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Post by Horridus on Oct 11, 2010 19:27:24 GMT
A menu? Really? Surely a meal? If you traded it for a mere MENU then I'm sorry, but I will be on the first flight over to Germany tomorrow...
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Post by brontodocus on Oct 11, 2010 19:43:49 GMT
The burger, fries and a coke. Yes. He also got a Brachiosaurus and an Iguanodon that way. I wanted to trade a Cetiosaurus but he refused... *runs away*
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Post by Horridus on Oct 11, 2010 19:46:23 GMT
Either you have those things coming out of your ears, or the University isn't paying you enough.
Also: picture me wailing and gnashing my teeth right now. Although in reality I think it's quite funny.
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Post by brontodocus on Oct 11, 2010 19:59:35 GMT
I have no full time job at the university. So it really isn't that much. But actually I got most of my Invicta figures cheaper than the €5 you pay for a burger with fries and coke. I think something like 6 pounds was the most I've ever paid for a single figure (that was a Mamenchisaurus and not the Lambeosaurus or Stenonychosaurus Troodon  ). When I was trying to complete my Invicta collection I was only searching for Invicta lots and naturally you will end up with some spare figures afterwards. |
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Post by Horridus on Oct 11, 2010 20:01:47 GMT
This is why I shouldn't have let go of my dinosaur obsession when I was about 12 years old.
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Post by Himmapaan on Oct 11, 2010 21:00:11 GMT
Good heavens, Dr Andre, I can scarcely believe you traded some of your Invictas for those burger meals. ;D
I also wish I could find Invictas that cheaply. They're either expensive or rather the worse for wear -- or both, from what I'd been able to find.
I do have an Apatosaurus though, of all wonders. It has a chewed tail.
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Post by brontodocus on Oct 13, 2010 22:56:12 GMT
I've tried a quick repaint on my Bullyland Deinotherium: Before:  After:  I know it's not perfect but the paint rub was too horrible.  Actually the tusks were not repainted at all, just the black dirt was wiped away with ethanol. |
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Post by Himmapaan on Oct 13, 2010 23:39:55 GMT
Bravo!  It looks excellent to me. |
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Post by brontodocus on Oct 18, 2010 21:55:18 GMT
Thanks, Himmapaan , sorry, I'm late. I've tried to make it look as close to the original as possible. It turned out a little darker than I wanted but the result is okay for me. And I have some really badly worn other Bullyland figures, maybe I will repaint those some time later, it was easier than I expected. |
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Post by Libraraptor on Oct 20, 2010 10:06:03 GMT
I think of repainting my one as well.
What colour did you use? You wrote about acrylic colour or something?! What brand?
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Post by brontodocus on Oct 20, 2010 12:14:11 GMT
Hi Libraraptor, I mixed matte black by Marabu with matte white by Hobby Line. You could use any other cheap acrylic paint, I only mixed it because I had no more grey left. Initially I cleaned the rather dirty figure with ethanol and was surprized that the tusks looked brightly yellow with hardly any wear afterwards so I didn't see any need to repaint them. The grey acrylic colour was mixed with water to make it quite liquid and I wanted to paint it in several thin, watery layers as Boki and others had suggested before. On the back and on the head I painted something like eight layers. Afterwards I repainted the eyes to make them look as in the original. For the iris I mixed (no-name) vermillion with yellow ochre - but this time not mixed with water. By the way, I didn't use any primer so the colour of the underside is still the original colour the vinyl was casted in.
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Post by fossil on Oct 20, 2010 23:28:57 GMT
Good paint job, brontodocus.
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Post by bokisaurus on Oct 20, 2010 23:51:42 GMT
Nice job on that deinotherium |
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Post by brontodocus on Oct 21, 2010 19:39:53 GMT
Thanks, fossil and bokisaurus. |
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Post by postsaurischian on Oct 23, 2010 7:10:28 GMT
Beautiful Bullyland Deinotherium! Still on my to-get-list. But I have to get the Sean Cooper Platybelodon first - you aroused my interest in these Paleocraft models ;D!
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Post by brontodocus on Oct 23, 2010 13:25:40 GMT
Beautiful Bullyland Deinotherium! Still on my to-get-list. But I have to get the Sean Cooper Platybelodon first - you aroused my interest in these Paleocraft models ;D! Thanks, Postsaurischian. And I am also already thinking about which Paleocraft I'd buy next. |
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Post by foxilized on Oct 29, 2010 22:23:43 GMT
d**n Invicta Apatosaurus still eludes me...I'm not bothered about owning the whole set, but I DO want that one. You d**n british post-punk you, I sent you like 2 PMs on very cheap Apato auctions on Ebay, months ago!!!  |
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Post by Horridus on Oct 30, 2010 15:11:20 GMT
d**n Invicta Apatosaurus still eludes me...I'm not bothered about owning the whole set, but I DO want that one. You d**n british post-punk you, I sent you like 2 PMs on very cheap Apato auctions on Ebay, months ago!!! Post-punk? Hmmm, OK then... Anyway, there must've been some reason why I couldn't get hold of it at that time. |
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Post by foxilized on Oct 31, 2010 18:38:36 GMT
That's what I imagined. I'll keep telling you if I see something on the web.
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Post by brontodocus on Jan 6, 2011 0:26:40 GMT
My internet connection didn't work between Dec., 16th and Jan, 4th so I'm happy it works again. Anyway, I painted the Battle_Brak Protoceratops:   I'm thinking of painting the tiny "1/144" shapeways models by David Krentz, too but this is probably going to be really tough. |
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). When I was trying to complete my Invicta collection I was only searching for Invicta lots and naturally you will end up with some spare figures afterwards.
It looks excellent to me. 
