Snow Auron & Other Final Fantasy Snow Sculptures

My first Final Fantasy snow sculpture was a collaboration. Mom did most of Snow Lulu, and I did Snow Auron. Utah snow is usually dry and crumbly, so getting details is difficult. Also, Mom didn't quite remember what Lulu looked like. I came back and tweaked her.

Note: The sharp outlines are because I selected parts of the picture and brightened them up to bring out detail. It was a very dark day.

Original Version:


I added Lulu's fur ruff and changed her arm to a more typical pose.

Sorry; it was after sunset when we finished!



Hairsticks made of random dried flowers. Note Auron's scar.

Sometimes pictures are worth a thousand words.

Here, I'm standing behind Snow Auron for scale. I'm short, but I'm not THAT short.



I mostly used this screencap as a reference plus the Auron Play Arts Action Figure (this was before I bought it).

A handy tree provided a little support, but I could barely touch that arm or it would fall. That's why it has less detail than the rest. The sword is an old play-sword made of a metal ruler -- I didn't have a Masamune prop lying around!

I made most of snow Auron in the traditional way: rolling three big snowballs and stacking them. Then I packed a LOT of snow around them, and started carving with my fingers. As usual, I shape the face before attaching the head.

Snow Auron took about 5 hours. The lighting is post-sunset in the mountains with a spotlight from the house.

Not quite as good as Sir Auron, but I'm proud of her obi. I didn't retouch the color: Rocky Mountain sunsets can be spectacular.

For reference I used this picture of Yuna. Yeah, I know, it's not that close.

I made this one a few days after Auron, who was beginning to melt. Snow Yuna is in the upper left in the background.