Couverture / Jaquette

This new book, greatly expanded from the 1995 first edition, describes detailed, step-by-step procedures for sculpting, molding and painting original prehistoric animals. It emphasizes the use of relatively inexpensive materials including oven-hardening polymer clay and wire. Additional tips are offered on how to build distinctive dino-dioramas and scenes involving one's own original sculptures that you will learn how to conceive and build. This book will appeal to a new generation who would like to break into the industry of paleosculpture. Techniques range from ""basic"" to ""advanced."" The authors also discuss what it means to be a ""paleoartist.""

Note biographique

Allen A. Debus, a retired environmental chemist, has long been infatuated with dinosaurs, paleontology, science fiction, Godzilla and King Kong. He has written several books addressing prehistoric creatures--both real and fictional--in popular culture, and attends Chicagoland's Wizard World and G-Fest. He lives in Hanover Park, Illinois.

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Table of Contents

Foreword by Mike Fredericks¿1
Introduction: The Circle of Life¿3
1.¿Recipe for a Dinosaur¿13
2.¿An Overview of Paleoimagery¿24
3.¿Why Do It? Brainstorming Ideas and Exploring Themes in Paleosculpture¿53
4.¿Constructing Trustworthy Armatures¿58
5.¿Pre-baked Parts¿64
6.¿Sculpting Bloodthirsty Theropods¿69
7.¿Sculpting Super Sauropods¿91
8.¿"Can-Do" Stegosaurs!¿102
9.¿Sculpting "Sharp-Looking" Horned Dinosaurs¿116
10.¿Sculpting Iguanodontian and Duckbill Dinosaurs¿127
11.¿Sculpting Miscellaneous Mesozoic Creatures¿137
12.¿Sailing On to Distinctive Projects: Finbacks and Winged Reptiles¿155
13.¿Sculpting Prehistoric Birds and Feathered Dinosaurs "On the Fly"¿172
14.¿Sculpting Prehistoric Mammals-"Just Do It!"¿189
15.¿Putting It All Together, A to Z: Sculpting Liopleurodon¿204
16.¿A Word on the World of Dino-Diorama Building (Model Bases and Painting)¿220
17.¿Molding Prehistoric Animal Sculptures¿238
18.¿A Painting Primer¿249
19.¿What to Do If Your Model Cracks and Other Eventful Matters¿255
Glossary¿261
Chapter Notes¿265
Bibliography¿277
Index¿279

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