royaltyrrell Built for @royal_alberta_museum’s new children’s…

royaltyrrell Built for @royal_alberta_museum’s new children’s…

A post shared by Royal Tyrrell (@royaltyrrell) on Sep 22, 2017 at 10:03am PDT

royaltyrrell Built for @royal_alberta_museum’s new children’s gallery, this Pachyrhinosaurus is a composite of casts from bones collected at the Grand Prairie Pachyrhinosaurus bonebed. To make, mount, and paint this dinosaur took >1000 hours over the course of six months. The painting alone took two technicians two weeks. The whole specimen was first spray painted with white, then brown, primer. The skull and body were then hand painted using washes and direct application of acrylic paints to highlight the depth and character of the bones