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The First Fossil From Mars

Fossil diorama, sculpture of Xenoparadoxa gigeri from “The Fossils on Mars.”
1:20 scale. Mixed media (see below). 2023.

Illustration of X. gigeri.


How was it made?

The main base was built up on top of an MDF board with tin foil and plaster bandages to have a rough idea of the overall composition. For realism and flexibility in posing, every single bone piece was made seperately with air dry clay which was purposefully cracked on drying to create a damaged fossilised texture. The matrix surrounding the bone was then built up with various materials - more plaster, then with a final layer of air dry clay to ‘hug’ the bone pieces. Real rocks were stuck to the base with watered-down PVA, which gave them a loose feel without risk of coming off easily. The whole base was then airbrushed with some basic variation in colour before some details were further hand painted. After that, the bones were painted with acrylic and glued in or sealed in with epoxy putty. Everything was given a dusting of several colours of pigment powder to tie it all together.

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