Dinosaur Postures

[Pagurus]

This looks like a wonderfully fun, and sometimes frustrating, challenge. Thanks for sharing it. 

[Ptychodus04]

This is a great topic. Realistic poses are important to really understand these critters.

 

Also of note: I misread the topic at first and thought it read "Dinosaur Posteriors" instead of "Dinosaur Postures".

[Mahnmut]

Thanks!

 

@ Pagurus: yes, thats in the nature of challenges. Very often the parts I remake are much more fragile than the original toys. I am still looking for the  ideal material. 

But all in all it´s very satisfying. I just couldn´t resist to buy some better models, and they are beautiful, but to buy a cheap toy and make something even halfway decent out of it is the real fun. And even the worst plastic monstrosity saves me a lot of boring  rib- shaping.

 

@Ptychodus04 : sorry to dissapoint you, I will try to get some nice views when I next take fotos

About understanding, I just today realised that an Oviraptor with its long neck and short tail will have to hold itself much more upright than for example a Tyrannosaurus, just to keep its center of mass above its feet. I also wouldn´t have imagined that they sat down on their haunches/heels, but ostriches do, so I think it´s plausible.

 

Greetings

J

[Mahnmut]

Here is a rather posterior image of the Oviraptorid in all its headless glory.

Head is still in the printer, feet I will make from fimo, and a nest from clay.

 

 

 

[Mahnmut]

[Mahnmut]

Ahoi,

 

Somewhere on the way Concavenator became fully aquatic.

Must be all the whales around here.

 

Oviraptor is now ready exept for the head and some paint (for the different bones, I think I will keep the nest white).

 

 

 

[Mahnmut]

Aloha!

These two I consider complete. Although the concavenator may need some help to keep up to its status as a Tetanuran, looking at its droopy tail.

What do you think?

Regards

J

[Mahnmut]

Oh, the Oviraptor skull is digitally morphed from a parrots by the way. And slightly to big.

 

And now to something completely different.

I had a produktive weekend, courtesy to my fathers well equipped workshop that I could use during a visit.

 

About the Sauropod:

Its the Brontosaurus from Glencoe which I was lucky to find online.

The skull is morphed from a scanned Camarasaurus, which I find oddly fitting dspite the wrong detail, as at first Brontosaurus was thought to have a Camarasaurus-like head.

Putting the shoulder blades in an upright position like I understand they where supposed to be makes him stand quite high, even more so when the front feet are put together in a more elephant-like way opposed to the reptilian splay they came with.

As I understand it, the hip should still be higher than the shoulder, so I will have that to solve. There are also two cervical vertebrae missing. And Gastralia.

Its astonishing how much longer the tail has to be.

 

The Tyrannosaurid is somewhat small for my chosen scale, so I decided to make it a Nanotyrannus or a juvenile, depending on how you see it.

That means mainly lengthening the legs, hands and Skull. And adding some "milk teeth".

Legs are done but for the cosmetics, the skull will be another morphing project.

Any other changes that I am missing?

 

Cheers

J

[Mahnmut]

Brontosaurus is back.

I did my best to give him appropriate proportions:

 

-bigger and more upright scapulae

-longer ischium

-longer femur and shanks

-more elephantlike front feet

-longer tail

-new skull

 

Still two cervical vertebrae missing, those are being printed.

 

Cheers

J

 

 

[Ramo]

I love this photo of my peregrine doing her "T-rex pose" on a duck she killed that is twice her size.

[Mahnmut]

They are dinosaurs after all!

 

Just a placeholder till the printed Skull arrives.

The Brontosaurus is now freestanding.

 

Regards

J

[Mahnmut]

Hi again.

The Brontosaurus I consider completed until I decide how to paint it.

The Nanotyrannus still needs a playful pose that doesn´t make her fall over (and by the way she still has her cervicals upside down)

The Triceratops will undergo a major transformation, becaue at the moment that´s more fun than building a new skull.

 

What do you think?

Best Regards

J

[ynot]

Astounding work Sir!

[Mahnmut]

Thanks Ynot!

That reminds me that I  didn´t post an image of the finished Nanotyrannus (paint and neck).

The Therizinosaurid got some seagull vertebrae, but I don´t get that pelvis right.

Cheers

Jan

[Natalie81]

I really like them, great work!

[Mahnmut]

Thanks Natalie!

[Mahnmut]

Ahoi!

Just when you think you got a nice model of Spinosaurus, someone finds new bones!

 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2190-3

 

The swimming posture does look more convincing now.

I took this as encouragement to try and built one to scale with my whales (that is 3/4 of my spermwhales size).

The small one I declare an honourable Baryonyx (pondered shortening the sail, but its a nice piece of art and history as it is)

Aloha,

J

[Mahnmut]

Skull placeholder is a Basilosurus for now.

Cheers,

J

[Mahnmut]

just got the 3d printed skull in the mail, its a model called "amateur Spinosaurus" by Joel Salinas.

The new postcranium still looks like a newt. ^^

Still looking for a cheap theropod toy I can repurpose for the ribs.

best Regards,

J

[Mahnmut]

Taking shape.

In my opinion the more dynamic posture makes it look less like a newt. Although the perspective foreshortening hides the nicest part of the tail.

That tail has become quite heavy,  spines consisting of iron wire for two thirds of its length.

Only missing ribs, chevrons and transverse processes now.

What do you think?

Aloha,

J

[Mahnmut]

Just saw a $500 model that already has the new reconstruction tail, and all the glorious detail I wont be able to replicate. 

But well, I spent €8 on the printed head, 6 on a cheap toy for ribs and maybe another 5 on plywood, wire and paint, having a lot of fun building it.

[Abstraktum]

Wow, I'm shocked that I somewhat must have overlooked your topics. Just found out about these. 

 

Beautiful and creative work.  

The details really shine compared to other mass produced models.  Hope to see a lot more of your work. 

 

Are you selling these? They would make some fine additions to any fossil collection and I would be interested  

[Mahnmut]

Thanks Abstraktum!

Iĺl pm you.

I just got my Spinosaurus' rib donator in the mail. It was sold under the name of Tyrannosaurs, which it does not look like much. But the ribs are the right size and approximate shape.

A highly amusing detail (to people in the right mindset for this kind of thing) is that this "Tyrannosaurs" skull looks very much like the generic theropod skull that Spinosaurus used to be drawn with in the early days.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/04/first-spinosaurus-tail-found-confirms-dinosaur-was-swimming/#/spinosaurus-mm9074_graphicteaser.png

I just pinned it onto my bought model (reversibly) for a throwback picture.

Aloha

J

[Mahnmut]

Ribs!

I only drilled into my finger once, although the cheap plastic tends to melt when drilled.

It looks like the chimaera it is right now, but with some adjustments and a decent paintjob it will be ok.

Aloha

J

[Mahnmut]

It used to be pieces of wood, wire and plastic, now it is one skeleton, thanks to some acryllic paint.

Interesting optical illusion at the upper rim of the white background.

Cheers,

J