Life size dinosaurs

[Bezzerkerr]

Entirely inaccurate. There was a discussion about this some time back. Since I don't feel like typing everything out again, I'm just going to use the quote.

good, i was trying to imagine a T-REX covered in feathers looking like a cross between a GIANT OSTRICH mixed with an EASTER BUNNY.

not really the APEX Predator i imagined

 

[Scar]

The pictures I saw in a field guide by Brusatte actually make feathered Tyrannosaurids look rather impressive and fearsome. But again, it's just not plausible.

 

[Kyuzo]

Couldn't resist.

 

[FelMar]

Great thread

Kyuzo,
that pic is crazy ! where did you find that ???

hardstyle-
it looks like the life-size t-rex would run around 4000.00 USD
so beautiful though.

I may consider the closed mouth raptor though

 

[ChrisCJ99]

I think the T Rex dio is SAWEEET!!

 

[FelMar]

Here's a few custom life-size busts from Jurassic Park:

I'm really happy with the way they came out..

Scar-
I know you are an expert..what are your thoughts ?

 

[dansdinosaurs]

Josh did those busts. Being JP-style, they're not exactly accurate, and many have voiced their complaints in another thread already (the eyes, the facial symmetry, etc.)

 

[Scar]

Scar-
I know you are an expert..what are your thoughts ?

Dan is correct. There's a JP thread in which THX and I go on a rather long rant about what's wrong with the head sculpts. I will say that I like the Dilophosaurus bust much more than the Velociraptor bust due to the vibrancy of the frill, but even there the frill isn't accurate to the SWS pattern.

My biggest complaint with these pieces is that they seem so very lifeless. Sooooo much of a difference could be made by posing with the irises so as to have them locked onto the viewer, or at the very least facing forward and with a lot of extra gloss. They look like they've just kind of been plucked out of a box and thrown into the heads rather than actually being the eyes of the animal or from a true taxidermy shop. Good taxidermists often go to painstaking lengths to ensure that the eyes in the mount are representative of how the animal would have looked in life, not just jamming a substitute for the eye into the socket.

I'll elaborate more later, but I'm supposed to be on my drive to work right now, so when I get back tonight I'll go into more detail or just dig up the old post for you. I'm not saying that you invested in pieces of junk. They're just fine as 1:1 busts of the film animals for most people. I'm just extreeeeeeeemely persnickety with the details... and that raptor in particular needs some work.

 

[Scar]

Rather than reiterate everything, I'll just link to this thread where you can find the posts.

https://sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43246&highlight=life-size+velociraptor

 

[jaxon]

Hello,

just thought I would share info on a 1/8 Jurassic park style T-rex maquette. 5 foot long video here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m7doFjGgnc

Any thoughts?

 

[FelMar]

Rather than reiterate everything, I'll just link to this thread where you can find the posts.

https://sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43246&highlight=life-size+velociraptor

Thanks for the link, Scar...
will be reading through that!
I do agree the busts could be improved, but it was something I wanted to represent in my collection for the mean time and I couldn't find it anywhere else.

Hello,

just thought I would share info on a 1/8 Jurassic park style T-rex maquette. 5 foot long video here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m7doFjGgnc

Any thoughts?

That's AWESOME
thanks for the link!

 

[Scar]

Hello,

just thought I would share info on a 1/8 Jurassic park style T-rex maquette. 5 foot long video here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m7doFjGgnc

Any thoughts?

Very few things make my jaw literally drop, but that does it. :eek

I heard of another individual who had some irons in the fire to wrangle one of these some time ago, and I would positively adore one, though I can't imagine I would have that kind of scratch. A more dynamic pose would have been nice, but other than that it's an elegant grail.

 

[wax murderer]

Just browsed a bit in the thread, and felt I ought to add a few points. I've been sculpting dino's professionally for over 20 years, and have quite a few friends in the field, so I get the good stuff...
Feathers on T.Rex...Nope.We have samples of tyrannosaurid skin. Said samples show fine scaling, roughly like a basketball, though more tightly packed and less uniform.As a side note, scales and feathers are mutually exclusive;that is, one cannot supplant the other on the same patch of skin. This has been proven as fact, much to the chagrin of the bird-boys at AMNH...
Scar has it right as to running speed for large predators.While Rex would have been the fastest of the large carnivores, that ain't saying much. Interestingly, Greg Paul(who's one of the cheer leaders for speedy dino's) had the jeep chase from JP analyzed to determine just how fast the Rex was moving. He was rather annoyed to learn that it works out to a blistering 12 mph(still faster than your average human, though with THAT behind me I'll bet I could do it!). He was even more annoyed that the guy that did the actual work released the results.
I recently finished up a project for the Museum of Science and Nature in Raliegh-Durham. I produced a series of macquettes for their dinosaur trail. These sculptures were enlarged to full scale by a sculpture house in Canada.The trail opened this past summer. Anyone interested in pix?...PS

 

[dansdinosaurs]

We'd love to see pics! Shall I get a chant of encouragement going?

 

[Scar]

Please post some pics, WM! I'd be very interested to see!

I have that Greg S. Paul disappointment on VHS. Couldn't get more classic. There are a lot of really fast predatory theropods, and to a degree T.rex can be included in that category... just not an adult T.rex. Juveniles, however, would have been extremely fast, certainly capable of endured sprints, and catching most animals in their environment. That's one of the reasons we've been reevaluating T.rex pack dynamics and why the family unit may have opened up an even wider range of prey specimens for T.rex packs. It's been widely popularized in recent years with infant Tyrannosaurs rapidly maturing to subadult size then slowing again in growth, acting as herding agents to siphon prey towards the larger, more powerful adults waiting in the wings. Awesome, awesome stuff.

Again, pleeeeease post some pics when you can, WM. Dan and I, along with numerous others I'm sure, would truly love to see your work!

 

[Jeremy K9]

Count me in for pics.

I'd actually like to go see these in person, since i don't live too far away.

 

[dansdinosaurs]

Poor Greg. A little bird tells me we'll be hearing something from him soon, though.

 

[Scar]

The man has an extremely astute mind when it comes to paleontological studies and artwork. Though I'm sure he wasn't alone with disappointment that T.rex wasn't a marathon runner.

 

[wax murderer]

Your wish is my command.Here are a few shots of my originals, along with their"big brothers"...

Styracosaurus,the first one done...

Stygimoloch;they wanted a fighting pair.I claim no resposibility for the paint job!

Adult Maiasaur;I had to do the head twice because they wanted the mouth more open...

For those wishing to see more,here's a link to the museum's site...

https://www.ncmls.org/dinosaurs

You can also do a Google image search...PS

 

[dansdinosaurs]

Wow, gorgeous work! Thanks for sharing. I might have to hop over to NC to get the full effect. I'm guessing the laceration on the Stygimoloch's flank was their idea, as well?