ELEPHANTS and Their Fossil Relatives

 

Shu-yu Hsu, the illustrator of this book gave me.　

I've worked some works with Shu-yu Hsu.

Futabasaurus(Futabasuzukiryu) plastic model.

Chibanian sea and land scene restoration pictures for Natural History Museum and institute,Chiba.

Shu-yu Hsu himself is also in a image!

Ornitholestes

 Ornitholestes

When I was a child, Ornitholestes was  representative of small theropods.

Modeling Triceratops extra

Modeling Triceratops.

Extra

I painted the model by acrylic paint.

The acrylic paint I used is not commodity in the hundred-yen(0.8 US dollar) store. So I introduce this painted model as extra.

The last finish, put gloss on the eye by manicure gloss cort. Manicure gloss cort is sold in the hundred-yen store.

Modeling Triceratops finish

 Modeling Triceratops.

Sculpting dinosaur Triceratops by hundred-yen(0.8 US dollar) store materials and 10-20 minutes per a day.　No using metal wire and glue.

The modeling is finished.

The length 18cm.

This modeling method is based on the method I used when I was a junior high school student.

This example model are finised only the left harf side. For making right half side, please refer the articles from 9th day article. So It use about one month for making the whole body.

About coloring

Acrylic paint or poster color are good for the coloring.

Recently acrylic paint and poster color are sold in the hundred-yen(0.8 US dollar) store.

Modeling Triceratops 20-21

Modeling Triceratops.

20-21th day

Carve the scales on the skin. At first, wet the clay a little to make soft the surface of clay. Next, carve the scales by the tip of spatulas.

After dried the clay, remove shavings by brush. And then stroking the scales by wet brush to smooth the scales shape.

Modeling Triceratops 19

  

Modeling Triceratops.

19th day

Put the protrusions on the body surface.

Modeling Triceratops 18

 

 Modeling Triceratops.

18th day

Make the shape and the skin of the tail.

Modeling Triceratops 17

Modeling Triceratops.

17th day

Attach the tail to the trunk by clay.

Modeling Triceratops 16

Modeling Triceratops.

16th day

Make the skin of knee to toe of the leg.

Modeling Triceratops 15

Modeling Triceratops.

15th day

Make the skin of the belly and the thigh.

Modeling Triceratops 14

  Modeling Triceratops.

14th day

Make the skin of the front foot.

Modeling Triceratops 13

 Modeling Triceratops.

13th day

Make the slack and wrinkles on the skin of then neck and shoulder.

Modeling Triceratops 12

 Modeling Triceratops.

12th day

Make protrusions on the marginal of the frill.

Smooth the frill surface.

Modeling Triceratops 11

 Modeling Triceratops.

11th day

Put clay on the face thinly and make the face detail.

Modeling Triceratops 10

 Modeling Triceratops.

10th day

Make the shape of front foot and leg.

Modeling Triceratops 9

 Modeling Triceratops.

9th day

Make the fingers of front foot and leg. From this day, the modeling progress only on the left side.

Modeling Triceratops 8

 Modeling Triceratops.

8th day

Attach the neck and the trunk by clay.

Modeling Triceratops 7

 Modeling Triceratops.

7th day

Attach the right front foot to the trunk by clay. Make the scapula shape by clay. Make the neck.

Modeling Triceratops 6

 Modeling Triceratops.

6th day

Attach the lower jaw to the upper jaw by clay. Attach the left front foot to the trunk by clay. Make the scapula shape by clay.

Modeling Triceratops 5

Modeling Triceratops.

 5th day

Attach the right leg to trunk by clay.

Make the right side skull shape.

Modeling Triceratops 4

I'm so sorry, I had forget to upload the continuation of the article  Modeling Triceratops.

4th day

Attach the left leg to trunk by clay.

Make the left side skull shape.

Phenacodus

 Phenacodus

 My work, Deinonychus was collected in Gifu Prefectural Museum.

Scale: 1/10. 　 Main material: stone clay. 　 One-of-a-kind piece.　

Velociraptor (2025)

 Velociraptor

Length 45cm

Main material: stone clay

Supervised by Hiroki ISHIKAWA, Koshiki Museum

This model was commissioned by Koshiki Museum

At a themed exhibition of Koshiki Museum Jan.-Mar.2026.