Egyptian Vulture (1:10)

Hi again,
In a previous post I told you I would like to deepen the model of birds, and here it is: a new raptor (after the Bearded Vulture). As usually, in a few days the finished model, after some details on the thinest feathers and painting. Hope you like it!

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Excellent work! I need one in 1:22, can you work in that small of a scale? Message me if you think you can do something that small, I know the detail will suffer some but that is the scale I work with.

Nice vulture I love the way you are making feather. Could you make a tutorial one day?

What an impresseive, beautyful model of this strange-looking bird

The detail you make is fantastic ! Those thin feathers on the head !!!!!
I can't imagine all the time and talent it must have taken , - WOW

It will be great to see it painted, - but it is also interesting to see it as it is now ! Thankyou very much for sharing

Very nice bird :)

Very nice bird

congratulations

wonderful work!
more particularly sculpture under the head
I would be happy to add it to my collection

Retoric

Wow

That's a really detailed piece, you're very talented! I am curious to see how it look painted!

Here it is: my egyptian vulture (in a "near" future, the two remaining Spanish vultures...). For those asking on the hairy feathers in the head, they are bristles from a toothbrush; their effect is much more nice at natural view than with the overdetailed and magnify view of the photograph. Anyway, I hope you like it, friends. Happy new year/figures!!

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That's fantastic! It looks amasing!
Very clever also your idea to head feathers!

That looks great!

I LOVE, LOVE this birdie

Wonderful vulture - you have a masterful understanding of feathers! Can I make a small suggestion on the painting.. to experiment with a wash over the whole bird to allow some darker pigment to settle in the crevices. I think this would highlight the feather work and add greater depth to the sculpt without taking away fro the colour subtlety you've already achieved.

SUSANNE wrote:

I LOVE, LOVE this birdie

Fantastic Bird! Congratulations!

I like this model but I find that the color's face is too green. If you examine pictures of this animal,
the color's face is between yellow and orange.
Nevertheless it's a nice creation.
Congratulations.

Retoric

retoric wrote:

I like this model but I find that the color's face is too green.

It is very difficult ( impossible ? ) to show correct colours on the net, - first the photo can change the colour, and people's monitors are very different

MiniZoo wrote:

Wonderful vulture - you have a masterful understanding of feathers! Can I make a small suggestion on the painting.. to experiment with a wash over the whole bird to allow some darker pigment to settle in the crevices. I think this would highlight the feather work and add greater depth to the sculpt without taking away fro the colour subtlety you've already achieved.

Well, in fact, a greyish ink is already applied in the background, although it is hard to see because it is really subtle: I wanted a cleaner effect for such a white species, and due to its tiny scale, a darker grey background should have dominated too much. But I agree with you, and probably it could have withstood a darker background. Thanks indeed!

SUSANNE wrote:

retoric wrote:

I like this model but I find that the color's face is too green.

It is very difficult ( impossible ? ) to show correct colours on the net, - first the photo can change the colour, and people's monitors are very different

I assure you that the true color is almost "pure" yellow (just a little brownish in the wrinkles) and no green was used, but the pictures (made with a mobile) are very bad, sorry. Thanks a lot for all your comments and praises, very useful and motivating to improve each new model!