Thread: Aucellus, the decaying bird

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Aucellus (or Aucky, as I've come to call him) hobbles more than he flies. His mangy feathers are no longer beautiful plumes, and mainly serve to hide his rotting, skeletal frame. He has one cataract eye that - while presumably sightless - still follows any movement nearby though the type of 'seeing' he uses it for now is beyond traditional 'sight'. Blind as he may be, you can feel him looking at you. Looking in you.

Aucky is made with various paperclay products. His wings are thinly shaped as if cartilage only covers them. When you're close to him, you can see the tiny sad little forms peeking through (you get a better sense of it from the picture of his back). I wanted you to get the impression there was just a film of skin left over his bones.

You can see more images of Aucky (pictures of his decaying chest and some more close ups) on my website in the Art Ghoullery.

That is totally creepy! I love it!

i just LOVE your imagination always original creations ....the last picture is very cool seing the shadow in back

Wow! TOO COOL!!! I absolutely love the skull, especially! I need something like that only about 4 foot tall to go on the sickle of my 18' grim reaper. All I have is the standard government issue rubber vulture, and he looks a little lost.

That is fantastic!!!!

Thanks folks

Witch from Canada: yeah, that picture ended up getting picked because of the shadow (and suddenly it was irrelevant how the actual prop looked...the shadow is cool and that's what's important!)

That looks great! What will he be doing?

Originally Posted by Evil Bob

That looks great! What will he be doing?

Not sure yet. I've just started making a group of them (I posted about Marmota Monax a bit ago on the forum who is made the same way). The theme is still forming in my head.

He's so cute. Nice work!

Fabtabulous!! GF you never cease to amaze.