And you see, it is really moving on. The body is almost done, I just started on meaking the ribcage and abdomen a little bit broader as I felt it was too sleek for an adult bull. I use Lidia bulls and extant wild bovines a lot as a comparison. When the body and head is completely done, I will start doing the horns (originally, I planned to make replaceable horns in order to appreciate the variation within aurochs, but that turned out as too complicated so I will sculpt the most common type). After that, the last details that I am going to add will be wrinkles in the skin and hair.
The last step will be to paint it with acrylic colours. I will pay a lot of attention to make a truly convincing colouration.
The model measures 33cm at the withers, and you won't believe that I already incorporated about 10 liters of modelling clay into it.
I am really looking forward to see the model finished and it is great fun watching it progress. I am very, very happy that the model is arithmetically wonderfully anatomically correct, at least I was not able to find any mistakes. Actually, the model so far matches 100% what I imagine a grown aurochs bull to have looked like.
Good long skull.
ReplyDeleteSieht super aus, ich bin sehr gespannt wie er fertig aussieht.
ReplyDeleteWir haben ein Beweidungsprojekt bei Hannover gestartet. Für die Öffentlichkeitsarbeit hätten wir sehr gerne ein Auerochsenmodell. Wäre es möglich 3d-Daten zu bekommen oder mehr Fotos um die Daten zu erstellen?
ReplyDeleteCis Van Vuure told me that aurochs had a straight muzzle profile, neither concave nor convex.
ReplyDeleteAnd aurochs skulls tell me that this is not necessarily the case ;-).
DeleteNot necessarily always the case, you mean? It should be interesting to check the variations on this aspect, in my opinion. Also on muzzle lenght, trunk lenght and so on...
DeleteExactly, there was variation (which was my initial answer) and looking at actual skulls reveals what the snouts looked like.
DeleteCorrection: an (almost)straight skull profile.
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