1/40 Allosaurus Pack- Pose 1- Released

[timlee3005]

As a good companion piece to the Allosaurus,a model of it's contemporary rival Ceratosaurus would be a very good idea for a display of Jurassic meat-eaters.(How's that for a convincing excuse to have my childhood favorite dinosaur made?)


(And yes I said RIVAL,"Jurassic Fight Club" makers!!! Not LUNCH!!!)

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

Mar 21, 2009 7:01:53 GMT @tetonbabydoll said:

The pose is fine. There is nothing wrong or controversial about it. I have seen more than one piece of art like it, including at least one sculpture, somewhere. It is not radical it is fine. Good. Good and fine.

I think something that's controversial is whether or not the hips would have broken.

And I think what blade said before hits the spot. The lower body appears to be straining, while the upper body is just "there".

[dinonikes]

^I am definitely going to make Ceratosaurus at some point- how could I not? One of my favs- with that nice horn on its snout and those big teeth-

As for the scratching allo- I just want to remind that so far all i have posted is a photo of the very first initial roughed in sculpt- try not to get too carried away in analyzing it yet- wait till it takes on more refining and pose consolidation- it will be changing quite a bit when i do so-

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Sorry....not trying to get carried away myself.. just making observations...even if I may have re-iterated them to death...lol

I know it's a rough sculpt and it's no where near final... but I'm also commenting on the artwork your using for a basis and critiquing it a bit . ;D

Def need to do a Ceratosaurus.... I love Allosaurus..but Ceratos have my respect as well..they were the top therapod with horns forever...until Carnotaurus came along and kind of stepped in with the popularity...I really like both equally.

[dinonikes]

So, last night I made this Allosaurus on a kill based on the famous AMNH Allosaurus mount, which shows the Allosaurus skeleton on an Apatosaurus kill-



It's still in the rough stage mostly, but you can see what I have going so far -I didn't follow the pose of the mount exactly- I am going to make a few more to go with this kill, showing a pack that has discovered what's left of an apatosaurus carcass- this would be the center piece so to speak with the others separate but part of the pack scene- this pack would replace the idea of the resting pack for now as it would be more dramatic-

[bucketfoot]

JHC!! Amazing beginning Malcolm! I better start saving up for all of the 'in progress' projects you have going!!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

You could still incorporate the laying or sitting Allos though...maybe instead of " just found " they " just finished eating " ?

That way there are a couple alphas sitting around watching the younger pack members scavenge and fight over bits and pieces. The piece above is just a sub adult looking over some of the remains...you would have the drama going on and also a family/pack behavior incorporated that really stands out...what do you think ?

[dinonikes]

I agree that there really is no reason that there coudn't be some resting while others would be still tearing at the carcass-I guess though for now, that the ones around the carcass will be done first- I will probably just make different allosaurs in various poses and let the collector decide which they wanted as they would be sold individually anyways- I am going to make sure that any of these in the pack would be able to stand alone on its own merits individually, without needing the others, yet will work well interacting with each ohter-

[bokisaurus]

Nice ;D Yah, it would be interesting to have a pack of them in different pose. I love this new guy I can tell Mr. T will have lots of competition ;D

[crazycrowman]

Very nice work!!! I love the pose!

[dinonikes]

Here is a rough of another Allo that has snatched some meat, and is breaking away with it to try to eat it in peace away from the carcass- I want to make another one tryingto grab it away from this one-

[Ajax]

Which dino breed gets to play the lucky carcass?

[Ajax]

A smaller maybe 1/2 sized youngster trying to steal the meat from its mummy would look cool.

[dinonikes]

The carcass will be apatosaurus-
I am planning a smaller juvie, not sure what it will be doing yet

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Really like the pose on the 2nd Allo Malcolm...very fluid..and you can almost imagine it saying " hah hah ! look what I got ! " or somehting similar..lol

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

Will these be sold as a pack or separately?

[dinonikes]

Oct 13, 2009 20:50:34 GMT [][][]cordylus[][][] said:

Will these be sold as a pack or separately?

I will be offering these individually-that way the collector can decide how large their pack would be-

[bokisaurus]

Oct 13, 2009 22:07:28 GMT dinonikes said:

Oct 13, 2009 20:50:34 GMT [][][]cordylus[][][] said:

Will these be sold as a pack or separately?

I will be offering these individually-that way the collector can decide how large their pack would be-

Looking good... as always! Can't wait to see them all finished! Then it will be T-rex Vs Allo pack! ;D

[kikimalou]

Poor little guy.. Where are your arms ? ;D

[kikimalou]

Oct 13, 2009 13:02:26 GMT dinonikes said:

The carcass will be apatosaurus-
I am planning a smaller juvie, not sure what it will be doing yet

The smaller juvenile is a really good idea indeed