1/40 Supersaurus- Released

[crazycrowman]

The skull, and the photo are both Nile Crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus).

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So how is this guy coming along?

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

My guess....probably slowly..considering the size and all CT..

[dinonikes]

Apr 4, 2009 19:44:34 GMT [][][]cordylus[][][] said:

So how is this guy coming along?

The supersaurus is coming along just super- I have the clay roughed in- will post photos when I can- patience young man- these things take time-

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

Apr 5, 2009 1:09:09 GMT dinonikes said:

Apr 4, 2009 19:44:34 GMT [][][]cordylus[][][] said:

So how is this guy coming along?

The supersaurus is coming along just super- I have the clay roughed in- will post photos when I can- patience young man- these things take time-

I know, I am just excited to see it ;D

[dinonikes]

Me too- that is what spurs me on with all of these sculpts, I get excited- want to see them done-

[Tyrannax]

So which is harder, theropods or sauropods?

[dinonikes]

Well I would have to say the details in the heads of the carnivores are a bit harder to do than the details of sauropods- but the volume and scale of the supersaurus is in its own way a lot more work compared to the smaller theropods I have done so far- so far the hardest thing to sculpt have been the teeth in the rex and the tylosaur- especially the tylosaur with its second set of teeth in the roof of the mouth-

[dinonikes]

So the Dinosaurs Alive traveling exhibit of animatronic dinosaurs just opened up here at the local zoo- it says that there is a replica of 'the largest dinosaur ever found- the Ruyang Yellow River dinosaur which measures 60 feet in length' anyone ever heard of this dinosaur? I guess I will check it out on google, I am assuming it is a sauropod, wonder how they made it look- will have to go see the exhibit- am curious-

[Meso-Cenozoic]

"60 feet in length"? Wouldn't that just be a medium sized sauropod??

This article says that tubby is the widest plant-eating dinosaur ever found at nearly 60 feet long, 30 feet high, and 22 feet wide!!

Wow, adult tickets are only $5! ;D

www.czs.org/czs/About-CZS/News-and-Events/News/Dinosaurs-Alive!

[Meso-Cenozoic]

Here's the only pic I found of it.....

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

What I just read on the site says it's the largest " animatronic " dinosaur .....which might not be accurate either...not after the park in Dubai opens anyway...

I wonder how big the animatronics in the film Baby : Secret of the Lost Legend were ? I would guess around that length or bigger.

Here's the company that made them : www.dinosaursunearthed.com/dinosaurs.html

If you go Malcolm...I would love to see pics from it...I'm a bit of an animatronic Dino-nut as well.

[dinonikes]

Here are a few photos of the supersaurus at this stage still a VERY rough clay in-

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[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Lot of girth there...lol

[dinonikes]

yeah this guy seems like a likely candidate to rotocast- I don't think anyone will want to pay for filling up that gut with urethane-lol

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

My thoughts exactly... ;D

On that note.. the 1/1 pieces you mentioned earlier..would they hollow casted as well ? I just assumed yes without asking..heh

[Tyrannax]

Very nice. How long exactly does it take to sculpt a Dinosaur?

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Prob depends on how long you work on it... ;D

[wheezy]

cool a big sauropod, i was more excited about the alamosaurus but the super is pretty impressive. as far as hollowing it out how much weight would that actually take off? Still hoping for the alamo so i can have a sauropod that fits into a late cretaceous diorama with my rex and hadrosaurs.