I got all the initial shaping done today! My dad helped a lot but cutting the initial chunk of wood on the bandsaw for me, but everything since then is all me! He’s not perfect, and I accidentally put one of his back legs in the wrong position, but I really don’t expect him to be when I’m not the most experienced with carving yet anyways. I cut the shit out of my finger on a different small carving project a couple days ago too bc im a genius, and have been a lot more careful when working on him. Safety first yall!!
Anyways I drew out some of the cleanup/details to work on for tomorrow too. With any luck I can get carving him done by the end of the week!! (Big fingers crossed on that tho I got a lot going on) but then I’ll just need to find some bits and bobs to make the braided cord he hangs from and the feathers.
Also yes I know he’s like an entirely different color than in the reference. I plan on staining his wood darker to match once the carving is totally finished!
"Her heart is made of flames like a star, her mind is made of poetry, her body is made like art.. like a hand carving made from the utmost care, she's rare, unique, and neat. She is like a priceless painting, every brush stroke of her life pure genius.. she's a princess, every heartbeat of hers timeless like classical music. If she gives you love then don't abuse it.."
She's rare and beautiful like nothing you could ever imagine - eUë
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Handmade by me, from Super Sculpey polymer clay, and painted with acrylic paints to resemble antique bronze. It measures 3 inches (10cm) in diameter. I sculpted onto a watchglass so I could get a curvature. The watchglass was removed after baking. It took me approximately 25 hours from start to finish.
A lot of fans talk about wanting a replica of Uhtred's sword. However, I wanted something more personal and meaningful to me. I had been planning to make this brooch for over a year now, and finally had the time and motivation to do so.
Progress photos and reference screenshots below the Keep Reading.
Progress photos. I rolled out the clay and molded it onto a watchglass. Then I printed out my sketch and used a pin to pinpoint the locations of the main features (the little spheres). Afterwards, it was just a lot of fiddly sculpting work to create the details. This was 100% done by hand; I did not use any molds or pre-created forms for this.
Painted version in indoor lighting.
Screencaps of the brooch. And you can see what I had to work with here, lol. Weird fact: his brooch changed color over the seasons! It was shiny gold colored in season 3, silver in season 4, and antique bronze in season 5. Don't know why it changed so much. Aldhelm's brooch is very unique and particular to him. He had a standard large bronze Mercian boar brooch in season 2, just like Aethelred, but for some reason that was changed to this one in season 3. It seemed to coincide with the change in his apparent personality, so I wonder if it was intentional or not?