Working on a crocodile and looking for some critiques

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# 1 25-08-2013 , 10:05 PM

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Working on a crocodile and looking for some critiques

Hey there
I am working on a crocodile at the minute and hoping you guys could give me some input.

My main problem are the legs I cant for the life of me figure out how to make them since their awkward looking. The paws have not been made yet, due to not being completely confident in the legs.

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# 2 26-08-2013 , 03:55 AM

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Do you have lots of ref images?

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"A Darkness at Sethanon", a book I aspire to model some of the charcters and scenes

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# 3 26-08-2013 , 09:52 AM

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Yeah For the head I was using images from the encylopedia seeing as it as difficult getting a side view for the body I was just using images from google and videos to get a sense of the body I have also sketched it out.

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# 4 19-09-2013 , 02:09 PM

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How are those feet coming along? That crocodile looks good, would be nice to see it finished. There should be some good clips for detail on youtube when they're digging in the sand to bury their eggs.

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