Blade-of-the-Moon's Art

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Wow, now your going to make a life-size Spinosaurus (front half). Are you going off of the 50ft estimate, or the 60ft estimate? Either way it will look awesome when its finished!

I didn't pay a lot of attention to the full length, the largest skull estimate is, I think, 5'8" so I rounded this one off to 6'.   I hope so, it's a ton of work. due my inability to cast things I'm making each tooth individually. it's taken me most of the day to make the upper set.

Six foot is a reasonable estimate, since we don't really know the full size of the animal. One of the fun things about recreating dinosaurs is speculation! (in reasonable ways, that is)

Totally agreed!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Spinosaurus teeth, upper sets done!

[Mamasaurus]

Looking great! And you must have incredible patience to make all those teeth by hand.

I hope you don't mind my asking, but how to you figure out how large to print your reference there?  I would like to be able to sculpt a few scale models, but I have no idea how to make sure a skeletal prints out in the scale I want it to be (1:40 for example). 

[AcroSauroTaurus]

Looking good! With a head like that, it might end up being the most frightening addition to your park.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Looking great! And you must have incredible patience to make all those teeth by hand.

I hope you don't mind my asking, but how to you figure out how large to print your reference there?  I would like to be able to sculpt a few scale models, but I have no idea how to make sure a skeletal prints out in the scale I want it to be (1:40 for example).

lol it's funny you should say that..as I've been procrastinating over the lower sets because the uppers were  such a huge pain.

For 1:1 it's not bad. I just look up the size of the particular part like a skull. If I do need to scale up a reference I take a part I do know the size is, say the skull in this case.  I take a piece of paper, lay it against a print of the skeleton, put marks at each extreme tip and mark it 6' in this instance.  Then I fold the paper making  new mark, that's three feet, fold again, that's half of that and so on. Then I can roughly figure up any skeleton printed on a standard size.  I can also use a program like Paint to trim around a certain part then take it to Office Depot and have it printed 1:1 I just tell them 6'.   

If you know the final length at whatever scale you are trying a copy/print center usually has software that print it for you. you just need the length and the largest file size you can find for detail.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Looking good! With a head like that, it might end up being the most frightening addition to your park.

lol might be!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Spinosaurus wooden frame work, coating foam over it.

[alexeratops]

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Simple praise from The Picard..my life is complete! 

"Temba, his arms wide"

[LophoLeeVT]

awesome

[fabricious]

Looking good!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

thanks guys!

[AcroSauroTaurus]

So that head is 6ft? Wow... looks good!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

So that head is 6ft? Wow... looks good!

Every long heavy inch of it! lol

Here's another Stego pic :

[AcroSauroTaurus]

So you're working on a Stegosaurus at the same time as the Spinosaurus? You must be busy!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

So you're working on a Stegosaurus at the same time as the Spinosaurus? You must be busy!

Well I finished my work on the Steg a few weeks ago, just no more i can do..it's all high up work. since then I've made a Masiakasaurus , it's ready for paint.  A juvenile Allosaurus is also on the table along with the Spino.

[AcroSauroTaurus]

So you're working on a Stegosaurus at the same time as the Spinosaurus? You must be busy!

Well I finished my work on the Steg a few weeks ago, just no more i can do..it's all high up work. since then I've made a Masiakasaurus , it's ready for paint.  A juvenile Allosaurus is also on the table along with the Spino.

Wow, you must have your hands full!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

So you're working on a Stegosaurus at the same time as the Spinosaurus? You must be busy!

Well I finished my work on the Steg a few weeks ago, just no more i can do..it's all high up work. since then I've made a Masiakasaurus , it's ready for paint.  A juvenile Allosaurus is also on the table along with the Spino.

Wow, you must have your hands full!

All the time..much is my own choosing..but i was swamped last year. we did parties, events, build 15 new dinos..just crazy.   Today I put in a full day of work moving stone, tearing down fences, and moving dinosaurs to make way for this new parking space. I'm dead, but at least we're making progress. I see a couple ibuprofen  in my future. 

[LophoLeeVT]

good luck!!!!!
i really hope that your park will become so awesme in the future!!!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Thank you, we hope so too!