brandem's sculpture {recent art 2019}

[Manatee]

Looks great! The Balaur is very detailed.

[SBell]

that is believed by quite a few thanks to the hip but what bearing does that have on the reconstruction? those who assigned balaur to aves are the same who assigned Anchiornis huxleyi to aves, and anchiornis had a very dromaeosaurian skull so I don't think i'm off basing the skull on dromaeosaurs,

as far as the body and limbs we can look at what bones we do have, and I don't think those are too far off;
http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2010/08/25067-660x508.jpg

only remaining aspect I question might be the tail, which if Balaur is a proper prebird and the birdlike elements cannot be considered convergent evolution, could go either way depending on how close she falls to Pygostylia,

but I guess the question is since I didn't call her a dromaeosaur why do you bring it up?

I had the same question, but I thought I'd leave it to the sculptor to answer!

[SBell]

hey all it feels like forever since I've been able to add new sculpts here but here goes;
first in conjunction with member takama we are adding the sereno spinosaurus to the tiny titan line of dinosaurs! in time he'll be joined by Onchopristis numidus to make the Kem Kem Combatants set.

I just realized I had a question from this part--why is it 'always' Onchopristis now? Why not Mawsonia (done once with Takara), or Oniichthys (AKA Atractosteus, done with the original Kinto Desktop)? To say nothing of Bawitius or Retodus (AKA Ceratodus). They are all big (in the 15ft-9ft range) and weren't featured in that one Discovery Channel show!

I'll admit, for some reason I put together an all-stars bony fish lineup that should be done from that time & place. But the scale would need to be larger for the wider range.

[brandem]

True it does seem to always be Onchopristis, I suppose because of the embedded tooth that they associated with the species, and that to the fact that in general people are not very creative and tend to associate species together (I mean dienonychus only ate tenontosaurus am I right?)  but I personally don't consider it a set without 4 so I would expect to see retodus and Mawsonia as well (there is already a juvie mawsonia in its mouth)

[Yutyrannus]

that is believed by quite a few thanks to the hip but what bearing does that have on the reconstruction? those who assigned balaur to aves are the same who assigned Anchiornis huxleyi to aves, and anchiornis had a very dromaeosaurian skull so I don't think i'm off basing the skull on dromaeosaurs,

as far as the body and limbs we can look at what bones we do have, and I don't think those are too far off;
http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2010/08/25067-660x508.jpg

only remaining aspect I question might be the tail, which if Balaur is a proper prebird and the birdlike elements cannot be considered convergent evolution, could go either way depending on how close she falls to Pygostylia,

but I guess the question is since I didn't call her a dromaeosaur why do you bring it up?

I brought it up because it looks to be a dromaeosaurid or at least a more primitive bird than it is thought to have been (a recent study apparently showed it to be sister to Pygostylia). Based on what it known of it, this model is still accurate but based on that recent study, it would probably have had a beak and a shorter tail. Either way, it is still a very cool model . Actually I think it would be sort of cool if you made models of both ideas of Balaur.

[brandem]

Well thanks, that cladistic analysis also suggested a great variety in avalian groups, but there is an area on my model that can be painted in a beak like fashion, heck I can even shave off the teeth, also the tail is molded separately so all I would need is some suggestion of what the tail should look like.

[Paleogene Pals]

Hey Brandem,

How much is the Balaur? You probably said it before, but I am too lazy to go look it up. 

[brandem]

Hey, at this time I am thinking 7 for balaur and for anyone wanting to know 12 for spino and 20 for the full set once the fish are done.

[Dinomike]

I like the Spino a lot! When will it be available to order?

[Takama]

Its available now, Just PM Brandem

[brandem]

Takama is right, anything on here you see a painted version of is ready to go.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

I wanted to mention this here first, Brandon and I have been talking and he is going to create a small family group of Microceratus/Aquilops for our Park, our group will include 3 adults and couple juveniles. They will have the same basic body but either head can be added to make either species.

Now the cool thing, if that wasn't cool enough..lol is they will also be for sale as kits and I think finished pieces.

Keep an eye here for updates as we get started!

[triceratops83]

I wanted to mention this here first, Brandon and I have been talking and he is going to create a small family group of Microceratus/Aquilops for our Park, our group will include 3 adults and couple juveniles. They will have the same basic body but either head can be added to make either species.

Now the cool thing, if that wasn't cool enough..lol is they will also be for sale as kits and I think finished pieces.

Keep an eye here for updates as we get started!

Very excited!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Wow Brandon's quick!

Already started a head sculpt:

[Alexxitator]

I just fell in love...
...with a head!

[triceratops83]

I can't wait for these to be available!

[Manatee]

I can't wait for these to be available!

Me neither! If they are released I'll probably get a juvenile, because I have no room for a two foot long Microceratus/Aquilops.
Also, which one is it?

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

I can't wait for these to be available!

Me neither! If they are released I'll probably get a juvenile, because I have no room for a two foot long Microceratus/Aquilops.
Also, which one is it?

That's why we figured to make the juveniles available as well. Small enough for most shelves.

I had originally planned on Microceratus, but Brandon had the idea of just making different heads and doing both species, there will also be three body types with mix and match limbs so you can make your mini family group if you want.

[Manatee]

I can't wait for these to be available!

Me neither! If they are released I'll probably get a juvenile, because I have no room for a two foot long Microceratus/Aquilops.
Also, which one is it?

That's why we figured to make the juveniles available as well. Small enough for most shelves.

I had originally planned on Microceratus, but Brandon had the idea of just making different heads and doing both species, there will also be three body types with mix and match limbs so you can make your mini family group if you want.

That's cool! I'd probably get an Aquilops, it being a newly discovered genus and all.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

I can't wait for these to be available!

Me neither! If they are released I'll probably get a juvenile, because I have no room for a two foot long Microceratus/Aquilops.
Also, which one is it?

That's why we figured to make the juveniles available as well. Small enough for most shelves.

I had originally planned on Microceratus, but Brandon had the idea of just making different heads and doing both species, there will also be three body types with mix and match limbs so you can make your mini family group if you want.

That's cool! I'd probably get an Aquilops, it being a newly discovered genus and all.

They are very similar so I'm not sure if we'll have both in the park or just one. I might be able to do both if spaced far enough away. It's like I've been trying to decide between Oviraptor and Anzu.. lol