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RE: Deinonychus skeletal model
Quite beautiful Jason. The best mount I've seen yet.
Give that man a gold star ..
> Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 02:38:11 +0000
> From: jaseb@amnh.org
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: RE: Deinonychus skeletal model
>
> Of course that is at:
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> http://www.softdinosaurs.wordpress.com/
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> www.jasonbrougham.com
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> Hi DML'ers!
>
> I put up two images of a Deinonychus reconstruction I did a few years ago.
>
> I drew on all the published sources, the Yale specimens, and AMNH stuff. I am
> happy with the skull and pectoral girdle, but I had to fatten up a few
> places, like the knees, to fit an aircraft steel armature through. It
> basically welded a bicycle frame inside it! Also I rushed the uncinates a
> little and ran out of time to put on gastralia. But, overall, I stand by it.
>
> It was great, if fatiguing, to sculpt every little bit of an animal this big
> from just clay.
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> I hope you like it.
>
> cheers