David Silva’s Cyberzoic Series

[Giganotosaurus]

The next Creative Beasts Livestream starts in about 13 minutes on their YouTube channel!

[Concavenator]

And I never did acquire Banjo.

That Australovenator is still available, in case you didn't know.

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BotM Carnotaurus concept art (from the streaming @Giganotosaurus mentioned).

As per usual, I find the BotM variant to be the nicer of the two.

[DrunkAnteosaurus]

So glad I waited for the BOTM version, that is gorgeous!

Curious to what Acros variants will turn out to be

[Flaffy]

Can't wait to see how the BotM Carnotaurus turns out. Wasn't a huge fan of the dirty orange on the Cyberzoic version, so hopefully a simpler black & white colour scheme will me more to my liking.

[Carnoking]

Looks a bit monochrome for my taste so the Cyberzoic variant is the winner between the two for me. That said, being Carnotaurus, I might just be okay with getting one of each 

[suspsy]

And I never did acquire Banjo.

That Australovenator is still available, in case you didn't know.

Oh, I know. But the shipping cost to Canada is far too great to justify.

[Pliosaurking]

I'm glad I went with the cyberzoic version of the Carnotaurus, but the botm one still has a nice looking paint scheme.

[Faelrin]

I definitely prefer the Cyberzoic one, but like @Carnoking said I too will probably get both. My number 2 favorite theropod atm after Deinonychus. I forgot but didn't David imply earlier on that the Beasts versions were female and the Cyberzoic were male? I mean this gives me this kind of vibe anyways as the Cyberzoic is the brighter one, which works well as a male, where as this is a bit more on the drabber side, which works as a female, like in many birds and reptiles.

[HD-man]

Preening its feathers or plucking another feathered dino? Just wondering.

[Sim]

Australovenator

For a second I read Austroraptor and got excited.

I too would prefer Austroraptor to Australovenator.  Austroraptor has a unique appearance and lacks a good figure, also the only good unenlagiine figure is the BotM Buitreraptor.  Australovenator has an unknown head shape and there are a few good megaraptoran figures already.

[Faelrin]

@Sim That's how I feel, but then again I'm also biased towards dromaeosaurids (and their nearest relatives) anyways.

[David96]

Australovenator

For a second I read Austroraptor and got excited.

Haha, understandable. I'd also like to see an Austroraptor more than something like Dakotaraptor f.e., mainly because of it's unique shape among raptors.

Still, even more so I'd like to see a Megaraptoran (although something more like a Megaraptor or Maip rather than Australovenator), because of how few representation they have. HOWEVER the good news about that are that David said that he's planning Megaraptor for as early as Part 2!!! What intrigues me though is that he said that it will come as some sort of standard troop even below the Utahraptor, because they wanted something with more basic non-transformable armor and that "Megaraptor was flashy but not as flashy as Utahraptor". And that sounds weird to me because Megaraptor is not only larger than Utahraptor (Mega is 7-8 meters long), but it's also much more powerfully armed with it's huge claws (which could also get enhanced with even bigger cyber lazer-claws lul). Unless David was mostly talking about the armor, or maybe even got the species confused (maybe he could have even meant the Austroraptor itself, given that he told Ross to base it's armor on a smaller dromeosaur's armor concept that they had). But time will tell I guess...



In the Stream he also showed two color schemes for BotM/BotC, one of them offcourse being the Carno that we already saw but also this guy below. Which surprises me that we aren't talking about since it looks like such a cool idea. David also said that the Black version could come in 1/18th aswell (however the 1/18th initial version will apparently have another color scheme) so all the better!!!



Also here's Carno but in HD since David uploaded the image today, it is just me or does it have red eyes???



Finally, the guys also mentioned two Dinosaurs that may come in the future. Torvosaurus, who caught Chris' interest since I asked them about it because I said that it was Allosaurus' iconic rival haha. And Deinocheirus, about whom David even directly said that he wanted to do. And even went into detail about it, he said that he would like to do it for the Dragon Clan, as something similar to a Camel or a Beast of Burden. Which is something I too have been thinking could work as the role of Hadrosaurs in a "humans interacting with dinosaurus" type of setting, curiously enough.

[DrunkAnteosaurus]

That is an idea to go upon, wonder if they would use larger hadrasaurs, like shantungasaurus and edmontasaurus, as thick blockades, better known as meat shields.  Just these meat shields would throw down a T.rex any day.

May be more expensive to make them in 1/18, but that's a $400 I'm willing to pay if the sculpt and colour is nice(if they do it of course aha)

[Sim]

What intrigues me though is that he said that it will come as some sort of standard troop even below the Utahraptor, because they wanted something with more basic non-transformable armor and that "Megaraptor was flashy but not as flashy as Utahraptor". And that sounds weird to me because Megaraptor is not only larger than Utahraptor (Mega is 7-8 meters long), but it's also much more powerfully armed with it's huge claws

Megaraptorans are gracile, even if they have huge hand claws.  In contrast Utahraptor is extremely robust and has very powerful jaws and feet.  The length difference is just due to Megaraptor being restored with a longer tail than Utharaptor, I think.  I also think it makes sense to have Megaraptor come below Utahraptor as Megaraptor is faster but less strong.

[David96]

That is an idea to go upon, wonder if they would use larger hadrasaurs, like shantungasaurus and edmontasaurus, as thick blockades, better known as meat shields.  Just these meat shields would throw down a T.rex any day.

May be more expensive to make them in 1/18, but that's a $400 I'm willing to pay if the sculpt and colour is nice(if they do it of course aha)

I could also see big Hadrosaurs as "small" artillery carriers, would definitely pay that for those if they are released

What intrigues me though is that he said that it will come as some sort of standard troop even below the Utahraptor, because they wanted something with more basic non-transformable armor and that "Megaraptor was flashy but not as flashy as Utahraptor". And that sounds weird to me because Megaraptor is not only larger than Utahraptor (Mega is 7-8 meters long), but it's also much more powerfully armed with it's huge claws

Megaraptorans are gracile, even if they have huge hand claws.  In contrast Utahraptor is extremely robust and has very powerful jaws and feet.  The length difference is just due to Megaraptor being restored with a longer tail than Utharaptor, I think.  I also think it makes sense to have Megaraptor come below Utahraptor as Megaraptor is faster but less strong.

Not to discredit what you say but as far as I can find Megaraptor seems to be 1 Ton in weight, which is a fair bit more than Utah's 500-600 kg

[Sim]

I think the 1 ton weight estimate for Megaraptor is from when it was believed to be a heavily built allosauroid.  Looking at the size chart in the following link https://www.deviantart.com/getawaytrike/art/Megaraptoran-series-703711797 I underestimated MAgaraptor's size by one metre, it does end up being bigger than Utahraptor, although it is more gracile.

[Leyster]

@Sim D @David96 I think you are underestimating Megaraptor's thickness, a GDI of a 3d model ended up well over 1500 kg.

[Concavenator]

L @Leyster Well, also worth mentioning is that, unlike Utahraptor, Megaraptor has poor remains, so that number shouldn't be taken too literally. Of course, not that it should be discarded, either.

[Concavenator]

Glad I waited for the BotM version, it's shaping up to be more my style.

Same here! There's not a single Cyberzoic variant that I prefer over their BotM counterparts, so I suspected that'd be the case with Deinonychus as well.

My suspicion is confirmed:

[Faelrin]

Yep I am definitely gonna get both. This one as a female, and the Cyberzoic as a male.