Manticocerasman Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Today is my girlfriends birthday, and for the occasion I made her a special present. A few weeks ago I got my hands on a 3D print of a Velociraptor mongoliensis thanks to a friend Paleontologist. The plan was to assemble the skull and paint it for her birthday. When I first got the parts I was a little overwhelmed by the amount of surplus plastic material I had to remove to clean the cast. But after a few hours of cleaning the parts with a hobby knife I managed to glue the main parts together. I still kept the lower yaw and the skull appart and left the teeth on the sprues for painting. After a white undercoat with a spray-can I panted the bones dark brown up to tones of lighter brown and ochre. The teeth were painted in a gray-brown color with a finishing gloss and glued afterwards in the painted skull. Those are a few pictures of the whole process. The parts after cleaning them and gluing the parts together: Undercoat of white paint: the skull parts with the different tones of brown: Glueing the teeth : The finished replica: growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrophyseter Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 I love the skull! 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...
Troodon Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Looks great , nice detail, need to find a 3D printer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimin013 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 This is really really outstanding work. I am really impressed with this so thanks for sharing it with us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Outstanding work! Your girlfriend is going to love it as long as she likes Velociraptor! Obviously a labor of love on your part! -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Amazing work, Kevin! Thanks for posting this. 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...
Ludwigia Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Very cool! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 See the Fossil Forum Facebook page. - https://www.facebook.com/groups/135008766530423/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Great work! She will love this! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Great job! Now you can start on the rest of the body! Well we know if she doesn't like it, there is a large group that would eagerly accept it( see posts above!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natalie81 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 I really love hem, he stays And not a bad idea what caldigger says, now the rest of the body Thank you X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishcanuk Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Beautiful job. It reminds me of this skull. I asked the artist to leave mine white, otherwise they were painted in. A similar way to yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adriano Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 On 13/6/2018 at 9:03 PM, Manticocerasman said: When I first got the parts I was a little overwhelmed by the amount of surplus plastic material I had to remove to clean the cast. But after a few hours of cleaning the parts with a hobby knife I managed to glue the main parts together. I still kept the lower yaw and the skull appart and left the teeth on the sprues for painting. After a white undercoat with a spray-can I panted the bones dark brown up to tones of lighter brown and ochre. The teeth were painted in a gray-brown color with a finishing gloss and glued afterwards in the painted skull. Yes, the print was not very clean. Your boyfriend has to work with the retraction settings of his 3D printer. I also suggest to use some putty to fill gaps the next time. Anyway not bad, I need to buy an airbrush as you! Anyway here's my final version... Bye, bye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darko Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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