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Post by Supersaurus on Jul 26, 2009 18:32:50 GMT -5
Here're some of the mold parts for my amber rock chunks as seen at the beginning of Jurassic Park in the amber mine. Does anyone have an idea to how the rock skin effect was created on the original props? I'm not sure if a powdered mineral was glued on somehow, or it was just painted? You can also see in the pic a couple of test eggs for the Hammond cane I'm working on.
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Post by jurassicmegafan on Aug 11, 2009 17:07:24 GMT -5
Did you just mold a real rock to make that? I'd just paint it to be easy.
As it's a big rock, why not put craneflies inside? These shouldn't be hard to get ahold of? ;D
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Post by Supersaurus on Aug 11, 2009 17:15:04 GMT -5
Craneflies could be a good idea for the amber rocks, but I'd like to at least try a little longer to get hold of those large Elephant mosquitos like in Jurassic Park. Good news on small mosquitoes though! As well as having a supplier online, I have just fished out a load of moquito larvae from the garden pond which I now have in a container. Once these hatch out, they'll be right in the resin amber eggs... hahahaha! ;D I'd probably have to freeze them or something first to knock them out. Just one of these critters is capable of producing thousands of eggs so I'll never ever run out! Here's the stage they're at now: Another few days and I'll see how they look in a resin egg! ;D I'm not sure what species this is, but I'll assume it's the common house mosquito measuring approx 5 - 6mm body length: I could do some amber chunks literally packed with these! ;D
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Post by jurassicmegafan on Aug 17, 2009 15:14:02 GMT -5
Are you making the amber rocks just like in the film, with the clear jagged piece on top? That seems kinda hard to do. I've seen some amber JP prop replicas on ebay that has a hollowed out part in the rock which is then filled with resin amber. This might be an easier way for you? Here's a close up pic of the amber mined rock:
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Post by giganotosaurus on Aug 30, 2009 18:31:16 GMT -5
didn't you already make a thread for this?
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Post by jpdude11 on Aug 31, 2009 23:37:12 GMT -5
those are realy cool ss!
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Post by Supersaurus on Sept 1, 2009 16:01:00 GMT -5
didn't you already make a thread for this? Where?
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Post by giganotosaurus on Sept 1, 2009 17:30:29 GMT -5
on soem other subforum for this site.
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Post by Supersaurus on Nov 7, 2009 9:10:56 GMT -5
Here's a quick test I did of a small amber chunk with small mosquito inside. It's hard to see I know, but it's the speck in the middle. I really do need to get a better camera. Attachments:
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Post by jpdude11 on Nov 7, 2009 9:18:41 GMT -5
lol thats ok i take all of my pics with mycell phone. and whats your progress so far on that cane?
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Post by dinoslayer on Nov 7, 2009 10:15:30 GMT -5
I like it. Now all it needs is some rock covering.
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Post by bladeofthemoon on Dec 8, 2009 18:01:44 GMT -5
The image looks like it has a polished area where the mosquito is... I guess for better viewing.
But casting the whole thing in the amber resin then just painting parts is def the easiest way to go about it.
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Post by dinoslayer on Dec 9, 2009 7:03:27 GMT -5
You could try to glue baking soda to the surface and then paint that to resemble stone. It's used a lot by miniature makers to create rough surfaces.
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Post by Supersaurus on Dec 10, 2009 16:34:17 GMT -5
Thanks for the ideas! I did think about getting some rock dust and brushing that onto the inside surface of the mould so it gets attached to the resin as a thin skin. Here's a test sculpt I did of a mined rock. There're two ways of doing this. One is to cast a rock piece in resin or plaster, paint it, then fill in the hole with the amber resin (and bug too of course). The other way is to just cast a large rocky piece with amber clear resin and laminate inside the mold surface some rock dust material to get the covering. Then polish up the window area as desired. Until I get some rock dust material, I'm going for the 'cast rock in resin/plaster' technique. This seems to be the method favoured by fan prop builders. The area for the amber pour is still plugged up with clay, but I will remove that later. I have placed a small chunk of amber I made alongside the clay sculpt. I like to stick this in the hole as I sculpt to get some idea as to how it might look! Update!Here's a piece painted and with amber filling. Note the mossie inside! I'm actually not that happy with the results so I will have to do some thinking on how I can improve it and make it look more natural and realistic.
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Post by beerninja on Mar 22, 2010 18:27:39 GMT -5
wow seeing the larvae in your earlier post almost made me sick How did you grow them? Did you just put them in a tank or a glass case or something then add water and filth? lol what do they eat? I heard these kind aren't actually mosquitoes or something?
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