After the teeth were primed white it was time to install them into the jaw. I snipped the wire near the base of each tooth and used Zap a Gap to glue them in place.Once I had all the teeth secured I began sculpting the gums and interior of the mouth with Apoxie Sculpt clay.When the clay had cured the mouth was painted with acrylics and given a top coat of clear gloss lacquer.
After the teeth and interior of the mouth where completed I could glue the balsa wood skull halves together.
Using balsa wood I carved a skull for the brontosaurus. Then it was on to drilling the locations on the jaws where the teeth would be.The teeth were sculpted of Super Sculpey clay over a stiff piece of wire.
When I had my teeth completed I baked them at 350 degrees to harden them.
The teeth were then taken outside and sprayed with white primer.
When I was finished sculpting the tree and sailor they were sprayed with grey auto primer. The tree was then base coated with light tan acrylic paint.
Next I dry brushed some brown over the whole tree trunk.
After dry brushing the trunk it was sprayed with Krylon clear matt and then given a wash of dark acrylic paint to hi lite the texture of the bark.
I hot glued Styrofoam to the dowel and used a rasp to begin to rough out the shape of the trunk.Next I coated the Styrofoam with mache and drilled holes in the wood block base to accept sections of wire coat hanger. The wire would be the foundation for the trunks roots.
After the mache had dried I began building up the tree trunk in Apoxie Sculpt clay.
I drilled a hole in the trunk where the unlucky sailor would be positioned and inserted a section of brass rod. The rod would serve as a post to secure the armature of the sailor figure.
After the first application of Apoxie Sculpt had cured I applied a top coat which I textured to look like bark. Then it was on to beginning the sculpting of the brontosaur's helpless victim.
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