Blade-of-the-Moon's Art

[Jetoar]

When it is finished, It will be your master work  .

[SpartanSquat]

Nice one mate! I really want to see finished!

[Balaur]

Wow! That looks absolutely fantastic! I really am excited to see the final result. I would love to see some feathers, but I understand it is time consuming. Looks wonderful regardless.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Thanks guys, I might do a few feathers here and there.. lower jaw a bit and maybe the arms ? You could say he's molting then I guess.. lol

Here's a pic we took tonight, we worked til after dark trying to get the shoulder area done before it rains.


I'm trying to get together 300.00 to rent the scaffolding we need to paint him, still a bit off, but if we have the funds we can get right to it when we're there.

I am working on plans for a 1:1 Triceratops too..anyone have a good reference for the head length and body length in an adult ?  Not looking for the most massive specimen out there or the smallest but something in mid range would be good. 

[ITdactyl]

wow!  Definitely something you don't want to suddenly run into at night.

Given the recent "it's either fully feathered or entirely scaly" argument, why not just skip the feathers? 

[ZoPteryx]

So, the beast has risen!  The rex is looking awesome!

As for your Triceratops query, I found this:

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

wow!  Definitely something you don't want to suddenly run into at night.

Given the recent "it's either fully feathered or entirely scaly" argument, why not just skip the feathers?

I could I guess.  I did give my juv. Gorgosaurus spike/feathers on his arms only..kind of a tip of the hat to the avian connection.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

So, the beast has risen!  The rex is looking awesome!

As for your Triceratops query, I found this:

Thanks for that. I think we were figuring a skull length of 6 feet or so and 2.5 meters is pretty close to that...around 8' I think ?

I've also been reading up the skull of Triceratops is usually depicted as too thick..wouldn't mind finding some images of a properly restored skull.

[Patrx]

Out of curiosity, Blade, are you thinking of making Triceratops horridus or Triceratops prorsus?

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Out of curiosity, Blade, are you thinking of making Triceratops horridus or Triceratops prorsus?

Probably a T.Horridus ..it seems the most popular and typical looking as well. I think it's also noted as the long snouted variety or did I mix those up already ? heh

[ZoPteryx]

Thanks for that. I think we were figuring a skull length of 6 feet or so and 2.5 meters is pretty close to that...around 8' I think ?

I've also been reading up the skull of Triceratops is usually depicted as too thick..wouldn't mind finding some images of a properly restored skull.

8' sounds about right.

Here's some thinner looking skulls, no clue if they were restored correctly though, definitely a ton of variation out there.

[Patrx]

Out of curiosity, Blade, are you thinking of making Triceratops horridus or Triceratops prorsus?

Probably a T.Horridus ..it seems the most popular and typical looking as well. I think it's also noted as the long snouted variety or did I mix those up already ? heh

As I understand it, the most apparent differences are in the horns. The brow horns in T. horridus are more pronounced and have the sort of iconic curvature, while the nasal horn is pretty small. In T. prorsus, the brow horns are shorter and curve a bit downward, with the nasal horn being more pronounced than it is in horridus. I do think T. horridus is the more "iconic" species. 

I've also been reading up the skull of Triceratops is usually depicted as too thick..wouldn't mind finding some images of a properly restored skull.

Hmm. D'you suppose that's referring to the Jurrassic Park restorations and similar? Those do seem to have a lot of soft tissue (with the almost mammalian-looking cheeks and so forth), compared to most modern depictions. Or perhaps they mean the skull itself is often restored improperly and looks too robust?

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Out of curiosity, Blade, are you thinking of making Triceratops horridus or Triceratops prorsus?

Probably a T.Horridus ..it seems the most popular and typical looking as well. I think it's also noted as the long snouted variety or did I mix those up already ? heh

As I understand it, the most apparent differences are in the horns. The brow horns in T. horridus are more pronounced and have the sort of iconic curvature, while the nasal horn is pretty small. In T. prorsus, the brow horns are shorter and curve a bit downward, with the nasal horn being more pronounced than it is in horridus. I do think T. horridus is the more "iconic" species. 

I've also been reading up the skull of Triceratops is usually depicted as too thick..wouldn't mind finding some images of a properly restored skull.

Hmm. D'you suppose that's referring to the Jurrassic Park restorations and similar? Those do seem to have a lot of soft tissue (with the almost mammalian-looking cheeks and so forth), compared to most modern depictions. Or perhaps they mean the skull itself is often restored improperly and looks too robust?

I think it was mentioned in Tracy Ford's article in a past issue of PT..I'll have to dig it out and re-read again. But I think it was the skull itself.  I looked at older GSP restoration in an above view and the one Tracy posted was more slender.

I'm reminded of this new piece of art by John Conway illustrates it best  :

[Simon]

Blade - The largest Triceratops (and Eotriceratops) skulls are about 8.5 feet in length, working out to an animal 30 feet long.  The average Horridus skull is about 7 feet long and 7 feet wide.  That would work out to an animal about 24 feet in length, considering that the tail is pretty short.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Blade - The largest Triceratops (and Eotriceratops) skulls are about 8.5 feet in length, working out to an animal 30 feet long.  The average Horridus skull is about 7 feet long and 7 feet wide.  That would work out to an animal about 24 feet in length, considering that the tail is pretty short.

30 feet is impressive, but it wouldn't fit in the area we have planned right now. So a T.Horridus it is.  7' feet for skull length sounds about right.  7' in width as well for the skull though..you sure ?  I guess that would be the frill ?

[Simon]

Maybe 6 feet wide ... working from memory here ... you should be able to find the right answer pretty quickly when you do your research ...

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Maybe 6 feet wide ... working from memory here ... you should be able to find the right answer pretty quickly when you do your research ...

True. I have one of the Dinostoreus skulls as well to go on...if it's accurate.


Still looking for donations to help with the scaffolding rental and paint for this big guy ! If you'd like to help us we accept paypal donations to my account at : [email protected]

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

It would be great to just have a skull to work off of.. anyone wanna donate one ?  lol

Skinning progress :



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[Takama]

He's coming together sooner then you said he would.   

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

He's coming together sooner then you said he would.   

We've received some donations and that's allowed us to move  a bit quicker..but I'm projecting a month or more.  See that glossy area behind the arms ?  That's as far as the skin material has been shrunk. The rest is attached but it hangs there loosely until we get it done. I'm mainly concerned with water from rain and snow getting into it right now, so we covered and attached pieces at the seams.  It takes hours to shrink that much vinyl...and my contractor boarded a plane today to take a vacation in FL for two weeks.  My intent is to do what I can from as high on a ladder as I'm willing to go and work on the legs.  Now he still needs spines made and attached as well as painting which we can't do til we raise enough to rent scaffolding and the weather is warm for a few days straight.  Don't get me wrong I am pleased with the progress so far..but there still so many details to iron out.