Smaug the Magnificent

DurinsBane · **Posted:** Sun Nov 23, 2008 4:08 pm

Love the close up shots, shows the detail perfectly ! Looking awesome Nathan !

Ukfreddybear · **Posted:** Sun Nov 23, 2008 4:16 pm

Nice. Imagine the relief you will feel once the last scale is put into place.

joris267 · **Joined:** Sun May 25, 2008 6:07 pm **Posts:** 112

looking great. it's funy to see what you have done when lots of different shades of green. :yay:

tirno.alyanorno · **Posted:** Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:58 pm

ukfreddybear wrote:

Nice. Imagine the relief you will feel once the last scale is put into place.

its more likely he'll think "oh dear, that minute detail is i tiny bit wrong" and strip the whole lot off again :lol:

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:23 pm

With these scales you are spoiling us.....

joris267 · **Joined:** Sun May 25, 2008 6:07 pm **Posts:** 112

tirno.alyanorno wrote:

ukfreddybear wrote:

Nice. Imagine the relief you will feel once the last scale is put into place.

its more likely he'll think "oh dear, that minute detail is i tiny bit wrong" and strip the whole lot off again :lol:

or he'll be so shocked that he's finished that he'll drop it on the floor:
oh well, didn't like it anyway, let's do one for serious now :-D

Natarn · **Posted:** Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:22 pm

tirno.alyanorno wrote:

It's more likely he'll think "Oh dear, that minute detail is a tiny bit wrong" and strip the whole lot off again :lol:

That's right, Greg. :wink:

Smaug the Eternal WIP. :roll:

The bits I do not like at the moment, are his neck scales. They are the first scales that I sculpted, over a year ago, and I was learning a lot about technique. Since then, I have sculpted many, many scales and the style of scale is now quite different to those initial ones. The new work on the his chest is about to join up with the original work and where it does, it looks a bit odd.

To you, I guess it's no big deal.

To me, it's wrong.

Curse of the Perfectionist. :-X

Natarn · **Posted:** Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:37 am

This morning's work - spines on left flank and filling in the gap with scales.

DurinsBane · **Posted:** Thu Nov 27, 2008 1:12 pm

Awesome !!! That last pic shows the flow of the body, which I never noticed before, looks fantastic Nathan, also took note this time of the muscle structure...superb mate !!! :yay:

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:11 pm

It just gets better and better!

Erunion · **Posted:** Fri Nov 28, 2008 6:39 am

These latest pics are looking really great! You'd probably already posted pictures of the belly scales, but I guess I missed them before, because I'm really impressed with how well they turn out.

I can't wait to see this one finished and painted. Have you thought of a color scheme yet? I'm assuming you'll want to steer away from green :lol: