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I have been getting a number of questions about skeleton articulation, so I made a little video that describes some of the process. Its more of an impromptu description given at a gallery event, but if anyone is interested, go take a look! The video is on the front page of my site: [link]
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*lupagreenwolf Jan 4, 2013
Verrah nice.
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Mood: Adoration ~life-bender Jan 4, 2013  Hobbyist Artist
Yay, thank you! Much needed indeed :)
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*Meddling-With-Nature Jan 4, 2013  Professional General Artist
No prob! I will be doing a lot of articulating in the next month, so if you have any suggestions of elements I should film, let me know!
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~life-bender Jan 4, 2013  Hobbyist Artist
Sounds fantastic! I have a doe and a coyote I plan to articulate within the year so I will definitely find you if I have any questions. Although now that I think of it, I do have one question as of now. My poor coyote fell victim to being hit by a car and his femur shattered into seven different pieces. What is the best way to re-assemble it? I'm not sure yet whether to try my best to make it look like it wasn't broken or to showcase the fractures.
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*Meddling-With-Nature Jan 4, 2013  Professional General Artist
Actually the best way to fix the femur (assuming that all the pieces are there...) is to use good old fashioned super glue. If there are a few cracks that need patching I have found that an appropriately colored wood putty or crack sealer will work well. Just use it in the same way you would with wood, sand it down a little be with a high grit paper. Be sure that the paper is of high quality or you will end up accidentally endowing it with discoloration from the paper. (This happened to me once.) If the cracks are pretty large then you can try using a two part epoxy clay, rough sand and then match the color. If the bone is left un-roughed it will reject the color but the patch will accept it. (This may sound odd since the bone and the patch should be the same color, but... if you stain a lighter colored patch and get it on the bone surface, it is likely to cause the bone to deepen its color just a bit which will cause a weird transition.)

In regards to the question of highlighting the damage. I have been in this position as well, I have decided that when there is only one bone worth of damage, the intrigue of it is not enough to legitimate keeping it in its shattered form unless it is displayed on its own. However, if you have a coyote that has all sorts of busted parts, the results can be much more impacting to an audience. This works well to make them understand the damage a car can impart, but when the damage is really only seen in one bone, it might not have the effect you are looking for. If I were you I would repair the one bone and plan on highlighting damage when you have a specimen that shows its cause of death more obviously.
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