Completed Couple of dinosaurs

[Ferris]

Agree with the others.Superbly done.Love them.Seem to remember i painted dinosaurs when i was 10 and lord knows what colours i painted them.Probably green and blue.
Excellent work,
Richard

Thanks Richard.

I never really cared about dinosaurs until in my twenties, when I gained an interest in geology, paleontology, etc. As a kid I was scared of them I remember! (But then got interested in tanks, war, nazis, etc....how’s that less scary I wonder now).

Cheers

 

[Ferris]

How good is that! Absolutely acceptable on here I'd say, as they demonstrate all the skills and techniques applicable to human figures. Fine work Adrian.
I sympathise with you on eyesight issues. I have them also. Glad you are sorted.

Phil

Thanks Phil.
Scary, stuff with eyes. Hope to stay clear of that kind of thing for a long time now.
Hope your issues remain manageable.
At least we can count us lucky living in this age in a modern country....

Cheers

 

[Airkid]

Thanks Phil.
Scary, stuff with eyes. Hope to stay clear of that kind of thing for a long time now.
Hope your issues remain manageable.
At least we can count us lucky living in this age in a modern country....

Cheers

Amen to that Adrian. People go blind in the Third World with my condition.

Phil

 

[theBaron]

Thanks Brad.

I forgot to mention they are 1:35 Tamiya Parasaurolophuses. They were slightly modified to make them a bit different. Tamiya already offers an alternative neck/head option, in addition I bent both tails to make them a bit more dynamic.

For colours I tried to tie everything together by sticking to a consistent grey/brown/orange scheme. I considered blue crests, as a complementary to the orange water, but ultimately settled for a reddish colour.

Cheers

Ah, from the "Mesozoic Creatures" kit? I've got that in the stash. You did a bang-up job on those kits, then! If you hadn't said anything, I'd have thought they were resin.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Ferris]

Thanks Brad.
This series is quite nice I find. Tamiya also has an older set of dinosaurs, but the anatomy of those is really off. The later ones are also not entirely in line with science, but acceptable enough to make a decent representation. And I wasn’t aware there were much better resin models when I started this project. ;-)

Cheers,
Adrian

Ah, from the "Mesozoic Creatures" kit? I've got that in the stash. You did a bang-up job on those kits, then! If you hadn't said anything, I'd have thought they were resin.

Prost!
Brad

 

[theBaron]

Yeah, the second generation of Tamiya's dinosaur kits reflect the interpretations of the fossils from around 1990 or so-the same research that Michael Crichton studied in writing "Jurassic Park." So, the rex went from being a tripod to a bipedal strider, the ceratopsians also got a more "accurate" stance, with their shoulder and hip joints defined more for the upright gait that paleontologists like Bakker described. I suspect that the biggest objection a dino fan would have today is that there's no representation of feathers. But I think that too many illustrators go a little crazy with the feathers, anyway.
When I was a kid (b. 1964), I built the Pyro/Life-Like "Prehistoric Monsters" kits, which were really bad kits even when they came out, but I loved 'em! As I got a little older, I built Aurora's "Prehistoric" series, too-all but the T-rex, which was huge-and ruby red, if I recall. Those were fun, too.
I've got that Tamiya set in my stash, as well as the redesigned rex kit, and you're giving me the itch to break those out and build them!
Prost!
Brad

A post-script...
This probably puts me in a small minority of people, but Crichton's novel is much, much better than the movie. I read it, as soon as it was published. And I thought, "Boy! Wouldn't it be great if someone could film this! The only problem is depicting the dinosaurs realistically." Then the movie came out. I was excited to see it, but disappointed when I did. And I thought, "This would be great, if all the human scenes were removed, and we just had a nature show about dinosaurs."
And then the BBC produced, "Walking With Dinosaurs"...

 

[Ferris]

Yeah, the second generation of Tamiya's dinosaur kits reflect the interpretations of the fossils from around 1990 or so-the same research that Michael Crichton studied in writing "Jurassic Park." So, the rex went from being a tripod to a bipedal strider, the ceratopsians also got a more "accurate" stance, with their shoulder and hip joints defined more for the upright gait that paleontologists like Bakker described. I suspect that the biggest objection a dino fan would have today is that there's no representation of feathers. But I think that too many illustrators go a little crazy with the feathers, anyway.
When I was a kid (b. 1964), I built the Pyro/Life-Like "Prehistoric Monsters" kits, which were really bad kits even when they came out, but I loved 'em! As I got a little older, I built Aurora's "Prehistoric" series, too-all but the T-rex, which was huge-and ruby red, if I recall. Those were fun, too.
I've got that Tamiya set in my stash, as well as the redesigned rex kit, and you're giving me the itch to break those out and build them!
Prost!
Brad

A post-script...
This probably puts me in a small minority of people, but Crichton's novel is much, much better than the movie. I read it, as soon as it was published. And I thought, "Boy! Wouldn't it be great if someone could film this! The only problem is depicting the dinosaurs realistically." Then the movie came out. I was excited to see it, but disappointed when I did. And I thought, "This would be great, if all the human scenes were removed, and we just had a nature show about dinosaurs."
And then the BBC produced, "Walking With Dinosaurs"...

It’s amazing how fast the research on dinosaurs is evolving. Indeed, most of the depictions used for Jurassic Park have been revised, many with feathers. In some cases, even colors have been determined. Quite amazing.
I also did Tamiya’s T-Rex from the same series many years ago, see below, inspired by the BBC series (which I loved). The most recent insight paints the beast more like an agressive, bald-ish battle turkey...see the other picture. This makes modelling dinosaurs worse than doing Tiger tanks....the size, color, nuts and bolts keep changing and you are never ‘right’. Ideal subjects for rivet counters!

Cheers,
Adrian

 

[Nap]

Hi Adrian and Brad

Very interesting posts and discussion here

Always nice to see something different hope we see more

Still woukd not argue with the "turkey" !!!?

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[MCPWilk]

This probably puts me in a small minority of people, but Crichton's novel is much, much better than the movie. I read it, as soon as it was published. And I thought, "Boy! Wouldn't it be great if someone could film this! The only problem is depicting the dinosaurs realistically." Then the movie came out. I was excited to see it, but disappointed when I did. And I thought, "This would be great, if all the human scenes were removed, and we just had a nature show about dinosaurs."
And then the BBC produced, "Walking With Dinosaurs"...

I remember reading the book when it first came out whilst flying to Australia. It was not very well written but was an absolute page turner, and I too thought it would make a great film. Then the film came out and there had been some change of characters, but who cared - the dinosaurs were superb.

The sequels were OK but again, as a lifelong lover of dinosaurs, the special effects were and are superb.

Mike