JamesAndTheFossilPeach Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 After almost 2 years I finally got my swam blaster up and running. Got to prep my first fossil since June 2019! Here are a few pieces I’ve done so far. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Randyw Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Looks great! Good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOM BUCKLEY Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Very nice work. AVOCATIONAL PALEONTOLOGIST STROKE SURVIVOR CANCER SURVIVOR CURMUDGEON "THERE IS A VERY FINE LINE BETWEEN AVOCATIONAL PALEONTOLOGY AND MENTAL ILLNESS" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 (edited) Great prep job!!! One suggestion I have for a youth member who I hope will likely show us many photos for years to come, not about prepping but about photography. We would enjoy your creations better if a scale was added and the pictures cropped so that the fossil is the prominent item in the picture. For example, in one picture, your trilobite image is 6 cm squared yet the photo is 252 cm squared. That is 246 cm squared of non fossil image!! Keep up the good work! Mike Edited March 10, 2022 by minnbuckeye 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Well done! Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Photos cropped and brightened: 2 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOM BUCKLEY Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Much better! AVOCATIONAL PALEONTOLOGIST STROKE SURVIVOR CANCER SURVIVOR CURMUDGEON "THERE IS A VERY FINE LINE BETWEEN AVOCATIONAL PALEONTOLOGY AND MENTAL ILLNESS" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared C Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 that last trilobite is insane, nice prep 2 “Not only is the universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think” -Werner Heisenberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam86cucv Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Great job! Do you have any before prep pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Nice work. Looks like you are planning to have a lot of fun in the future. I agree with the photo comments... photos of fossils are more interesting than photos of hands. : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilhunter21 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Very nice job on those trilobites! Can't wait to see more of your work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesAndTheFossilPeach Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 9 hours ago, Adam86cucv said: Great job! Do you have any before prep pictures? Yeah here let me find them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JamesAndTheFossilPeach Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 Was able to finish up this guy today as well. Not sure the exact species but from Oklahoma. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Beautiful bugs! Keep up the good work. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilhunter21 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 On 3/10/2022 at 8:45 PM, JamesAndTheFossilPeach said: Was able to finish up this guy today as well. Not sure the exact species but from Oklahoma. You did a very good job on this one! That is a beautiful trilobite. Looking forward to seeing more of your work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 @JamesAndTheFossilPeach Great work on the preps! Keep it up. Moy one suggestions are really nit-picky things but they goes a long way in the presentation of your specimens (and says a lot about you as a prepper). Don't focus wholly on the specimen without consideration of the surrounding matrix. Spend a little time sculpting the matrix around the fossil if you have to go deep on the prep a bit of a slope really helps to keep shadows from obscuring the specimen when it's on display. I know this condition doesn't exist with these specimens but I figured I'd throw it out there. Second, spend some time removing your tool marks. This is one of the signs of a well rounded prepper. Most simply prep the fossil without thinking about the surrounding matrix at all. Taking the time to remove tool marks takes away potential distractions from the viewer. This is something that I didn't learn until a few years ago, so I figured I'd pay it forward. 2 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesAndTheFossilPeach Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 42 minutes ago, Ptychodus04 said: @JamesAndTheFossilPeach Great work on the preps! Keep it up. Moy one suggestions are really nit-picky things but they goes a long way in the presentation of your specimens (and says a lot about you as a prepper). Don't focus wholly on the specimen without consideration of the surrounding matrix. Spend a little time sculpting the matrix around the fossil if you have to go deep on the prep a bit of a slope really helps to keep shadows from obscuring the specimen when it's on display. I know this condition doesn't exist with these specimens but I figured I'd throw it out there. Second, spend some time removing your tool marks. This is one of the signs of a well rounded prepper. Most simply prep the fossil without thinking about the surrounding matrix at all. Taking the time to remove tool marks takes away potential distractions from the viewer. This is something that I didn't learn until a few years ago, so I figured I'd pay it forward. Yeah will do. I totally would remove the prep lines if I had the tools. Unfortunate my only scribe broke a little while back so I’m only running the blaster. Should have a dremmel and another scribe here within a week or so so I’ll hopefully be able to get those done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TOM BUCKLEY Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 That looks like a crinoid holdfast. Very nice. AVOCATIONAL PALEONTOLOGIST STROKE SURVIVOR CANCER SURVIVOR CURMUDGEON "THERE IS A VERY FINE LINE BETWEEN AVOCATIONAL PALEONTOLOGY AND MENTAL ILLNESS" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 7 hours ago, JamesAndTheFossilPeach said: Yeah will do. I totally would remove the prep lines if I had the tools. Unfortunate my only scribe broke a little while back so I’m only running the blaster. Should have a dremmel and another scribe here within a week or so so I’ll hopefully be able to get those done! That stinks. Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilhunter21 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 On 3/11/2022 at 1:41 PM, JamesAndTheFossilPeach said: Nice job! I agree that it looks like a crinoid holdfast. Looking forward to seeing more of your work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntonia Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 On 3/10/2022 at 8:45 PM, JamesAndTheFossilPeach said: Was able to finish up this guy today as well. Not sure the exact species but from Oklahoma. I think this is most likely Kainops raymondi, but I'm not 100,% certain on that. Nice prep!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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