Return of the Tamiya Velociraptors

[Sumo]

A sudden urge to spring clean got me started on the deinonychosaur shelf, and I thought it was time some of the little guys got a makeover.

I still can't get the hang of sculpting feathers, but thanks to an abandoned Warhammer kit I had some spare wings. My first attempt was attaching the wings to the existing arms (as seen on the black one), but I don't think there's any doubt that the other solution (just wings w/ extra fingers attached) works better.


Not quite done, needs some detail work.
Coloring loosely based on the sun bittern. Once I had stuck the wings on in this "displaying" pose eyespots seemed like the natural thing to do...




This one turned out a bit cormorant-like, I think...


These models are really nice - it's almost a shame to obscure all the skin detail with feathers, so I've kept a few naked retroraptors as well.
They're damn fiddly to put together, though, and I can't imagine why they thought it would be a good idea to make the sickle claw a  separate piece. Nobody cares about the stubby-fingered and clumsy!

[tyrantqueen]

I like the colour schemes you gave them

[Himmapaan]

Now that is a neat solution for the wings! Really lovely paintwork too.

[Jetoar]

Wonderful custom

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Very nice ideas !

[Patrx]

They look great! I like the eyespots on the wings of the brown one.

[ZoPteryx]

Wow, awesome!

[CityRaptor]

Great work! Those look beautiful.

[Horridus]

Really nice! I particularly like the black & white one (but then I would...my favourite birds are magpies).

[Sumo]

Another one! Does this qualify as a Sparkleraptor? I'm finding inspiration in various bird books, and this one is loosely based on the red-legged comrorant.


A non-Tamiya sneaked in... I found another set of the Games Workshop quasidinosaurs, and thought it was time for another round of customizing them. 
An original (there are two different head and leg poses):

It's almost a shame to cover up all that lovely scale detail*, so my first attempts turned out very gorilla suit-y.
* - look at the harness-free version... flawed, but gorgeous.


Later efforts were more realistically feathered...


... but now I've got WINGS!

(Wings shamelessly poached from a Kinder egg figure (the cormorant-like bird from the last Ice Age movie).) Of course there are hands, and getting them stuck on properly(ish) was a nightmare.


I don't name all my dinosaurs, but halfway through resculpting this one I started referring to her as "the lioness"... with an identity like that of course I had to paint her yellow. Still on the fence about the wing color, should I go with white, brown, body color, or striped?

[Sumo]

Yet another fluffball. This one took ages and wasn't fun at all... I was almost done painting it when I completely changed my mind and wound up resculpting the entire head. 

[Sumo]

*bump*
If this is one of those "if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all" occasions I want to make it clear that I'd much rather be told that I suck, just as long as you explain why. I'm trying to learn, after all!

[darylj]

I am a huge fan of custom figures, and honestly, these are great! The third, and fith are my favourite. I think they have thrthr best paint job.

[Jetoar]

Cooool with GW cold one  .