Blade-of-the-Moon's Art

[Jetoar]

Congratulations for your work again friend, Kentrosaurus baby is amazing 

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Congratulations for your work again friend, Kentrosaurus baby is amazing 

Thank you, glad you like him, he takes after his mama.. lol  I don't know about amazing but he looks alright  I think..I just have to get the eggs done now and build the nest outside .  His mom will have a hard time defending him from an attacking Allosaurus..but you know what they say about protective mothers...

[mmfrankford]

Now that is dedication to work in that weather. Your figures look great!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Now that is dedication to work in that weather. Your figures look great!

We do LOVE our dinosaurs here Melissa ! lol

It was rainy today but I went out and got some pics of the Allosaurus' paint job.

[tyrantqueen]

I see it...El Chupacabra

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

LOL I admit he has a southwestern feel to him for sure. I'm not big on a lot of greens which would be more suitable I suppose.  It's quite hard to make look realistic for me..especially on such a large animal.

I may add a little orange to his head..I'd like something to set it off more.

I will get some better pics up when the weather improves as well.

[tyrantqueen]

LOL I admit he has a southwestern feel to him for sure. I'm not big on a lot of greens which would be more suitable I suppose.  It's quite hard to make look realistic for me..especially on such a large animal.

I may add a little orange to his head..I'd like something to set it off more.

I will get some better pics up when the weather improves as well.

Actually I was referring to the little black dog (cat?) in the background, not the dinosaur

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Ah ! Did she make it into those Allo shots as well ?  lol you never where she'll be I swear..my little girl roams EVERYWHERE while I work..

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Here's a few shots in the sun to really see the color :

[ZoPteryx]

WOW!!!  The Allo and Kentro look magnificent!

[Takama]

Theres your little Princess again, I guess She has no fear

[Himmapaan]

You just get through these at an astonishing rate. Great work on the Kentro and Allo, Chris. I like the hatchling very much too. 

[DinoToyForum]

Yes, the Allosaurus looks great!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Thanks guys !

I'll soon be moving onto the new area " Hadrosaur Hill " the last was jokingly named " Allosaur Alley " and I liked it so named the next one too..lol

We ares till looking for donations to reach our 500.00 goal to develop this new area.  If anyone wants to contribute just send a donation to this email : [email protected]  via paypal. We'll announce our donors ( if they want to be named ) each week on FB.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Few more Allosaurus images :






Stygimoloch progress :

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

The Anky head is done..just needs a body :

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Our new baby Kentrosaurus and mommy :










An Allosaur charges out of the forest :



The mother Kentrosaurus looks up in alarm :



She moves in to intercept the hungry predator :

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Added some new eyes to the juv. Gorgosaurus and Spinosaurus :










Stygimoloch done minus paint.  When I heard back we had a place wanting to rent a couple dinosaurs from us I sped up this guy to get him done, 18 hours over two days and I'm still not finished. I will try painting tomorrow though.

[wings]

The Anky head is done..just needs a body :

If there is one thing that you have to modify is the width of the nasal bones in relation to the nasal opening (see http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/dbms-witmer/collections/Thyreophora/ankylosaurus.htm). You will notice the nasal opening on the animal receded under the expansion of the nasal armour; resulting in that you don't see these openings from the front or view from above (doesn't have to be directly above as you can see this condition on the specimen; see Witmer's link above).

I'm only mentioning this because it is one of the defining feature from an Ankylosaurus:

"Rostral and lateral expansion of dermal armour of nasal bones covering premaxillae and restricting external nares to small round openings located far laterally near premaxillary-maxillary suture at the margin of the mouth...(Glut 1997)"