Bald Eagle Project

falconer · #1 11-27-2007, 05:02 PM

My wife took somemore photos of the 1/3 lifesize bald eagle I'm working on while we were at the Yosemite studio over Thanksgiving. In these I'm working in more detail on the head. I always start at the bottom most feather and work towards the crown or top of the head. In these photos, I have gotten the feathers to the proper depth and now rounding them with a 1/4 inch diamond ball. The next step will be to sand each feather smooth and then to burn in the shafts of each feather. I will then use a white stone as small as I can fined to texture these feathers. I always texture white or light colored areas and burn dark ones. I will sometimes spend more time on the head than I do on the body this in my opinion is the most important part of the bird.

www.sierracreekstudios.com

Hugh-P · #2 11-27-2007, 05:36 PM

Looking great, love that detail. Lots of attention to the feathers and there shaping, Hope to see you post it when finished.

Joy · #3 11-28-2007, 08:17 AM

Thanks for the update. Keep them coming.

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