Dinosaur sculpting
Subtitle: a complete guide
By: Allen A. Debus, Bob Morales and Diane E. Debus ; foreword by Mike Fredericks
Contributors: Morales, Bob; Debus, Diane E.
Edition: Second Edition.
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Jefferson, North Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780786472055
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Modeling; Models and modelmaking; Dinosaurs in art
Description: "A new book, expanded from the 1995 first edition, describing detailed, step-by-step procedures for sculpting, molding and painting original prehistoric animals, emphasizing the use of relatively inexpensive materials including oven-hardening polymer clay and wire. The authors also discuss what it means to be a "paleoartist," both in the past and present"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-278) and index.
Table of contents: title: Recipe for a dinosaur; title: An overview of paleoimagery; title: Why do it? brainstorming ideas and exploring themes in paleosculpture; title: Constructing trustworthy armatures; title: Pre-baked parts; title: Sculpting bloodthirsty theropods; title: Sculpting super sauropods; title: "Can-do" stegosaurs!; title: Sculpting "sharp-looking" horned dinosaurs; title: Sculpting iguanodontian and duckbill dinosaurs; title: Sculpting miscellaneous Mesozoic creatures; title: Sailing on to distinctive projects : finbacks and winged reptiles; title: Sculpting prehistoric birds and feathered dinosaurs "on the fly"; title: Sculpting prehistoric mammals-"just do it!"; title: Putting it all together, A to Z : sculpting liopleurodon; title: A word on the world of dino-diorama building (model bases and painting); title: Molding prehistoric animal sculptures; title: A painting primer; title: What to do if your model cracks and other eventful matters.