Liopleurodon bust in imitation of Bob Nicholls

[modelnut]

Since I will probably not be making the journey to Nottingham, England, any time soon to see Bob Nicholls' life-sized Liopleurodon bust in person, I decided to recreate it in 1/24th scale here at home. Here are pictures of my just finished bust.











Here is my 1/24 scale bust beside Bob's 1/1:



Here it is with his plan that I found online in 2017:



And here is how I did it:



Now. What do I do next?

- Leelan

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[Justin_]

The main difference I see is that yours has not got a tongue, or does it just not show in the photos? Otherwise it is really close.

[DinoToyForum]

Wow, that's brilliant. We moved this model the other day into position in a new gallery opening soon!

[Lanthanotus]

Great work. I like the vibrant paint job a lot

[modelnut]

The main difference I see is that yours has not got a tongue, or does it just not show in the photos? Otherwise it is really close.

It does have a tongue. But it isn't raised as the museum bust has it. I thought about cutting out the toy's tongue and resulpting it but decided against it.

- Leelan

[Smilodon P.]

There is a striking similarity between the two heads! Congrats!

[Libraraptor]

Great work! Congrats!

[modelnut]

This forum needs LIKE buttons so that I can thank you all individually.

Thank you!

[ceratopsian]

An inspired idea and well executed!