount of an ogre-hero. It looks quite good for a normal plastic ogre or an irongut, but for a tyrant it is something like a small pet.
That´s why i decided to sculpt a bigger version of the rhinox. Staying as close to the original concept as possible. I also wanted to change the posture a lil´bit. I wanted a rhinox raising like a horse, must be devestating, when its legs come down to earth again 😀
Since some have asked for tutorials or tips i´ll try to make this like a diary. It´s hard to describe sculpting and my english isn´t the best out there, but i´ll try my best. I´ll do some more detailed shots for stuff like fur and maybe the head (which will be quite difficult i guess)
So the first steps:
i began to twist a 1mm copper-wire the way, that it ended in a Y. That´s the form of the body and the rear legs. I´ve bended the wire on the legs with the proportions i wanted to achive on the rhinox.
After the skeleton was done i used to apply several layers of pattex powerputty on the wire (it´s the white stuff). It is cheap, smells like hell, is a bit toxic i think, but hardens within 10min and can be worked with water and your fingers. After the base proportions of the body were done i started with the legs. Again with a bit of powerputty to get the proportions right.
The third step involves greenstuff. I mixed 2 parts of greenstuff with one part of super sculpey (Fimo soft will do too) - this mixture extends the hardening time of Greenstuff (GS), makes it softer (needs some practice to get used to the softer surface) and a bit stickier. This mix was put on the front and rear leg. First step was to get the proportions well, by making the legs much thicker. The smaller Rhinox gives a good idea how the legs should look like. They are covered with fur which might make it a bit harder, but it should be possible.
After the proportions were done i used to smoothen the surface. I used lots of water and moved the tool with a lil´lil´lil´bit of pressure over the surface. The water is very important, The more the better.
Now i wanted to give the legs some kind of structure. The GS needs about 2-4 hours to hardenin the mix, so it is possible to work out big areas at once. I made the texture by pressing in the tool slightly, rolling it half over the leg and removing it. You can use a needle or a professional tool like those sold by masquerade-miniatures. Both will work, but the one from masquerade will make many things easier.
That´s the first part of the "diary". It might take a while before i can add the second part (have exams the next weeks), but maybe it is a lil help so far.
Schritt 2:
soooo, here comes a bit more on the rhinox thingy 🙂
I still need to do the other two legs but i was just courious how to deal with the head. In this size it would be impossible for me to do the head in just one step. Just too much structure, too much detail and both sides need to look equal. Esspecially the last thing is a horrible problem.
Since i can´t do the head in one step í have to go for 2 or 3 steps.
The first thing i did was to do the base proportions of the mouth and neck with power putty.
I applied a layer of greenstuff-super sculpey-mix on the base structure. i decided to start with the mouth of this beast. Doing the minor structure and first detailing. I made some WIP-pictures which show the order i worked on the mouth.
1+2: i started with pressing in the hole of the rhinox´ nose. Also pressing in some bigger folds and working out the lips. After i had the base-proportions done i startde to add more detail, more folds and the holes for the tusks. Those holes aren´t big enough yet, but i needed them to get an idea, where they would be situated later. It also helps with the proportions.
3+4: the most difficult thing was to get the structure done on the other side, too. It does not look 100% the same, but it´s quite near to it. I added a bit more of Greenstuff-mix to form a lil bit of the area under the rhinox eyes. Not too much, just to see how i should proceed .
next step on the head will be the area around the eyes and the smaller horns. Teeth with rest of the mouth-detailing, tusks and details will come with the further steps.
Ich hab mir gedacht, das Ganze wäre als kleines Tagebuch vielleicht nicht so schlecht, allerdings verfasse ich das Tagebuch in meinem eher schlechten als rechten Englisch, da ich auch keine Zeit habe, das Ganze nochmals ins Deutsche zu übertragen lohnt es sich vielleicht doch, in der Schule Englisch zu büffeln 😉
Schritt 1:
Maw is still in work, needing just the boring detail-work and last fixes.
So i wanted to make something different, not to go mad about him 🙂 The artworks of rhinox-riding ogres in the armybook was very inspiring for me. I guess it was inspiring for some ogre-players too 🙂 The rinox of the gnoblar warmachine looks incredible, but i thought it is just too small to be the mount of an ogre-hero. It looks quite good for a normal plastic ogre or an irongut, but for a tyrant it is something like a small pet.
That´s why i decided to sculpt a bigger version of the rhinox. Staying as close to the original concept as possible. I also wanted to change the posture a lil´bit. I wanted a rhinox raising like a horse, must be devestating, when its legs come down to earth again 😀
Since some have asked for tutorials or tips i´ll try to make this like a diary. It´s hard to describe sculpting and my english isn´t the best out there, but i´ll try my best. I´ll do some more detailed shots for stuff like fur and maybe the head (which will be quite difficult i guess)
So the first steps:
i began to twist a 1mm copper-wire the way, that it ended in a Y. That´s the form of the body and the rear legs. I´ve bended the wire on the legs with the proportions i wanted to achive on the rhinox.
After the skeleton was done i used to apply several layers of pattex powerputty on the wire (it´s the white stuff). It is cheap, smells like hell, is a bit toxic i think, but hardens within 10min and can be worked with water and your fingers. After the base proportions of the body were done i started with the legs. Again with a bit of powerputty to get the proportions right.
The third step involves greenstuff. I mixed 2 parts of greenstuff with one part of super sculpey (Fimo soft will do too) - this mixture extends the hardening time of Greenstuff (GS), makes it softer (needs some practice to get used to the softer surface) and a bit stickier. This mix was put on the front and rear leg. First step was to get the proportions well, by making the legs much thicker. The smaller Rhinox gives a good idea how the legs should look like. They are covered with fur which might make it a bit harder, but it should be possible.
After the proportions were done i used to smoothen the surface. I used lots of water and moved the tool with a lil´lil´lil´bit of pressure over the surface. The water is very important, The more the better.
Now i wanted to give the legs some kind of structure. The GS needs about 2-4 hours to hardenin the mix, so it is possible to work out big areas at once. I made the texture by pressing in the tool slightly, rolling it half over the leg and removing it. You can use a needle or a professional tool like those sold by masquerade-miniatures. Both will work, but the one from masquerade will make many things easier.
That´s the first part of the "diary". It might take a while before i can add the second part (have exams the next weeks), but maybe it is a lil help so far.
Schritt 2:
soooo, here comes a bit more on the rhinox thingy 🙂
I still need to do the other two legs but i was just courious how to deal with the head. In this size it would be impossible for me to do the head in just one step. Just too much structure, too much detail and both sides need to look equal. Esspecially the last thing is a horrible problem.
Since i can´t do the head in one step í have to go for 2 or 3 steps.
The first thing i did was to do the base proportions of the mouth and neck with power putty.
I applied a layer of greenstuff-super sculpey-mix on the base structure. i decided to start with the mouth of this beast. Doing the minor structure and first detailing. I made some WIP-pictures which show the order i worked on the mouth.
1+2: i started with pressing in the hole of the rhinox´ nose. Also pressing in some bigger folds and working out the lips. After i had the base-proportions done i startde to add more detail, more folds and the holes for the tusks. Those holes aren´t big enough yet, but i needed them to get an idea, where they would be situated later. It also helps with the proportions.
3+4: the most difficult thing was to get the structure done on the other side, too. It does not look 100% the same, but it´s quite near to it. I added a bit more of Greenstuff-mix to form a lil bit of the area under the rhinox eyes. Not too much, just to see how i should proceed .
next step on the head will be the area around the eyes and the smaller horns. Teeth with rest of the mouth-detailing, tusks and details will come with the further steps.
