One can usually find resin raptor claws on ebay that were cast from the Icons claw, which in turn, were cast from a screen used claw.
Now, this claw is actually from the live raptor claws (and can be seen very well in the under counter toe tapping scene).
What I can't tell is if the fossilized claw that Grant carries around is from the same mold, or if it is a different sculpt (or authentic cast for that matter) all together. Doth anyone have any info or good screengrabs?
The Grant claw is different - based on actual fossils and not on the movie versions used for the animatronic Raptors.
I tried sculpting my own from some leftover Sculpey. I even created a display base for it. It looks nowhere near as good (or accurate) as Kylash's, but it sure does fascinate the kids!
I worked for a while with the fellow who sculpted the original raptor claw (he did all the teeth, claws, and eyes for JP). If you want to make your raptor claw "screen accurate" you need to cast it up like he did. He had an opaque dark resin "inner claw core" that he would place into the raptor claw mold (it had registration keys that held the inner claw in place and kept it from contacting the mold sides). The outer claw was cast in clear dental acrylic in a pressure pot. This made for a VERY realistic claw - much like a dog claw (translucent with a "quick" visible at the core). He'd then do some washes to bring out the insane detail of the outer claw's surface. I've never seen an "officially licensed" prop made in the correct fashion. It looks incredible, but it takes quite a while to pull off!
Last edited by Darth Detroit; Dec 28, 2008 at 8:12 PM.
Are you talking about the Grant fossil Raptor claw here? It seems a lot of trouble to create a fossil finish? It does sound like a great technique, but I don't see how this would had been used on the Raptor animatronic claws as the were brown/tan in colour. Couldn't a heavy varnish achieve the same effect, or wouldn't the transulent effect be 'deep' enough?Tiki said:
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