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Post by tetonbabydoll on Jan 25, 2009 11:12:10 GMT
I recently did a custom paint of the Procon becklespinax, and it was mentioned that the sail in particular of this figure was poorly done, cutting off as quickly as it does. I had no idea, had never heard of this dino before, so I just went looking for info and images, and I did not find much.
What I did find looks like the type specimen is three vertabrae with tall neural spines? One of which is considerably shorter, and one of which overgrows the other? Am I getting that right? It seems from what I read that the "sail" spines are taller in this animal, proportionally, than any other theropod excluding spinosaurus, and unusual in their shape as well? So, this figure has no resemblance at all to the real thing? Does anyone out there know more about this animal, or have more images? I do not see how any toy or figure can really be made from what I saw, and hope to be close to right. I may end up putting this one with my Godzillas after all....
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Post by blackdanter on Jan 25, 2009 11:39:20 GMT
I recently did a custom paint of the Procon becklespinax, and it was mentioned that the sail in particular of this figure was poorly done, cutting off as quickly as it does. I had no idea, had never heard of this dino before, so I just went looking for info and images, and I did not find much. What I did find looks like the type specimen is three vertabrae with tall neural spines? One of which is considerably shorter, and one of which overgrows the other? Am I getting that right? It seems from what I read that the "sail" spines are taller in this animal, proportionally, than any other theropod excluding spinosaurus, and unusual in their shape as well? So, this figure has no resemblance at all to the real thing? Does anyone out there know more about this animal, or have more images? I do not see how any toy or figure can really be made from what I saw, and hope to be close to right. I may end up putting this one with my Godzillas after all.... Teton NO  Don't open the doors to the fantasyland brigade again ;D Have you forgotton all of the arogant twadle posted as fact regarding Spinosaurus?  Bad Teton Very bad Teton Back now ................... back to the walk arounds thread.  John |
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Post by blackdanter on Jan 25, 2009 11:49:10 GMT
I recently did a custom paint of the Procon becklespinax, and it was mentioned that the sail in particular of this figure was poorly done, cutting off as quickly as it does. I had no idea, had never heard of this dino before, so I just went looking for info and images, and I did not find much. What I did find looks like the type specimen is three vertabrae with tall neural spines? One of which is considerably shorter, and one of which overgrows the other? Am I getting that right? It seems from what I read that the "sail" spines are taller in this animal, proportionally, than any other theropod excluding spinosaurus, and unusual in their shape as well? So, this figure has no resemblance at all to the real thing? Does anyone out there know more about this animal, or have more images? I do not see how any toy or figure can really be made from what I saw, and hope to be close to right. I may end up putting this one with my Godzillas after all.... Teton, Here's a link to the page at NHM internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/nature-online/dino-directory//detail.dsml?Genusqtype=starts+with&disp=gall&identifier=Becklespinax&sort=Genus&dataHeaderText_EX=dinosaurs+beginning+with+%27B%27&Genus=B&beginIndex=6&listPageURL=nameAZ%2edsml%3fGenusqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26disp%3dgall%26sort%3dGenus%26Genus%3dBJust as a reminder. When the kids are outside playing in the sandpit you do NOT poke them with a stick so that they can come in and talk BS down the phone to Granny (who is probably already confused). Best John. |
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Post by tetonbabydoll on Jan 25, 2009 12:13:46 GMT
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Post by blackdanter on Jan 25, 2009 13:57:41 GMT
Just playing with you fella. Funnily enough, after seeing the Procon figure on the net, I looked it up as I was intrigued by this English animal. As with Spinosaurus, we have to accept that any recreation is for the large part speculative .............. that's half of the fun of it, eh? Thank the gods that it wasn't featured in JP otherwise we'd have the JP generation arguing over it for weeks! ;D I would doubt that the dorsal spines just stopped in their tracks halfway down the back though ...................... seems odd but it makes for a different model I guess. I doubt that any other company will make a figure of this animal. Are you going to post some pics of your custom paint? Best John |
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Post by tetonbabydoll on Jan 25, 2009 15:56:38 GMT
They have been posted. In the dino art board, near the top the is a custom figure sub-board. My customs go in there. I have posted about one or two a day for months now...well a month anyway.
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Post by bolesey on Jan 25, 2009 22:19:06 GMT
Ladies and Gents, without further ado, I give you Becklespinax:  That is it. These are posterior dorsal vertebrae, from the rear part of the back. The shorter vert would be towards the middle of the back, so it doesn't relate to where the sail ends in the Procon Becklespinax. Anyhow, it may just be broken. These were once considered similar to Acrocanthosaurus, and date from the early Cretaceous(like Acrocanthosaurus). Apparently they're closer to Sinraptor, but still quite different. see for yourself(this is from the same region of the back):  It may be quite different from anything else we have. Darren Naish wrote pretty indepth about it on his blog. |
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I just wanted to know more in general, I didn't expect it to be one of **those** topics...There really isn't much there afterall is there?