Thor's Midgard Serpent gets the first clay layer

Birds-eye view of Thor and the Midgard Serpent. As you can note, the head fins on the serpent received the first layer of clay. The serpent's body also received its face coat of clay. I will apply the clay to the inner section after I remove the Thor sculpt from the stand. Right now there is not enough room to maneuver.

Here is a frontal image of Thor and the Serpent. I am still fine-tuning the head and fins posture. Currently I am still in doubt.

I will adhere the Midgard Serpents head and body after I find the correct head pose. I am thinking of tilting the head a bit more.

Thor will be approximately four inches off the base (ground) in order to give the viewer the impression that Thor is about to take flight. The Serpent's tail, head fin and segments of the Serpents body will be welded to Thor in order to secure the bronze.

Thor and the Midgard Serpent's armature fabricated to hold the battle pose

This image exhibits Thor restraining the Midgard Serpent by the cranium fin/wing. The pose is a fairly accurate; however, I may alter it after I had time to digest the stance.

The rear view… Thor’s hand will be revised once I figure out what he will actually be holding on to.

The Midgard Serpent’s head fins will be adapted to flow with the action.

The Midgard Serpent’s body will undertake the clay up within the next few days.

The Midgard Serpent is large enough to consume poor Thor… LOL…. (moremagic/Mike) one of my ustream.tv viewers declared that the composition is making it look like Thor is the villain.

My wife is taking pleasure in the serpent’s disposition.

Here you can see the green garden hose, which will be covered in clay soon.

THOR GOD OF THUNDER

Today I decided to goof with Photoshop and create a flyer. For a detailed image, you can click on the image.

360 view of the Thor clay sculpt

Thor's hair was given an additional three inches in length.

I believe I will keep the current pose.

The Midgard serpent will be added to the composition. The serpent's head or neck will be held by Thor's left hand as he summons the thunder in order to gain strength and do some serious booty kicking.

The rear section of the loincloth is not show in this image. Due to the pipe, entering his back, I was unable to dry fit the rear section.

My daughter viewed the sculpt today with all the accessories added and she stated, "this is your best work to date and I don't even like comic characters!". That was nice of her...

The sculpt measures 36" from toes to head. From toes to top of the hammer we are looking 45".

The hands still need to under several hours of detailing.

Sections of the cape will be supported by the serpents body; otherwise, the weight of the cape may compromise the welds.

UP, UP and away! The sculpt will be about one inch off the ground in order to give the illusion of flight.

Hope you enjoyed the images. More images will be available during the Midgard serpent sculpt.

Images of the (wip) work-in-progress for the Thor bronze sculpture

The helmet wings were given an update, the previous wings did not flow with the action.

Here you can see the detail that went into the helmet. Thousands of dimples, created in order to emulate a forged helmet.

Thor's mighty hammer used to summon the thunder!

Detail image showing Thor's torso. The loincloth still may need some additional work.

This image shows some of the detail that went into the legs and sandals.

Thanks to the viewers on ustream.tv I was able to create a cape that works with the Thor sculpt. Thanks guys!

The Thor model was put together for this photo shoot. The cape, helmet wings; braids are being held together with pins.