How to mold a spiky dragon head with many horns on it?
Rex Chen
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I got a dragon head maquette progressing now, but I add many spines and spiky scales on It, how can I keep these details when I'm molding it?
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Thats a beautiful sculpture with very nice textures. Well done *thumbup*
Which clay are you using?^^
What are you planning to cast it out of?
Many artists cut their spines and horns off gently- mold them separately and glue them later on with blending and sanding the cutting edge.
Greets
Kai
Thanks for comment! I used oil based clay for the maquette.
I believe cutting the horns temporarily is a great idea that worth trying.
I've actually planned to make an animatronic head out of it. ^^ And i planned to use silicone to mold it, can it retain the horn details directly? Or are the horns must be made from different materials on an animatronic's skin?
please to meet you!
Rex
Oh wow, that sounds very cool. I will look forward to your next pictures ;-)
Molding silicone will grab all the fine details, if its gently brushed and bubblefree layed on.
Usually big horns are attached to static bones in nature. So you might cast the horns seperately in a translucent Resin and glue them back to your epoxy underskeleton, which you want to create for the animatronic attachments.
The silicone "skin" will cover the skeleton and will be glued to the skull- at the base of the horns, too.
That guarantees, that the horns will not move, if there is a moving point for mimic near by.
There are great Lessons about how to create a animatronic head with Craig Canton- Largent:
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/character-animatronics-how-to-build-an-animatronic-head-part-1-mechanical-underskull
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https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/character-animatronics-how-to-build-an-animatronic-head-part-2-eye-mechanism-construction-installation
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https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/how-to-build-an-animatronic-head-part-3-eyebrow-and-jaw-mechanisms
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https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/how-to-build-an-animatronic-head-part-4-lip-mechanisms-skin-testing-basic-programming
.. and with Rick Lazzarini:
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/animatronic-character-creation-organic-mechanics-part-one
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https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/animatronic-character-creation-organic-mechanics-part-two
I hope that helps :-)
Have fun and never stop creating [=
Greets
Kai
thanx Kai !
Greets