Slightly Customized Wild Safari Liopleurodon

[pilkington]

I got the new WS Liopleurodon a couple of weeks ago and I really liked it but I wasn't a big fan of the teeth. Not that they were that bad but the paint was really thick and did clump some of the teeth together not to mention they were way too white. My original plan was just to strip the paint off and repaint them however I was too impatient while doing so and ended up ruining a tooth or two. In the end I cut out all the teeth and resculpted in new ones, although they did turnout a bit darker then I had wanted but I think it works.

[brontodocus]

Hi pilkington,

looks nice. I don't see any problems with the colour.

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

Looks nice. I've noticed that some liops have the premaxillary(?) teeth that are molded together, while others are separate.

That being said, I don't think they were too white - modern day oceanic sharks which can have some pretty nasty chompers and eat pretty messily still manage to keep their teeth white! ;D

I've been meaning to get another liopleurodon to paint like a plain great white shark, but I'm saving for the soon-to-be-released WS apatosaurus.

[Dan]

Apr 10, 2010 23:08:42 GMT [][][]cordylus[][][] said:

That being said, I don't think they were too white - modern day oceanic sharks which can have some pretty nasty chompers and eat pretty messily still manage to keep their teeth white! ;D

Probably easy to keep 'em white when they're constantly growing new ones. I know some theropods regrew teeth quickly, but I wonder if pliosaurs did the same?

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

Apr 11, 2010 8:46:42 GMT Dan said:

Apr 10, 2010 23:08:42 GMT [][][]cordylus[][][] said:

That being said, I don't think they were too white - modern day oceanic sharks which can have some pretty nasty chompers and eat pretty messily still manage to keep their teeth white! ;D

Probably easy to keep 'em white when they're constantly growing new ones. I know some theropods regrew teeth quickly, but I wonder if pliosaurs did the same?

Whenever they loose a tooth another one grows right back in, but if a tooth is undamaged I think they can stay there for up to 6 weeks. That still might not be as long as a pliosaur, though...

[weeze1990]

It's sort of like reverse dentistry. Looks great!