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Post by bucketfoot on Nov 7, 2009 21:15:05 GMT
I am sorry, but re-painting this figure borders on sacrilege.
The original paint job is a classic. This one - how do I put it - well, its just plain awful.
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Post by Pangolinmoth on Nov 7, 2009 22:02:53 GMT
^^ You should of seen it before it was painted. Looked like some kid had left it in a sandbox for a couple years.
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Post by bucketfoot on Nov 7, 2009 22:10:18 GMT
^^ You should of seen it before it was painted. Looked like some kid had left it in a sandbox for a couple years. Well, that's a different story, isn't it? I have no problem repainting it in order to 'salvage' a worn piece. Maybe my initial assessment was a bit too harsh. I still prefer the original paint scheme, though. The color on this one is too flat and drab. It needs some more - COLOR. It almost looks B & W. |
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Post by kevin on Nov 7, 2009 22:32:22 GMT
I am sticking with drab paint for now. I am well aware of your affection for the original paint, it just doesn't speak to me, or else I would have restored it. This one was faded to almost light gray, so painting it was not.....a bad thing. I had a shot to get a MIB trike, but felt that taking it out of it's box and painting would have been wrong.
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Post by bucketfoot on Nov 8, 2009 4:23:03 GMT
I am sticking with drab paint for now. I am well aware of your affection for the original paint, it just doesn't speak to me, or else I would have restored it. This one was faded to almost light gray, so painting it was not.....a bad thing. I had a shot to get a MIB trike, but felt that taking it out of it's box and painting would have been wrong. Well, your last sentence made my heart skip a few beats! Sorry for being crabby earlier. I could have expressed myself less in-your-facedly, so to speak. I am sure I would find the paint job more interesting in person as the true colors are always hard to capture with a camera. But, I like my dinos bright (usually), so I appreciate that you are coming at it from a different angle, and that's fine too. You're right - I really like what you did with the Darga Trike. And your Liliensternus is brilliant. |
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Post by bucketfoot on Nov 8, 2009 4:24:15 GMT
P.S. Why does Hans have a goatee? Seems like a lot of additional paint work - especially at that small a scale!.
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Post by wheezy on Nov 8, 2009 5:01:13 GMT
well i think your painting technique is great, however the battat dinos dont seem to becoming out that well. i don't know if its from the details in the sculpt themselves or if its the dry brushing in some areas and in others like the frill area the details r not painted on in the same manner and appear to be applied really think not giving it a cohesive appearance. another thing to consider is that the frill and horn areas are now thought to be covered by keratin like that found on birds bills and beaks. scientists are now thinking that theses area where also used for display and possibly sexual distinction. so in theory these area where probably brightly colored like the bills of toucans for example. so painting these areas brighter may not be as far fetched as people may think. the same theories are also applied to the lambeosaurs, stegosaurs pachycephalosaurs,and even the t-rex.
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Post by kevin on Nov 8, 2009 5:43:02 GMT
I have not heard that the entire frill itself may be keratin. I suspect it is true of the horns themselves though, certainly giving rise to bright displays. I...just like them as they are. Keep in mind, the macro setting in the pics tends to amplify everything, the figs are pretty small in life. I don't think they look so bad, and I am content with them. Like I said, just showing you guys what I have been up to. Now, on commissions, it's different, as I usually have a direction in mind from the customer. Some prefer bright, some don't. I like them drabber.Looking at them in person, these are some of my favorit figs that I have done. I just really don't see what you guys are here? Essentially they blend right into the rest of the collection. I just don't get it.
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Post by Griffin on Nov 8, 2009 18:05:14 GMT
well i think your painting technique is great, however the battat dinos dont seem to becoming out that well. i don't know if its from the details in the sculpt themselves or if its the dry brushing in some areas and in others like the frill area the details r not painted on in the same manner and appear to be applied really think not giving it a cohesive appearance. another thing to consider is that the frill and horn areas are now thought to be covered by keratin like that found on birds bills and beaks. scientists are now thinking that theses area where also used for display and possibly sexual distinction. so in theory these area where probably brightly colored like the bills of toucans for example. so painting these areas brighter may not be as far fetched as people may think. the same theories are also applied to the lambeosaurs, stegosaurs pachycephalosaurs,and even the t-rex. I guess you saw that special Horner was in. Just keep in mind that for every bird out there with brightly colored keratin on its bill, there's another bird with drab colors on its bill as well. Keratin is also found on other animals like the shells on armadillos. No colorful loudness there. I really don't think any choice of colors on any dinosaur makes it any more or less accurate to science. |
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