Thursday, August 19, 2021

Body modifications

With Singerfigure's head sculpted, I also needed to repair a few things elsewhere.

This figure wasn't doing quite as badly as the cyclops when it comes to stray scratches and toothmarks outside the extremities, but there still were a few here and there that I filled up and did my best to blend. I did this little by little with epoxy putty left over from each pass of sculpting the head.

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Seaglet days

 

Good morning, (left to right) SE28, SE27, and Lady at Sydney White-bellied Sea-eagle cam.

[Post includes a few views of prey, and a closeup of what I think is only an irritated and not injured eye on an eaglet]

SE27 blep.

Monday, August 16, 2021

Making a head out of spare parts

Putting together the pieces for fixing a halfway headless raptor figure.

Like I mentioned, I've already trimmed away the worst of the chewed up parts, and so this is what we're starting with.

Sunday, August 15, 2021

Things from three raptor nests

Some recent and less recent screenshots from raptor nestcams I've been following. Includes views of fish prey, and some bugs.

Starting with a few from the Cornell Red-tailed hawks that I took back in early July and didn't get around to posting before. This lovely closeup features K-3, the youngest chick of this season.

And siblings K-1 and K-3 perching on a roof together. The two juveniles are still around, and the CornellHawks twitter has been posting updates about their adventures, though they don't show up on the livestream cameras much now. The nest is so unused this time of the season that there's plants growing in the middle of it.

Stay safe out there, so proud of you two!

At Satakunnan sääkset nest #3, osplet Myy also continues to grow more independent, and spend less time at the nest. Here she's having a big supper in the golden glow of sunset.

Friday, August 13, 2021

Making spare parts for a head

As I recently posted, I have two very broken raptor figures I want to fix. Here's making replacements for most of the tigerstripe raptor's head.

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Nest visits

Slices of osprey life at Satakunnan sääkset nest #3 from the past week. Involves many a fish prey.

Myy having an evening preen.
Ahti brings a fish, and Myy mantles it.

Nuppu visits the nest to do some stick arranging. Ahti and Myy are in the trees on the right.