My repainted figures (NOW WITH PICTURES)

[Mr. Challenger]

Hello guys!
I repainted some of my dinosaurs and animals figures recently and I would like to know your opinion. I haven't "before and after" pictures of all of them, sorry.

This is a Lontic Iguanodon:


This is a tiny chinese koala:


And these are chinasaurs. No "before and after" pictures, sorry. The original Pachycephalosaurus was painted in electric blue and the Styracosaurus was lemon yellow and green, so I've tried to give them more realistic and natural appearance.


I'll share more repainted figures soon

Thanks everybody!

[Patrx]

Very nice! I particularly like the Styracosaurus

[Lithographica]

Wow! That's a nice Iguanodon in a strong naturalistic style. The blending between the dark upper parts and pale lower parts of the neck seems particularly well done. Neat!

Can I offer you a tip from my own experience about photographing dinosaur models? I find that what works well is if you set up the model in more or less full sun out-doors, either in the morning or afternoon so the sun is relatively low on the horizon and not directly overhead. Natural light of this kind is naturally diffuse and tends to eliminate harsh shadows that obscure detail on the model. If you can set your camera to "force" it to fire the flash, even in full sun, you will take the edge of any remaining harsh shadows. Finally, if you set up your model on a pale cloth (I use a very pale blue bed-sheet, freshly ironed to eliminate wrinkles!) you can eliminate background distractions (drape the cloth over an upright book or something to make the backdrop, and then bring it forward to make the "ground" for the figure to stand on). The camera will tend to over-expose the pale cloth, which makes it "fade into the background" in a way that shows off the figure to strong effect.

I look forward to seeing more of your repaints! - John.   

[Paleogene Pals]

That Iguanodon is very realistic!

[Arul]

wahh cool what kind of paint did you use ?

[Mr. Challenger]

wahh cool what kind of paint did you use ?

Thank you!
I use acrylic paint

[Mr. Challenger]

Wow! That's a nice Iguanodon in a strong naturalistic style. The blending between the dark upper parts and pale lower parts of the neck seems particularly well done. Neat!

Can I offer you a tip from my own experience about photographing dinosaur models? I find that what works well is if you set up the model in more or less full sun out-doors, either in the morning or afternoon so the sun is relatively low on the horizon and not directly overhead. Natural light of this kind is naturally diffuse and tends to eliminate harsh shadows that obscure detail on the model. If you can set your camera to "force" it to fire the flash, even in full sun, you will take the edge of any remaining harsh shadows. Finally, if you set up your model on a pale cloth (I use a very pale blue bed-sheet, freshly ironed to eliminate wrinkles!) you can eliminate background distractions (drape the cloth over an upright book or something to make the backdrop, and then bring it forward to make the "ground" for the figure to stand on). The camera will tend to over-expose the pale cloth, which makes it "fade into the background" in a way that shows off the figure to strong effect.

I look forward to seeing more of your repaints! - John.

Wow! thanks for your advice!

[Cammy]

Awesome, inspirational work! I hope you keep painting and posting photos of the results. I think I have the same Pachycephalosaurus from a bag of Chinasaurs and I'm tempted to paint mine now too.

[Mr. Challenger]

Hello again guys!
This is a McDonald's toy from Disney Dinosaur movie. I modified the head and some parts of the body and the legs with modelling air dry clay and white glue. This figure is quite small so I repainted it with the same colours of the other iguanodon to use it like a baby in dioramas and photoshoots.

[Tyto_Theropod]

Interested that modelling clay and glue worked for your, as I tried that myself but it didn't go well. Nowadays I use Milliput - it's easy to sculpt and air-dries onto the model. Often once the paint job is done it's hard to tell there was an addition! Just a personal tip