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hankinstein — Pliosaur sculpture
Published: 2006-11-20 16:55:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 2641; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 142
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Pliosaur, done in Sculpey. He's done! Woohoo!The base was done in Sculpey too. It definitely added a lot to the piece...
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Yeah I wanted to make him cartoony/realistic at the same time. The base was a lot of fun to make. Thanks!
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I really like this. You managed to capture the actual anatomy while giving it an anthropomorphic edge that fits just right.
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Thanks! It's my favorite piece so far. I can't seem to top it!
That's kind of my aim--to make my prehistoric guys just sort of 'fence sit' between realism and 'cartoony'. Most folks seem to either go for one or the other--either scientifically accurate or the other end of the spectrum, way too cutesy. I like to balance it out.
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It's a great balance, and you accomplish it very smoothly.
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Well, thanks very much!
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Amazing. x) Much better than mine. Damn your skills. I need to work with Sculpey sometime.
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Well, you kick my ass at pencil/charcoal drawings...so we're even!
It took a lot of practice to hone the sculpey skills. Stuff can be tricky to work with! The great thing about it is you can sand & carve around on it once it's baked...
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:evil: I like it *raises eyebrow suspicously*
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Thanks! I had no idea how popular this guy'd end up being. I guess it's my 'Sergeant Pepper's of Sculpey Figures..."
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Quite! Coicindently, I am wearing a beatles shirt
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Freaky, whoa!
Yeah, I have to say I thought the sculpture was a daily deviation
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Nope, haven't made it to that status yet...
Maybe someday.
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it is pretty good though ^^
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Well, I appreciate that.
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Nice work. I love the expression on its face.
-Charles
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Thanks! Yeah, I wanted him to look a little like "yeah, I am the top predator around here, and I know it!"
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He kinda looks like the magical leopluridon mentioned in Charlie the Unicorn. 
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I have never heard of that--but I will have to check it out!! Sounds cool.
And...thanks!
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This is FANTASTIC!!! You've improved so much from your other pieces! I'm so impressed!
I had a question for you -- I especially like the way you did the base. How did you do the texturing of it -- especially on the shrimp? I was wondering if you used a special tool for that.
This is brilliant. Bravo!
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The texture on the base was done with dental tools. My favorite tool has a little roundish thing on the end that's flat on one side (kind of hard to explain--maybe I'll just take a picture of it to show you). I used it to make the little "dents" in the base and the grooves on the ammonite's shell.
Dental tools are the BEST for working with Sculpey.
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Dental tools? Really? That's brilliant. 
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Okay--found a good pic on ebay...
It's like the tool on the far right in the pic:
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I love the expression!
I wish I could get Sculpey to do anything remotely like that...
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How absolutely wonderful! That base came out great, and I agree that it brings out the piece quite a bit. I love the colors, and the textures. Absolute love for the tuxtures!!
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Hey this is really awsome
All the details.
And the wholecomposition fits so well.
I love the facial expression, too
How came that idea up?
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I just really wanted to do a pliosaur. I had done a lot of mammals and decided to do something reptilian. I was looking at some sculptures in a Prehistoric Times magazine by a sculptor (whose name escapes me at this moment) that sculpted the sea reptiles from Rudolph Zallinger's World We Live in Mural. The sculptor had the swimming reptiles mounted on bases like my pliosaur. I really liked that concept, but decided to take it a little further and put some stuff on the base (ammonites and fossily-looking stuff).
Thanks for the compliments!
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well, ur love for details and perfection is awsome
Hope there will follow many more sculptures^^
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Oh, for sure! Started another last night...
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I think he just ate. The ammonite below him must be relieved...
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I really like the painting job you did on it...looks like sunlight reflecting off its back through the water. Perfect! (:
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