Auspex Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 This topic is a veritable feast! This enigmatic icon is endlessly fascinating. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 a Tully I had set aside for too long, I have finished the sculpting and polishing, he will receive his eye bar shortly. the many illustrations and the PDF mentioned in this thread were especially useful for visualizing the carving and eye bar structure... I would say I have chosen the more stylized drawings to base "him" on, most are more awkward looking, it is part of the attraction He is done in a hard green soapstone with iron inclusions 1 "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Cooooool! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRK Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 (edited) OH, sweet tully! Edited March 28, 2013 by PRK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 thanks Chas and PRK "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Well done, my friend! Good job! Regards, 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...
Wrangellian Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Yes, well done, Carmine! I have worked in soapstone myself before and know it's tricky to carve such delicate shapes without it breaking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 thanks Tim, Eric you know Eric, I cannot count the times I thought I would just give a squeeze and snap the neck, and get it over with, cause it was so unnerving to keep thinning it, but it never broke once, to my surprise "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 That's pretty lucky - or else you knew just how careful to be! - it looks by those natural fractures that it wouldn't have taken much.. No doubt someday in someone else's hands it will break anyway - I assume it could then be glued back together with no difficulty but better if it doesn't break at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Very nice work Carmine! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Another Masterpiece Congrats Carmine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 thanks Roger and Scott I'm loving all the new emoticons! Scott, did you make some of those? "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySRT8 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Nice write up the Tully Monster is such an odd creature.... I found a poorly preserved claw, I'm still searching for a nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 a Tully I had set aside for too long, I have finished the sculpting and polishing, he will receive his eye bar shortly. the many illustrations and the PDF mentioned in this thread were especially useful for visualizing the carving and eye bar structure... I would say I have chosen the more stylized drawings to base "him" on, most are more awkward looking, it is part of the attraction He is done in a hard green soapstone with iron inclusions That is super cool sculpture Carm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 That is super cool sculpture Carm! thanks a lot Peter! "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted April 2, 2013 Author Share Posted April 2, 2013 a Tully I had set aside for too long, I have finished the sculpting and polishing, he will receive his eye bar shortly. the many illustrations and the PDF mentioned in this thread were especially useful for visualizing the carving and eye bar structure... I would say I have chosen the more stylized drawings to base "him" on, most are more awkward looking, it is part of the attraction He is done in a hard green soapstone with iron inclusions Great sculpture! can't wait to see the finished product Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 (edited) thanks RCF, I will have to take out my only (purchased) real example of tully, a head/eyebar and shoot it also Edited April 2, 2013 by xonenine "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 a Tully I had set aside for too long, I have finished the sculpting and polishing, he will receive his eye bar shortly. the many illustrations and the PDF mentioned in this thread were especially useful for visualizing the carving and eye bar structure... I would say I have chosen the more stylized drawings to base "him" on, most are more awkward looking, it is part of the attraction He is done in a hard green soapstone with iron inclusions Fossil of the month!!!! :D Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 a Tully I had set aside for too long, I have finished the sculpting and polishing, he will receive his eye bar shortly. the many illustrations and the PDF mentioned in this thread were especially useful for visualizing the carving and eye bar structure... I would say I have chosen the more stylized drawings to base "him" on, most are more awkward looking, it is part of the attraction He is done in a hard green soapstone with iron inclusions Someone should make toothbrushes shaped like that. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted March 19, 2016 Author Share Posted March 19, 2016 With the announcement of Tullimonstrum gregarium being placed as a chordate related to lampreys, I figured I would bump this post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 With the announcement of Tullimonstrum gregarium being placed as a chordate related to lampreys, I figured I would bump this post. Excellent idea and post. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 With the announcement of Tullimonstrum gregarium being placed as a chordate related to lampreys, I figured I would bump this post. Thanks, love the story. (The fossils are way cool also!!!) Tony 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...
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