La87 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Really nice skulls youve made Wish I was that good at crafting hehe. Hope youll post a picture of the triceratops when it is complete, my favorite dino among the herbivores Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyce Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Beautiful works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lormouth Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 Last steps before painting : Coffering with strip plaster ( 2 parts). Remove the gault and wash the mold with a brush teeth and water. Then I put wax at strategic places for air bubbles. Second part of the silicone mold and third part of coffering in the inside. 1 http://paleoreplica.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lormouth Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 (edited) Remove all the parts. Polyurethane resin 45 min later. I use a scalpel and a micro motor to deburring the skull. Mounted on a plexiglass base, with the first layer of paint. Now I'm waiting the painting is dry and tomorrow afternoon the 2 las t player of paint. Edited February 28, 2013 by lormouth 2 http://paleoreplica.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lormouth Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 Or may be I can let it like that... I'll see tomorrow! http://paleoreplica.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepDigger Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 VERY cool and thank you for sharing your process! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lormouth Posted March 2, 2013 Author Share Posted March 2, 2013 And finaly, after painting. My next skull : a pterosaur, Eudimorphodon ranzii. http://paleoreplica.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lormouth Posted March 2, 2013 Author Share Posted March 2, 2013 .. 1 http://paleoreplica.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down under fossil hunter Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Awesome work, I always love to see your finished skulls! Looking forward to the Eudimorphodon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lormouth Posted March 3, 2013 Author Share Posted March 3, 2013 Thanks, next one probably finished at the end of next week. http://paleoreplica.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lormouth Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 Hi, A long time since last post...Here some photos of finished Eudimorphodon skull and Nemicolopterus crypticus skeletons. Smaller it is, harder to do. Not easy to give life and good position for Nemicolopterus. http://paleoreplica.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lormouth Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 2 more photos. 1 http://paleoreplica.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squali Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Wow Glad I can type because I'm speechless. Thanks for posting It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Absolutely wonderful work! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lormouth Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 Thank you, I'll try to make other Nemicolopterus, climbing or simply on a branch, that's fun to try to give life ^^. http://paleoreplica.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down under fossil hunter Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I knew they would look amazing! You should make these for museums and alike (if you don't already). Do you display them all? Keep sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lormouth Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 (edited) Today I finished the 2 last one (see below). Perhaps one day display in a museum ^^, I'd like it. But now, they will probably be show one week in september for an association (all skulls too)for kids, and in november in Italy for an other association from a friend that support me from the begining. Now I'm done with Nemicolopterus and I will begin a Dracorex skull, I've always wanted one and never had enough courage to do it. Edited March 25, 2013 by lormouth 2 http://paleoreplica.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down under fossil hunter Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 You're on fire! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 That cinches it! It gives me great pleasure to present you, in acknowledgment of your skill and the results there of, with The Fossil Forum's Golden Drool Bucket: Your work is amazing! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lormouth Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 (edited) Thank you very much ! And thank you for your support, I started last year and it's just the beginning... Edited March 27, 2013 by lormouth http://paleoreplica.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobiteruss Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Hello, I'd like to share with you my passion with dinosaurs and sculpting. I tried recently to realized some replicas of dinosaur skull (real size but not to big). I'm interesting in modeling unusual species. I'm dental prosthesit and in my work I'm using Wax to model teeth and dental devices. I'm also using wax to model skulls, it can be used for very little details (like teeth) and used more than once. I use silicone to make the mold and polyurethane resin to cast. About informations on skull species, internet is really rich but often not enough for some details. I'm trying to be scientifically accurate using descriptions, but there are probably a lot of mistakes. So if something hurt your eyes in what I've made, please tell me. I'm open to any suggestion, remarks bad or good. I'm still learning about skull morphology and dinosaurs... I've seen other people in this forum who have talent. Some of them haven't post for a long time and I'd be glad to see what they've done since then. Stop talking now, some photos of what I did : Guanlong wucaii, Thescelosaurus, Heterodontosaurus tucki, Bambiraptor, Gallimimus, Coelophysis, Conchoraptor. Today, I'm finishing a juvenile Triceratops skull for a friend, I have a big list of other skulls and pterosaurs to do in the futur. Excellent, awesome job of sculpting and molding I have not seen any better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapins Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Very impressive work. The accuracy looks great! When making the silicon mold how do you apply it to the bones you are copying? The walls of the silicon mold look quite thin, but from personal experience silicon is pretty liquidy and runs off wax easily before it hardens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lormouth Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 I use a kind of thixotropic agent to change silicon viscosity, it makes it less liquid, so you can applied in thick layers with a small spatula. That's right, the walls of the silicon mold are quite thin (between 3 mm in some place to 1cm), but you can apply several layers when first one is hard. There are some places I should insist when the silicon is hardening because of gravity...so during the thardening I have to check and correct silicon every 5/10 minutes to be sure. http://paleoreplica.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lormouth Posted May 15, 2013 Author Share Posted May 15, 2013 Hello, My last one : Dracorex Hogwartsia Every details and more photos on my blog : http://paleoreplica.wordpress.com/ The next one, Eudimorphodon skeleton.... http://paleoreplica.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Fantastic! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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