Liopleurodon

An Up Scaled Model Re-Creation

Anthony Rukcic

“Hello there! I recently received the 3 in 1 kit with variable heat station for Xmas and thought you’d like to see what I’ve completed using the tools. I used the 8″ hot knife, router, and engraver. Our daughter is big into dinosaurs and she has a toy of a Liopleurodon, a Jurassic period sea-creature. I figured it would be neat to make a 2ft version. Here is the model.”

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“I used pink foam board. Cut the profile out, than started shaping it. The only thing not foam is the gray around eyes and the eyes, that’s clay. I then wanted to focus on the scales, that was done by the Engraver, just enough heat to melt the foam. I then went through and “drew” the scales using the engraver, I then used a heat gun to soften up the edges.”