Mahnmut Posted October 13, 2022 Author Share Posted October 13, 2022 Et voilà! an Entelodont, a real neogene ungulate (eocene-miocene artiodactyls, so the latest ones fit) What I did not see in most depictions are the tiny 1st and 4th toe they had. Not sure about the right forefoots pose, but it was not easy to keep this beast from falling onto its heavy snout. I imagine it digging for food or kicking up dust before attacking a rival. What do you think? Best Regards, 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...
lormouth Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Can't wait the painting result! you're very productive! Have you ever tried 3d resin print machine ? Results are pretty good too. http://paleoreplica.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted October 14, 2022 Author Share Posted October 14, 2022 (edited) Merci Laurent! digitally distorting scans of recent skeletons is much less work than shaping every bone by hand as you do, thats the simple secret of my productivity. Yes, resin prints give great results, but I shy away from the smelly resin. As you can see in the spinal processes, the fine detail on that scale is at the limit of what my PLA filament can do. On the other hand its odorless, clean, does not need chemicals like isopropanol for cleaning... So for now, thats my medium of choice (when I am not carving wood). And painting it with acryllic can compensate much. How is Anurognathus doing? Or do you have another species in the making? Best Regards, J Edited October 14, 2022 by Mahnmut spelling 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 October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 Here you go! Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lormouth Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Great result! Sometimes I'm using a resin3d printing machine at work (my boss is nice with me ). This kind of resin smell awfull and is dangerous in long term with skin contact.... I ended my last anurognathus one month ago and I finished my second dimorphodon skeleton recently, I have to paint it now. I'll post it when done. Cheers! 1 http://paleoreplica.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted October 19, 2022 Author Share Posted October 19, 2022 Thanks! You confirm what I expected regarding resin printers. Looking at my picture for the first time on a bright screen, I see that the flash photo reveals a lot of unpainted spots, will have to give it a second wash. There is also one rib missing, no idea where it ended up, hopefully my daughter did not eat it... One reason more to use PLA instead of resin, even if the detail looks less than perfect. Salut, 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 November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 Printing bigger gives much better results, but takes forever. But at last my eremotherium is coming along. Actually The Eremotherium of the Smithsonians: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/eremotherium-laurillardi-216182910e0345d2a021d56787a63b96 I just changed its pose, which will be apparent after assembly. 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 January 22, 2023 Author Share Posted January 22, 2023 Eremotherium assembled some time ago, just needs painting: 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 November 1, 2023 Author Share Posted November 1, 2023 Next project: I have had the Deinotherium skull printed for years now, finally got around to restoring a postcranial: Based on the scan of NHMW-Geo 2000z0047/0000 of the Natural History Museum Vienna, https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/hoe-tusker-nhmw-geo-2000z00470000-09de31b507d546c8baafdda934361e74 .... augmented with parts from Mammuthus primigenius USNM Number: V23792 of the smithsonian, https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/mammuthus-primigenius-blumbach-229976b3db4646b39c44e57a7e3d8744 .... using absolutely no frog DNA, in a pose inspired by the fantastic Deinotherium palaeoartist Ramon Lopez made for the Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Naturhistorisches_Museum_Mainz-_(1)-Deinotherium_Giganteum.jpg...... Here is my version of Deinotherium: 2 Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybot Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 Just found this, interesting thread! I also have a FDM 3d printer, am currently trying (for the 4th time) to successfully print the rib cage of a microraptor gui skeleton I found online. Tricky 1 -Jay ''...science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.'' -Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted November 6, 2023 Author Share Posted November 6, 2023 Printing ribs is a pain in the back. It made meponder resin printing more than once, but the obnoxious resins still repell me. With my Eremotherium, which is about the size of a chicken, it worked OK, but took ages. With smaller models it was really tricky. I try to make the support structure as light as possble and print the ribs as lateral halves, so that I can glue/melt two half-spines together. With some models I printed the first few ribs as a complete ring, then the rest as two halves. Lets see your resluts if you like! Best Regards, 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...
Mahnmut Posted November 17, 2023 Author Share Posted November 17, 2023 @Jaybot After starting to print the parts, I share your pain, again. I will share photos later, for now just a screenshot of what I hope may be a solution: Thickening the ribs just a bit. Thats relatively simple in blender if your geometry is clean (solidify modifier- separate by loose parts- remove the thin version) , For my composite ribcage its some tinkering because the intersecting parts create a lot of non manifold geometry. I hope it will make the ribs printable. 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 November 19, 2023 Author Share Posted November 19, 2023 I think it worked. Left are the original unthickened ribs that I could not separate from the support structure without multiple breaks. Right the thickened version that turned out fine. The thin part on the rib to the right is a repair I could have avoided by not restricting the support structure to an angle above 60°, I melted in a piece of the failed first try. Thats nice about PLA, you can melt it with a lighter. After so much technical talk, I hope to be able to present something approaching paleoart again in the coming days. 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 November 19, 2023 Author Share Posted November 19, 2023 Approaching... 1 Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 This topic was an instant follow from me. Very, very interesting stuff and fantastic work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted November 25, 2023 Author Share Posted November 25, 2023 Printing is done, now to painting and assembly... 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 November 26, 2023 Author Share Posted November 26, 2023 Waiting for colours.. 2 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 November 28, 2023 Author Share Posted November 28, 2023 Next step will be a drywash in a little warmer colour, then assembly... 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 December 4, 2023 Author Share Posted December 4, 2023 Back ate home after a short trip to our former hometown I finally found the time to assemble the Deinotherium and to finish the paintjob on the eremotherium that has been waiting far to long. I printed the Deinotherium in 1/20 scale, like most of my whales instead of 1/10 like most of the landmammals. So in comparison to its peers its a rather smallish Prodeinotherium of about 2 m at the shoulder, not a towering giant of 4.5 m. I will have to make a list of my models scales (again). Best regards, 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...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Looking good, Jan! 1 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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