My 9 Inch T-Rex JP Tooth

[PepMaster]

After sculpting, bending, smoothing after 6 hours of working on it. I think I'm ready to mold and solid cast a few of these, I have a 6 year old brother that is nuts about Dinosaurs so I was mainly creating it for him. Each tooth after casting, sanding, painting will weigh around 3-4 pounds. Let me know what you think of my first JP Sculpt. The top image is of a tooth I found on the internet of the studio tooth I believe, it is at 6 inches with another 6 inches for the metal rod. The next image is my sculpt which is 9 inches without a rod inserted. I think I still have a little more work to do to it but I'm not sure if I want to since Dinosaurs really did'nt have perfect teeth.

 

[BDK]

The only thing I'd reconmend to add, but I'm not sure how to go about it, would be the serrations along the edges of the tooth. Its hard to make out in the top pic but you can see them.


But your off to a heck of a great start!

 

[PepMaster]

I could'nt see any tooth serrations would someone have a clear picture of where they are on the tooth or a up close look at how the serrations should look?

 

[hankey01]

I have a recast of a real one at home I'd be happy to look at for serrations if you like. Hmm..now I forget if it was a T Rex or an Albertasaurus, but hey are similar beasts.

 

[PepMaster]

Thanks that will help.

 

[hankey01]

http://www.therpf.com/f9/jurassic-park-lets-see-what-you-got-38207/index5.html#post1285630

Post # 199 is mine with a picture. Tough to say but I don't recall any serrations. It IS a T Rex tooth based on my prior description. I'll try to remember to get a closer look tonight. I don't think it has any...but I don't recall for sure and I'm certainly no expert!

 

[PepMaster]

Thanks Hankey I also found this and after looking at photos of the real teeth there are no serrations, now just to get it molded up and ready to solid cast. I like what I did at the root of the tooth I think that's how it would look if it was pulled from the mouth.

 

[Prop-Builder]

I've had Rex teeth replicas (good quality ones too) and they all had serrations. Also the basic base shape of a Rex tooth is 'D' shaped. It has curved sides, but with a much greater curve on the outside than the inside, so it starts to look like a D if viewed from the bottom. The serrations would run along the hard edges.