Gabriel P
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I would like to share some pictures of the process involved in making the scale models of two late Cretaceous marine reptiles; Archelon Ischyros and Tylosaurus Proriger for the Yale Peabody Museum.
I personally sculpted, molded, cast and painted these two statues.
To build the armature I used brass rods and a type of styrofoam which is very easy to sculpt in order to add volume to the armature and lower the quantity of clay I would later use. The sculptures were done using an oil and wax based clay, for the mold instead RTV silicone rubber, thickened with fumed silica, and ultracal 30 gypsum cement for the jacket. I later cast the two models in fiberglass, and used acrylic paints and washes for the paint job.
For now I will post a few pictures of the clay sculptures, as soon as I can I will upload photos of the rest of the project.
Please feel free to criticize my sculptures, and let me know what you think about them.
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I personally sculpted, molded, cast and painted these two statues.
To build the armature I used brass rods and a type of styrofoam which is very easy to sculpt in order to add volume to the armature and lower the quantity of clay I would later use. The sculptures were done using an oil and wax based clay, for the mold instead RTV silicone rubber, thickened with fumed silica, and ultracal 30 gypsum cement for the jacket. I later cast the two models in fiberglass, and used acrylic paints and washes for the paint job.
For now I will post a few pictures of the clay sculptures, as soon as I can I will upload photos of the rest of the project.
Please feel free to criticize my sculptures, and let me know what you think about them.
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