Tuesday, January 24, 2012

The Sigil of Akatosh

With well over five million copies sold it's safe to say that "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" is a huge success. The game has a great blend of action and storytelling depth, not to mention some wonderful design work. Allan Harwood brings us an example translated from digital to physical form: the Sigil of Akatosh.



"My first step was figuring out a size I wanted to work with. After scaling the above image, and doing some quick sketches and measurements, I settled on 2.75″ for each side of the diamond shape. I then cut out a rough rectangle in thick white styrene board (I don’t remember the thickness, as the sheet was bought months ago), then penciled down the layout after figuring out the angles of each side. After that, I did some experimentation on the thickness of a boarder, as I wanted this to look like an amulet, or some form of badge of office or worship. I then cut those sides out in styrene, then super glued them to the diamond."




The finished Sigil is over here.


3 comments:

Frogman Studio said...

Thanks so much for showing my work on your blog! I'm actually working on a Lovecraft piece soon!

Propnomicon said...

@ Frogman Studio

I look forward to seeing it. You have a real gift for sculpting.

Dawson Clawson said...

awesome