Comments | strangecreature: Dem bones...

strangecreature

Dem bones...

Jun 23, 2010 23:00

Heeeey, before I crash, I forgot to show you fine folks the end result of my skull cleaning and scrubbing and bleaching! :-D Look how nice:

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my taste is dubious at best, animals, dum spiro spero

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strangecreature June 26 2010, 02:52:55 UTC

:-D Thank you kindly!! I'd forgotten to check if there were comments on that beastie too!

51stcenturyfox June 24 2010, 05:08:58 UTC

Very nice!

I think you should name her. Scully. :D

strangecreature June 26 2010, 02:54:02 UTC

Oh man, purely because this made me burst out laughing when I first read it, this is now her name. X-D You win!

51stcenturyfox June 26 2010, 02:56:15 UTC

Yessssssss.

stratospherique June 24 2010, 05:10:15 UTC

OOOOOO PRETTY

strangecreature June 26 2010, 03:07:58 UTC

I just have to figure out how to get the bottom jaw to stay with the rest of the skull... I'm thinking a couple dots of clear nail polish would hold it, actually.

desfinado June 24 2010, 05:21:29 UTC

Dude, I feel really lame for not realizing that its beak would be part of its skull, but wow. That is SUPER cool.

strangecreature June 26 2010, 03:09:13 UTC

Hee! Wouldn't be half as cool if it weren't! (Coincidentally, I didn't realize the pigment would come off the beak and leave it white until I got scrubbing.) Thank you!

mugsyface June 24 2010, 05:50:53 UTC

amazing! very pretty, and very well-preserved.

how long did you boil it for?

strangecreature June 26 2010, 03:13:04 UTC

Thank ye, thank ye! *g*

Under an hour, mostly because the pot was so small and it kept boiling dry in a hurry. What actually helped the process along so nicely was a hydrogen peroxide bath... Soaked it in that for a few hours and scrubbed it with more peroxide and Q-tips, and hey presto!