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Post by Libraraptor on Jul 11, 2010 8:38:56 GMT
Congratulations to the winners! I didn´t do a diorama this year, I had a few ideas, took a few shots but none of them really convinced me to participate.
I was pretty mainstream in voting, taking the first three places as my favourites, too - without knowing they´d win in the end. My third place was the burning Triceratops.
skeletons.
All the others did a great job, too. That volcanoe was quite cool, and the Papo Allosaur chasing Bully Apatosaur on the beach was quite exotic as well. Had kind of a "Lord Of The Flies" - feeling to it somehow. "High Water" was a high light as well. Fourth place for me.
Not that many non- dinosaurs this year, only two (Brontoscorpio and Postosuchus). I was looking forward to seeing some prehistoric mammals, too. I hope next year there will be some around.
Thank you to the hosts for organizing this DTF flagship!
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Post by Griffin on Jul 11, 2010 12:05:12 GMT
Paleo: make sure you post close up pictures of those customized albertosaurus you made either here or on the customs thread!
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Post by hkhollinstone on Jul 11, 2010 13:41:07 GMT
A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to the winners, awesome dioramas.
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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on Jul 11, 2010 15:30:46 GMT
Very good job to everybody who participated!  There were many different styles of dioramas here which made it difficult for me to vote. Some were out in the woods, some were entirely made up at home, etc. I found myself liking the ones made in the woods more than the ones made at home, I don't know why, but those are the ones that I voted for (no offense to anybody who made them at home! ). I ended up voting for Dinner's Served, Hidden Terror in the Badlands, and Hidden Hunter. Actually, now that I think about it, I might just have a preference for theropods ;D I really love dioramas taken out in nature, in places that really seem like a dinosaur could be there. I did #11 - 5 votes? What?!  ;D I'm also surprised that more people didn't do a non-dinosaur diorama - at first I was going to do a diorama between my kaiyodo eryops and a dimetrodon, but I thought it would be too similar to another published diorama of mine so I made one with the Carnegie Spinosaurus, Carnegie Deltadromeus and the safari Coelacanth. |
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Post by stoneage on Jul 11, 2010 19:53:48 GMT
Very good job to everybody who participated! There were many different styles of dioramas here which made it difficult for me to vote. Some were out in the woods, some were entirely made up at home, etc. I found myself liking the ones made in the woods more than the ones made at home, I don't know why, but those are the ones that I voted for (no offense to anybody who made them at home! ). I ended up voting for Dinner's Served, Hidden Terror in the Badlands, and Hidden Hunter. Actually, now that I think about it, I might just have a preference for theropods ;D I really love dioramas taken out in nature, in places that really seem like a dinosaur could be there. I did #11 - 5 votes? What?! ;D I'm also surprised that more people didn't do a non-dinosaur diorama - at first I was going to do a diorama between my kaiyodo eryops and a dimetrodon, but I thought it would be too similar to another published diorama of mine so I made one with the Carnegie Spinosaurus, Carnegie Deltadromeus and the safari Coelacanth. So you don't like indoor dioramas with volcanos?  If only I had known. I liked your diorama except that the coelacanth seemed way to large in proportion to the Spinosaurus etc. I know that Coelacanths are often talked about as a Spinosaurus food. But I wonder with the Coelacanth having skin that exudes an oil which gives the fish a foul taste if Spinosaurus would eat it. I thought maybe this was yours but the black and white Stegosaurus with footprints also reminded me of some of your earlier dioramas. |
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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on Jul 11, 2010 20:09:53 GMT
Very good job to everybody who participated! There were many different styles of dioramas here which made it difficult for me to vote. Some were out in the woods, some were entirely made up at home, etc. I found myself liking the ones made in the woods more than the ones made at home, I don't know why, but those are the ones that I voted for (no offense to anybody who made them at home! ). I ended up voting for Dinner's Served, Hidden Terror in the Badlands, and Hidden Hunter. Actually, now that I think about it, I might just have a preference for theropods ;D I really love dioramas taken out in nature, in places that really seem like a dinosaur could be there. I did #11 - 5 votes? What?! ;D I'm also surprised that more people didn't do a non-dinosaur diorama - at first I was going to do a diorama between my kaiyodo eryops and a dimetrodon, but I thought it would be too similar to another published diorama of mine so I made one with the Carnegie Spinosaurus, Carnegie Deltadromeus and the safari Coelacanth. So you don't like indoor dioramas with volcanos? If only I had known. I liked your diorama except that the coelacanth seemed way to large in proportion to the Spinosaurus etc. I know that Coelacanths are often talked about as a Spinosaurus food. But I wonder with the Coelacanth having skin that exudes an oil which gives the fish a foul taste if Spinosaurus would eat it. I thought maybe this was yours but the black and white Stegosaurus with footprints also reminded me of some of your earlier dioramas. Oh no, I liked it - I liked them all - I just like the outdoor ones more ;D I know that as a coelacanth it is too large to be with a spinosaurus of that size, but I figured it could stand in for another member of the coelacanth "family" (can't think of the name for the group at the moment). Crocodiles who have the same niche as spinosaurus did don't seem to mind how any particular food tastes, so I don't see a problem there ;D The only inaccurate thing about it I think is that the "cliffs" of dirt on the other side of the "river" in the diorama wouldn't have been able to support themselves at larger size. |
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Post by Griffin on Jul 11, 2010 20:17:30 GMT
Modern coelacanths may have that oil defense but who knows what they had or didn't have back in the cretacious.
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Post by stoneage on Jul 11, 2010 20:22:18 GMT
So you don't like indoor dioramas with volcanos? If only I had known. I liked your diorama except that the coelacanth seemed way to large in proportion to the Spinosaurus etc. I know that Coelacanths are often talked about as a Spinosaurus food. But I wonder with the Coelacanth having skin that exudes an oil which gives the fish a foul taste if Spinosaurus would eat it. I thought maybe this was yours but the black and white Stegosaurus with footprints also reminded me of some of your earlier dioramas. Oh no, I liked it - I liked them all - I just like the outdoor ones more ;D I know that as a coelacanth it is too large to be with a spinosaurus of that size, but I figured it could stand in for another member of the coelacanth "family" (can't think of the name for the group at the moment). Crocodiles who have the same niche as spinosaurus did don't seem to mind how any particular food tastes, so I don't see a problem there ;D The only inaccurate thing about it I think is that the "cliffs" of dirt on the other side of the "river" in the diorama wouldn't have been able to support themselves at larger size. ;D It's funny but I voted all for indoor dioramas, although I almost voted for Dinner Served. All the ones you voted for did have something going for them though. |
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Post by Gorgonopsid on Jul 11, 2010 22:42:24 GMT
Well I might as well give my congrats as well. So congrats. |
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Post by Meso-Cenozoic on Jul 12, 2010 11:50:04 GMT
Hey, congrats to all the winners and to all who entered!!! I found it really tough this year to chose. Everyone brought something very different to the table. I could have easily voted for twice as many as the three we could vote for.
I ended up voting for #12 -- "The Bully Boyz" for 1st place. Amazing details and customs in that dio! Can't wait to hear all the making-of details!
Then for second and third place, I really had a hard time choosing.
I finally chose #4 -- "Dinner's Served" because I thought the Stego's wounds looked really convincing, hehe. And, I liked the look of it, with the Allo seeming to have charged out of the bush to ambush the little Stego. Is that a WS Allo? I'm not really sure. Looks cool though!
And I also voted for #10 -- "Sauropod Elegance." I just really liked the simplistic beauty of that huge beast seen from that angle. It almost made me think of what it might have looked like looking up at that massively long creature and seeing the neck and head taper off into the far distance. The pic really fooled the eye into believing you were looking at a massive live Diplo and not just a model. Good job!
But like I said earlier, I could have easily included many others. There were some really great ideas and artistic shots to choose from. Some of my other faves were #1 -- High Water (What Ceratosaurs did you use or customize?). Stoneage's #5 was really cool to look at -- great colors in that pic! #9 -- "Mother Nature Did Her Job" was tragically beautiful. Cordy's #11 told a convincing story. I kept going back and forth between voting for #13 -- "The Hidden Hunter" and #4 that I ended up voting for, they were both so close to my liking. #15 -- The Rite of Spring was really well done - great imagery! I really liked Boki's #14 with it's simple but beautiful imagery. I think the only thing that stopped me from including it in my three votes was that they all looked exactly the same, which didn't make it as realistic for me. But, also great imagery was created there.
Anyway, I thought everyone's was very interesting and creative. Good job to all who took the time and effort and entered! And thanks again to Adam and Cordy for your time! Too bad I wasn't around to do one this year. I had a blast creating one last year and I'm definitely looking forward to entering one next year!! ;D
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Post by wheezy on Jul 12, 2010 11:59:31 GMT
i was number 2 a walk on the beach. No surprise there. not bad for just having a small bowl of sand no backdrop and shooting indoors.
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Post by Pangolinmoth on Jul 12, 2010 14:19:19 GMT
Cordy- could you please post a list of who did what dio?
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Post by Dinotoyforum on Jul 12, 2010 15:17:40 GMT
I will: hope none of the entrants mind diorama1.jpg - High Water - radman diorama2.jpg - A Walk on The Beach - wheezy diorama3.jpg - Brontoscorpio in The Silurian Seas - Orthocone diorama4.jpg - Dinner's Served - pilkington diorama5.jpg - Hell Creek - Revelations - stoneage diorama6.jpg - Hidden Terror in The Badlands - brontozaurus diorama7.jpg - Majesty - skeletonman diorama8.jpg - A Deadly Day of Dinosaur Drama - meganem diorama9.jpg - Mother Nature Did Her Job! - ikessauro diorama10.jpg -Sauropod Elegance - mightyjptrex diorama11.jpg - Sharing is Not an Option - cordylus diorama12.jpg -The Bully Boyz - paleoferroequine diorama13.jpg -The Hidden Hunter - parajicosaurio diorama14.jpg - The Last Migration - bokisaurus diorama15.jpg - The Rite of Spring - Pangolinmoth diorama16.jpg - The Spectator - griffin diorama17.jpg - Triassic Tyrant - fooman666 |
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Post by mightyjptrex on Jul 12, 2010 16:20:40 GMT
Hey, congrats to all the winners and to all who entered!!! I found it really tough this year to chose. Everyone brought something very different to the table. I could have easily voted for twice as many as the three we could vote for. I ended up voting for #12 -- "The Bully Boyz" for 1st place. Amazing details and customs in that dio! Can't wait to hear all the making-of details! Then for second and third place, I really had a hard time choosing. I finally chose #4 -- "Dinner's Served" because I thought the Stego's wounds looked really convincing, hehe. And, I liked the look of it, with the Allo seeming to have charged out of the bush to ambush the little Stego. Is that a WS Allo? I'm not really sure. Looks cool though! And I also voted for #10 -- "Sauropod Elegance." I just really liked the simplistic beauty of that huge beast seen from that angle. It almost made me think of what it might have looked like looking up at that massively long creature and seeing the neck and head taper off into the far distance. The pic really fooled the eye into believing you were looking at a massive live Diplo and not just a model. Good job! But like I said earlier, I could have easily included many others. There were some really great ideas and artistic shots to choose from. Some of my other faves were #1 -- High Water (What Ceratosaurs did you use or customize?). Stoneage's #5 was really cool to look at -- great colors in that pic! #9 -- "Mother Nature Did Her Job" was tragically beautiful. Cordy's #11 told a convincing story. I kept going back and forth between voting for #13 -- "The Hidden Hunter" and #4 that I ended up voting for, they were both so close to my liking. #15 -- The Rite of Spring was really well done - great imagery! I really liked Boki's #14 with it's simple but beautiful imagery. I think the only thing that stopped me from including it in my three votes was that they all looked exactly the same, which didn't make it as realistic for me. But, also great imagery was created there. Anyway, I thought everyone's was very interesting and creative. Good job to all who took the time and effort and entered! And thanks again to Adam and Cordy for your time! Too bad I wasn't around to do one this year. I had a blast creating one last year and I'm definitely looking forward to entering one next year!! ;D Thanks for voting for mine man number 10 im glad you enjoyed it! |
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Post by Pangolinmoth on Jul 12, 2010 17:41:20 GMT
Thanks Dr. Admin.
Meganem, where is the background of your dio? It is somewhere I would like to go.
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Post by bokisaurus on Jul 12, 2010 21:54:33 GMT
Like most of you, I also voted for # 12 The Bully Boyz. It is the classic definition of a diorama: everything is made, from the plants to the customized repaints of the figures used. So much worked had gone to produced such dramatic scene. Congratulations. This years entries had so much to offer: artistry, compositions, story, originality,etc. that it was hard to pick the last two. I ended up voting for #13 Hidden Hunter, really like the composition on this piece. I also voted for # 15 Rite of Passage for its stunning composition and black and white effect. Great job everyone! As for mine, I was inspired by nature show footage of giraffes crossing sand dune in Namibia that I recently watched. I was struck by the simple, yet very dramatic image of this animals against huge and impressive sand dunes. Unfortunately, I was limited to the number of figures I actually own And I refrain from photoshop ( I still have scars from last years fiasco ;D). Wish I had the time to repaint the figures. But yah, the identical look of the brachi was the one thing that I was not so happy about. I actually did a series of dioramas inspired by the desert which I will post one of this days Libra: I considered entering a non-dinosaur, a procyno (from you ;D). But my love for sauropods won ;D I promise I will post that diorama just for you, so stay tuned |
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Post by paleoferroequine on Jul 12, 2010 22:24:11 GMT
Everybody, I've posted some pics and description of my dio over on collections/ dioramas. Later I'll post some pictures of the dino conversions. But it took me all day to just get this far!(store and all ;D) And also some dinos over at dinosaur art/customized figures.
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Post by skeletonman on Jul 14, 2010 3:19:23 GMT
congratz to the winners. bully boys was definitely the best IMO
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Post by Dinotoyforum on Jul 21, 2010 22:02:36 GMT
Just a note to the winners that I'll be putting the prizes in the mail next week.
I'll also do the official announcement/ winners showcase on the blog too.
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Post by Himmapaan on Jul 22, 2010 0:18:00 GMT
I will: hope none of the entrants mind diorama1.jpg - High Water - radman diorama2.jpg - A Walk on The Beach - wheezy diorama3.jpg - Brontoscorpio in The Silurian Seas - Orthocone diorama4.jpg - Dinner's Served - pilkington diorama5.jpg - Hell Creek - Revelations - stoneage diorama6.jpg - Hidden Terror in The Badlands - brontozaurus diorama7.jpg - Majesty - skeletonman diorama8.jpg - A Deadly Day of Dinosaur Drama - meganem diorama9.jpg - Mother Nature Did Her Job! - ikessauro diorama10.jpg -Sauropod Elegance - mightyjptrex diorama11.jpg - Sharing is Not an Option - cordylus diorama12.jpg -The Bully Boyz - paleoferroequine diorama13.jpg -The Hidden Hunter - parajicosaurio diorama14.jpg - The Last Migration - bokisaurus diorama15.jpg - The Rite of Spring - Pangolinmoth diorama16.jpg - The Spectator - griffin diorama17.jpg - Triassic Tyrant - fooman666 Sorry for being troublesome, but have the pictures been deleted? Is there a way in which I might see them?  |
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