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Arts collective Captain Boomer from Belguim approached CDM to create a model of a 15m beached s***m whale, for the

Photographer: Andrew Beveridge

Digital sculpt:  

Painter: and

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An awesome video and article by BigRep on our work with WA Museum Boola Bardip

BigRep GmbH - Large-Scale 3D Printers on LinkedIn: 3D Printed Life-Size Dinosaur Models Talk about a customer who does ! CDM: Studios in Australia makes life size 3D printed dinosaurs! Some as big as 15 feet (~4.5 meters) tall and...

CDM were tasked with creating a stylised Kimberly themed facade to go into

Designed by as a themed backdrop for large insect models and artworks.

CDM knew early on that this had to occur offsite with minimal site disruption

shared their fit out plans for the area and we asked Giovanni from to replicate the joinery in our studio.

Built to be very accurate, our wall was however sacrificial to allow for cementitious work to occur away from the finished gallery space.

Our aim was to sculpt a rock wall that could be disassembled moved and installed

To start foam was inserted into the sacrificial wood structures by  and and then carved into approximate forms.

The process of sculpting was expertly handled by JP from who took on this very stressful task. 

 First by applying a scratch coat and then the important visual topcoat 

There was testing and constant conversation as to how parts separated and went back together.

Once satisfied, we broke the display down into its various parts and carted it all off to the museum where we nervously pieced our Kimberly jigsaw back together over a long Easter weekend in 2020.

It's a great addition to the Relics and Refugees zone in the Wildlife gallery.





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Strike a pose

Lovely shot of doing her thing

an old plaster casting of a Diprotodon skeleton that the has had for about forty years.

A wash of colour made it pop a bit better

it was soooo fragile.
















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Native australian animals albeit 400million years ago

a time period called the Devonian 

Dr Brian choo of provided initial illustrations based on WA fossil records

CDM had interpret that information as digital sculptures with a process of feedback and revisions from Museum boffins.

prints were artworked up by richard

Our custom built diorama was installed inside the designcraft showcase.

Really wanted to plate that fish up with 2 dollars of greasy chips.

Creatures depicted:

Schugurocaris wami ,Montecaris gogoensis, Griphognathus

At 3m tall from nose to gills the Carcharocles megalodon was one the team’s favourite models.

Made for

The Museum worked closely with Swedish palaeontologist Dr Mikael Siversson, and digital Paleo sculptor to ensure accuracy

CDM sliced up the digital model and CNC the forms in house

Assembled, sanded, hard coated and primed by &

at 3m from nose to Gills it would have been terrifying in real life where research suggests they grew to between 15 and 19 metres in length.

Painted by , it was a joy to watch Rhett come in every day chest puffed up and take the MEG head on.With a big object like this everyone had an opinion  he stood his ground and produced a colour sample that the Museum approved, and matched supplied artwork.

The teeth in the megalodon model were all recreated from scans of fossilised specimens which we SLA printed

This was incredibly fun to build and the Client studio visits on this were one of our highlights as it allowed us the opportunity to shoehorn Jason Statham into every conversation with WA Museum palaeontologist and curators.

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The Tropaeum ammonite was one of the larger models for the wildlife gallery in

Digitally Sculpted by long time associate of CDM.

Sharing of a common artistic language between digital and practical has allowed this process to mature over the last five years.

With this model the shell was printed on CDM's in house ,moulded and cast in epoxy, the squidy bits were SLA printed.

Painted up by skilled local painters James at and

One of the six large models we got to make for Museum Boola Bardip@wamuseum

A 4 meter long SLA print of a Theropod called Megalosauropus Broomensis whose footprints and fossils are found in Western Australia

The pieces were bolted together and the core filled with steelwork and high density foam.

One of the best things about taking on a massive project is being able to share the journey with local creatives who we have known for years.

This model was painted up by James at who carried this and many of the other paintjobs to the end.

I don't think he left the studio for at least 4 months...

Between looking at the state issued artwork, constant inspiration was found pouring over images circa 1993 from The Winston effect.


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Stan Winston School of Character Arts

CDM were provided digital sculptures by

We scaled and sliced up the digital sculpt and printed it inhouse on our Big Rep One.

Having a printer with a 1m3 build area was just crazy; with no clay used and no moulds made it was quite confronting whilst exciting seeing a massive shift in processes.

The Bigrep One for us was a formidable workhorse.

Just having clearances, penetrations and internal structures printed into the model sped things along.

 It was assembled with a cert for hanging in a public space and the primed print was artworked up by

Massive thanks to for supplying eyes at short notice for all of our dinos during covid delays & restrictions. 

Thanks to Oran at Kilmore Group who hung all of our dinosaurs for us.

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Congratulations to all the WA Museum and State staff for the grand opening of the WA Museum Boola Bardip.

Designed by Architects HASSELL + OMA

Wonderful Galleries designed by Freeman Ryan Design

Hats off to builder Multiplex Construction
who steered this project from the ground up for over four years and through a challenging final 12 months.

This CDM Studio’s first time working for a top tier builder and the most fun and challenging project the studio has been involved in to date.

Once on the dotted line we had to deliver 100 + models inside 9 months.

To meet the deadline, CDM took a every possible fabrication approach. Ranging from digital and traditional sculpting to 3d printing coupled with traditional modelmaking skills.