Tidgy's Dad Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 What an amazing thread! I love this. So great to see all these beautiful Moroccan trilobites so expertly prepped and looking quite exquisite. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paciphacops Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 This thread rocks! I never imagined such detailed work could be done with scribes and needles. Really amazing! "Don't force it, just use a bigger hammer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeon.rocks Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 Scribes and needles and a bit of sandblasting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeon.rocks Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 Reviving this old topic with a few prep pics of Dicranurus monstrosus... The couche in Atchana: When you find the remains of this ancient creature after almost 400 million years: Cephalon cleaned: All parts glued together: and... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeon.rocks Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 Finished: 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeon.rocks Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 With NH4Cl: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 9 minutes ago, aeon.rocks said: When you find the remains of this ancient creature after almost 400 million years: @aeon.rocks, for us newbies, would you mind pointing to exactly what you saw in the above that drew your attention? Thanks! Everything is generated through your own will power ~ Ray Bradbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Wow! Your preparation skills are peerless, as always. All the very fine features, down to the tubercle texture, remains intact, too. That bug is certainly a testament to skill and patience. Bravo! ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeon.rocks Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 Thank you! Trilobites are rarely found well articulated, if lucky 1 in 3 promising looking cross sections of Dicranurus turn out good. As usual the specimens presented were preselected, most breaks (especially of spiny trilobites) are molted partial remains, so it's worth to be extra carefull on rare occassions when you get a good complete one to prep. Quote @aeon.rocks, for us newbies, would you mind pointing to exactly what you saw in the above that drew your attention? Thanks! You could see the break through the cephalon with horns and the control break through the thorax. Was still a chance for problems, but you could see the bug is mostly complete. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paciphacops Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 That is just stunning! Releasing this spiny bug from it's hard rock prison and maintaining the fine details is just shy of miraculous. "Don't force it, just use a bigger hammer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haravex Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 I can only hope to active the level of prep work you conduct but out of curiosity what is the aluminium chloride for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 12 minutes ago, aeon.rocks said: You could see the break through the cephalon with horns and the control break through the thorax. Was still a chance for problems, but you could see the bug is mostly complete. I think I had better invest in a dump truck....I'm going to be hesitant to throw anything aside from now on. Everything is generated through your own will power ~ Ray Bradbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeon.rocks Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 Quote what is the aluminium chloride for? In some cases it is used for photograpy to show more details. The technique is to cover the specimen with chloride smoke (vapour), so that this coating eliminates the reflections, translucency or color variations to see more contrast in the surface - more shape detail - on photos. I was just playing around with this specimen, but works great to show more detail with the diplomystus specimen I just finished preping (showed in another post). Can be difficult to coat evenly, but is easily removed by simply blowing it off or washing it with water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haravex Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Aeon do you think there is ever any chance of you doing a video on YouTube of your prep work? I would love to see from start to finish how you get such amazing results, and what techniques you use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeon.rocks Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 25 minutes ago, Haravex said: Aeon do you think there is ever any chance of you doing a video on YouTube of your prep work? I would love to see from start to finish how you get such amazing results, and what techniques you use. I'm shy, don't really like cameras, hehe. But will give it a try. Was thinking about making a short video or two on several occasions already, to make a time lapse to get 20 or 30 or 50 hours into a short few minutes clip. Problem so far was time. As far as techniques go, it's boring to watch 50 hours of preparation lol, just a lot of patience and air-scribeing, air-scribeing, air-scribeing... and air-scribeing and air-scribeing at magnification... And air-scribing... And... Air-scribing... And short low pressure sandblasting for finish or inbetween... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 1 minute ago, aeon.rocks said: I'm shy, don't really like cameras, hehe. But will give it a try All we need to see are your hands! Everything is generated through your own will power ~ Ray Bradbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeon.rocks Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 I know. Just kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haravex Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Maybe you could cover 5 minute intervals of prep work at various stages when you think a particular technique is used. Anyway I really do hope you decide to do so and look forward to watching it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 aeon.rocks rocks. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haravex Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 28 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: aeon.rocks rocks. I know your just thinking wow I've seen so many specimens butchered this is amazing compared to Moroccan quality but good prep workers do exist in morocco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 8 minutes ago, Haravex said: I know your just thinking wow I've seen so many specimens butchered this is amazing compared to Moroccan quality but good prep workers do exist in morocco. Indeed they do. There are some true master preppers here. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 @aeon.rocks Excellent work!! And I know myself how difficult it is to tickle these things out of the matrix. Did you do it all with scribes, needles and abrader again or did you also resort to any chemical treatment? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeon.rocks Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 2 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Indeed they do. There are some true master preppers here. Yes, exactly! Some Moroccan preparators are the best in the world if you ask me, unfortunately they often don't get any credit for their work and they often work for low rate (at least compared to preparators in the west), because to many sellers favour quantity vs quality (easier to sell) and Morocco is sadly still refered to as the country of fake fossils... I always say and one can not emphasie it enough: Moroccan diggers and preparators are the true experts and should get more credit! And Moroccan trilobites sell to cheap... Quote Did you do it all with scribes, needles and abrader again or did you also resort to any chemical treatment? No chemical treatment... Mostly needles... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeon.rocks Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 So... Not my video, but same type of work involved and a great video presentation by Maximo, have to share. Hope admins will allow the link for teaching purpose: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haravex Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 On 24/09/2018 at 8:27 PM, aeon.rocks said: So... Not my video, but same type of work involved and a great video presentation by Maximo, have to share. Hope admins will allow the link for teaching purpose: I can't see any link sadly could you send it via private message by chance would live to see this. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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