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If dinosaurs ruled the earth, how would it be different?
My Halloween costume is a study in the corporate dinosaur. He's still ferocious, although more so on the trading floor than on the forest floor.
It was also an excuse for me to learn some new CAD tools. The tyrannosaurus head is made from 9 FedEx boxes, laser cut, folded, and taped together into a 3D, custom mask.
If dinosaurs ruled the earth, how would it be different?
My Halloween costume is a study in the corporate dinosaur. He's still ferocious, although more so on the trading floor than on the forest floor.
It was also an excuse for me to learn some new CAD tools. The tyrannosaurus head is made from 9 FedEx boxes, laser cut, folded, and taped together into a 3D, custom mask.
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Every project I've ever done that involved taking a project from CAD to physical object has required multiple CAD tools. This required 3 tools (6 is you count the tools I tried but which each gave unsatisfactory results for some operation), and I even cheated on the first step by begging a really nice tyrannosaurus rex model from a friend.
In Rhino, I removed the t-rex's teeth and tongue, and cut off the head.
In Rhino, I removed the t-rex's teeth and tongue, and cut off the head.
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(Personally, I would have used masking tape to glue the edges, then used more to cover the perforations before painting.)
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It would be cool to make a 3D grid model and fill it with foam and then shape it to make a positive model for complex paper mache shells.
I showed your T Rex head to one of my co workers and we thought it would be fun to make a couple of different dino heads.
I made some progress on my helmet too-
http://www.instructables.com/community/Its-alive-Alive/
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That is, using Pepakura, to "unfold" your model into pieces (of more than one panel) and then cut/fold/glue it.
You would have trouble doing it with cardboard, but with some sort of thick card it would turn out looking much neater (without all the perforations).
You can also do paper and fibreglass resin too (like this instructable: http://www.instructables.com/id/Cardboard-Halo-3-Master-Chief-Helmet/ )
Where's the shot of you chomping on someone's head at work?