Holiday gifts 2011

[primeval12]

Here you share what you got over the holidays this year. So far i got The Lost World baby T.Rex (Junior) And the Chaos effect Amargospinus for Christmas Eve. Tomorrow I'll Post what i got for Christmas Day.

[Seijun]

So far I have gotten 3 lbs of mutton and a box of chocolate. Also a day or two off work!

[dinodinkies]

My wife gave me à pixi marsupilami and skyrim!!

[takama]

Dec 25, 2011 3:23:51 GMT @takama said:

My newest Acquisition inspired me to sing a song

Merry Merry Christmas

Merry Merry Christmas

I got a Stego



from my aunt in San Diego

Happy Happy Holidays

To all on the Forum

Happy Happy Holidays

Hope you all stay warm.

posted this last night. in recent acqusitions, but i think it could go here too because it was a Christmas gift from my aunt.

My wife gave me à pixi marsupilami and skyrim!!

Watch out for the Smilodons and Mammoths in the game

[Meso-Cenozoic]

2011 Papo Anky and the whole 2011 CollectA prehistoric line. (Didn't necessarily want all of them, but hey, they were gifts and I didn't have to pay for them. ;D)
With these gifts, this ends my 2011 figure chase. Just in the (Saint) Nick of time!

[gwangi]

No toys here, I'll have no get one for myself with some Christmas money. I'm leaning towards the Papo Allosaurus or Carnegie Carnotsaurus or Miragaia.

[parasaurolophus]

I got a Krentz Acrocanthosaurus, Creative Beast posable raptor, and a trio of dinosaur books.

[primeval12]

If i were you i'd pick the Miragaia, it's awesome.

[Himmapaan]

This was my sole Christmas present. Not a figure but not irrelevant to the forum. When I visited Marc (Horridus) earlier this month, I'd sighed over this book of C.F. Tunnicliffe's bird sketches in a lovely bookshop in East Grinstead, but low funds unfortunately forbade the purchase. What was my very pleasant surprise to later find that Marc had got it for me as a Christmas gift.















Apologies for the numerous pictures, but I felt a few members would appreciate the artwork too.

[Horridus]

Well, I got a Kaiyodo moorhen and Collecta swan from Niroot, and I am very happy with those. I always enjoy watching moorhens...

[Meso-Cenozoic]

Wow, what a nice looking book, Niroot! And a wonderful, thoughtful gift, Marc. Not to diminish in any way the beautiful illustrations in this book, but IMHO Niroot, I think you could illustrate these dinos birds even better.

[Himmapaan]

You're very kind, Chuck, but I strongly doubt that! Given that these are his sketches, their level of accomplishment and draughtsmanship are exquisite. Look at this glorious study, for instance. *Drools* Or some of his finished paintings.

[DeadToothCrackKnuckle]

Sick nasty toys brosephilis!

[Meso-Cenozoic]

Dec 28, 2011 2:44:14 GMT Himmapaan said:

You're very kind, Chuck, but I strongly doubt that! Given that these are his sketches, their level of accomplishment and draughtsmanship are exquisite. Look at this glorious study, for instance. *Drools* Or some of his finished paintings.

OK, I'll admit those are really good! ;D BUT, I still think you are at or very near that level.

[sumo]

What a beautiful book!
(And you've got another present coming... I was going to keep it a surprise, but as it didn't arrive in time for christmas....) ;D

I didn't get anything directly hobby related, but I've bought Audubon's Birds of America for myself.

[hkhollinstone]

What a beautiful gift Niroot! One of my favourite artists Tunnicliffe, although I don't have any of his books, my brother has and I can sit for hours looking through them all.

[Himmapaan]

Dec 28, 2011 13:04:32 GMT sumo said:

What a beautiful book!
(And you've got another present coming... I was going to keep it a surprise, but as it didn't arrive in time for christmas....) ;D

It arrived this very day! Together with another surprise present from Helge! Late Christmas presents are awesome. ;D

Dec 28, 2011 15:16:38 GMT hkhollinstone said:

What a beautiful gift Niroot! One of my favourite artists Tunnicliffe, although I don't have any of his books, my brother has and I can sit for hours looking through them all.

As can I, Harriet! This is my first book of his too, although I had known of him before.

[hkhollinstone]

Dec 28, 2011 16:28:35 GMT Himmapaan said:

Dec 28, 2011 13:04:32 GMT sumo said:

What a beautiful book!
(And you've got another present coming... I was going to keep it a surprise, but as it didn't arrive in time for christmas....) ;D

It arrived this very day! Together with another surprise present from Helge! Late Christmas presents are awesome. ;D

Dec 28, 2011 15:16:38 GMT hkhollinstone said:

What a beautiful gift Niroot! One of my favourite artists Tunnicliffe, although I don't have any of his books, my brother has and I can sit for hours looking through them all.

As can I, Harriet! This is my first book of his too, although I had known of him before.

I too got a beautiful present from Helge

[Himmapaan]

And here are the two late surprises!



From Helge (Postsaurischian) came this Kaiyodo Study Room Japanese crested ibis.


And from Ingunn (Sumo) came this marvelous book on prehistoric Humans, Mennesket Kommer, by J. Wolf; with amazing paintings like these by Zdenek Burian.



Then there was this beautiful blue jay sculpted and painted by Ingunn herself.



And, 'just for giggles', she also enclosed a dinosaur colouring book, which, she added, is 'apparently more up to date than the majority of dinopedias... There are actual feathered dinos!' Such as this extremely fetching raptor man. Ingunn also annotated a few of the pages...

Finally, I thought I'd share these two drawings of a Diplodocus and a dodo which Ingunn drew in her letter too.





Thank you so much to all three of you for these. I'm very, very touched.

[Radman]

An unexpected present, a giant, nay, GIGANTIC Dinosaurs book by Steve Brusatte:



Full of glossy CGI images, I had to wear my lab gloves while leafing through it because the photo paper really picks up smudges. Overall pretty cool, and it had some dinos I'd never heard of, but the info was limited and often unfortunate mistakes were spotted, esp for the size/scale comparisons. Overall though, a great book for beginners, with some beautiful computer pictures, which I will use as templates for future painting endeavours. Other cool thing is, some LIFE SIZE drawings are included of Archie and some others, which I will post tomorrow, stay tuned!