Atheris
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When do you think we can expect an ES?...I really hope is super limited.
Chris
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Kratos
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Well given that the other two pieces received ES soon after they Sold out I would expect to see an ES on this piece with the next month
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It definitely will be. Look at the ES on the other pieces.
I think that if a Stegosaurus Maquette is made it should have a similar Base to the T-Rex so they can be paired up like a dio
The only problem is that Stegosaurus never existed at the same time as T-Rex. Stegosaurus lived during the Jurassic period, while T-Rex was in the Cretaceous. And there's an approximate 80 million year time gap between the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretacious
So, putting those two dinos together will not be historically accurate.
And in Jurassic Park: The Lost World. The JP films even had world renowned paleontologists as consultants so I'm not really getting the "millions of years apart" argument.
And in Jurassic Park: The Lost World. The JP films even had world renowned paleontologists as consultants so I'm not really getting the "millions of years apart" argument.
You did not write that seriously, right?
In the "JP Universe" they cloned dinosaurs from all eras (time epoches).
So naturally there is some big mix-up of animals that never lived together in the same ages.
In the real world a T-Rex could have never seen a Stego because of the 80 Mios years of gap.
The Sideshow dinosaur line is based on the real world so such a diorama would not make any sense.
You did not write that seriously, right?
In the "JP Universe" they cloned dinosaurs from all eras (time epoches).
Okay then explain the island in 1933's King Kong. T-Rexes certainly shared the same space with stegos there, or did TWO movies BOTH get it wrong? Hmmm?
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JC
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The more time I spend looking at the three 360° views the more I prefer the two solo pieces. My waitlist reservation for the excl. Triceratops dio just converted to a preorder but I'm not entirely sure I'll actually be keeping that order...
Scar
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I was out of town last night when the newsletter was posted, but this afternoon I expected to find countless people in this post salivating over the 360 just as much as I am still. 
From looking at this, the pictures on the webpage, fantastic though they are, really don't do this piece justice at all. There's a sort of palpable menace when looking at the 360. It achieves a raw emotional power, at least from my perspective, which is exactly what I would have hoped it would. I'm praying right now that the final production piece looks just a fraction as good as this.
From looking at this, the pictures on the webpage, fantastic though they are, really don't do this piece justice at all. There's a sort of palpable menace when looking at the 360. It achieves a raw emotional power, at least from my perspective, which is exactly what I would have hoped it would. I'm praying right now that the final production piece looks just a fraction as good as this.
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I was out of town last night when the newsletter was posted, but this afternoon I expected to find countless people in this post salivating over the 360 just as much as I am still.
From looking at this, the pictures on the webpage, fantastic though they are, really don't do this piece justice at all. There's a sort of palpable menace when looking at the 360. It achieves a raw emotional power, at least from my perspective, which is exactly what I would have hoped it would. I'm praying right now that the final production piece looks just a fraction as good as this.
Why don't you tell us what you really think.
Scar
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Why don't you tell us what you really think.
It really is outstanding. While looking at the pics on the website, the only thing I though I might have changed would have been to draw out the snout a bit and elongate the skull. Some T.rex specimens have that blunted trait, but I thought a longer skull would have been more suiting. That aside, I was very, very pleased. Now, however, since the 360 has been released and we can see the sculpt from so many different angles, the skull is precisely as I would have hoped, and the beady but purposeful eye adds an air of crocodilian menace.
TerminatorMan
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Outstanding piece. Maybe Ill get the exclusive someday.
Darth_Thorpe
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oh damn this series is looking so amazing!!!
When I noticed David Krentz as part of the production team, I remember he scultpted the ceratopsid, Einiosaurus a few years back. He called it an old and battered bull with scarring from bouts with would-be predators or competing males. Krentz also said he was inspired by the 19th cent. American artist, George Caitlin's depiction (famous for his native American portraits) of a grizzled and scarred buffalo bull; so I'm wondering if the same applies here. I built the kit form of the Einiosaurus which does bear sculpted scars and other injuries and is one of my faves along with his Albertasaurus. Here's a bronze version of the sculpt (not mine!) from his site:
If he's part of the Styracosaurus maquette in the works, I'd say its in capable hands.
If he's part of the Styracosaurus maquette in the works, I'd say its in capable hands.
Scar
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When I noticed David Krentz as part of the production team, I remember he scultpted the ceratopsid, Einiosaurus a few years back. He called it an old and battered bull with scarring from bouts with would-be predators or competing males. Krentz also said he was inspired by the 19th cent. American artist, George Caitlin's depiction (famous for his native American portraits) of a grizzled and scarred buffalo bull; so I'm wondering if the same applies here. I built the kit form of the Einiosaurus which does bear sculpted scars and other injuries and is one of my faves along with his Albertasaurus. Here's a bronze version of the sculpt (not mine!) from his site:
If he's part of the Styracosaurus maquette in the works, I'd say its in capable hands.
That's the reason I have the confidence in this line that I don't in most others. There is a battery of talent behind the production of these pieces who are veterans to paleoart in numerous forms. The Styracosaurus is going to be an exciting piece which I believe will surprise many. It's an intriguing choice, and while many collectors would jump on a T.rex, the creative decisions that SS is making show me that they aren't afraid to take risks.
The flagship dio is probably what most people expected - the climactic battle that is pretty much the timeless introduction for individuals of all ages into the world of dinosaurs; its take is different though, having the Tyrannosaur clearly falling in combat, impaled but having inflicted gaping wounds on its opponent. The wounds on the Triceratops, likewise, lead me to believe, as anyone with a shred of knowledge of carnivore dentition will tell you, that the Triceratops will die as well, though probably much more slowly and painfully from sepsis. The serrations in the T.rex teeth would have harbored enormous colonies of bacterial flora which would have infiltrated a wound and resulted in a death likely akin to what a buffalo or wild hog might meet when on the receiving end of a Komodo monitor bite. In short, there is no clear victor and what we see are two Cretaceous titans locked in a doomed embrace. Very divergent from what you see in picture books as a child.
Then there was the Carnotaurus, a carnivore that probably few people are familiar with unless they have seen Disney's "Dinosaur". This bizarre but fascinating carnivore indicates SS wants to make creative choices to depict animals that they and their artisans find compelling, not simply those which will surely sell in mass (also indicated by the small ES caps on these). The pose is absolutely perfect, considering that Carnotaurus specialized in small prey that it would have devoured whole. It's very easy for me to look at that maquette and imagine the next scene falling into place, wherein the Carnotaurus snatches some unfortunate creature, shaking it as a cat would some hapless rodent, but then (and here's the neat part) swallowing its prey whole. The Carnotaurus would throw back its head or slam the partially devoured animal against the ground, using the earth as leverage; the premaxilla at the front of the snout pressing downward as the sides of the mandible bow outward, bringing to mind a serpent engulfing its prey. Unlike a snake, though, this task would be relatively quick, hurried so as to remove evidence of the kill quickly and proceed away from the spot so as to avoid competing predators.
Finally thus far, we have this T.rex maquette. In most cases depicting a vivacious, unblemished adult stalking across the floor of a conifer forest would be not only a sure success in terms of sales, but would attract artistic acclaim. SS's move here was risky, but far more accurate in depicting a mature adult, and in doing so they still capture artistic praise, but now paleontological laud as well. The unchallenged titanic carnivores of the Cretaceous weren't pristine specimens like the T.rex in Jurassic Park, kept in its cage away from harm (even tranquilized to have its teeth brushed). Conversely, the tried and true adults attesting to their well-deserved title as Tyrant Lizard Kings were pitted against the elements on a daily basis. Those that survived the rigors of everyday existence did so by quarreling with the largest and most dangerous of herbivores in order to slay and make meals of them, and through regular bouts with other T.rexes for rights to territory, food, and mates. A T.rex of advanced age, riddled with scars and likely of tremendous size even by Tyrannosaur standards, didn't have a lack of natural enemies, but rather the perpetual abundance of said enemies and the fact that this T.rex has survived to a ripe age, wearing its war wounds as its life story etched into its flesh, is a true marvel. I once read an account about a documented group of Great White sharks that scavenged from a Humpback whale carcass. Other species of sharks fed voraciously but once the Great Whites came in they forced out the others and overtook the food supply. For hours on end the body was assailed, but when a female Great White in excess of 20 feet approached the whale, the other sharks gave way; her body was riddled with scars, including a chunk out of the anterior portion of her dorsal fin and a tremendous raking bite along her flank. Just looking at her showed that while other opponents had rendered damaging blows, she was the one now feeding upon this whale... the natural world in which large carnivores thrive is one that follows the "... but you should see the other guy" mantra, with the losing combatant inevitably dying ignominiously and usually alone save for those looking to feed on its remains. That is what I see when looking at the T.rex maquette. A T.rex matriarch may have landed that ghastly gash across his maw, but the fact that he bears that scar, held his territory, and is still in prime health, is evidence enough that his attacker is probably dead and the scar is just another gruesome chapter of his story, written indelibly upon his face.
I love the direction in which they are taking this line. To see lesser-known dinosaurs rendered intriguingly, and for more popular dinosaurs to be depicted with uncharacteristic accuracy. If the line continues in the vein of the pieces we've been seeing, I'll remain a happy camper.
JC
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That's the reason I have the confidence in this line that I don't in most others. There is a battery of talent behind the production of these pieces who are veterans to paleoart in numerous forms. The Styracosaurus is going to be an exciting piece which I believe will surprise many. It's an intriguing choice, and while many collectors would jump on a T.rex, the creative decisions that SS is making show me that they aren't afraid to take risks.
The flagship dio is probably what most people expected - the climactic battle that is pretty much the timeless introduction for individuals of all ages into the world of dinosaurs; its take is different though, having the Tyrannosaur clearly falling in combat, impaled but having inflicted gaping wounds on its opponent. The wounds on the Triceratops, likewise, lead me to believe, as anyone with a shred of knowledge of carnivore dentition will tell you, that the Triceratops will die as well, though probably much more slowly and painfully from sepsis. The serrations in the T.rex teeth would have harbored enormous colonies of bacterial flora which would have infiltrated a wound and resulted in a death likely akin to what a buffalo or wild hog might meet when on the receiving end of a Komodo monitor bite. In short, there is no clear victor and what we see are two Cretaceous titans locked in a doomed embrace. Very divergent from what you see in picture books as a child.
Then there was the Carnotaurus, a carnivore that probably few people are familiar with unless they have seen Disney's "Dinosaur". This bizarre but fascinating carnivore indicates SS wants to make creative choices to depict animals that they and their artisans find compelling, not simply those which will surely sell in mass (also indicated by the small ES caps on these). The pose is absolutely perfect, considering that Carnotaurus specialized in small prey that it would have devoured whole. It's very easy for me to look at that maquette and imagine the next scene falling into place, wherein the Carnotaurus snatches some unfortunate creature, shaking it as a cat would some hapless rodent, but then (and here's the neat part) swallowing its prey whole. The Carnotaurus would throw back its head or slam the partially devoured animal against the ground, using the earth as leverage; the premaxilla at the front of the snout pressing downward as the sides of the mandible bow outward, bringing to mind a serpent engulfing its prey. Unlike a snake, though, this task would be relatively quick, hurried so as to remove evidence of the kill quickly and proceed away from the spot so as to avoid competing predators.
Finally thus far, we have this T.rex maquette. In most cases depicting a vivacious, unblemished adult stalking across the floor of a conifer forest would be not only a sure success in terms of sales, but would attract artistic acclaim. SS's move here was risky, but far more accurate in depicting a mature adult, and in doing so they still capture artistic praise, but now paleontological laud as well. The unchallenged titanic carnivores of the Cretaceous weren't pristine specimens like the T.rex in Jurassic Park, kept in its cage away from harm (even tranquilized to have its teeth brushed). Conversely, the tried and true adults attesting to their well-deserved title as Tyrant Lizard Kings were pitted against the elements on a daily basis. Those that survived the rigors of everyday existence did so by quarreling with the largest and most dangerous of herbivores in order to slay and make meals of them, and through regular bouts with other T.rexes for rights to territory, food, and mates. A T.rex of advanced age, riddled with scars and likely of tremendous size even by Tyrannosaur standards, didn't have a lack of natural enemies, but rather the perpetual abundance of said enemies and the fact that this T.rex has survived to a ripe age, wearing its war wounds as its life story etched into its flesh, is a true marvel. I once read an account about a documented group of Great White sharks that scavenged from a Humpback whale carcass. Other species of sharks fed voraciously but once the Great Whites came in they forced out the others and overtook the food supply. For hours on end the body was assailed, but when a female Great White in excess of 20 feet approached the whale, the other sharks gave way; her body was riddled with scars, including a chunk out of the anterior portion of her dorsal fin and a tremendous raking bite along her flank. Just looking at her showed that while other opponents had rendered damaging blows, she was the one now feeding upon this whale... the natural world in which large carnivores thrive is one that follows the "... but you should see the other guy" mantra, with the losing combatant inevitably dying ignominiously and usually alone save for those looking to feed on its remains. That is what I see when looking at the T.rex maquette. A T.rex matriarch may have landed that ghastly gash across his maw, but the fact that he bears that scar, held his territory, and is still in prime health, is evidence enough that his attacker is probably dead and the scar is just another gruesome chapter of his story, written indelibly upon his face.
I love the direction in which they are taking this line. To see lesser-known dinosaurs rendered intriguingly, and for more popular dinosaurs to be depicted with uncharacteristic accuracy. If the line continues in the vein of the pieces we've been seeing, I'll remain a happy camper.
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