1:20 Struthiosaurus austriacus - tiny model!

[fabricious]

Alright folks, since I started this tiny piece (about 10cm in length) after finishing my Albertosaurus, I figured I might as well put it into a new thread. Here are the first two pictures of the finished body, currently I am working on the hind legs. This is VERY speculative, since there have only a few bone pieces been found of this small nodosaur. It is the only dinosaur ever to be found in Austria (where I live), so I felt like doing a little project dedicated to 'my' country.




I looked at some skeletal reconstructions of Europelta for the body and spikes. Hopefully this seems about right.

Greetings,
Fabrizio

[fabricious]

Here are some pictures of the first leg. I kind of like it, working in such a small scale is pretty challenging.




I especially like how the back of the leg turned out so far. It looks like a moving animal to me. Other opinions?

[Yutyrannus]

Very cool! I'll see if I can find any references that could help with this sculpt.

[fabricious]

Thanks for the offer, Yutyrannus!

[Chad]

I think it's brilliant. Well done!

[Paleogene Pals]

Good job! It's just...brilliant!

[fabricious]

Thank you, guys!

[fabricious]

Second leg done!

[EmperorDinobot]

Oh boy! A Struthiosaurus! I kinda want this model, when it's finished of course.

[fabricious]

I hope to be able to finish it some time soon, to get it off my list. I'll sure post some updates, once that happens!

[Paleogene Pals]

Will it be for sale, and, if so, how much?

[fabricious]

I have not yet been able to finish it (sadly), I'll let you know whether I'll be making it available.

[Paleogene Pals]

Hey, I know the feeling. I have so many unfinished projects. Just not enough time to do everything. 

[fabricious]

Yup, and there's always this lack of enough materials. New ones should finally arrive next week, then I can maybe finish some stuff, at last.

[Alexxitator]

Wow this is a great project! Looks really good.
I so understand why you'd want your country represented in the models-world.
Here in Holland there are some bonefragmens found of Orthomerus (nomen dubia/hadrosaurid) and Betasuchus (possible tyrannosauroïd). A model of either would be so great to work on.