The story of Rudi the tailless Raptor

[Angel-Oh-No]

Hey guys,

some time ago I bought a small lot of Dino Riders parts at eBay. One of those was Rudi the Raptor. Unfortunately his tail was broken and I nearly decided to through him away.

One day I found him like this:



My mother decided to put a bandage on his broken tail 

But it was sad... the other Raptors still kept making jokes about him...

So i decided: Rudi needs a new tail!!!


A few tries later it was done. I used silicone to create a negative from another Raptor and cast resin to give him a new tail:





It came out great, but the color was still a little odd 


So Rudi had to get a paintjob. I googled a lot of Raptor pictures and finally he should become green, because there never was a green Raptor at Dino Riders:

This was the first base coat with acryllic paint:



And this is the outcome after washing, drybrushing and adding some yellow, blue and gray for the claws:








Now Rudi is happy and waits for his saddle to join the Dino Riders 

Tell me what you think about him 



PS: I know technically he is a Deinonychus, but Rudi the Raptor sounds a lot cooler 

[Gwangi]

That's an awesome paint job on that toy, I would have bought him like that. It's certainly not as boring as the factory paint-job. I loved this toy as a kid, even though he is awkward looking. It got into a lot of trouble alongside my Kenner Velociraptor. Broken tails seem to be common on these, I'm thankful that the one I have now came in a lot intact but I have another missing a finger. I also have the Protoceratops who's missing a tail.

[suspsy]

Nice new colour scheme. Makes it distinctive from the Valorian Deinonychus.

[Patrx]

Whoah, nicely done! It's seamless.

[Libraraptor]

Not only do I like that story, I really like its outcome, too!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Very nice job!  I like how your mom fixed it too! lol

[Kayakasaurus]

Haha that turned out great!

[Jetoar]

You have done a really excellnt work with this figure  .

[Digibasherx]

He looks like he should be selling me insurance.

[dinoridersworld.com]

Nice job on the repair.  You could never tell that it was fixed.  I'm sure you could use that technique on a lot of other broken parts, which the Dino Riders line is notorious for.