JP Dino Showdown Allosaurus repaint

[johnnykaje]

Hello everyone, I've followed the blog for years but never posted in the forum until now.

I bought the Allosaurus from the new JP line, and while I liked the sculpt I really hated the color scheme. So I attempted my first ever repaint. I based it on a male green iguana, with kind of a bright blue chow chow coloring in the mouth.





I documented my progress in depth on this blog post.

Let me know what you think, I'd appreciate some criticism before I try this again.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Looks good !  I think maybe some more color or depth for the upper jaw of the head though ..it looks a little out place on the awesome body right now.

[darylj]

Very good repaint

[tyrantqueen]

I'd make the colours (particularly the orange) a bit paler, they seem a bit intense compared to the real animal.



But then again I have never kept pet Iguanas so I wouldn't really know.

[johnnykaje]

Looks good !  I think maybe some more color or depth for the upper jaw of the head though ..it looks a little out place on the awesome body right now.

Aaargh I know. I think I built up too many base color layers, I tried to do a wash like on the lower jaw but it just sat there.

Next time I'll do the dark detail washes beforehand.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Iguanas tend to vary a bit in color..I've seem some very dull specimens and some exceedingly bright ones..depending on diet, sunlight, ect. I used to really be into herps of all kinds and had several animals.

An iguana really suits the look of him though.

[CityRaptor]

I wonder if those factors also affected the colors of Dinosaurs.

Topic: Nice custom, so colors based on  an Iguana instead of an Agamid.

[DinoToyForum]

Great custom job!  And welcome to the forum

[johnnykaje]

Topic: Nice custom, so colors based on  an Iguana instead of an Agamid.

The original color scheme was based on an agamid? Which one?

[RockyMountainRex]

Your paint job looks great!  I really like how you blended the tail.  The only thing I can add for criticism that you were looking for would be to second what Blade said; the top of the head does look a bit barren in comparison to the rest of the body.  But I hesitate at even adding that... you did a great job I think!   

[CityRaptor]

Topic: Nice custom, so colors based on  an Iguana instead of an Agamid.

The original color scheme was based on an agamid? Which one?

This one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calotes_mystaceus
Atleast looks like it. If you google it, you even get some closer matches. While it does not match 100%, once could atleast assume an influence. Some Hasbro Employee probably goggled "Colorful Lizard"

[Jetoar]

Wonderful repaint, I like it  !

[Harukin]

I like this one a lot, great job! Oh, did I mention already that blue is my favorite color? 

[0onarcissisto0]

Beautiful! Very well done!

[Gwangi]

Beautiful paint job on that guy. Much better than the one it came with. Shame it didn't come with that one, I would own one already if it did.

[Hellraptor]

That repaint is so nice, really great work on it. The iguna colours is a spot on. Do you plan on geeting the Pachyrhinosaurus aswell ?