Albertosaurus sarcophagus - new sculpture in progress

[fabricious]

Thanks, haha. Materials have been ordered (and bankrupted me, haha), so now I will have to wait for them to arrive before I can continue. Luckily (or is it a bad thing?) I simply started a second, tiny model in the same scale and will most likely start on my new commission (a Shinisaurus crocodilurus) soon as well. I'll keep you posted.

[SpittersForEver]

I love this thread 

[fabricious]

Thanks a lot! If you're interested in the resin kit, just let me know via PM.

[Paleogene Pals]

What is your second, tiny model in the same scale gonna be? May I be so bold as to ask?

[fabricious]

It's something I wanted to do for quite a while, actually. A (very speculative) Struthiosaurus austriacus, the only dinosaur ever to be found in Austria.





It's about 10cm long and those scales are hard to sculpt, haha.

[fabricious]

I just got the notification that the molding and casting materials have been sent away. If I am lucky, they will arrive monday or tuesday. Exciting news, I can't wait for this bad boy to be molded!

[fabricious]

Alright, the materials arrived at my friend's place today! I should receive them either later today or tomorrow (depending on my spare time), so molding can begin this weekend. I'm very excited about this whole thing!

Also, I broke the toes on the 'standing' leg yesterday and repositioned them, so the assembled sculpture looks more like it's leaning forward instead of upwards (which was a bit of an issue due to the foot positioning).

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Cool. I can't wait to see your first completed one !

[fabricious]

Since I had a lot of other stuff to do, I couldn't start molding yet (which is a bit bothering). The materials are standing next to me and screaming at me to use them finally. I think that means that I'll be starting to make the molds for the head and arms today, at least. Wish me luck!

[fabricious]

It's getting serious.

[Paleogene Pals]

Good, I can't wait for your castings! Will you be doing a WIP series of photos, just to see your casting process? Curious.

[fabricious]

I already cast the first test piece, but I can take pictures of the two halves for the head, if you want! Once I start working on the other parts, I can do a WIP-walkthrough (although I am nowhere near to being a master!)

Here is the first head piece, sadly the neck spines did not get filled properly and a piece of the neck end itself got missing, but at least the teeth turned out much better than anticipated.


I'll do a second cast for you right away, so you get all the details!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Good luck ! Molding and casting is one of those things I've not quite mastered yet.

[fabricious]

Thanks Blade! I hope I got all the air traps removed this time. Nerve-racking ten minutes to come!

[Paleogene Pals]

Looking like good progress! I just watched a Smooth-On video on You Tube about two-part mold making. It looks easier than it is. However, this is something that I think I should try. It would be interesting to me to see how another artist does it.

[fabricious]

There has been a distinct lack of progress with this, thanks to university and various other stuff. I will keep you updated and will be posting more pictures soon!

[sauroid]

hope to see a fully finished figure

[fabricious]

Alright, I finally got to work on the molds for this guy again. Here you see the torso being molded, and I already need more materials. This piece is taking up so much space that it already ate a whole pack of silicone rubber. Only one left for the other half, then I'll be ordering more stuff.
Apologies to Paleogene Pals, since this is taking much longer than anticipated!

[brandem]

What chem set are you using? I use the max mold 14nv but looks like you have something else going on there

[fabricious]

I am using Mold Star 16/fast for this one! First time using the product and I quite like it.