Beautiful Dinosaur mix

[Shonisaurus]

Great images, thanks. I have the Schleich Macrauchenia and was wondering how this new arrival would size up along side it - looks like they will make a fine display, thanks again for the comparison.

The Schleich macrauchenia was one of the best figures made by that brand, and it was very well finished. Now with the Safari macrauchenia they are going to make a good couple in my collection. I hope that the package that is on the way to urzeitshop will arrive soon.

Everything will depend on the customs are saturated by Christmas.

[Reptilia]

I like the paint on the Schleich Oviraptor better than on stock photos. It seems to have shades of blue, purple and green rather than simply all grey. The pose looks somehow strange and the feet seems to be not particularly well sculpted, but at least they're not oversized. All in all is an ok figure and an upgrade for Schleich standards. Ironically I prefer the old Schleich Macrauchenia to its current Safari counterpart. Beautiful composition you did with the two WS models and the human figure.

[postsaurischian]

    Thanks for feedback and replying!

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                                                                              Schleich 1:15 Dinogorgon



             


                                                                                   Upper Permian Therapsids
                                                                     _{Wild Safari Inostrancevia     Schleich Dinogorgon
                                                        Kaiyodo Dinotales No.70 Trochosaurus     Bullyland Procynosuchus}

[Shonisaurus]

For me the mammalian reptile that is superior is inostrancevia. The dinogorgon for me is one of the great figures of Schleich 2018 together with the oviraptor and the exceptional psittacosaurus.

What perhaps the dinogorgon suffers is that it lacks roughness or scales, its skin is too smooth. That does have teeth perfectly different but less detailed than the Safari inostrancevia, otherwise it would have needed a little fluff for the prehistoric animal had been more realistic.


It is a worthy figure for me and for me the note is outstanding under as I pointed out in the forum of Schleich 2018 although for me the figure of gorgonopsido preferred is that of Safari.

In short Schleich dinogorgon has been one of the great works of this company this year. 

[Libraraptor]

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                                                                              Schleich 1:15 Dinogorgon



             


                                                                                   Upper Permian Therapsids
                                                                     _{Wild Safari Inostrancevia     Schleich Dinogorgon
                                                        Kaiyodo Dinotales No.70 Trochosaurus     Bullyland Procynosuchus}

THAT was the picture I have been waiting for!  Now that I ordered myself the Schleich Dinogorgon,  I will soon be able to take such a picture myself!

[postsaurischian]

I like the paint on the Schleich Oviraptor better than on stock photos. It seems to have shades of blue, purple and green rather than simply all grey. .......

   I have to make clear that there is no purple or green on the Oviraptor - just grey and blue.
   It just seems so on the photos because of coincidental influence of background and lighting. I actually like that .
   At the moment it's very cloudy here in Germany. The clouds look a bit purplish when the sun is right behind them.
   This makes it harder for me to take good pictures. They have to be brightened afterwards which might be the reason
   for the effect.

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                                           Wild Safari 1:35  Ankylosaurus  (originally sculpted by Doug Watson)
                  _{("Doug, after having second proof that you're a master of this, we insist on getting more thyreophorans from you!")}






                         

                                                          compared to Bullyland's figure - what a difference !

[Reptilia]

I have to make clear that there is no purple or green on the Oviraptor - just grey and blue.

Thanks for clarifying. Is the Schleich Psittacosaurus also coming in this thread?

[tyrantqueen]

I'm not a fan of the paintjob (black and brown together is a fashion crime!) but otherwise the Safari Ankylosaurus looks good. The heavy texturing works in its favour.

[Shonisaurus]

The Safari ankylosaurus seems smaller than its equivalent of Bullyland. In any case, he is a great figure. What might change would be the color of the brown plates of the Safari ankylosaurus for more realistic ones. Anyway I see that it is an outstanding figure perhaps one of the best this year along with its triceratops Safari 2018.

[Doug Watson]

                                           Wild Safari 1:35  Ankylosaurus  (originally sculpted by Doug Watson)
                  _{("Doug, after having second proof that you're a master of this, we insist on getting more thyreophorans from you!")}

Thank you, it helps when you have Ken Carpenter helping you. While I was sculpting it he gave me an unpublished updated interpretation of his original restoration with modifications to proportion and osteoderm placement. By the way I checked with him about the new paper on Ankylosaurus by Arbour and Mallon and he still stands by his new arrangement. As he says both his and their paper's arrangements are only theories (theirs based on related Mongolian species) until an actual Ankylosaurus is found with the osteoderms in situ either version could turn out to be either right or wrong.

[Irritation]

Oooh! That's a shiny Oviraptor! Or is it just the lighting of the photo?

[Lanthanotus]

  [...]
   At the moment it's very cloudy here in Germany. The clouds look a bit purplish when the sun is right behind them.
   This makes it harder for me to take good pictures. They have to be brightened afterwards which might be the reason
   for the effect.

Hehe, and I always thought you'd use artificial light for your well lit photos. Already wondered why the therapsid photos are so comparably dark, yet still better than url=http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=5942.360;topicseen]mine[/url], especially when it comes to focus

[postsaurischian]

Thank you, it helps when you have Ken Carpenter helping you. While I was sculpting it he gave me an unpublished updated interpretation of his original restoration with modifications to proportion and osteoderm placement. By the way I checked with him about the new paper on Ankylosaurus by Arbour and Mallon and he still stands by his new arrangement. As he says both his and their paper's arrangements are only theories (theirs based on related Mongolian species) until an actual Ankylosaurus is found with the osteoderms in situ either version could turn out to be either right or wrong.

   Wonderful, wonderful!
   Dear Santa Watson, I want a WS 1:35 Stegosaurus with 17 plates in a streched out walking pose for Christmas 2018 .

Oooh! That's a shiny Oviraptor! Or is it just the lighting of the photo?

   It's (cloudy) sunlight directly on sleek plastic. This gives it a certain glance.

.... I always thought you'd use artificial light for your well lit photos. Already wondered why the therapsid photos are so comparably dark, yet still better than mine, especially when it comes to focus

   Oh, I like your group shot! I should visit the "New for ...." threads more often.
   I'm avoiding them most of the time because of the "pre-bashing" which I completely dislike.

.... Is the Schleich Psittacosaurus also coming in this thread?

   My first thought was not to show it yet. It's a wonderful sculpt, in my opinion the best prehistoric figure Schleich has ever made.
   But the colours are awful - and this is a thread for beautiful things. It has to be garrattized and this will take a while.

   But since you've asked for it , well here it is .......



                                            Schleich 1:12 Psittacosaurus (originally sculpted by Vlad Konstantinov)

[Reptilia]

Thanks postsaurischian! I personally don't have much to complain about the original colours, the only thing I would do might be adding a little black eyeliner, cause it seems like the eyes are not so carefully painted. But I understand that a professional repaint can turn this into a stellar figure, as proved by the example posted in the Schleich thread. Pretty sure that when you'll get yours done you'll delight us with one of your compositions involving some base, so can't wait to see how the Martin Garratt makeover will turn out.

[tanystropheus]

At least the colors are unique. Regardless, it will become a masterpiece once the Garrattization process is complete! I'm actually surprised that Schleich even bothered to include gaps between the quills. It's an impressive sculpt by any standards.

[amargasaurus cazaui]

It almost looks like they used a gloss paint and try as I might, I cannot make the maroonish red on the jugals work for me

[Shonisaurus]

   My first thought was not to show it yet. It's a wonderful sculpt, in my opinion the best prehistoric figure Schleich has ever made.
   But the colours are awful - and this is a thread for beautiful things. It has to be garrattized and this will take a while.

   But since you've asked for it , well here it is .......



                                            Schleich 1:12 Psittacosaurus (originally sculpted by Vlad Konstantinov)



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Completely agree with you postsaurichan. I had it in mind but it is true the psittacosaurus is the best figure made in the whole history of Schleich.

[ceratopsian]

Thank you for posting the Schleich Psittacosaurus.  I too had decided that the colours are, to my taste, quite unbearable, although the sculpt is gorgeous.  Like you, I was planning to send one for remedial work to Martin!

.... Is the Schleich Psittacosaurus also coming in this thread?

   My first thought was not to show it yet. It's a wonderful sculpt, in my opinion the best prehistoric figure Schleich has ever made.
   But the colours are awful - and this is a thread for beautiful things. It has to be garrattized and this will take a while.

[postsaurischian]

  Thanks for the comments!
       I modified the Psittaco post and reduced the number of pics to one.
       The meany greeny paintjob puts a hurt on my eye  ... more photos after the garrattization.

[amargasaurus cazaui]

All of the pictures seem to have vanished...and as you are aware, I asked Martin for a redo on a pair of my own models, hopefully I can share those with you soon. I asked for a male/female couple so it will be interesting.