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Title: Because snow can fossilize too
Post by: labcoatguy on 27 Mar 2008, 22:42

(http://www.duke.edu/~yt10/pics/snowskullthumb.jpg) (http://www.duke.edu/~yt10/pics/snowskull.JPG)
(click for hueg)
Scientists had never seen bone be replaced by metal before. Either that or they were crappy paleontologists.

Title: Re: Because snow can fossilize too
Post by: Coreh on 28 Mar 2008, 04:10

aw man. you done got me all excited over a metal skull, and it ain't even real.
why you gotta do a thing

Title: Re: Because snow can fossilize too
Post by: Border Reiver on 28 Mar 2008, 04:30

Nice foil skull, what did you use for the frame?

Title: Re: Because snow can fossilize too
Post by: clockworkjames on 28 Mar 2008, 13:47

Dude it's not foil, it's a real snowfossiliseddinosaurhead.

RAWR  :-D

Title: Re: Because snow can fossilize too
Post by: imapiratearg on 28 Mar 2008, 13:51

That must have been hard to make.   I can't do anything with tin foil.

Title: Re: Because snow can fossilize too
Post by: labcoatguy on 28 Mar 2008, 22:02

The skull has its own endoskeleton of twisted wire. How ironic is that? Sadly, the frame by itself doesn't photograph well, partly because it's shy by nature but mostly because it has no depth perspective, hence why I clothed it in metal foil tape. It was either that or black duct tape, and there's enough dino gimp maskage out there as it is. Anyone want to help me complete the skeleton? Only debilitating perfectionism is stopping me from continuing.

Title: Re: Because snow can fossilize too
Post by: imapiratearg on 29 Mar 2008, 10:20

How'd you do the teeth?

Title: Re: Because snow can fossilize too
Post by: waterloosunset on 29 Mar 2008, 10:34

to finish off, just break into your local museum and bring lots of tin foil with you

Title: Re: Because snow can fossilize too
Post by: labcoatguy on 10 Apr 2008, 16:33

Quote from: imapiratearg on 29 Mar 2008, 10:20

How'd you do the teeth?

(http://www.duke.edu/~yt10/pics/teeththumb.jpg) (http://www.duke.edu/~yt10/pics/teeth.jpg)
(click to enlarge)
I used wire cutters at an angle to get the teeth sharp and pointy, then wrapped them around the frame, not in that order. The pic above is looking from within the jaw.

Title: Re: Because snow can fossilize too
Post by: imapiratearg on 10 Apr 2008, 16:45

They look like nails.  Are they nails, or just a thicker wire?

Title: Re: Because snow can fossilize too
Post by: ThePQ4 on 10 Apr 2008, 18:18

Looks like clipped barbed wire to me. Nice job. What's it for?? Just for fun, or was it some kind of a project?

Title: Re: Because snow can fossilize too
Post by: labcoatguy on 10 Apr 2008, 18:55

Even simpler than that, it was just an ordinary spool of hardware store wire, cut at an angle with wire cutters, and bent into the lovely flesh-tearing curve you can see above. This was made just for the hell of it; being in Boston, I wonder if Randall Munroe would be interested in doing something with it. There may be updates in the future.

Title: Re: Because snow can fossilize too
Post by: StaedlerMars on 11 Apr 2008, 09:10

That last picture makes it look massive.

How big is this thing? In comparison to your hand say?

Awesome, by the way.

Title: Re: Because snow can fossilize too
Post by: Just One More... on 11 Apr 2008, 21:36

dude that thing is.... is...

brilliant... yeah, that sounds right.

Title: Re: Because snow can fossilize too
Post by: öde on 12 Apr 2008, 07:45

Quote from: labcoatguy on 10 Apr 2008, 18:55

I wonder if Randall Munroe would be interested in doing something with it.

Totally stalk him and leave raptor clawprints and marks on his daily routes. Awesome skull!