Pilkington's Customs *Updated 8/7/2019*

[Pilkington]

I was organizing picture files on my computer and came across these pictures of the customs I did for the last two diorama contests.  These were "test" shots of the figures to make sure I hadn't missed anything while painting so the picture quality isn't the best.

First up is the Wild Safari Rex:



Next is the Carnegie Amargasaurus:


Last up is the Carnegie Giganotosaurus:


EDIT - Replacing old Photobucket links with new ones, kept the old Rex image so it doesn't mess up quotes

[Balaur]

Wow! All of them are fantastic!

[alexeratops]

Holy cow!

[Pachyrhinosaurus]

Wonderful. They look like they were made to be like that. I initially, upon seeing your Diorama Contest entry, thought the tyrannosaurus was a resin kit.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Nice customs !

[Pilkington]

Thanks everyone for the comments.  I don't really have the time to get any customs done anymore, I keep on getting sidetracked with other projects.  Which is a shame because I have a box full of dinosaurs to get done.

Wonderful. They look like they were made to be like that. I initially, upon seeing your Diorama Contest entry, thought the tyrannosaurus was a resin kit.

Thanks, I'd been wanting to make a sleeping Rex for quite sometime and the diorama contest was the perfect excuse to actually do it.

[Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus]

Truly amazing job!

[Concavenator]

That's the Tyrannosaurus I recall seeing in the diorama Siesta isn't it? 

[amargasaurus cazaui]

Those are all gorgeous repaints. I am especially fond of the Tyrannosaurus, for the colors and patterns especially. Of course I always liked the Amargasaurus and commented as much back when you entered it in the diorama contest.

[Jetoar]

Very cool repaints friends. Tyrannosaurus is awesome  .

[Doug Watson]

First up is the Wild Safari Rex:



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Amazing work, when I saw the T rex in the contest I didn't even recognize it as my Safari Ltd sculpt. Love the paint job too. Doug

[Pilkington]

Sorry for the late reply my cat has been sick this past week not to mention I've been watching way too much Olympic coverage.  So I haven't been on the computer as much and missed some posts.

That's the Tyrannosaurus I recall seeing in the diorama Siesta isn't it? 

Yep, the Rex is from my diorama Siesta.

Those are all gorgeous repaints. I am especially fond of the Tyrannosaurus, for the colors and patterns especially. Of course I always liked the Amargasaurus and commented as much back when you entered it in the diorama contest.

The Amargasaurus was so much fun to make.  I was really happy with how it turn out and it gave me the confidence to even attempt the Rex custom.  Although I must admit that looking at it now I'm not a big fan of the white on the Amargasaurus, I'm really not sure why I didn't blend that into the tan.

First up is the Wild Safari Rex:


Amazing work, when I saw the T rex in the contest I didn't even recognize it as my Safari Ltd sculpt. Love the paint job too. Doug

I'm honored that you commented.  I had a such a hard time starting this custom, seriously I had the figure for about 2 months I could psych myself up to make the first cut.  I was so afraid that it wouldn't turn out and that I was ruining the figure.

The paint on this one wasn't really planned out at all.  Almost every Rex custom I've done I have the tendency to paint it like the Thrasher T-Rex from the Lost World toy line and when I started to paint this one I really tried to avoid the pattern.  However half way done I realized that again the original stripes were mimicking the Thrashers.  So I winged it and turned the strips into splotches.

[KaraWildsong42]

I am absolutely floored by the sleeping T. Rex! The pose is wonderfully executed and I like the splotched, tree shadow kind of markings, they look natural. The Amargasaurus and Gigantosaurus are also beautifully colored, wonderful choices!

[Dinomike]

These are amazing!

[Pilkington]

Since I'm about to start working on this year's diorama I figured it was about time to post pictures of the dinosaurs from the last two diorama contests.

Wild Safari Apatosaurus 1:




Wild Safari Apatosaurus 2:




Wild Safari Kaprosuchus:







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[Viergacht]

Man alive, that mommy suchus is absolutely precious!

[AcroSauroTaurus]

Those are awesome! You do a good job with re-positioning .

[Flaffy]

That kaprosuchus though... SO BEAUTIFUL! I wish Papo/Sarai offered this version of the kapro.
Great work!

[empire3569]

That rearing apatosaurus is INCREDIBLE! Only problem with it is its not on my shelf  great customs! Looking forward to seeing more!

[Pilkington]

Thanks for all the kind words.  I'm quite happy with the way the Kaprosuchus turned out.  Honestly I had my doubts while I was customizing it, there was a lot of trial and error with that one.