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."
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| Introduction: The Circle of Lift |
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2 An Overview of Paleoimagery |
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3 Why Do It? Brainstorming Ideas and Exploring Themes in Paleosculpture |
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4 Constructing Trustworthy Armatures |
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6 Sculpting Bloodthirsty Theropods |
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7 Sculpting Super Sauropods |
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9 Sculpting "Sharp-Looking" Horned Dinosaurs |
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10 Sculpting Iguanodontian and Duckbill Dinosaurs |
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11 Sculpting Miscellaneous Mesozoic Creatures |
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12 Sailing On to Distinctive Projects: Finbacks and Winged Reptiles |
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13 Sculpting Prehistoric Birds and Feathered Dinosaurs "On the Fly" |
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14 Sculpting Prehistoric Mammals ---"Just Do It!" |
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15 Putting It All Together, A to Z: Sculpting Liopleurodon |
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16 A Word on the World of Dino-Diorama Building (Model Bases and Painting) |
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17 Molding Prehistoric Animal Sculptures |
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19 What to Do If Your Model Cracks and Other Eventful Matters |
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| Glossary |
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| Chapter Notes |
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| Bibliography |
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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 creaturesboth real and fictionalin popular culture, and attends Chicagolands Wizard World and G-Fest. He is a member of the G-Fan Hall of Fame and lives in Hanover Park, Illinois. The exceptionally talented artist Bob Morales has sculpted numerous prehistoric animals including those reproduced as resin kits for Lunar Models and commissioned for Saurian Studios, as well as for other clients. He interviewed noted paleoartist Gregory S. Paul for Prehistoric Times, and has managed a successful studio, Dragon Attack!, in Colton, California. The late Diane E. Debus was a writer and coauthored articles with her husband Allen A. Debus. She lived in Hanover Park, Illinois.
