Sculpting Mata Mata Turtle Chelus fimbriata Turtle Sculpture Polymer clay Life of Clay
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- Опубліковано 24 лют 2022
- • Mata mata turtle is a large freshwater and a sedentary turtle with large, triangular, flattened head with many tubercles and flaps of skin, that when triggered send signal to its brain and do a necessary action. It has a very long neck where it extend to reach the surface of the water to breath through its tubular snout act as a snorkel.
• They can be found throughout the Amazon in northern South America, and in Orinoco basins.Fimbriata is one of the two extant species in the genus Chelus, the other one being Chelus orinocensis.
• Mata Mata's plastron is narrowed, hinge less, shortened towards the front and deeply notched at the rear. With narrow bridge. The appearance of this turtle carapace resembles a piece of bark, and its head resembles fallen leaves, indeed a good camouflage they possess. Adult Mata Mata turtle’s carapace can measure up to 37 inches and weight up to 21kilogram.
• Unaware small fish swim too close, and they disappear instantly,; sucked in by the Mata Mata's wide powerful vacuum mouth when they open their jaws. Their eyes reflect lights similar to other nocturnal reptiles, so they’re predominantly feed at night, and kept them smiling all day long. Actually they are smiling, look at that smile.
This is the first ever #turtlesculpture i made out of #polymerclay, a very interesting subject and for sure you going to love it guys. And may you find it helpful and useful.
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• Aluminum foil
• 3mm Aluminum wire
• 1mm Stainless steel wire
• 2 parts epoxy
• Cotton twine
• Clear resin
SCULPTING MEDIUM:
• Sculpey original (pre-covering)
• Sculpey premo grey (majority of the sculpture)
• Sculpey premo translucent black (claws and snout)
ACRYLIC PAINTS USED:
Folkarts brand
• Titanium white
• Yellow ochre
• Burnt umber
• Burnt sienna
• Raw umber
• Black
Armored Komodo Brands
• Burnt umber
• Insignia red
• Thinner
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Gloss Water-based Polyurethane Varnish
***You can also use other types and Brands of water based varnish
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Absolutely beautiful and great detailing
Thank you very much my friend, glad you liked it😊🙏
Beautiful sculpture nice info on the mata matas
Thank you so much Tony, I'm glad you did liked my videos. I appreciated it.
Spectacular Thank you.
PS I'm Théo Richard from Facebook (Matamata Turtle) 👍🏻
Wow, im glad you made it all the way here in my humble channel my friend😊 so happy to see you here.
Love your work 🙌🏼
Thank you 🙌
A gorgeous sculpture of a wonderful turtle!
Thank you dear brother that means a lot😊🙏
This is amazing!!!!
Thanks my friend😊🙏
so beautiful and realistic😁❤
Thank you very much, my friend😊🙏
ما اچمل ضقة ما تصنعه. ❤. انا متابعتك من مصر ❤️🇪🇬
thank you so much, my friend. hello to all of you there in Egypt.
Wow galing tlga
Dakal salamat pare
Perfect lods! Looks real talaga!!!Awesome!!!👍🥰
hello Ma'am Cel, thank you very much po😊🙏
You're doing great jobs!
Thank you so much mate😊🙏
From the miniature of your video I thought it was a real turtle. 😱 That was amazing, bro. 🔥
Thank you so much Uri, i truly appreciated it😊 thay means a lot.
Very very neat! Those are my friends words! We watched this video just now together! And also from me " once again a great job!"
Dear Christiane, thank you very much i felt greatly honoured i truly appreciate all your support, please send my regards to our friend there. Again thank you so much dear🤗🙏
He is amazing! Your videos are so well done…I might be addicted!!👏👏🙌🙌
thank you so much!😊
Adorable!
Thank you so much my friend🤗
Great artwork 🕸🤝
Thanks a lot my friend😊
It was perfect
Thank you so much😊🤗
Amazing sculpture! Love all of them, specially your reptiles, not many people doing models of reptiles!
Thank you very much Héctor, I'm glqd you loved them, i truly appreciate your kind words🙏😊
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salamat kapatid na Rona
OMG!!! This is amazing! Thank you for doing my suggestion man!
If you have trouble deciding to what to make next then you can use my suggestion: peackock mantis shrimp or rattlesnake
Actually i have a lot of subjects to choose from my lineups, but i am just trying to give chances on you and on others request because i care all of you guys😊 and i truly appreciate our interaction. Soon i will make those animals you mentioned. I want to make them all honestly, but i have only limited time because of my day work.
I agree with you, just take your time man
and brother i have another suggestion, it is my most favourite creature, its the shoebill stork
Yes i love that bird too bro. 😍 actually it was in my to do list already.
❤️❤️😍
Thank you Anna😊💚
Stick insect species naman sana sunod kuys! Okaya mga updated tools na ginagamit mo to sculpt 💙✨
Salamat kapatid, sure gawa tayo nyan sa susunod.
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Thanks dear😊💚
Beautiful! It looks so realistic!
Thank you so much dear friend😊🙏
The details on that turtle is on point, wow what a talent.
Thanks, appreciated that my friend😊🙏
Great work kenji! That was many many step to complete this sculpture. Which band of the polyclay you use? look like very good!
Thank you very much Chung, i truly appreciate it 😊
used polymer sculpey brands.
Hi hi, would you ever consider making marine reptiles like tylosaurus?
Oh sure my dear, that would be one amazing marine reptile sculpture i suppose. Thanks for the suggestion will put it into our list😊
Now you need to make a cast of him and sell them.
Definitely i will bro, but i have to figure out how to make mould and cast it without ruining it. Appreciated it bro, thank you.
Awesome we had these in a pond where I used to live.
Thanks my friend, they info said they can reach up to 30 inches, is that true? Because i didn't see actual one yet.
@@LifeofClay yes the one in the pond was massive.
@@LifeofClay Wait I might thinking of the the Spiny soft shell turtle. Yeah I dont think we have them in North America.
@@ArmaGuyz oh i see the one you referring to is the alligartor snapping turtle might be. Cause this mata mata is foind in Northern South America, amazon and orinoco basins.
@@LifeofClay No no the Shiny soft shell doesnt have the spikes on its back Alligator snapper I have encountered a few times. They are big and they are mean and very spikey shelled the one in the pond had a flat back shell.
I love your wildlife sculptures and all the info about the animals you add ❤️❤️.
I also love all your custom tools. They look like the kind of stuff I always want but don't know where to get. I'll take a look at your video on this topic.
And you have a very interesting painting technique. I'm used to the sort of stuff used in fantasy miniatures, but this seems different and great for realistic looking sculptures.
Thank you very much dear Paula😊🙏 im glad you liked my personalised tools and my video style. Hope to see you more in this humble channel of mine.
Amazing work as always! You are so talented ❤
Thank you very much Ida😊🙏
Mag wait po ako sa Ballphyton
Sure kapatid, malapit na natin gawin ball python sculpture. Maraming salamat po sa suporta.😊
@@LifeofClay always welcome po
Hey! You're sculptures are amazing! I just found your channel off of your Reddit post :) These are so good, and very realistic!
Oh thank you very much, im glad you gave my humble channel a visit. I appreciated it much 😊🙏
anjir cakep bener
Thanks a lot dear friend, hello there in Indonesia 👋
Do you cast your pieces?
Yes my friend, only some of them, or sometimes just parts of them. Thanks