knightyo
January 23rd, 2010, 03:39 PM
I found this forum while looking for reference material on the T-Rex skeleton. Thagomizer's thread http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=151924 has proven to be a great motivation!
This all started when I decided to finally put to use the book T-Rex to go by Chris McGowan.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg176/immunosuppressor/IMG_2050600x337-1.jpg
The book instructs the user to procure the bones of 3 chickens. This I did by purchasing about one chicken a week.. After carving the meat from the chicken, the book instructs the user to boil said chicken for about an hour to an hour and a half in order to separate the rest of the meat from the bones. Then the methodical task of collecting and cleaning the bones begins. It takes about an hour or so of separating/scrubbing for each chicken. This process is also creepy enough to diminish one's appetite for chicken.
I now have the bones needed in order to proceed. (only 2 sets of chicken bones are shown. The other set is separated into right/left sides in plastic baggies)
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg176/immunosuppressor/IMG_2044600x337.jpg
On the platter above, you will see a skull. The book instructs the user how to create a skull from the chicken bones, but admits that due to the limitations of the chicken bones, it won't be anatomically perfect. Well........ This put me off enough that I decided to try my hand at sculpting a skull from sculpy clay. By using the templates in the book, I was able to get make some fairly good pieces. The sites provided by Thagomizer also helped immensely.
The "problem" I will have is in matching the coloration/texture of the sculpy skull with the real bones of the rest of the skeleton. The skull shown is going to need a LOT of experimentation with washes, etc before it starts to look authentic. I'm thinking this will be a major challenge, as I've never done anything like this before. I'm also intending on adding a great deal more detail to this skull as far as creases, contours, cracks, holes, etc....Any and all suggestions will be appreciated. :)
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg176/immunosuppressor/IMG_2053600x337.jpg
This all started when I decided to finally put to use the book T-Rex to go by Chris McGowan.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg176/immunosuppressor/IMG_2050600x337-1.jpg
The book instructs the user to procure the bones of 3 chickens. This I did by purchasing about one chicken a week.. After carving the meat from the chicken, the book instructs the user to boil said chicken for about an hour to an hour and a half in order to separate the rest of the meat from the bones. Then the methodical task of collecting and cleaning the bones begins. It takes about an hour or so of separating/scrubbing for each chicken. This process is also creepy enough to diminish one's appetite for chicken.
I now have the bones needed in order to proceed. (only 2 sets of chicken bones are shown. The other set is separated into right/left sides in plastic baggies)
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg176/immunosuppressor/IMG_2044600x337.jpg
On the platter above, you will see a skull. The book instructs the user how to create a skull from the chicken bones, but admits that due to the limitations of the chicken bones, it won't be anatomically perfect. Well........ This put me off enough that I decided to try my hand at sculpting a skull from sculpy clay. By using the templates in the book, I was able to get make some fairly good pieces. The sites provided by Thagomizer also helped immensely.
The "problem" I will have is in matching the coloration/texture of the sculpy skull with the real bones of the rest of the skeleton. The skull shown is going to need a LOT of experimentation with washes, etc before it starts to look authentic. I'm thinking this will be a major challenge, as I've never done anything like this before. I'm also intending on adding a great deal more detail to this skull as far as creases, contours, cracks, holes, etc....Any and all suggestions will be appreciated. :)
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg176/immunosuppressor/IMG_2053600x337.jpg