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Post by kikimalou on May 4, 2009 19:52:31 GMT
Congratulation Malcolm, a peaceful and tender parasaurolophus. It's time now to prepare his little suitcase, put him on the plane or boat to meet his new family  |
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Post by bokisaurus on May 4, 2009 23:27:58 GMT
Congratulation Malcolm, a peaceful and tender parasaurolophus. It's time now to prepare his little suitcase, put him on the plane or boat to meet his new family Agree ;D Very nice, can't wait to order him and the plesio ;D |
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Post by timlee3005 on Jun 1, 2009 18:09:40 GMT
Congratulation Malcolm, a peaceful and tender parasaurolophus. It's time now to prepare his little suitcase, put him on the plane or boat to meet his new family Agree ;D Very nice, can't wait to order him and the plesio ;D Strangely enough,those are the two that I just got,and I strongly recommend that you do as well!You will not be disappointed! ;D |
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Post by Radman on Oct 15, 2009 15:08:12 GMT
I just received the Indricotherium and Parasaurolophus yesterday, thanks Malcolm! I agree with all of the gushing over the Indri - it is a wonderful piece. However, I was totally blown away by the Para, it far exceeded my expectations. First off, it is huge, I'd say the scale is closer to 1:35 than 1:40; definitely the leader of the herd. The paint job on the one I got is dramatically different than the example shown, soft green pastels with vivid stripes and black demarcations, simply eye-popping. I'll snap some pix this weekend. For any hadrosaur fans, this is a must-have and my new favorite.
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Post by john2xtheman on Oct 15, 2009 15:13:21 GMT
I just received the Indricotherium and Parasaurolophus yesterday, thanks Malcolm! I agree with all of the gushing over the Indri - it is a wonderful piece. However, I was totally blown away by the Para, it far exceeded my expectations. First off, it is huge, I'd say the scale is closer to 1:35 than 1:40; definitely the leader of the herd. The paint job on the one I got is dramatically different than the example shown, soft green pastels with vivid stripes and black demarcations, simply eye-popping. I'll snap some pix this weekend. For any hadrosaur fans, this is a must-have and my new favorite. The one I have is identical to the example shown.It will be interesting to see the different color variations among models.  |
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Post by dinonikes on Oct 15, 2009 15:48:12 GMT
Yeah, I seem to be painting the figures differently as I go along- the rexes have evolved in the paint sceme as well- it gets boring painting them all the same I guess, hope collectors don't mind- I like the idea of making them unique- one of the assets of non mass produced pieces-usually they aren't too far off from the original photos posted in the availability thread- although with the Para I did change it up quite a bit in the last batch painted- adding the tan body stripes (copied from an antelope) and the black head markings-
As far as the scale- it is 1:40- wheezy had consulted with me about the para and had suggested that I make a species that was the largest of the Paras- P. tubicen which is known from a skull only I think which was 6.6 feet in length as opposed to the 5.2 foot length of the skull of P. walkeri- so I just scaled up the body in proportion to the larger skull of tubicen- so my figure represents P. tubicen and not the more well known P. walkeri-
glad you like it Radman-
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Post by Ajax on Oct 16, 2009 3:32:04 GMT
Is the painting the last step you do to your models and do you sell them for less un-painted as this step surely takes up a fair bit of your time.
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Post by dinonikes on Oct 16, 2009 4:20:10 GMT
Is the painting the last step you do to your models and do you sell them for less un-painted as this step surely takes up a fair bit of your time. Yes, the last step is painting (not counting packing them, which does take time as well- I have sort of packing OCD- I make my own custom boxes for each order to keep the packages as small as I can make them for each order)- I do not offer them unpainted- although I have been asked to many times since I started offering them- actually the painting is not the most time consuming step- it really doesn't take me that long to paint these- the biggest time consuming part is the prep work- cleaning up the cast after it comes out of the mold-trimming flashing, patching, etc.gettingthe cast ready to paint- I decided long ago that I don't want to send out unfinished pieces- I want to control the quality of these as much as i can- and although collectors can repaint them any time they want that is their choice- when they leave my studio they are finished pieces- I also wouldn't want to get into selling kits, or having collectors take raw casts and finish them up- I want to keep it simple for me- if I offered painted, unpainted, unfinished casts- it would just get confusing to keep all of the different types of orders straight- hope this answers your question adequately- |
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Post by Radman on Oct 17, 2009 14:15:25 GMT
A Plethora of Parasaurolophuses (Parasaurolophi?): Malcolm's is 2nd from the end  With Battat, Tamiya, and Kinto Desktop:  In all its glory:  I might still touch up the eyeball and add a coat of blackwash sometime, there's a lot of detail in the skin that would really stand out, but I'll need to seal it first. |
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Oct 17, 2009 17:39:00 GMT
I would def add a wash or two...I love to see detailing..  Yours kind of reminds me of the later JP dinos like camoextreme. |
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Post by dinonikes on Nov 6, 2009 7:48:55 GMT
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Post by bokisaurus on Nov 6, 2009 19:39:35 GMT
Is this the version I'm getting? Cool  |
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