Rhinoceros Beetle Pt 2

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So here’s a view of my rhinoceros beetle pendant pre-cleanup and assembly. It’s also missing it’s wing covering on it’s back. The wings here are cut out of plate, and the legs are very thin pieces of plate twisted where the joints are to illustrate the way a real bug’s legs would be articulated.  I also did some detail work on the wings which involved several hours of sitting with a hand-drill basically carving out a form I wanted. you can’t see it on the wings here, but it will be evident when I post a finished shot.

Rhinoceros Beetle Beginnings

Aside

Here’s my first progress shot on my Rhinocerous Beetle pendant. I sawed the bottom piece out of plate copper and domed the head lightly before bending the horns up in a tube-type form. The body I textured with the long head of a riveting hammer before doming it. I left some small tabs to rivet it together when I was done.

If I were to try this again, I think I would dome the body first and then draw and cut out the bottom form based on the length that the dome wound up. As it is I wound up with a very tight fit between body and base, which I was briefly worried wouldn’t match up.