Making a Cerberus (aka a sad poodle story)

[narayannis2]

Dear friends,

after making a Hydra (see other post), I decided to also make a Cerberus, which is a very nice and scary monster. To make it, I was forced to slaughter three cute Jack Rassels, and a French Bulldog by Safari Ltd.

Here are the poor critters

 

I started the massacre by cutting off the heads of all four dogs. Then, I drilled three holes into the head stump of the bulldog (whose body would become the Cerberus body) and inserted pins, so I could secure the other heads.

 

I then cut off the ears of the three JR heads and attached them to the body via the pins. This was actually a mistake: I should have created the new ears and attached them to the heads before connecting them to the body...

Anyway, I then used epoxy putty to cover the joints, and create the ears and the tail of the beast.

 

Left everything to dry, and then painted the whole thing. Here it is, complete and with Mr. Conan next to it for size comparison.

 

I hope you like it.

 

Now if only I had the Cerberus card, or even it's stats...

 

Cheerio

    John

 

PS. Please be careful when talking about your modelling adventures in public areas. When I was describing the creation of the Cerberus to a friend via cell phone this morning, I noticed a few terrified looks when I described "how I cut off the heads of three Jack Russells"...

 

Edited October 21, 2017 by narayannis2

[Bawon Samdi]

it works pretty well ! Too bad you don't have a least one open maw to make him more menacing.

[narayannis2]

Yes, I agree. I was thinking of making one of the mouths open, but I was afraid I wouldn't succeed, and it would look like the head is talking :)