Mahnmut Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Hello again, on my constant search for 3d archeoceti references I stumbled upon a method that seems very promising: I took a 3d scan of a dog skull that I scanned myself via photogrammetry and twisted it around until it looked more or less dorudontine to me. That´s much less work than building the dorudon-skull from primitive shapes. Took me about 3 hours so far. This Method seems nearly unlimited to me (for artistic uses anyway) Take the closest recent skull you can get and transform it into your species of choice. I have never done anything like that before (not digitally at least) and after one day trying around Iam astonished at the result. Archeoceti here I come! here is the 2d reference I used: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Dorudon_atrox_and_Maiacetus_inuus.jpg I hope for contructive advice on what is still wrong with the skull. Does it have to look so evil from the front? that´s what came out when I tried to recreate the top- and side view. Best Regards, J J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted October 26, 2016 Author Share Posted October 26, 2016 I´d especially like some advice on two things: -The bullae/ periotic bones are just as they where in the dog, only distorted with the rest of the skull. Does anyone know a good source on how they would have looked in basilosaurids? -This skull model is completely symmetrical due to the process of making it. As far as I know Basilosaurids began to have the typically asymmetrical skulls of whales. But how? I cannot see it in tha references I use. Thanks, J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Very nice!! @Boesse should take a look. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 I'm afraid you've got a bit of work left. Here's a monograph on Dorudon atrox: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/48670 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 interesting idea... but i suspect there is a lot of 'carving', 'sculpting' and reshaping to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted November 22, 2016 Author Share Posted November 22, 2016 Thanks for the feedback. There surelyis a lot more to do, until now I only tried to get the prportions right from the sourcesI had, that took about 2 hours. I think I will achieve something sufficient for my 1/25th scale model. Cheers, Jan Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 1 hour ago, Mahnmut said: I think I will achieve something sufficient for my 1/25th scale model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted March 28, 2018 Author Share Posted March 28, 2018 Ahoi! I tinkered around with the technique some more to generate skull models I could´t realize otherwise. Hydrodamalis and Kutchicetus. Dorudon I abandoned after finding a great rekonstruction. Both are derived/distorted from my selfscanned dogskull (After I scanned the mandibula also, witch I didn´t print.) As a reference for Kutchicetus I used the great reconstruction by Christopher Chavez. https //christopher252.deviantart.com/art/Kutchicetus-minimus-skull-491120948 For Hydrodamalis I used a lot of different fotos of the few remaining skulls I found on the net I like the outcome. Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted July 12, 2018 Author Share Posted July 12, 2018 Aloha. I just sent another chimaera skull to the printer. Aetiocetus polydentatus, composed of an Orca scan from Morphosource and a Minke whale from Phenome 10K I think it worked somewhat better than Dorudon out of the dog. Maybe this evolution stuff is true after all.. J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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