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Oct '07

Making the dead dog

Chihuahua skullI’m starting by using a real skull for the dog head. I’d planned on just getting a resin dog palette, but lo! There’s Skulls Unlimited has a giant collection of dog skulls.

Now, I’m not going to be using the Chihuahua skull in this picture, but had to share it with you. Does that not look like an alien? No wonder they so often look creepy.

I ordered a large B-quality domestic dog skull. Once it arrives, I’ll enlarge a picture of a dog’s skeleton to match the skull and use that for my scale rendering. It should be an interesting process.

Article Series - Building the Dead Dog

  1. Making the dead dog
  2. Alas, poor Rover, I knew thee well
  3. Building the dead dog
  4. World Fantasy and Dead Dogs
  5. Finished dog
  6. Dead dog photos from Bad Jazz
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6 Comments

  1. David de Beer David de Beer on 19.10.2007 at 17:13 (Reply)

    I spent the day writing about skeletons; I so needed to see that. However, it did remind me that I have neither a dog nor a monkey in my story. Again.

    I’d pee my pants if I saw that thing coming at me, day or night.

  2. Josh Jasper Josh Jasper on 19.10.2007 at 17:42 (Reply)

    If you combined that with your previous purchase, you’d have something positively H.R. Giegeresque

  3. Mary Robinette Kowal Mary Robinette Kowal on 19.10.2007 at 18:50 (Reply)

    Scariest thing, ever.

  4. -e- -e- on 20.10.2007 at 00:46 (Reply)

    interesting site… gotta love it for offering an “economy skull bag” and for including a writhing mass of dermastid beetles on it’s employee page.

  5. -d- -d- on 24.10.2007 at 09:23 (Reply)

    Have you thought about going to the pound and getting a freshly euthanized dog for each performance?

  6. Mary Robinette Kowal Mary Robinette Kowal on 24.10.2007 at 17:56 (Reply)

    Believe it or not, we did think about that but there are sanitation issues. Not to mention the odor. And probably there’s some sort of law too…

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