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Monster Cretodus (sculpture)

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Ever since seeing @sharko69's Monster Texas Cretodus, I've dreamed of owning a very large Cretodus tooth. Well, now I have one, and at 6 3/8" on the slant, I believe it to be world-record sized. (I sculpted this using epoxy putty and colored it with acrylic paint.)

 

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The top row below is the tooth prior to painting. 

 

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Here's an in situ shot. :ighappy:

 

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Nice! Now get to work on that 3 foot meg tooth. :default_rofl:

 

I am truly in awe of anybody with artistic skills which I greatly lack. :default_faint:

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

 

 

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1 hour ago, digit said:

Nice! Now get to work on that 3 foot meg tooth. :default_rofl:


Looks like I’ll need a bigger bucket of epoxy putty. :zzzzscratchchin:

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That will make one heck of a sharktooth necklace!

 

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Nice work! The paint is especially well done. 

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9 hours ago, digit said:

I am truly in awe of anybody with artistic skills which I greatly lack

 

C,mon, Ken. You must at least admit that you do have a great eye for a good photo :)

 

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1 hour ago, Ludwigia said:

 

C,mon, Ken. You must at least admit that you do have a great eye for a good photo :)

But no skills beyond pressing the shutter at the correct moment. ;)

 

I also have over 18,000 songs on my iPod but would be challenged to play a tambourine in time to the music. :oO:

 

I now fulfill my artistic/crafty needs by prepping fossils at the FLMNH to try to make them as sturdy and beautiful as possible. :)

 

Looking forward to seeing more of the OP's work as I'm fascinated by it.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

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Wow, that looks real (except for the size)!

 

I found a Cretodus vertebrae once... and it crumble when we worked it out of the matrix.  

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That tooth Really looks REALLY real! :zzzzscratchchin:

 

And for me... just a 7.5 inch Meg tooth would suffice.  :thumbsu:

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Fantastic

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Wonderful artistry and a true monster to behold. When I see such skilled handiwork I sure am glad that I focus on finding fossils rather than purchasing them!  :ighappy:

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Very cool, color, shape, texture...

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I made a display stand for the Cretodus tooth, featuring four other Cretaceous "fossils," all also made out of epoxy putty and painted with acrylic like the tooth itself.

 

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A smooth ammonite, inspired by a photo of Placenticeras sp. from NorthTexasFossils.com:

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A ribbed ammonite, inspired by photos of Acanthoceratidae (family) ammonites, also from NorthTexasFossils.com:

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A super-sized Ptychodus whipplei (about 2 inches wide):

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A lamnoid-type shark vertebral centrum:

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Beautiful!  Great job.  It would display nicely in any school, University, museum or my home.:thumbsu:

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17 hours ago, SPrice said:

It would display nicely in any school, University, museum or my home.

That thought had just occurred to me when I saw the excellent display. I wonder if there is a museum local to the OP where your skills at crafting displays might be put to good use? I know some artists with crazy amazing talents who craft wonderful items for exhibits in the FLMNH museum here on campus in Gainesville. Their talent absolutely floors me and I am likewise (nearly) dumbstruck by your work. Should you choose to use your super powers for good :P I suspect there is a museum that would dearly love to make use of your talents to inspire the public. :JC_doubleup:

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

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