Belgasaure's sculptures : Monolophosaurs and T-Rex head

[Belgasaure]

Hello everybody. I'm happy to show you my first Dinosaur's sculpture here.
From long ago I wanted to link my old passion for dinosaurs (when I was kid) and my interest in the work of paleoartist. So I chose to work on the restoration of a Monolophosaurus jianghi, a theropod of the middle Jurassic.













It has been done in premo sculpey and greenstuff, on a wire armature. The measurements of the mini are of 17.5 cm long for 7 cm high.
This is my first restoration attempt of a existing creature (even if dead  since a very long time ), so it could be much better. I know that it could be inacurate because it was may be a feathered dinosaur but I didn't felt confident enough to try to sculpt feathers.

I hope you'll like it.

[triceratops83]

Wonderful! You're going to have a lot of fans here!

[Tallin]

That's amazing for a first reconstruction! I love the face! It looks annoyed by something...
The pose is great and dynamic too - I can't wait to see more from you.

[Arul]

Cool...the muscle detail looks great

[Manatee]

For a first sculpture, it looks really good. However, the left wrist appears to be pronated; it should be facing the right hand.

[Doug Watson]

Very nice work, it oozes character and has a lot of movement. If you have a good support in the left leg I would lose the rock under the right foot for even more movement especially if you are going to have a base.

[Paleogene Pals]

Very good job for a first sculpture! The only suggestion I have is that the hands should facing each other more as was mentioned earlier. Lots of character too as said before.

[Belgasaure]

Thanks a lot for all your positive reviews. I'd like to precize that if it's my first reconstruction attempt, this is not my first sculpture, I have done other things by the past.

Very good job for a first sculpture! The only suggestion I have is that the hands should facing each other more as was mentioned earlier. Lots of character too as said before.

For a first sculpture, it looks really good. However, the left wrist appears to be pronated; it should be facing the right hand.

Should the hands always be facing each other or could they sometimes face the ground ? I've seen some skeletal reconstruction showing both possibilities.

If you have a good support in the left leg I would lose the rock under the right foot for even more movement especially if you are going to have a base.

The present support is not good enough, the sculpture would be rotating by itself. But I intent to sculpt a base without the rock under the foot. True that the position would gain more movement.

[DinoLord]

Should the hands always be facing each other or could they sometimes face the ground ? I've seen some skeletal reconstruction showing both possibilities.

In almost all cases they should be facing each other; the skeletals showing otherwise are likely outdated. However in some cases one could argue if the arms are sufficiently splayed out the hands could appear pronated; have a look at the discussion in the comments on this review.

[Belgasaure]

In almost all cases they should be facing each other; the skeletals showing otherwise are likely outdated. However in some cases one could argue if the arms are sufficiently splayed out the hands could appear pronated; have a look at the discussion in the comments on this review.

Ok Dinolord, thanks. May be I'll correct this when I'll have time.

I have another work on the bench. Something very classic for you but I always wanted to sculpt a T-Rex head. At present it's only 5 cm long and I intend to make a bust, not an entire figure.





I took liberties for the skin, I'm not at ease with this kind of detail and I still have to work on this.

[Paleogene Pals]

Wow, it looks fantastic!

[Belgasaure]

Wow, it looks fantastic!

Thanks Paleogene. By looking it more and more, I feel like the snout is a bit short. So I assume he's a juvenile 

[Libraraptor]

Great work!

[Belgasaure]

In progress...

[spinosaurus1]

looking absolutely gorgeous.

[Tallin]

This is amazing! A very beautiful sculpt and it's nice to see ol' rex with his mouth shut!

[Paleogene Pals]

Nice!

[Arul]

Looks great 

[Jetoar]

Lovely creations  . You are talented.

[Belgasaure]

Thanks guys, I'm really happy that you like it so far. I wonder about the mouth if the teeth are still showing when it's completely shut ?