"Giant Alien Bones, Like Those In "Pitch Black"???" Topic

I really like this:

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Look at 8:14 here:

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And here:

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And this picture:

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They all look like giant whale skeletons. Otherwise I would try some dinosaur skeleton bits I have.

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QUESTION:

Are there any kits with whale bones that could be used?

CC

Not sure, but you could easily cut some from cardboard, plastic, or even wood (less easy for that – a coping saw will be needed).

Just draw up a basic carcass shape, and then some bones to fit that, sort of like the ribs of an old sailing vessel. Either use a PC drawing application, if you design it electronically, or a photo copier to reduce and enlarge the sizes, as needed, to make the shape slightly tapered.

The skull, if desired, will be a bit harder. Make that out of clay, sculpey, or foam, carved to shape.

Wait a minute . . . has anyone seen these?

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CC

Cool idea – don't know where you'd find them commercially – perhaps get a dinosaur skeleton model from a store – they make skeleton models which might work with a bit of modification?

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Another thought:
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both could be modified and used – especially the rib cages. Just some thoughts.

There's a 10ft long whale skeleton available for $6400:
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Regards, the Gorb

Someone on TMP used chicken bones for something along these lines awhile back.

You can get the Skeleflex sets at Toys R Us.

I'd be inclined to use polymer clay over a wire framework… same for the big skulls.

I guess I'll have to pay Toys R Us a visit and get the OctoAttack (or Fang-O-Flex) Alien and the Skeleflex Plesiosaur:

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Who knows? Maybe I'll get somewhat close.

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"Wait a minute . . . has anyone seen these?"

Hi

I've wanted to create the 'bone graveyard' for my tabletop too, and managed to find concept pics from the movie to help me. Thought about chicken, poussin, pheasant etc bones etc – but yesterday I found the almost perfect solution in my local £1.00 GBP store. They had 20mm scale boxed plastic dinosaur skeleton models – for a £1.00 GBP

As it was a night out with the girls from my office I left off buying 2-3 of these lovely plastic models till Monday – after I buy them, I'll pop them up on my blog Monday night so you know what to look for.

Cheers
Mark
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dropship….i've seen the ones you mean in my Pondland too…couldn't think of a use for them until now….:-)
i need to find something to spend my money on in there cos the supply of Haloclix has dried up….:-(

The skeleflex line looks quite interesting…but for me as I have worked with taxidermists and I have access to lots of bones…as various times I have had pounds of raccoon, possum, and bobcat skeletons…with my next batch I will consider putting together a terrain piece.

I have a couple of dollar store Dino Skeltons. I have also made a carcass piece out of some canvass and wire. Curved the wire into ribs and glued on the canvass as hide

Jlundberg,

Any pics of that alien carcass piece?

Thanks.

CC

CC,

I was going to suggest the Skeleflex toys. I bought three sets during Christmas and Toy R Us and they were on sale. They actually have alien sheletons too. I am going to build terrain pieces from them.

Skeleflex figures are quite good, but you might want to be ready to clip off the bits that LOOK way too much like toys -- they're designed to mix and match between sets, and therefore have tabs, posts, and ball-joints that look a bit toyish. Plus, each skeleton is a slightly different color, and one is even blue.

Still, any competent modeler could fix this.

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Cheers
Mark

Mark,

That absolutely rocks!!!

And the movie image is amazing. What search words did you use to find it?

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Look at these:

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I just bought a ton of these (at a local "Big Lots" discount store), for that purpose:

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CC, they look like the Triceratops I used a few years ago for a Skull Island mini diorama.

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Matt

Green Gang,

Very nice!

CC

I got one of the Skeleflex sets on clearance at a Toy's R' Us near Erie, PA.

Try your local acquarium shop. Here in the UK, my local branch of 'Pets at Home' has hippo skulls and other animal rib cages for fish tanks. A bit big for 28mm but sounds like just what you need.

To simulate "darkness", see here:

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CC

Update:

Would this be the kind of creature that left those bones behind?

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Dan

Heck, just boil down the carcass of your Thanksgiving turkey. There's lots of different shapes and sizes. Then reassemble them over a plasticine internal support structure, and hot-glue or epoxy them in whichever orientation/combination you wish. Turkey neckbones can look really impressive if arranged with a right-angle bend in their pattern--this critter died of a broken neck, but what was big enough to break _its_ neck?

Check the prospective cover of one the upcoming "The Void" supplements.

Its about 1/3 of the way down the page. What a set of bones on that one. I would love to build some terrain that looked liked this.

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When I was a boy, I went on holiday in Devon. The dunes by the beach were full of rodent bones, all dried out by sand and sun. I filled a few buckets with them, took them back to where we were staying and superglued them together to make a dragon…

In my memory, it was amazing. In reality…?

Just a happy reminiscence, but possibly a good idea, too.

Check out what Tango01 posted on the Prehistoric and Pulp boards:

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I think that, between those ribs and a Tyranid carapace or two, one might be able to come up with something similar to this:

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Dan
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Found another nice sized photo of that graveyard for you guys to enjoy:

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Hope it inspires lots of fun projects.

Dan
PS. I really wonder what those creatures would have looked like when alive.
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WOW.. A Rosysaurus!

If already mentioned, please forgive as it's been a long thread, and many links dead, but has anyone tried wooden 3D puzzles of dinosaur skeletons?

Take a bit of paint and carving, but some are damn cheap at craft stores.

Doug

JJ,

You Made me jump away from the screen and almost made me fall off my chair!!!

Eew.

Dan