My modified Horizon JP Brachiosaur

[DinoLord]

Very nice!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Wow..I think it's awesome as is!

[kreativtek]

Never pictured sauropods like this, but I absolutely love the idea. Thanks to spikes and loose jowl, the model contrast nicely with the popular conception that sauropods were the elephants of the past.

As far as painting is concerned, I'd suggest a palette of neutral colours. Dark gray for the upper part of the body and maybe sandy for the belly. The neck and the head could be of a different colour, for example red or vivid brown to catch attention of the opposite sex for mating (like birds).

[Paleogene Pals]

Thanks everyone for your encouragement and kind words, I am not happy with the musculature on one side of the neck. Furthermore, I plan on carving more folding into the "jowls" on the underside of the neck, especially where the neck meets the body. I also want to do some more work on the wrinkling on the neck and sand the spines smooth. Finally, I am going to add some small pterosaurs to eat the parasites that have infested my poor brach's skin. I need to just get started back on this project again, but there are so many projects and ideas in my head that I keep flitting from one to the other, whatever excites me at the moment. I have sculptures that I am still working on after five to six years.

Kreativek, thanks for the suggestion; I will put it to use. I think that a dark topside and light sandy underside can be visually striking. But, I think the skin flaps and nostril areas will be a bright vivid color. Dinosaurs likely could see in a wide range color and so may have been brightly colored in some areas. Painting them gray like an elephant really doesn't work because mammals have poorer color vision, except for when I eat the mushrooms behind my house. 

[kreativtek]

Small pterosaurs are a great idea, I love it. You could also add some tiny dinosaurs running between the dinosaur's skin, for both extra value and visual size comparison. Here's what I have in mind.

Tamiya triceratops diorama

[Paleogene Pals]

Yup, I'm planning on doing a diorama with the brachio feeding on a tree of some sort. Along the bottom, I would have fallen foliage being fed upon by the smaller herbivores.

[Meso-Cenozoic]

I just saw this too. It is simply stunning so far! Can't wait to see the finished model.

[Alexxitator]

Wow, you are working on the same base material I am, but you are huge leaps ahead of my creativity 
Great work!

[Paleogene Pals]

Due to my recent acquisitions of the Sideshow Apatosaurus, TD models Camarasaurus (sculpted by Shane Foulkes), and Jason Carriere's Amargasaurus and soon-to-be acquisition of Lu Feng Shan's Diplodocus, I have been inspired, yet again, to work on my Brachiosaurus and make some corrections and changes I have been wanting to make for awhile. For most of last year, it sat forlorn in my basement while I was distracted by projects and other things. I intend to post pics of my new WIP once I get started. I also will post pics of the other sauropods as soon as I can. I'm getting stoked for finishing this beast and start painting! 

[Paleogene Pals]

Thanks Alexxitator! Keep working on your sculpting, and you will be there too!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Awesome been waiting to see you tackle this guy again!

[Doug Watson]

Awesome been waiting to see you tackle this guy again!

I can't see the photos anymore for some reason plus I can't see your banner either Blade.

[Paleogene Pals]

I think the photos from older posts don't show anymore...I think.

Here ya go...

BTW, any suggestions Doug would be most appreciated! It would be awesome to input from one of the greats! Or anyone else for that matter since there are so many talented artists on here. 

[Doug Watson]

I think the photos from older posts don't show anymore...I think.

Here ya go...

BTW, any suggestions Doug would be most appreciated! It would be awesome to input from one of the greats! Or anyone else for that matter since there are so many talented artists on here. 

Looks great, I don't think you need any help from me. It's your vision go for it.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Awesome been waiting to see you tackle this guy again!

I can't see the photos anymore for some reason plus I can't see your banner either Blade.

Odd...

Edit:  fixed it. Facebook where I host my pics changes the locations every so often and you have to update them.

[Doug Watson]

Odd...

Edit:  fixed it. Facebook where I host my pics changes the locations every so often and you have to update them.

Yup, that worked.

[Paleogene Pals]

Wow! Thanks Doug! I'll post WIP pics as soon as I fix some of the musculature on the neck.

[Dinomike]

That is one awesome and HUGE model!

[Paleogene Pals]

Thanks Dinomike! I have to be careful when I work on it because the tail likes to knock things over. I've got almost four feet of model there!