At the risk of jinxing things, this piece is coming along quite nicely!
The hood is now all but done. Aside from some minor tweaking of the shape, all that remains to be done is the interior detail and the cobra "crest" front and center. I've never been particularly enamored of this embellishment: about the best that can be said is, "overkill". But it is iconic to the character, so. .
The hood-shaped mantle is next. If all goes as planned, the hood will be permanently attached to the mantle, and the unit will be removable for painting. Worst case scenario, the hood and mantle will be separate pieces that will be permanently attached once their respective ventral surfaces have been painted.
More to follow. . .
FOLLOW-UP - 30.05.2012. . . The sub-mantle has been roughed-in with SSFine and the contouring of this "negative" surface has begun. If all goes as planned and time permits, I hope to have the epoxy putty "positive" done by the end of the weekend.
UPDATE - 02.06.2012. . . The mantle is done! Done--but not yet 'finished'. All in good time. . .
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