Introduction to Project/ General Business

[tetonbabydoll]

I am looking at the dilopho right now, and it fits in fine with thenother critters.

Part of the reason for the pics I took were to document the paint job I did so the customer got a good look before I sealed it and send it back. I do this for all of my customs, and also for the toy walkarounds. It is just for those who are curious to get a closer look. I doubt anyone will view the fig from those angles or that close. To the naked eye it looks good. I have refrained from voicing my comments in public, because I want people to make up their own mind. Those who have held it in their hands have all loved it. That is the best feedback. Some of us. like myself, are not really ever completely satisfied with the as is look. I repaint 99.9% of all my toys.

And I will say, after two days at close quarters painting and photoinf this figure, i want one of my own even more than ever.

[bokisaurus]

Well, I have to say that unless you look at your dinosaur figures with a magnifying glass ( in that case yo neen help! ;D), the figures are truly wonderful. It is not normal to look at them at such a magnified level ;D I am very happy with my figures ;D and I am glad to have them in my collection. The dilopho is a refreshing figure, he is not black and in a kangaroo pose like almost all of them out there. He is very small compared to the others ( I should really do a size comparison shot); I can only imagine how hard it is to sculpt that little bugger ;D
The side that looks like he had lots of " holes" are really just scales ;D Seriously, one side of his face have this really nice scale details or what ever you want to call them

[Dan]

Is there some part of the forum that is kept current on which models are presently finished and ready for purchase, in one easy-to-find spot? Sorry if I missed it.

[tetonbabydoll]

Yup. In his thread in the classified section.

[dinonikes]

Very sick of working overtime- this past week I put in 90 plus hours-`have to work tomorrow- worked today- almost done with it-don't get me worng, I appreciate that the opposite could be worse not working- anyways, going to get out all of the packages I have ready to go out-then I am going to sit down and finish up all of these pieces that I have started- and then I can start new ones as well- haven't been too active here as of late- hope that you haven't lost interest in the project with this big lull in finished pieces-

[bokisaurus]

May 17, 2009 2:24:49 GMT dinonikes said:

Very sick of working overtime- this past week I put in 90 plus hours-`have to work tomorrow- worked today- almost done with it-don't get me worng, I appreciate that the opposite could be worse not working- anyways, going to get out all of the packages I have ready to go out-then I am going to sit down and finish up all of these pieces that I have started- and then I can start new ones as well- haven't been too active here as of late- hope that you haven't lost interest in the project with this big lull in finished pieces-

ah, there you are! ;D I understand about working wayyyyy too much! ;D But like you said, better to have a job than not
I have been patiently waiting to see what you finish next so I can place an order again I am anxious to get that plesio and Para ;D

[dinonikes]

Actually looking at the calendar- i have to finish up the Cryo and the Leedsichthys to make the June 10th deadline for submittals for the next issue of PT- those are the two featured critters for the next issue and I want to make good on my proposed submitting of a figure or model of each featured critter- look at the PT site under 'Next Issue' they list the next three issues which critters will be featured- some interesting things coming- these 'featured in PT pieces' will not derail my other desired figures from our list here- just give me more to do-lol by the way Boki- can i use one of your photos in my next ad for PT? I was thinking of using your group photo in my next ad if you wouldn't mind- i plan on a full page ad in color next issue- I got a lucrative side job that will fund the 300.00 pricetag for a full page color ad-

its sort of funny- I had someone comment to me that my house must be full of prehistoric models and such- not the case at all- actually I have no examples of my pieces on display- I make them and send them out- none laying around here- I have to admit that once my wife moved into the house my bachelor decor was radically changed-lol- i had every wall in the house a different color for instance- and lots of weird art and paraphanalia from my strange tastes and interests-and lots of my paintings and art all over- now it looks like a more normal home-

Was estimating a potential project at work this week- to sculpt a life size juvenile T-Rex running after a smaller theropod of 'undetermined species' at this point (how do designers expect me to estimate the cost of making a model of an 'undetermined species' of dinosaur?)anyways how cool it would be to sculpt a full size juvenile T-Rex?

[[][][]cordylus[][][]]

Wouldn't it be like two or three feet long?

[bokisaurus]

May 17, 2009 2:54:22 GMT dinonikes said:

Actually looking at the calendar- i have to finish up the Cryo and the Leedsichthys to make the June 10th deadline for submittals for the next issue of PT- those are the two featured critters for the next issue and I want to make good on my proposed submitting of a figure or model of each featured critter- look at the PT site under 'Next Issue' they list the next three issues which critters will be featured- some interesting things coming- these 'featured in PT pieces' will not derail my other desired figures from our list here- just give me more to do-lol by the way Boki- can i use one of your photos in my next ad for PT? I was thinking of using your group photo in my next ad if you wouldn't mind- i plan on a full page ad in color next issue- I got a lucrative side job that will fund the 300.00 pricetag for a full page color ad-

its sort of funny- I had someone comment to me that my house must be full of prehistoric models and such- not the case at all- actually I have no examples of my pieces on display- I make them and send them out- none laying around here- I have to admit that once my wife moved into the house my bachelor decor was radically changed-lol- i had every wall in the house a different color for instance- and lots of weird art and paraphanalia from my strange tastes and interests-and lots of my paintings and art all over- now it looks like a more normal home-

Was estimating a potential project at work this week- to sculpt a life size juvenile T-Rex running after a smaller theropod of 'undetermined species' at this point (how do designers expect me to estimate the cost of making a model of an 'undetermined species' of hdinosaur?)anyways how cool it would be to sculpt a full size juvenile T-Rex?

;D Wow, a Leedsichthys! Soon! ;D I want one! I want one of those more than I want a cryo ;D Looking forward to it Malcolm
Hey, use any picture you want It would be a pleasure to see them used. Let me know if you want me to email you a Jpeg for better resolution. Let me know.
The life size T-rex juvie sounds very cool ;D Good luck!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

I've actually been after Zar/Josh to do a 1/1 replica of the "Baby Rex " from The Lost World: Jurassic Park...I think it would be around 3 1/2 ' by 5 1/2 - 6 feet long an he guesstimated around 1000.00 .

As for the undetermined species... what could it be ? A Rex that size wouldn't even be hunting on it's own yet...maybe a Pterosaur or large lizard... it's just learning and the parents would prob be bringing it back food until it was a good bit larger.

[timlee3005]

Maybe a juvenile the size of "Jane" could chase down a Thescelosaurus

[timlee3005]

Oh,theropod.....maybe a Troodon or Saurornitholestes?

[Tyrannax]

^ Wow, I don't think he meant that big! She is still a big gal. ;D

How much money would that cost Dinonikes? And how on earth would you find that much clay?

[Dinotoyforum]

May 17, 2009 2:54:22 GMT dinonikes said:

Actually looking at the calendar- i have to finish up the Cryo and the Leedsichthys to make the June 10th deadline for submittals for the next issue of PT- those are the two featured critters for the next issue and I want to make good on my proposed submitting of a figure or model of each featured critter- look at the PT site under 'Next Issue' they list the next three issues which critters will be featured- some interesting things coming- these 'featured in PT pieces' will not derail my other desired figures from our list here- just give me more to do-lol by the way Boki- can i use one of your photos in my next ad for PT? I was thinking of using your group photo in my next ad if you wouldn't mind- i plan on a full page ad in color next issue- I got a lucrative side job that will fund the 300.00 pricetag for a full page color ad-

its sort of funny- I had someone comment to me that my house must be full of prehistoric models and such- not the case at all- actually I have no examples of my pieces on display- I make them and send them out- none laying around here- I have to admit that once my wife moved into the house my bachelor decor was radically changed-lol- i had every wall in the house a different color for instance- and lots of weird art and paraphanalia from my strange tastes and interests-and lots of my paintings and art all over- now it looks like a more normal home-

Was estimating a potential project at work this week- to sculpt a life size juvenile T-Rex running after a smaller theropod of 'undetermined species' at this point (how do designers expect me to estimate the cost of making a model of an 'undetermined species' of dinosaur?)anyways how cool it would be to sculpt a full size juvenile T-Rex?

It will be interesting to see how your Spinosaurus compares with Safari's new offering.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

I don't think a Rex momma would let her offspring go off chasing anything too similar in size to itself really..too much chance of injury.

You can def find that much clay Tyrannax... ;D but really it's best to build a frame for something that size anyway..so all your really doing is putting a skin on it.

I want to see his Spino myself...especially now that I have the Carnegie in my hands to compare the two...

[dinonikes]

The juvenile Rex would be 20 feet in length- it seems to be chasing some sort of small ostrich type theropod based on the concept sketch I was given to estimate with-

To sculpt that size piece I would start with a steel armature welded together, then use chicken wire to shape it, then fiberglass the surface and only skin the surface with clay-

Please don't compare my Spino to the Safari one- it wouldn't be fair to either of us- they are both made in such different circumstances- one thing I can say is that mine will have sharp teeth with definite separations- look at my T-Rex to see what I mean-and mine will be on a base so it won't have the tail touching down if that is any comfort to any of you-

I really like the safari Spino- not enough to buy one, but it is a cool toy- they never had dino toys like that when I was a kid- Marx,MPC,Tootsie Toy were about it back then in bins and bags at the local Woolworth's-kids today are so spoiled aren't they-lol

[timlee3005]

It sounds like it will be Ornithomimus being chased.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Well that def a lot bigger than I thought you were talking about...lol Some kind of Galli or Struthi maybe...

Safari just seems like a natural comparison and after all the talk we've done about how much better and such...I realized after I posted that sentence that maybe I should have used diff wording or something... but we as collectors are always going to compare things I think ...just a condition of the breed as it were... heh heh

I guess when you compare what we have now to then we are pretty advantaged....although collectors still buy the older toys as well...so...

[dinonikes]

I understand that the comparisons will be naturally a part of it- comparing my stuff to the toy lines- I just hope that people understand the basic differences in what I can and can't do compared to the toy companies- there are pros and cons both ways- I do think that my sculpts stand up well to what toy lines put out- I do like to think my stuff is better than the average- that Forest Rogers is quite the sculptress- both the Tylo and the Spino are pretty nice- and the coming Crylo looks good too- its a shame the way her work suffers a bit from the translation to toy- the prototypes she sculpts in Sculpey look so cool- mainly it is the teeth that seem to suffer in a loss of sharpness/crispness- and the basic detail crispness gets washed out a bit from what I can tell from photos- Maybe she could allow for this softening of the detail by the toy process in her sculpts, make them a bit over crisp to account for what will follow-

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Might be something to ask her about...if she didn't just do toy lines for Safari and put her own resin models out..she'd clean up I bet.

If I really tried to descibe your line so far to someone else who collects it would be difficult...better than Procon..close to Safari, but not their exactly toys..see..pretty hard to do...and of course I don't even have mine in-hand yet..so I prob don't even qualify to judge really yet...