Introduction to Project/ General Business

[dinonikes]

Want to apologize for getting too sensitive to posts here- I was here early this morning before heading off to work - at like 5 in the morning or so- work has been rough lately- lots of LONG hours and the client has been very very picky- making me redo a lot od stuff for little nitpicky reasons and I let that carry over here in my reaction to posts here- sorry- I usually let these things roll off my back and just try to take away the positives from critiques, learn from them and try to make a better piece-

And now for something completely different-

I started a little carboniferous diorama for my brother- do you think there would be any interest in premade little boxes with dioramas in them?Or would it be better to offer them as separate pieces that could be assembled by the collector?For instance this Carboniferous diorama would have scale models of some of the Lepidodendrons, Sigillarias, Medullosas, etc. a Euryops or other amphibians, and of course a Dragonfly, maybe some cockroaches-
We had sort of talked about this on the original thread way back in the beginning of time-

[sbell]

May 22, 2009 2:48:10 GMT dinonikes said:

Want to apologize for getting too sensitive to posts here- I was here early this morning before heading off to work - at like 5 in the morning or so- work has been rough lately- lots of LONG hours and the client has been very very picky- making me redo a lot od stuff for little nitpicky reasons and I let that carry over here in my reaction to posts here- sorry- I usually let these things roll off my back and just try to take away the positives from critiques, learn from them and try to make a better piece-

And now for something completely different-

I started a little carboniferous diorama for my brother- do you think there would be any interest in premade little boxes with dioramas in them?Or would it be better to offer them as separate pieces that could be assembled by the collector?For instance this Carboniferous diorama would have scale models of some of the Lepidodendrons, Sigillarias, Medullosas, etc. a Euryops or other amphibians, and of course a Dragonfly, maybe some cockroaches-
We had sort of talked about this on the original thread way back in the beginning of time-

With the caveat of knowing what scale (room is limited)--oh for the gods yes!

Talk to me first though--about that stuff I mentioned...

[stoneage]

May 22, 2009 2:48:10 GMT dinonikes said:

Want to apologize for getting too sensitive to posts here- I was here early this morning before heading off to work - at like 5 in the morning or so- work has been rough lately- lots of LONG hours and the client has been very very picky- making me redo a lot od stuff for little nitpicky reasons and I let that carry over here in my reaction to posts here- sorry- I usually let these things roll off my back and just try to take away the positives from critiques, learn from them and try to make a better piece-

And now for something completely different-

I started a little carboniferous diorama for my brother- do you think there would be any interest in premade little boxes with dioramas in them?Or would it be better to offer them as separate pieces that could be assembled by the collector?For instance this Carboniferous diorama would have scale models of some of the Lepidodendrons, Sigillarias, Medullosas, etc. a Euryops or other amphibians, and of course a Dragonfly, maybe some cockroaches-
We had sort of talked about this on the original thread way back in the beginning of time-

I think there are several of us they would love a Carboniferous Diorama. I think we need to know more about the options, and what the premade little boxes look like, and what the expected cost would be?

[stoneage]

I might like to add, I would like to request an Arthropleura since no one has done one. Also how about that spider from Walking Before Dinosaurs. What's the name Bell.

[tomhet]

^^^ Megarachne?

[sbell]

May 22, 2009 3:34:49 GMT stoneage said:

I might like to add, I would like to request an Arthropleura since no one has done one. Also how about that spider from Walking Before Dinosaurs. What's the name Bell.

Mesophelae? Yeah, that would be cool.

[sbell]

May 22, 2009 3:51:26 GMT @tomhet said:

^^^ Megarachne?

Megarachne is a weird eurypterid.

[dinonikes]

Yes, an Arthropleura would be cool crawling along in the foreground of the diorama- the Coal Forest diorama I am making right now is about a foot and a half wide, a foot tall, and about six inches deep all approx. dimensions- the models are in a small scale- to fit this size diorama- I will post photos of it when it is done-the background painting is a big part of these type dioramas-makes it all work-

I have made more than a few of these Coal Forest dioramas over the years- life size ones too- one of my favs as far as dioramas are concerned-

[tomhet]

May 22, 2009 3:57:29 GMT sbell said:

May 22, 2009 3:51:26 GMT @tomhet said:

^^^ Megarachne?

Megarachne is a weird eurypterid.

Yup, but it does look like a spider

I think it would be cooler than Mesophelae

[sbell]

May 22, 2009 5:58:04 GMT @tomhet said:

May 22, 2009 3:57:29 GMT sbell said:

Megarachne is a weird eurypterid.

Yup, but it does look like a spider

I think it would be cooler than Mesophelae

But he was looking for the one from the movie.

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

May 22, 2009 3:56:18 GMT sbell said:

May 22, 2009 3:34:49 GMT stoneage said:

I might like to add, I would like to request an Arthropleura since no one has done one. Also how about that spider from Walking Before Dinosaurs. What's the name Bell.

Mesophelae? Yeah, that would be cool.

That isn't a spider though, right? Isn't that the name of a class of spiders? And the WwM people didn't have a name for the particular spider so they just called it "Mesophelea" ?

[sbell]

May 22, 2009 20:49:43 GMT [][][]cordylus[][][] said:

May 22, 2009 3:56:18 GMT sbell said:

Mesophelae? Yeah, that would be cool.

That isn't a spider though, right? Isn't that the name of a class of spiders? And the WwM people didn't have a name for the particular spider so they just called it "Mesophelea" ?

turns out you are correct--and I messed up the name. It should be mesothelae, and it is a suborder of primitive spiders.
It was based on reconstructions of Megarachne, and right at the time of production, the research indicated that Megarachne was a strange, terrestrial eurypterid. Rather than render new materials, they chose to use less specific terms (just like `gorgonopsid' and 'conifer').

[kuni]

Terrestrial eurypterid? Weird...

[stoneage]

When I heard the name on the show I couldn't figure out how to spell it. I couldn't find anything on it. Thanks for the information Tomhet and everybody. Both would be cool figures.

[stoneage]

May 22, 2009 4:14:30 GMT dinonikes said:

Yes, an Arthropleura would be cool crawling along in the foreground of the diorama- the Coal Forest diorama I am making right now is about a foot and a half wide, a foot tall, and about six inches deep all approx. dimensions- the models are in a small scale- to fit this size diorama- I will post photos of it when it is done-the background painting is a big part of these type dioramas-makes it all work-

I have made more than a few of these Coal Forest dioramas over the years- life size ones too- one of my favs as far as dioramas are concerned-

Any idea what scale you would try to use for this,1/10 maybe?

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

Wouldn't the lepidodendrons be huuuge though?

[stoneage]

May 22, 2009 23:41:44 GMT [][][]cordylus[][][] said:

Wouldn't the lepidodendrons be huuuge though?

Well A full grown one in 1/10 would be too big. 1/40 would be 30 inches tall with a 1 inch diameter. It would be cool for a 1/40 diorama. If you made a lepidodendron in 1/ 40, you could have 3 inch Carboniferous figures to go with it.
Most animals on land would be too small. At 1/40 you could use synapsids like Edaphosaurus 3.2 inches or Ctenospondylus 3 inches.
Eogyrinus (reptilomorph) would be 4.6 inches, (amphibian)Crassigyrinus 2 inches, and insects Anthropleura 2.6 inches
The wing span of Meganeura (Dragonfly) 3/4 inch, and Megarachne (eurypterid) 1/2 inch.

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

So now dinonikes is making JP pieces ;D Let's hope it doesn't distract from the pure dinos ;D

[dinonikes]

May 29, 2009 0:18:16 GMT [][][]cordylus[][][] said:

So now dinonikes is making JP pieces ;D Let's hope it doesn't distract from the pure dinos ;D

I don't see why you are saying this CT- you were the one who suggested I make an Ultimasaurus figure-

Basically over the weekend I was at Target and they had a three pack of DVDs -the three Jurassic park movies- for ten bucks so i got it as i hadn't seen the trilogy, justthe first one. I screened them while i worked on things- i usually either have the stereo or the TV going in the background while i sculpt- i enjoyed seeing the movies and figured that I wouldn't mind making some sculpts of some of the JP versions for fun- i have been working on a 'scientific' version of a 1:1 Velociraptor in between things,and thought it would be interestingto me to do a version of the JP3 Velociraptor as well- justthe head- i have been receiving a lot of requeststo do some JP stuffand thought- why not?

I work on many things at the same time CT - I paint inpressionist landscape paintings, make surrealistic three dimensional collage sculptures- do life casting projects, all while making the 'pure dinosaurs' that are part of this project- none of these projects detract from the others really- I work on things as my inspiration strikes- when i wantto sculpt 'pure dinosaurs'- i do- i don't think that the problem has been other artistic endeavers the problem the past few months affecting my output here has been my real job- when you work 10 hour days since January, work Saturdays, then have your boss kick it up to 12 hour days for months, then 90 hour weeks for the past three weeks, its sort of hard to fit in outside projects- yet i have done so as best i can-
i actually have some new finished pieces- just have to figure out this new computer- to figure out how to get stuff off my camera onto this weird new apparatus - I was just gettingto understand the old one-

Short reply is to not worry CT, there will still be plenty of time to work on these 'pure dinosaurs' (now that the two projects at work are finished ans i am finally back to 8 hour days starting today to be exact- the colossal squid turned out pretty dang cool if I say so myself)

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Any pics of the Colossal Squid you could share with us ? ;D

Don' t worry about CT...he loves teasing one way then the other....