Indian Elephant Bull

Hello everyone,

I'm new here. I've seen work by a lot of you all and I was very impressed. I was working on a model of a bull Indian elephant based on one in a local zoo. Let me know what you all think so far. He's 5  inches tall by 9 inches long. Special thanks to elephas_maximus for all of his insight and guidance.

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Welcome here:-)

Welcome on forum and thanks for sharing your project with us!
It will be exciting to follow it, I needed to edit your original post to make pictures appear but fortunately I did it once they are fantastic comparing the real animal with your work.
I think the first kind of picture we need to make a judgement is a straight and full side view of the figure, somewhat similar to the first one but with the camera at the same level of the figure. In that way we can check the general profile and proportions after checking the details. What I can see is very good and obviously you're studying carefully the characteristics of an Indian elephant. Keep us updated and good luck!

welcome here from london:)

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!

Roger wrote:

Welcome on forum and thanks for sharing your project with us!
It will be exciting to follow it, I needed to edit your original post to make pictures appear but fortunately I did it once they are fantastic comparing the real animal with your work.
I think the first kind of picture we need to make a judgement is a straight and full side view of the figure, somewhat similar to the first one but with the camera at the same level of the figure. In that way we can check the general profile and proportions after checking the details. What I can see is very good and obviously you're studying carefully the characteristics of an Indian elephant. Keep us updated and good luck!

Thanks Roger! I was having a little trouble uploading the pictures. I'm figuring everything out as I go hahaha. The elephant is made from super sculpey while his ears, tusks, tail, and legs are made from super sculpey firm. He stand 5 inches (12.7 cm) tall and is 9 inches (22.86 cm) long. I'd like to say he's about 1:24 scale. Attached are some more pics and one next to the Wild Safari female Asian elephant for comparison. I'll begin painting him over the next few days.

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Welcome here and nice job so far! :) 

Wellcome here from me, too  

The elefant look fantastic, I am very, very impressed  
Have you made many models yourself ?

Good that you found out how to insert photoes  

I am glad you figured how to post pictures and these last are very good to judge your work.
It is really a fantastic piece, I like almost everything on it, I only think the head looks somewhat massive but maybe it is a personal mania, I mean, mainly, the lower maxilla and jowl in general. It is always hard to be helpful when we are seeing such a brilliant work, mainly knowing that I am not even able of sculpting a earthworm.
Looking forwar to se it finished and congratulations for having all this talent.

SUSANNE wrote:

Wellcome here from me, too  

The elefant look fantastic, I am very, very impressed  
Have you made many models yourself ?

Good that you found out how to insert photoes  

Thanks Sussane! I've made a few models before, but this was the first elephant I've tried to replicate off of a living one.

Roger wrote:

I am glad you figured how to post pictures and these last are very good to judge your work.
It is really a fantastic piece, I like almost everything on it, I only think the head looks somewhat massive but maybe it is a personal mania, I mean, mainly, the lower maxilla and jowl in general. It is always hard to be helpful when we are seeing such a brilliant work, mainly knowing that I am not even able of sculpting a earthworm.
Looking forwar to se it finished and congratulations for having all this talent.

Thanks for the suggestions, Roger. The elephant that this particular replica is modeled after is named Dahlip. He is pretty large for the average Asian elephant, which is why some of the features appear massive. The jaw actually isn't that big, it's just opened at a lower angle. I've attached some pictures of Dahlip so you can have a better look at the elephant himself. :) 

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I forgot to attach this. I've begun painting. The first coat is on.

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Welcome here
The Bull looks good. :)

Welcome on the site. The work is really good for me.  

Thanks everyone! More layering...

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I am glad you think there is nothing to change and surely you're right once you studied this particular elephant very well. I see you're using very good pictures, particularly the frontal view where we can see clearly the shape of the head that you replicated very well. Nice to see the work progressing. It would be also fantastic in future, to see other works you did!

I like it. GREAT WORK for me.  

Thanks Neven!

Roger wrote:

I am glad you think there is nothing to change and surely you're right once you studied this particular elephant very well. I see you're using very good pictures, particularly the frontal view where we can see clearly the shape of the head that you replicated very well. Nice to see the work progressing. It would be also fantastic in future, to see other works you did!

Thanks Roger! I've been studying this bull for a while now and figured I'd try my hand at finally sculpting him. I may put my older work up in the future.

Just begun texturing now...

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Can´t wait to see it finished :)

Thanks for keeping us updated about your project. It already looks fantastic, I am sure when finished it will be a jewel. :elphant:

Thanks everyone! Still texturing... I'm finishing up the pastel and adding in the depigmentation on the trunk and ears. I should have the finished model up by Friday!

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Enjoying following your progress! Keep up the great work!

Thanks everyone! Well he's finally finished! I've just sprayed the sealant on him.

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Looks very nice, especially the last photo

He's fantastic! Congrats!

he looks good