ynot Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Seems to be coming along nicely. 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...
Ludwigia Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Now we're gettin somewhere! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 Ok, did one more prep session on this thing and still have a ways to go but starting to get to the finished fossil? did a bunch of 3-D-ing and then did some smoothing out on the back end. looking purty good now. It does have some problems though. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Lookin good, Ron. I'm sure there never was a problem that good ol' Ron couldn't deal with. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagebrush Steve Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 3 hours ago, RJB said: Ok, did one more prep session on this thing and still have a ways to go but starting to get to the finished fossil? did a bunch of 3-D-ing and then did some smoothing out on the back end. looking purty good now. It does have some problems though. RB Looks great to me. Very nice prep job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 Thank you everyone for the kind words. I should have this done purty soon. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 Aaaalrighty then. I left the heater on last night in the garage and got me a very early start this morning. gots another 8 hours into this thing. Still another 3 hours or so to finish it up, but super close now. Just gots to do some fine detail work and then put on some of my old school 'fossil sauce'. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Way to go! Looking great! I've copied, cropped, and put your progress together as a gif so that everyone can marvel at how much sweat and hours you've put into this one, start to (almost) finish. 3 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 @Kane, thats freakin great, but,,, is there any way you can slow done the pictures? RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 @RJB - Fixed it to make it cycle a bit slower than disco pace 2250 milliseconds per frame. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 @Kane, thats purty dang cool! But I still have one more picture once im done with it. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Once the masterpiece is done and you post a picture, I'll redo the gif for sure! ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Ok @Kane, I got this baby finished today. But here is a question for you. Is there anyway I can take that fancy photography trick that youve done and send it to my facebook? Just wondering. Its purty dang cool. and thank you for doing that. Here is the finished crab. Gots problems but came out purty dang good. Oh, and happy new year!!! RB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 More niceness there! Another well done crab prep. 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...
Kane Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 And here is the whole process, start to finish (minus the flipping over and stabilizing part, but that would look odd in this sequence). As far as the file is concerned, I can probably send it to you via email. I haven't used Facebook in over a decade so I'm not sure if GIFs can be posted. It might be the same as posting a photo. Oh, and fantastic work - and happy new year to you, too! 4 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Beeyootiffull, Ron! Great job! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Another masterpiece! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Thank you guys. Love the kudo's. But really, its just what I love to do. Been doing this for 26 years now and a very long time ago when i was about 8 years into this prepping thing a guy told me that I would tire of it. Ha!!! Not a chance. Still doing it and cant see not doing it till I cant do it any more!!! and a happy New year to you all!!! Wooooop!!! Wooooop!! RB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagebrush Steve Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 On 12/29/2017 at 1:51 PM, RJB said: Still another 3 hours or so to finish it up, but super close now. Just gots to do some fine detail work and then put on some of my old school 'fossil sauce'. Is that anything like tartar sauce? Yummy! Great job, by the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 On 31/12/2017 at 7:13 PM, RJB said: Ok @Kane, I got this baby finished today. But here is a question for you. Is there anyway I can take that fancy photography trick that youve done and send it to my facebook? Just wondering. Its purty dang cool. and thank you for doing that. Here is the finished crab. Gots problems but came out purty dang good. Oh, and happy new year!!! RB stunning just stunning Ron. John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 That's beautiful @RJB. Those crusty crustaceans sure do require some patience. Kind of like the hard rock fish you sent me... I started on the Mioplossus and after 5 hours, I have something the size of a postage stamp uncovered. 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...
CBOB Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 You really turn those rocks into works of art! A job well done! Those crabs turn out so cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 As the crowd cheers and hoots and whistles, I stand and wave and thank everyone. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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