Douglas Ripsom Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 It's been nearly two years since last I posted, but I'm back with one of my latest creations, a lifesize replica of a bone from Titanoboa cerrejonensis. The smaller bone next to it is a vertebra from a(n estimated) 10-12-foot anaconda which I used for reference. Enjoy! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SULLY Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Very cool. Nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Very cool (and welcome back). What is it made out of? Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thecosmilia Trichitoma Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Wow! If you hadn't said it was a replica, I would have assumed it was real! (Don't give the Moroccan "artists" any ideas. ) It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt -Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Ripsom Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 23 hours ago, digit said: Very cool (and welcome back). What is it made out of? Cheers. -Ken It's actually made (believe it or not) from paper. There's an art product called "Celluclay" which is made of shredded newsprint and glue-powder. Just mix with water and knead to the desired consistency and then sculpt. Let dry for about a week, and then it's ready to carve/paint/whatever. I stained my result with ordinary wood-stain, and I like the result. I used the same material in creating my thylacoleo skull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Ripsom Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 21 hours ago, Thecosmilia Trichitoma said: Wow! If you hadn't said it was a replica, I would have assumed it was real! (Don't give the Moroccan "artists" any ideas. ) LOL I know all about them. I saw a resin replica from France which was being sold for about $250, and I was just an inch away from buying it, when I remembered I had some anaconda vertebrae I could use for reference (along with a couple of Titanoboa documentaries on DVD). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Ripsom Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 On 12/25/2020 at 2:55 PM, SULLY said: Very cool. Nice job! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Nice sculpting in your replica . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Ripsom Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 On 12/25/2020 at 2:55 PM, SULLY said: Very cool. Nice job! Thanks very much! I had fun working on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Ripsom Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 On 12/26/2020 at 8:15 PM, Bobby Rico said: Nice sculpting in your replica . I had fun working on it! My niece informed me that one of her two boys thought it looked like a pokemon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Nice replica! There was a Titanoboa exhibit touring various museums in/around 2013. I saw it when it was at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Years before that, one of the dealers at Tucson had large snake vertebrae for sale from the Paleocene of Mali. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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