Prism Prints - Eikthyr - Valheim Fan Art

"His antlers are branches of iron, they crack the rocks and bring down mountains. His hooves are the sound of thunder. His voice a howling gale." - Vegsivir at the Sacrificial Stones

When you first start a game in Valheim, you are dropped in the middle of a bunch of sacrificial stones, one for each boss in the game. Next to one is Vegvisir, a runestone that, when interacted with, will give you the closest location of Eikthyr on the map. Eikthyr is a large stag with unique antlers draped in chains. He has control over the environment, clearing any rain and shrouding the area in darkness upon summoning. Aside from needing to watch out for his antlers, Eikthyr also has multiple lightning attacks that can be devastating if not prepared.

For the sculpt, I wanted to place Eikthyr in a stoic pose with a lot of electical effects glowing around him. I usually like starting with basic shapes like spheres to build up the overall shape. For example, I'll place seperate spheres for the head, neck, shoulder, upper arm, elbow, et cetera, and just use the Move Brush to push and pull them together, melding the seems. Keeping the different body parts seperate also helps when it comes to posing.

After getting the textures brushed on, and some final details added, it was time to focus on the lightning. For this, I referenced comic book images of Storm from Marvel's X-Men. Over the years, her lightning powers have been represented so many amazing ways, and it really helped when trying to realize the lightning in this project. The clear resin I print in also has a bright glow when under UV light, so I want to utilize that in the final sculpt, as well.