Nature's Wonders Sneak Peek Thread

[Ken Gilliland]

Thanks for all the comments and support on my new project

OK, so I can assume a skink is tiny?

It can be a good sized lizard, up to 14". Our local ones are 8-9"

Komodos don't breath fire, but they have a nasty bite from all the bacteria in their saliva.

I guess that's why I've never seen a Komodo Dragon petting zoo
I've never forgot how Sharon Stone made the local news here

 

[Lorraine]

Am I right in thinking a komodo can actually kill a man if it's full grown? And I know they can run REALLY fast!

 

[Stezza]

way to go anna

 

[Lorraine]

This is our little cutie and what I found in my boot (not my photo)

Lizards (skinks and geckos) of New Zealand

 

[Stezza]

magpies love those little garden variety lizards!

 

[Lorraine]

So do cats, unfortunately. And magpies, yet another introduced unwanted, sigh.

 

[Pendraia]

I had to look it up because we have small ones around here but wanted to check.
"Size of skink depends on the species. Smaller species are usually 3 inches long, while large species can reach 14 inches in length."
I learnt out our Blue Tongue Lizard is classified as a skink (I love them) and they are quite big.

Woah...I would have called them a blue tongue never realized they are skinks also. I remember catching them down near the creek growing up. I always thought the skinks were the little ones that lost their tails when you try to catch them.

 

[Rae134]

Me too Pen.

And Lorraine, I think even a little Komodo can kill a man because their bite has nasty bacteria

 

[Ken Gilliland]

I worked a little more this morning... starting to refine the rough model (there's still lots to do). Refining takes what I think the lizard looks like to what it actually looks like... I've found that memory and actual reference are often miles apart.

 

[Miss B]

Coming along nicely Ken.

 

[Pendraia]

Looking good Ken...

 

[JOdel]

The North American Reptile Breeders' Society does a Reptile show at the Anaheim Convention Center every fall. Usually around September (and elsewhere in the country at different times a year). All kinds of marvelous animals who look like they are studying to be jewelry...

Admittedly it's mostly snakes. Particularly corn snakes and king snakes whose genetics are an open invitation to create designer snakes. But there is also a whole raft of different kinds of lizards, turtles and tortoises, and evidently, just because, the rest of the creepy-crawly fans come along as well with the poison dart frogs, tarantulas and hissing cockroaches.

Not *terribly* far from there is an aquarium store which specialized in rather amazing aquariums. Not so much for the fish, but for the live corals. Those are all kinds of colors that you wouldn't realize if all you've seen are the polished sort used in jewelry.

 

[Lyne]

I love lizards! Looking good Ken!

 

[Ken Gilliland]

I finally resolved some of the issues holding up my horse wings project so I was able to finally get back to the Lizard model. I've added more detail and mesh, reshaped some areas and added teeth. Teeth on lizards are not that functional (in a chewing or tearing sense)-- they are used primarily for firmly griping their prey).

 

[Miss B]

He's coming along very nicely Ken.

 

[Alisa]

Very cool!

 

[Satira Capriccio]

So cool. Not only will we have a dragon, but we will have a lizard too!

 

[Miss B]

Yes, the HiveWire Zoo is growing nicely.

 

[Lyne]

I think a Dragon with eat a lizard as an appetizer… Giggle
love your progress Ken!

 

[Rae134]

Depends on how big the dragon and lizard are Lyne