Hand Painted Psittacosaurus Replica

[LordTrilobite]

A while ago I bought a replica of a juvenile Psittacosaurus. And only recently have I finally gotten around to paint it. So I thought I'd share some pictures.

When I got the thing in the mail I immediately started on a frame to display the skeleton.

When that was done I stood a while between my other dinosaurs unpainted.

Here are some pictures of the painting process. The idea was to put on three layers of paint, dark, middle and light for a dirty and weathered look.

Here are the first two layers of paint.

And a close up of the skull with the second layer.

And here is the final result with all three layers. A close up and overview.

I've never done a project like this before. But I like how it turned out.

[Nandomas]

On 7/27/2011 at 8:08 AM, LordTrilobite said:

A while ago I bought a replica of a juvenile Psittacosaurus. And only recently have I finally gotten around to paint it. So I thought I'd share some pictures.

When I got the thing in the mail I immediately started on a frame to display the skeleton.

When that was done I stood a while between my other dinosaurs unpainted.

Here are some pictures of the painting process. The idea was to put on three layers of paint, dark, middle and light for a dirty and weathered look.

Here are the first two layers of paint.

And a close up of the skull with the second layer.

And here is the final result with all three layers. A close up and overview.

I've never done a project like this before. But I like how it turned out.

Very nice paint work. The aggressive posture is a little odd for a plant eater, but I like it .

Congrats

Nando

[LordTrilobite]

Very nice paint work. The aggressive posture is a little odd for a plant eater, but I like it .

Congrats

Nando

It's running away!

[Nandomas]

Lord Trilobite, have you nener seen the Frankfurt specimen with brisle-like structure araising from the base of the tail? If not, give me the time to find a picture of it in my HD

[LordTrilobite]

Yes I have. It's quite awesome. I have a pdf of it with highly detailed photos.

[flyguy784]

I love it. May I ask where you bought it and what did you pay for it?

[LordTrilobite]

The unpainted unmounted replica cost me 500 euros.

And I bought it at http://www.dinocasts.com/

They have a wide range of replicas and their customer service is really good.

[jpc]

Nice job. I am not a skilled painter, so can I ask why you stared with such a dark coat? Why not just start with the tan color?

[LordTrilobite]

The skeleton has a lot of hard to reach places, so I wanted to make sure every nook was coloured. If I would have started with a lighter colour this would have been a lot more difficult to do later on.

[flyguy784]

Thanks, beautiful stuff indeed. Little bit on the expensive side though.

[Lexus Tam]

I like the paint so much! What type of color you use?

[JohnBrewer]

Excellent job Olof! 

[LordTrilobite]

For the paint I used DecorFin. It's a waterbased paint. It's been years now, but for the colours I think I used dark brown, terra and skincolour as the three main layers for this.