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Post by tomhet on Oct 31, 2008 18:08:16 GMT
Something sbell wrote in another thread got me thinking, I've had difficulties with my dios because sometimes I was not entirely sure whether a plant could fit or not, does anybody know if there's a guide? Perhaps a book that describes prehistoric ecosystems?
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Post by therizinosaurus on Oct 31, 2008 22:23:53 GMT
Are you referring to my grass problem in my dios?
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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on Oct 31, 2008 22:39:14 GMT
Are you referring to my grass problem in my dios? He means plant problems in any dios. |
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Post by sbell on Oct 31, 2008 22:52:31 GMT
Are you referring to my grass problem in my dios? It's not just you--it is a difficult issue. Try to come up with an open plain in your mind. Now imagine it over run with ferns, cycads, horsetails, etc. It\s near impossible. Even in our Centre, there is a (terrible) mural of a brontothere--standing in a field of grass. Problem is, grassy plains didn't show up until the late Oliigocece--Brontotheres are late Eocene, and were more forest or riparian dwellers. The original art it is borrowed from used sedges or some such thing--better, but still not quite right. \should just be shrubby. |
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Post by bokisaurus on Oct 31, 2008 23:36:57 GMT
I supposed if you are doing photoshop dios ti will be much easier t o look at plant photos on the internet and copy those and use it for your background.
Now for on location dioramas, that would be very difficult to do unless you have access to some prehistoric forest looking forrest and take pictures. Also the challenge of finding, on location, plants that look prehistoric is made worst by the fact that the dinosaur figures are small and it will really look way out of scale! ;D
Thats why I really liked the sand,rocks,and water scenes when doing outdoor dios.
;D
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Post by tomhet on Nov 1, 2008 3:28:30 GMT
Are you referring to my grass problem in my dios? Not at all, CT's right. I mean, I would like to use more vegetation in my dios, but sometimes I'm not so sure about a plant and then I have to exclude it. That's why I'd like to have a quick reference like a book or a website to check that kind of stuff for each era  |
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Post by stoneage on Nov 1, 2008 3:34:25 GMT
Are you referring to my grass problem in my dios? Not at all, CT's right. I mean, I would like to use more vegetation in my dios, but sometimes I'm not so sure about a plant and then I have to exclude it. That's why I'd like to have a quick reference like a book or a website to check that kind of stuff for each era ;D I suppose they don't think people would be interested enough in plants. Unless they were big meat eatting plants. There is no money in it. I would agree though that it would be nice information to have. |
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Post by richard on Nov 2, 2008 1:10:32 GMT
just some ferns, palm trees and conifers ;D
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Post by crankydinosaur on Jan 20, 2009 4:24:31 GMT
from my research for a piece im working on ive broke it down like this silurian: ? devonian: club moss, horsetails, ferns? carboniferous: club moss, horsetails, ferns (they got huuuge) permian: same as above but also cycads triassic: cycads (the weather got dryer so ferns and such which need moist conditions didn't do to well) jurassic: gymnosperms (like pines) and ginkos cretaceous: flowering plants appear paleocene: fern spike and redwoods (think the forests in N. California / Oregon eocene: got warmer so palms oligocene - pliocene: grass appears and spreads pleistocene: ice age so pines and anything native to the tundra (low shrubs and moss) holocene: just look around you. at least this is what im using as my basis for my piece. hope this helps!  Richie |
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Post by sbell on Jan 20, 2009 6:08:49 GMT
from my research for a piece im working on ive broke it down like this silurian: ? devonian: club moss, horsetails, ferns? carboniferous: club moss, horsetails, ferns (they got huuuge) permian: same as above but also cycads triassic: cycads (the weather got dryer so ferns and such which need moist conditions didn't do to well) jurassic: gymnosperms (like pines) and ginkos cretaceous: flowering plants appear paleocene: fern spike and redwoods (think the forests in N. California / Oregon eocene: got warmer so palms oligocene - pliocene: grass appears and spreads pleistocene: ice age so pines and anything native to the tundra (low shrubs and moss) holocene: just look around you. at least this is what im using as my basis for my piece. hope this helps! Richie Silurian plants are almost as easy as Cambrian ones  Think algal mats, maybe some very early primitive plants--Cooksonia and a couple others. All small, kind of indistinct. |
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Post by crankydinosaur on Feb 9, 2009 3:10:44 GMT
addendum: under water plants? is there anything i can use (buy) from like pet stores that would work as plant life from the Cambrian to Devonian (especially the Devonian) I don't know to much about aquarium plants Richie |
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Think algal mats, maybe some very early primitive plants--Cooksonia and a couple others. All small, kind of indistinct.