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[Tyrannax]

Very good, but its obvious by a few yellow markings that you have used your repainted spino that you've showed us in the past? I liked that one...

[richard]

wow I must admit that is better than the color scheme papo gave it

[bokisaurus]

Wonderful as always! Great that you shared your "secret" in painting figures, not many artist do ;D Your paint job just keeps on getting better and better ;D

[crazycrowman]

Neat. What kind of paint/brand are you using ?

[Dinotoyforum]

Nice to see a step by step guide.

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

I don't really like it. You painted it good, it is just that I don't like the colors.

[Anapsids]

You got exceptional skill.

[crazycrowman]

Interesting about the paints. I usually use testors. I may try the cheap stuff and see if I like it.

[tomhet]

Again, the original paint looked better

[Ajax]

I think you paint your dinos very well. I like Papo's paint jobs though, i think they went for a realistic colour scheme and i prefer Papo's colours to other companies who use Blues, reds, yellow's and bright Kermit Greens.

[itstwentybelow]

Really great color scheme going on there! Nice work man, and since Spinosaurus may have inhabited an arid desert environment, I'd say your choice of colors is probably more realistic, too. Of course, no one will ever know for sure...but I like it!

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

Nov 13, 2008 23:55:14 GMT itstwentybelow said:

Really great color scheme going on there! Nice work man, and since Spinosaurus may have inhabited an arid desert environment, I'd say your choice of colors is probably more realistic, too. Of course, no one will ever know for sure...but I like it!

I thought spinosaurus's environment was similar to the florida everglades?

[stoneage]

Nov 14, 2008 0:57:41 GMT [][][]cordylus[][][] said:

Nov 13, 2008 23:55:14 GMT itstwentybelow said:

Really great color scheme going on there! Nice work man, and since Spinosaurus may have inhabited an arid desert environment, I'd say your choice of colors is probably more realistic, too. Of course, no one will ever know for sure...but I like it!

I thought spinosaurus's environment was similar to the florida everglades?

It's thought that Spinosaurus lived in an environment of shoreline, mangrove forest and swamps, not in the desert where there is little water for fish!

[bokisaurus]

Nov 14, 2008 1:14:30 GMT @tetonbabydoll said:

I, too understood that Spinosaurus inhabited an everglade-like area. The area is desert now. I don't know. With animals this size, I am not sure blending into the environment is possible, and if Spino is a fish eater, it may not have mattered. Maybe he was brightly colored, as a warning to stay away? Certainly, the sail seems likely to be bright to me, as do ceratopsian frills.

But, I think no matter what color they were, a heard of sauropods is note likely to be able to hide from anything, or sneak past. ;D

Although huge and bulky, it is possible that sauropods can blend in and be very quite, just like elephants do today ;D A herd on the other hand will send tremors all over the land ;D

[Ajax]

Nov 14, 2008 3:14:45 GMT @tetonbabydoll said:

I figure predators like allos could not help but notice a herd.

Remember the trees and plants and forests were all much bigger making it easier for prey to hide, even big prey like the sauropods. I think the Allo's would have sniffed out their prey.

[sbell]

Nov 14, 2008 1:13:50 GMT stoneage said:

Nov 14, 2008 0:57:41 GMT [][][]cordylus[][][] said:

I thought spinosaurus's environment was similar to the florida everglades?

It's thought that Spinosaurus lived in an environment of shoreline, mangrove forest and swamps, not in the desert where there is little water for fish!

Yeah, this is confusion between the environment where the fossils were found and the environment where the animals lived. Much of that part of the world--and much of the world in general--was pretty warm and swampy (obviously there were exceptions).

[Tyrannax]

Nov 14, 2008 0:57:41 GMT [][][]cordylus[][][] said:

Nov 13, 2008 23:55:14 GMT itstwentybelow said:

Really great color scheme going on there! Nice work man, and since Spinosaurus may have inhabited an arid desert environment, I'd say your choice of colors is probably more realistic, too. Of course, no one will ever know for sure...but I like it!

I thought spinosaurus's environment was similar to the florida everglades?

Really nice down in the everglades btw. I just love the alligators and how they get in the way of paths so people are afraid to go past. ;D

[Tyrannax]

Nov 14, 2008 6:14:41 GMT @tetonbabydoll said:

in the pay of paths?

;D ;D ;DHow much do the paths pay the gators. BOY, that sounds like some racket!!! ;D ;D

I would love to have a gator as a pet. They are so awesome!

[bokisaurus]

Nov 14, 2008 3:22:21 GMT Ajax said:

Nov 14, 2008 3:14:45 GMT @tetonbabydoll said:

I figure predators like allos could not help but notice a herd.

Remember the trees and plants and forests were all much bigger making it easier for prey to hide, even big prey like the sauropods. I think the Allo's would have sniffed out their prey.

;D Hide my beloved sauropods! Although a diplo got killed, I really love the scene in the WWD Big Al episode where a pack of Allo chase down a herd of Diplo, very cool scene ;D

[stoneage]

;D Big sauropods like Diplodocus would have had trouble moving in a forest. Remember they couldn't raise their heads and since their eyes were far ahead of their bodies it would be difficult to move in a lot of trees. When they reached adulthood they were big enough they didn't need to hide. Their enviornment was probably similar to the serengeti except with different plants. They were probably migratory animals like elephants. ;D