Papo-like dinosaur toys

[amanda]

You're missing the best three. The trike is my favorite, partly due to the wonderful base, complete with a "pond" amphibians and fish...and a fishing raptor...

[Himmapaan]

Haha, it figures I'd be missing the best ones, of course. It's not fair... ;D

[brontodocus]

Aaaah, the Tamiya Dinosaur Diorama kits... ,
Boki also has a thread with his painted ones somewhere here, I just couldn't find it. He used to have some of them in his sig.

My favourites are the Parasaurolophus, Brachiosaurus, and Triceratops kits. The Tyrannosaurus has a rather disappointing head, I think it's the weakest. The bases of Parasaurolophus, Chasmosaurus, Triceratops, and Tyrannosaurus can be glued together to build a bigger one of roughly 50*25 cm.

I've painted most of them and you really don't need to have them done by a professional - especially the Brachiosaurus can be painted fairly easily with the good old drybrushing method.

By the way, foxilized, the Velociraptors look more like Troodon. They are long-legged, very gracile, tiny-headed and have rather small claws on their 2nd toe. The head doesn't look like a Velociraptor's either.

Here are my versions of three of them:




...and more photos here:
www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2028895&id=1181385073&l=bcfb9b1ca6

I bought most of mine from www.hlj.com except for the Brachiosaurus. By the way Himmapaan - once assembled the Brachiosaurus does not need more space than its rather oversized box.

[Himmapaan]

I remember seeing yours, Dr Andre. They're beautifully painted. I like the Brachiosaurus and Parasaurolophus especially (I know those are in my favourite dinosaur groups anyway, but I also happen to like how you've painted them ;D).

Ah, yes, the trouble with the assembled Brachiosaurus is that it requires vertical space too. Sadly, at present, the space occupied by the box is rather easier for me to manage.

[Horridus]

I see the Parasaurolophus walkerii has the pathological backbone breakage and the Brachiosaurus has the Feet of Wrong...(how old are these again?)

[brontodocus]

They're from 1993, so the flaws are understandable.

[Horridus]

Oct 7, 2010 22:29:45 GMT brontodocus said:

They're from 1993, so the flaws are understandable.

Well that's fair enough. I did think they were.

(By the way - do you fancy changing your pseudonym to "Brontodiplodocus"? I hear it's all the rage.)

[Himmapaan]

Oct 7, 2010 22:36:35 GMT Horridus said:

...(By the way - do you fancy changing your pseudonym to "Brontodiplodocus"? I hear it's all the rage.)

If you would be so kind as to not drive that shard of glass so rapidly into my heart at present. I need to become accustomed to it by gradual degrees... ;D

[brontodocus]

Oct 7, 2010 22:36:35 GMT Horridus said:

Oct 7, 2010 22:29:45 GMT brontodocus said:

They're from 1993, so the flaws are understandable.

Well that's fair enough. I did think they were.

(By the way - do you fancy changing your pseudonym to "Brontodiplodocus"? I hear it's all the rage.)

Good point - as "brontodocus" is also not too serious - literally, it means "Donnerbalken" in German, and that's a medieval... well... men's room. But Brontodiplodocus is equally funny!

[Horridus]

Oct 7, 2010 22:43:00 GMT Himmapaan said:

Oct 7, 2010 22:36:35 GMT Horridus said:

...(By the way - do you fancy changing your pseudonym to "Brontodiplodocus"? I hear it's all the rage.)

If you would be so kind as to not drive that shard of glass so rapidly into my heart at present. I need to become accustomed to it by gradual degrees... ;D

I wouldn't worry about it. I don't think that paper's going to get accepted by that many experts any time soon.
Dr Andre: I probably should've known that. I did study German for a while. But don't try me, as I've rapidly forgotten a lot the vast majority of it since.

[dyscrasia]

Those Tamiya dinosaur kits really brings back some old memories since I used to own the entire set (only have the T.rex and Parasaurolophus now)

Anyways, here are some pics with a nice custom paint job done by a dude from our country~

[Himmapaan]

Those are absolutely gorgeous, Dyscrasia!

[simon]

Oct 7, 2010 22:50:15 GMT dyscrasia said:

Those Tamiya dinoaur kits really brings back some old memories since I used to own the entire set (only have the T-rex and Parasaurolophus now)

HOLY COW! Those are some awesome paint ups!! The paint ups of the Velociraptors are amazing, given their small size! And the Triceratops is to die for ...

[amanda]

I like the rex. But, it has the same problem as the Kinto theropods, which is the appearance of being toothless, the teeth are so tiny they appear almost gone. Otherwise, being able to choose a rex running full tilt is interesting..

[stoneage]

Your paint jobs are incredible! If only everyone would paint them that way.

[dyscrasia]

I didn't do the painting, just from some guy here...

[stoneage]

Here is my only Tamiya models, Brachiosaurus. And in spite of Horrids demeaning comments about it, it is my favorite Brachiosaur. The sculpt is great and its big compared to other sauropod models or toys. Did I say it was big.

[stormnl]

yes he's big,,

and it's my favorite to

[Horridus]

All I said was that it has the Feet Of Wrong, but we can excuse that due to its age. I still really like it.

[sumo]

Oct 7, 2010 20:55:22 GMT brontodocus said:

By the way, foxilized, the Velociraptors look more like Troodon. They are long-legged, very gracile, tiny-headed and have rather small claws on their 2nd toe. The head doesn't look like a Velociraptor's either.

And here I was rejoicing at finally finding models with properly Velociraptorian heads! Shows what I know... But they're still great models, and those painted ones are stunning! There's no way I'm trying to copy that, so how mine will turn out is anybody's guess.