Auerochse 54mm
The Auerochse of Kellerkind-Miniaturen is not yet finished.
Just to show a bit of my work.
To give the Auerochs it a more realistic look I altered it a bit. Changing the - in my opinion - exaggerated muscles, would have destroyd the fur-structure. So I gave that up.
I sculpted new bigger horns, a new tails and - most important - new "balls", because they looked like the ones of horses.
Painting is done with Vallejo and Andrea-Acrylics with brush. Sometimes the paint dind't reach the tiny pits in the fur (white spots). I will repaint that.
The base is yet very preliminary. Im planning ferns, maybe a tree an perhaps another small animal.
Rob Pollock said on September 29, 2015
I think with figures you certainly need the highlight/lowlight definition, but then it needs to be exaggerated to make it look real. It sounds counter-intuitive but the best figures always have a look of having been 'pushed' a little beyond what seems natural, in order to get the effect just right. Anyway, I can see you're still at work developing the look.
Will it stand alone or is it part of a vignette? You mentioned other animals - was just wondering about the context.
Hans Wilhelm Fischer said on September 29, 2015
Thanks for your comment.
That is the Problem - not only with figures - but also with technical stuff that you want to give a used look. You have to do a little more than real, but easily (and often) it's too much.
I'm intending a Vignette, my first idea was just one or two small animals for "decoration", but the gesture of the bull looks rather aggresive, so I think a small wolfpack on a larger base would give an interesting Diorama.
Craig Abrahamson said on September 29, 2015
My...pretty "anatomically correct", aren't they? lol
Seriously, it looks good.
Editor said on September 30, 2015
Welcome onboard at iModeler. This looks like a beginning of something cool!