Cottonmouth Scales

by KingCobra
Dec 19, 2005 11:14 PM · 1953 views · 75.1 k · 404 x 372

Keywords: scale scales snake skin texture keel keeled reptile cottonmouth

This is how I do the scales for the cottonmouth.

After trying various techniques, I decided to make my own stamps.

I won't be using the largest size as it will be too big for this sculpture.

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Comments (3)

ratsnake

Dec 20, 2005 12:37 AM

Thats kool!
How lomg have you been working on this snake?

gexy

Dec 25, 2005 5:22 PM

What a great idea! You stamped the scales! What material did you make the scale stamps from? I etch the scales by hand with a fine tip tool. It takes forever!!!!!

KingCobra

Dec 26, 2005 11:31 PM

thanks for the comments.

ratsnake, I have been working on this sculpture off and on for about a year...maybe even longer. It has been sitting mostly though because I have had to wait to get equipment and materials to finish it.

GEXY, The stamps are made of resin(the same resin I use when I cast the sculptures). Basically, all I had to do was to sculpt a single scale, build up a wall around it and after some fine tuning, I poured the resin into the cavity. After I made the first,(largest) I used it to make the initial cavity and resized it for the next smaller size.

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