ynot Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Nice work! Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 Thanks Foozil and Ynot! Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 Ahoi Creative burst continues. I found some piece of driftwood to put my whales on and I made some progress with the Narwhale. The human swimmer is now physically present, not only photoshopped, thanks to shapeways. Still missing are one representative beaked whale and of course the grand Cacholot, the Spermwhale. I can´t find detailed references for those. Cheers J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted August 11, 2017 Author Share Posted August 11, 2017 Narwhale complete. Although I never thought I would get thaf far, I began building the last two of my collection of Whales: A small individual of Berardius bairdi and a medium Spermwhale. I plan to make the latter in mid dive, pondering the exact pose: Cheers J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrophyseter Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Nice work, you should make a minimuseum out of this! If you're a fossil nut from Palos Verdes, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, or Torrance, feel free to shoot me a PM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted August 14, 2017 Author Share Posted August 14, 2017 Thanks Macrophyseter. Minimuseum, yes. Guests at my place get shown the collection. I also pondered lending my whales to the zoological museum of my city if they want them (it´s a big one) Didn´t you write something about your 3d modelling? Where you talking about digital or "material" modelling? My method for realising 3d models after drawings works especially well with whales, because their vertebrae are quite simple compared with more gravity-challenged lifeforms, and their spinal and lateral processes are conveniently arranged at a right angle.You can see the steps on the first page of this thread. For all but the Humpback- and Spermwhale I had the skulls 3d-printed, the postcranial skeletons are handmade. The human was taught to swim in Blender. Here comes the next step of my Cachalot, after glueing the lateral and dorsal views of the spine together with some wire, I bent it into a more dynamical pose and started skulpting the centra of the vertebrae. Best Regards J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share Posted August 20, 2017 next step. Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 Taking shape. Thats it for now, more after my vacation. Cheers J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 I finally succeeded in taking enough photos of a sperm whale skull to reconstruct it photogrammetrically. The result is in the printer right now and I am looking forward to complete my biggest whale yet. Ahoi Jan Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted February 21, 2018 Author Share Posted February 21, 2018 Ahoi, the printed Sperm whale skull arrived, and after some painting, glueing the halves together and adjusting my wooden jaw I am quite content with the result, only ribs and pelvic bones missing now. the squid bone might be a little to big though... Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 ready for now! As with all my whales, the ribs are to thick proportionally, more like sirenians. Maybe I will find the motivation to remake them in some tougher material togehter with other detailwork. But until then, what do you think? Thats more or less the completion of my whale series. Aloha! Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 On 23.2.2018 at 2:23 PM, Mahnmut said: family.jpg file broken? uploaded again 1 Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keedler Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 Absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 Thanks Keedler. Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted July 20, 2018 Author Share Posted July 20, 2018 Good news everybody! Aetiocetus is nearly complete! Orca body, handmade flippers, selfmade composite skull. In my family portrait I marked in orange what is stll missing. mainly a lot of fiddly ribs. Aloha. J 2 Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Looks real good! Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 Thanks again Ynot! A friend reminded me that Balaenid whales where missing in my collection. The 3d printout of a bowhead whale skull lay around waiting for some time, but now I started building a skeleton. Last Parts for the aetiocetus are being printed right now. Janjucetus, Platanista, Berardius and Kogia still need a lot of tiny ribs and flippers. Kutchicetus will be some work. But I think, cetacean diversity is quite well represented by now. 3 Yers ago i wouldn´t have thought that I would get this far. Cheers J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted August 1, 2018 Author Share Posted August 1, 2018 Ahoi closer to the finish. Aetiocetus and Balaena still need pelvic bones. I know that Bowhead whales do posess a rudimentary femur and sometimes even tibia, I wonder about Aetiocetus though. The more detailed reconstructions I´ve seen show remains of limbbones, but have these been found? Sounds logical to me that they still had them. How much do you think is plausible? The bases for these two are fragmentary fossil whale vertebrae. Aloha J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share Posted September 2, 2018 Ahoi, Some new whales.A beaked whale, a sketchy Remingtonocetid, Janjucetus, and afain the beaked whale acompanied by Kogia sp. Skulls for Remington and janjucetus are digitally modelled by me. Aloha. J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share Posted September 2, 2018 Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Just keeps getting better! Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted February 12, 2020 Author Share Posted February 12, 2020 Back where I belong, with the whales. It will be some time, Megaladapis is in the printer, the baleen whales got their share, so I finally have a go at the macroraptorial Spermwhales. Do not know exactly which one it will be, probably close to Acrophyseter. But except from size they will not differ so much in my humble level of detail. So it may be a Livyatan 1:40 scale instead. Base is Orca NMML1850 from Morphosource. Aloha, J On 28.5.2018 at 5:16 AM, Macrophyseter said: I really love your self-made models, they are much, much better than ones online! Can I suggest a Livyatan melvillei skeleton with a Zygophyseter body plan? 1 Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted February 14, 2020 Author Share Posted February 14, 2020 Aloha, Not sure about the eye region and everything that is not visible in the lateral drawing, but I think its getting along. Best Regards, J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 Aloha. It seems that I never build what I plan to build. While on a non-fossil project, a model of the Discworld and Great Atuin, I relocated the parts for Caperea, the pigmy right whale. They are supposed to be the last surviving cetotheria. I had prepared the spine some years ago, and when the 3d printed skull arrived couldnt find it. Now there iit is. Just have to make those strange ribs and some flippers. Best regards, J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Ahoi, here is another whale. Caperea marginata, the pigmy right whale. Not a fossil, but the last surviving cetotherium it appears. A strange whale it is, more ribs, broader ribs, making it look a bit like a sirenian. My reconstruction is based on one foto of a museum mount, I suspect that the ribs should point more backwards though. Among the living groups the Blue and Grey whale will have to wait till I have more room. Maybe some macroraprorial Spermwhale will be next. Non- cetacean mammals like Megaladapis and Ceratogaulus are also still in the pipeline. Just in case you wondered what kept me so long from building skeletons, I present Atuin, apparently not Great Atuin, otherwise I would not have been able to use a single bedsheet as background. Aloha, J 1 Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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