Kitbash; Zilladon sea monster 2024-01-13

[barad_dur]

2024-01-13; new pics page 3; swapping in a larger Zilla head
2023-12-29; new pics page 2; scale check with new larger sized tower.
2023-12-27; new pics page 2; continuing to Hydrodon
2023-12-23; new pics page 2; checking scale of watchtower , and started painting the Hydrodon
2023-12-22; new pics page 2; visualizing rock cliff shoreline
2023-12-20; new pics page 2; working the base
2023-12-15; new pics page 1; replacing head and adding new fins
2023-12-07; new pics page 1; slimmed down back near tail, adding details
2023-12-03; new pics page 1; detailing the left side and working the claws
2023-12-02; new pics page 1; started working on the claws
2023-12-01; new pics page 1; started detailing the underside and tapering the forearms
2023-11-30; new pics page 1; filled in holes and roughed in forearms
2023-11-29; new pics page 1; finished cutting to significantly slim down body and tail
2023-11-25; new pics page 1; continuing to slim down body
2023-11-24; new pics page 1; started modifying Hydrodon sea monster

Plan to modify the Hydrodon to have a much slimmer and athletic build, and have a larger open mouth

[bucketfoot-al]

Can you please finish your ongoing bashes before starting on yet another one Joe? (You're making us look bad down here)

[barad_dur]

Hah, well, you know I don’t care much for the painting phase, so I have to do some bashing in between paint sessions.

[tay666]

Hah, well, you know I don’t care much for the painting phase, so I have to do some bashing in between paint sessions.

[barad_dur]

Continuing to slim down body.
Plan to sculpt new forearms and claws to be much less turtle like, longer and more tapered at the wrists.

[amubis]

looking great Joe could be male & female... female with slender body

[barad_dur]

Thank you Scott! I sincerely appreciate you allowing me to acquire this second kit from you.

Yeah, I was thinking along those same lines for sure.
I ordered a 3d printed Godzilla kit which I hope that I can use the head for this bash, so I do not have to sculpt a new head with open mouth.
As It would be very difficult (impossible?) for me to sculpt the tiny teeth for an open mouth.

I have another change idea which would be totally fantastic , but I have to do some research first to see if I think I can pull it off….

[bucketfoot-al]

Unfamiliar with this character - will be watching the mods with interest ...

[barad_dur]

Finished slimming down the body and tail.
Ready to start filling in the holes but keeping then much more athletic and slimmer build profiles from both side and top views.

[bucketfoot-al]

Can't tell if you are enhancing the texture scales or slicing them off in that last photo?

[barad_dur]

I cut them off to slim the tail down.
I will add scales and texture back on but with a much slimmer profile.

[barad_dur]

Filled in the holes and roughed in the forearms.
Will taper the forearms much more and add webbed claws

[barad_dur]

Started detailing the underside
Started tapering the forearms

[barad_dur]

Started working on the claws

[barad_dur]

Detailing left side and working ion the claws

[barad_dur]

Slimmed down the back.
Continuing to add details

[barad_dur]

Replaced the head and adding fins to lower tail

ORGINAL HEAD was very small with a big underbite.


REPLACEMENT HEAD is from a 3d printed Godzilla


SLIMMED down lower jaw and under neck


CUT OFF orginal head and working on blending in new head














ADDING NEW FINS

[bucketfoot-al]

About time for an update ... did you think you could take a few days off? You got us twitching with withdrawal symptoms ...

Very nice work - I have to say I like the idea of the Big G head. (Now THAT ONE is too small for you to 'bash into something else! )

P.S. I'm gonna go see Godzilla Minus One for the third time tomorrow. (Haven't done that for a movie since the first "Avatar" hit the screens in 2009 when my kids were still little) ....

[scuzzfink85]

I would try to make head a bit bigger to match the arms size..
Which mean's you have to make the neck a somewhat shorter..

[barad_dur]

Thank you for the suggestion scuzz.
I just ordered 2 more different larger size 3d printed Zilla heads to possibly replace the current head.
But I have to be careful , because if I go too large with the head , it will make the overall size look much smaller in scale.
I.e. instead of appearing “whale sized”, if I replace the head with one that is too large, then the critter will be reduced to “shark sized”.
I want to maintain the original leviathan size scale feel to this creature.
If you look at the original kit, the head size is even smaller in relation to the body as I significantly slimmed down the body.