Special report from the Institute of Reconstructive Surgery

[dragonmedley]

Here we are, ladies and gentlemen, in the OR under the watchful eye of Dr. Lion. We even have an intern in attendance, a budding Westcoast Native keeper who was so excited about being here with us today that he forgot to put in his eyes.

As you can see, the patient is rather self-conscious about his wound. The donor is however very happy to help and submitted to the necessary rigorous testing without batting a whisker.

Now we must give credit where it’s due: all this was possible today thanks to Professor Drag0nfeather’s extensive research. Her years of work give hope to Windstones everywhere, particularly ever since she undertook the successfully epic surgery which allowed the patient to regain full use of his hind legs.

While this case is nowhere near as extreme, it does have its challenges.

First, we need to obtain two imprints of the donor’s tail: one from the back and one from the front, both overlapping each other.

These were actually not the final molds used; rigidity was an issue – too much gauze made it really hard to remove the mold and too little meant the casting could be deformed.

After many trials (during which the donor did suffer minor lesions due to lack of clear coat in the area under the tail – easily fixed), we proceeded as follows:

The front of the tail was poured in first. I wanted to pour on rather than glue on, since the damage was not a clean, flat break. Once the first part was dry, I applied what I called the full mold (the fourth one I made, I think). I then poured the plaster little by little, gently opening the mold, with a seringe.

The key was to make sure the mold was properly aligned, which was a huge, huge problem! Hence, the surgical tape and elastic.

This is the one reasonably satisfying result. More cosmetic surgery is needed, but that will be done manually.

Once that’s done, this guy opted for the Ivory Pearl look.

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[Melissa]

Awesome narrative, and really nice work!

[pony-up]

Yay! I’m so glad you were able to make him whole again. He looks great! Better than I could ever have fixed him! 🙂

[Scathach]

Ohhhh, that’s marvellous work! And, a touching narrative, too (I expected nothing less!)

I hope that both patient and donor are doing well and recovering from the ordeal.

It was so good that your little fella volunteered (or was it voluntold?) for the mold process. I’m sorry to hear that he suffered even a minor injury. I’m sure that during his stay in Reconstructive Surgery he is also as good an new, now.

Kudos to you and Professor Drag0nfeathers!

Life is beautiful.

[windstonefan]

Great job dragonmedley. He looks lovely. Be sure to show us the final paint on him I am sure it will look just lovely.

windstonefan

[dragonmedley]

Thanks everyone!

I’m now trying to fill in all the ‘lil holes and sand down the excess.

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[drag0nfeathers]

Oh wow awesome!!! You got it to work!!! Amazing job dragonmedley!!! ^_^ YAY!!!

Got a busted Windstone?
drag0nfeathersdesign@gmail.com
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[dragonmedley]

Oh wow awesome!!! You got it to work!!! Amazing job dragonmedley!!! ^_^ YAY!!!

😀 I’m preening here!

It’s nowhere near as good your repairs (didja see all the bubbles?), and it’s so fragile! I’ll have to cheat and paint the scales at the merging point, as I was afraid that too much fiddling around with sculpting would break the repair.

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