spinosaurus1 sculptures{1:35 scale Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus}

[fason]

oh ok thanks , it looks great

[spinosaurus1]

no probs.

the tyrannotitan now looks like it has a body full of feathers rather then a bad case of  a tick infestation













felt lthat my little timurlengia deserved some love :3

[Pachyrhinosaurus]

That is a jaw-dropping sculpture!

[Jose S.M.]

Amazing! Both figures are amazing! Great detail on the feathers.

[fason]

beautiful

[Halichoeres]

Wonderful stuff!

[spinosaurus1]

thanks for the kind remarks everyone.

started biulding up the legs now. defining musculature and added an uropatagium

[faydga]

Do you still plan on releasing the Dimetrodon as a kit?

[spinosaurus1]

Do you still plan on releasing the Dimetrodon as a kit?

i certainly do. but i'm still a bit shady on the molding and casting process. that and i did set focus on larger projects with tyrannotitan being a prime example. overall, the dimetrodon is a rather old sculpture just doesn't seem up to par with the quality of sculptures i'm making now. i've actually been considering making another dimetrodon in the same pose but with better anatomy and texturing.

[spinosaurus1]

i have a question. are there any visual references on how concavenators scalation patterns of it's feet looked in life?  i'm aware that their rather large and rectangular in life, but i was wondering if theirs some restoration or model depicting it. planning to incorporate it into my tyrannotitan

[Archinto]

I like to look at the feet of many modern birds for inspiration for foot scalation patterns. Theres some interesting ones out there that can truly relate to each type of therapod dinosaur. Per se, ostrich vs eagle for ornithomimids vs raptor types. Corvid feet would be good to look at. Ravens have interesting foot scales.

[Halichoeres]

Cuesta et al. 2015 (Cretaceous Research 56: 53) explicitly compare it to a chicken, but they don't actually have a super clear imprint. There is some pebbly texturing on the underside of the toes and foot, but even some of that only shows up when scrutinized under UV light. Here's the relevant figure:



They use what looks like an emu foot to indicate the condition of Concavenator's foot in the phylogeny in the paper. I don't know whether there's been any response to the paper.

[spinosaurus1]

thank you two very much for the insight. i went ahead and looked at large ratites for references. the end result was me sculpting pretty sizable plantar pads on the sculpture. i'm loving the look on it. really gives the sculpture the feeling of wieght. i also contacted Tomas Holtz through discord on the matter, and he provided a wonderful reference for me to use



i went ahead and started building up the basic shapes of it. what does everybody think about it?

[DinoLord]

Duane Nash at Antediluvian Salad wrote a recent post discussing large theropod foot pads. He argues that the padding would have been more extensive than a lot of common reconstructions depict, and includes an image interpreting evidence for this in a Concavenator fossil.

[spinosaurus1]

thanks dinolord. i actually read that post from a couple days ago. well assured, i beleive the plantar pads on the sculpture are big enough. their pretty wide from the top view.

i started to work more on the feathers.

[Yutyrannus]

I also contacted Thomas Holtz through discord on the matter, and he provided a wonderful reference for me to use

Tom Parker, not Tom Holtz .

Anyways, that Tyrannotitan is looking great!

[Newt]

Beautiful work on the Tyrannotitan. It's inspiring to see how much you've improved over the course of this thread - and you were doing good work already at the beginning!

[spinosaurus1]

I also contacted Thomas Holtz through discord on the matter, and he provided a wonderful reference for me to use

Tom Parker, not Tom Holtz .

Anyways, that Tyrannotitan is looking great!

my gosh, i really typed Tom Holtz. i knew his name, no idea why i typed that. thanks for calling it out XD

[Archinto]

I highly recommend finishing this one before doing any others. Its looking amazing!

[Viergacht]

I like the big squishy footpads - a lot of art and sculpts dial in the feet, but it's an important detail for making them look realistic.