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Post by paleoferroequine on Oct 23, 2009 17:07:54 GMT
This is a Safari croc with a new Sculpey head. Purussaurus was about 12 meters long making it among the largest ever crocodilians known. From Puru South America, Miocene 8 MYA. Next up is painting.  |
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Post by franchesca on Oct 23, 2009 17:45:09 GMT
that is one sexy beast  |
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Post by ikessauro on Oct 23, 2009 18:17:15 GMT
That is amazing!
Love the big head!
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Post by bucketfoot on Oct 23, 2009 19:47:27 GMT
Very nice. Question - did you construct a wire frame to place the putty over? Another way to do the mouth would be to carefully cut out the original teeth from the head and insert them into the putty of the new jaw while it is still soft. That has worked for me.
I have the same figure and am going to turn it into a Deinosuchus. Wasn't gonna alter it, but now I learn that Deinosuchus was related to the Alligator and had a wider head than the Salties ....
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Post by paleoferroequine on Oct 23, 2009 20:53:56 GMT
Thanks all. What I did was make a Sculpey "skull" form first, the upper skull and lower mandible and baked it. Then I added more Sculpey to it. The teeth on Purussaurus are kind of odd, very uniform and evenly spaced so new teeth had to made from Sculpey, no snaggle tooth smile like modern caimans |
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Post by stoneage on Oct 23, 2009 22:09:45 GMT
 Looks good, can't wait to see it once you've painted it!!! 
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Post by paleoferroequine on Oct 26, 2009 20:36:31 GMT
 My wife saw this and wanted to know what I had done to it, so I said "See, I cut off the head of the croc and sculpted a new one, neat, huh?" She said that "now it looked like an alligator so what's the big deal?"  "But, but, it's not an alligator, it's a Purussaurus," I said. She replied,"still looks like an alligator to me and any one else who sees it." I was going to point out the differences but decided against it. ;D Bless her heart! Oh, well, maybe I should have converted that Battat Acro to a Rutiodon!!  |
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Post by kuni on Oct 26, 2009 21:00:29 GMT
I love the paint scheme - what colors did you use?
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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on Oct 26, 2009 22:03:57 GMT
Way cool! |
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Post by paleoferroequine on Oct 26, 2009 22:13:33 GMT
All of them ;D No, seriously,I used black, olive drab, dark jade, yellow ochre, burnt umber, burnt sienna, various dry brushings of tans, grays, browns. And washes, mainly thinned black.
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Post by bokisaurus on Oct 26, 2009 23:08:00 GMT
Very nicely done I love the finished figure, very impressive work on the paint |
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Looks good, can't wait to see it once you've painted it!!! 
"But, but, it's not an alligator, it's a Purussaurus," I said. She replied,"still looks like an alligator to me and any one else who sees it." I was going to point out the differences but decided against it. ;D Bless her heart! Oh, well, maybe I should have converted that Battat Acro to a Rutiodon!!
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