stinkenheim Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 +EDIT+ please not this is a rework of a thread i've posted in the space wolf section... i restarted the cloak midway through this tut which is why the legs are in totally different positions. as the process is the same i didn't feel the need to redo the first batch of pics, so if it looks like a totally different cloak in the second half thats cos it is :huh: Firstly get your model, a fairly obvious step but i had to start somewhere... here my wolf lord, hes sad and cold cos he has no cloak :( http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/DSC00710.jpg The mix up some greenstuff and tease it out into thin strips, these will form the legs of your pelt. A good tip for when you do this, is once each limb is placed roughly where you want, put a thin layer of superglue over the greenstuff. When this dries it should help to keep the greenstuff in place while it cures. If the cloak is going to be away from the model, and therefore will have nothing to rest on while it dries, use a lump of blu-tak to help it hold its shape. http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/DSC00711.jpg http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/DSC00712.jpg http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/DSC00713.jpg Once you have the basic skeleton of the cloak (dont worry about how messy or poo this looks) you need to start adding the claws. i've found out the hard way that its a bad idea to sculpt the fur before the claws... http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/DSC00714.jpg I make the claws by rolling out a small point of greenstuff, make sure you have a bit extra on the opposite end to the point, this is waht you will attatch the claw to the pelt with. http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/DSC00716.jpg i then carefully pick it up with my sculpting tool before positioning it where i want it to go. I find its best to have it overhanging the cloak, although you dont have to, it just looks better in my opinion. Then use flatten the excess greenstuff onto the paw. http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/DSC00717.jpg http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/DSC00718.jpg This should give you a look a bit like this http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/DSC00719.jpg ok once you have the skeleton of the cloak made then start laying a strip of greenstuff on top of one of the limbs. its easiest to start on a limb as the fur should be scultped in lines pointing down and it makes blending later stages easier. heres a shot of the one leg with fur added http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/DSC00767.jpg when you reach the top of the leg make sure to flatten the greenstuff out as much as possible like this pic, this is to make later stages easier. http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/DSC00764.jpg ok you should soon have all the legs finished http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/DSC00769.jpg the nex tpart is the tail (and my pic didnt come out properly, dammit). but basially wrap a thin layer of greenstuff around the tail, making it thicker at the base of the tail. leave it to cure for about 20 mins. start working at the tip of the top side in the same manner as the fur on the legs. once the top is done do the same on the bottom, then neaten up the edges. afterwards, add a patch going across the width of the cloak, filling about half the remaining gap. then just start scoring lines in to make the texture. as long as the new layer is added about where the layer from the legs thinned it should be pretty easy to get the two layers to blend. http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/DSC00770.jpg then again, add another layer (this should be the final one) and sculpt the fur into this. this one is a bit different however as it will likely meet up with the wolfs head, as such the fur needs to be sculpted in a different way. excuse the poor pics but this is asimple way for me to describe it. as you can see the fur (the little black lines) are pointing towards the end of the limbs... http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/fur.jpg now we need the fur to turn to point down the top legs... to do this the fur should be scultped in this sort of pattern. at the middle of the neck, the fur is pointing down, but as you move further from the centre the fur should start to curve slightly. http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/fur2.jpg it should look something like this when finished http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/DSC00779.jpg http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/DSC00780.jpg once the fur cloak is sculpted you need to start adding the skin underneath in any visible areas... this is so simple to do, and far easier than sculpting the rest of it in the first place. layer a thin piece of greenstuff within the outlines of the fur like below http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/DSC00786.jpg then using you sculpting tool roughly spread it about, pulling it closer to the edge http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/DSC00787.jpg then using the blade part of your tool start to make the edge irregular and add small 'holes' and dots in random places. also make sure the greenstuff layer isn't flat, as when you come to paint it the rough texture will look better. http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/stinkenheim/DSC00789.jpg all you need to do is finish the rest of the visible underside in the same manner to complete your fur cloak... 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hidje Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 very nice tut :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A17roolz Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Excellent! Been looking for a tutorial like this for a custom chapter's special character. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch«•»Angel Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 not a space wolves player. but very nice tutorial.might use it sometime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StratoKhan Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Great photographic tutorial and excellent finished product. Would you be willing to give your permission for this to be added to the Librarium? Let me know how you feel, you can PM if you want. One question I had was whether you'd tried to sculpt a wolf head for the pelt from scratch. If you have that might be an interesting addition to the tutorial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinkenheim Posted October 11, 2009 Author Share Posted October 11, 2009 by all means add this to the librarium <_< i haven't yet sculpted a wolf head from scratch... i think i might have to for my planned wolf priest so i'll give it a go and see about making a tut if it turns out well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekgar_Wolf Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Nice tutorial, but would you mind explaining a bit how do you push the green stuff to get the fur shape? I mean, wich tool and in wich way. I think that is the stage (includind pic) this tutorial need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginger gobbo Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 a bit off topic but where did you get the shield from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinkenheim Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 Sorry for threadnomancy with this but I was finally able to upload the videos. Fur underside @ Ginger gobbo it was the limited edition White Dwarf on shield bearers, I just filed the runes off the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMcflaggerty Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Wow, now all I need is some greenstuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forgefather Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 A job well done! Think I'll go and try my hand at these techniques if you don't mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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