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Huntoniatonia Prep


Ptychodus04

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It thought I’d put up a few pics of @Jeffrey P‘s Huntoniatonia not featured in his awesome field trip report. He left it with me (along with a challenging crinoid slab) when we met up last month. Here’s what it looked like upon receipt.

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Here’s where it currently stands after only 1 hour of scribe work. It probably has 90 minutes worth of work left on it.

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You are an artist, Kris!  :) 

Can't wait to see it finished.

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Oh, that looks nice! It's going to be a thing of beauty when your through with it.

Good job so far.

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It looks ok if you like that sort of thing.... (and I do! I do!)  :drool: :envy:

 

Looks great, Kris!

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Great job so far. That trilobite is even more beautiful than I imagined. Hopefully the rest of the prep goes well. Thanks and best of luck.

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And, after a measly 3 hours, this little bug is 99% done. I need to remove a few bits of extra sticky matrix.

 

The only complaint is that the left genal spine is displaced. :( Really? That’s some nit picking.

 

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Oh, and also, my prep bench is a total disaster. But that doesn’t have anything to do with the trilobite. :D

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2 hours ago, Ptychodus04 said:

 

The only complaint is that the left genal spine is displaced. :( Really? That’s some nit picking.

A little dab of shoe polish ought to fix it up nice. :)

 

Nice little bug and nice prep!

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32 minutes ago, ynot said:

It looks very nice, as all the fossils that cross Your bench. At least the ones You show Us.

:D I typically only post the preps I do for TFF members. I find trying to photo document and post about too much makes the prepping a lot less fun for me.

 

Plus, most people only want to pay for prep on special specimens. Those tend to have a better chance of turning out well from the start.

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On 10/10/2018 at 11:28 AM, Ptychodus04 said:

Thanks all. It is nice to work in something different for a change. This bug makes me want to drive up to Oklahoma. :D

Nice work Kris.

 

Yes, it makes me want to drive up there too. I drove over to the area blind once in the Spring, not knowing where to look. I was going for Carboniferous plant material and thought I’d try looking for bugs too. I didn’t find any.

I can’t afford the $200 fee posted on his site to hunt on his land, but those bugs have got to be found other places than his land. I am hoping I will have time to go in the Spring.

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