Silvanusaurus' Customs - New Megalosaurus Photos

[empire3569]

This is beyond incredible. I liked your Rex a lot, but this looks like it may have the potential to top it!

[Kayakasaurus]

Wow looking very impressive! Can't wait to see the rest of him!

[Kovu]

That looks fantastic man! I look forward to seeing how it progresses!

[Dinomike]

Truly impressive! Will be following this super interesting thread!

[Silvanusaurus]

Some more progress on the Baryonyx:

The left side - head, neck and lower body:

The right side - lower body:

I am trying to suggest textures with the skin without sculpting individual scales or anything, unless they are large protrusions. Along the back will be a lot of knobbly texture.
I have also started work on a smaller Baryonyx custom, but this one is an experimental feathered specimen. Not sure how likely that would have been back in the day, but I thought it would be fun to give it a a go. (I have a pre-occupation with Baryonyx at the moment!)
What is the general consensus on feathered spinosaurids?

[stargatedalek]

It looks great so far, can't wait to see the colours planed!

As for feathered spinosaurs, they wouldn't have had complex feathers but there is nothing to say they couldn't have had some form of fluff on them.

[MLMjp]

There´s is no proof of feathers in spinosaurids, so give this guy some is basically speculation.

[stargatedalek]

There´s is no proof of feathers in spinosaurids, so give this guy some is basically speculation.

You word that like speculation is a crime! Every reconstruction will have some degree of speculation regardless of what it is or how well known it is.

[MLMjp]

There´s is no proof of feathers in spinosaurids, so give this guy some is basically speculation.

You word that like speculation is a crime! Every reconstruction will have some degree of speculation regardless of what it is or how well known it is.

Sorry. That wasn´t my intention

I should have tought my words better

[stargatedalek]

That's alright, I meant that in a humorous way.

[Silvanusaurus]

There´s is no proof of feathers in spinosaurids, so give this guy some is basically speculation.

Is there any proof that they weren't feathered? Seeing as every reconstruction of a dinosaur beyond it's skeleton is basically speculation, I thought it would be interesting to try it, even if the feathers I've given it are quite far fetched in their development... the figure I'm using is only a Geoworld Baryonyx anyway, so it won't be too great a loss if it all goes to heck... 

[MLMjp]

There´s is no proof of feathers in spinosaurids, so give this guy some is basically speculation.

Is there any proof that they weren't feathered? Seeing as every reconstruction of a dinosaur beyond it's skeleton is basically speculation, I thought it would be interesting to try it, even if the feathers I've given it are quite far fetched in their development... the figure I'm using is only a Geoworld Baryonyx anyway, so it won't be too great a loss if it all goes to heck... 

Speculate as you wish partner. Thats one of the good things about reconstructing dinosaurs. There´s a lot of possibilities that you can do or choose. Personally I´m conservative when it comes to feathers on dinosaurs from families or groups that don´t have evidence of them, so I my image of them is still scaly. But if you want to, go ahead and do your experiments.

And since there´s no proof of feathers on spinosaurids I don't think there´s a general consensus about their feathers. But what stargatedalek said makes sense to me

Also I misinterpreted your words before. I thought that the big custom was actually the feathered one and not the small one. My fault

PD: Looking forward to your custom Baryonyx here, your rex was gorgeous, so I spect something as impressive as that one!

[Silvanusaurus]

Speculate as you wish partner. Thats one of the good things about reconstructing dinosaurs. There´s a lot of possibilities that you can do or choose. Personally I´m conservative when it comes to feathers on dinosaurs from families or groups that don´t have evidence of them, so I my image of them is still scaly. But if you want to, go ahead and do your experiments.

And since there´s no proof of feathers on spinosaurids I don't think there´s a general consensus about their feathers. But what stargatedalek said makes sense to me

Also I misinterpreted your words before. I thought that the big custom was actually the feathered one and not the small one. My fault

PD: Looking forward to your custom Baryonyx here, your rex was gorgeous, so I spect something as impressive as that one!

Ah right, well I do actually agree with your scepticism about Baryonyx having feathers, my big one I've pictured above will have no feathers whatsoever, but I am still trying to make it look more unique than the usual versions of Baryonyx. I actually decided to do the smaller feathered one when I had some sculpting putty left over from the big one, and thought I might make a more unique and unusual Baryonyx for my collection, even if it never could have existed... Thanks for your interest and comments about the Rex, I am hoping this Baryonyx will be an improvement!

[earth108]

You surely have great skills using greenstuff Great job.
I do love your style in sculpting muscles and fats especially for the neck 

[Rathalosaurus]

I'll say it again: YOU ARE SO TALENTED!!!

[Silvanusaurus]

A brief glimpse of the Baryonyx's progress, it's nearly finished in fact, so pictures of the full piece will arrive soon! I'm very pleased with it so far. As for the smaller feathered one I mentioned, I'm not liking how it looks... it's too much like a velociraptor. I'll probably finish it eventually just for the sake of completion, if it turns out presentable I'll post some images of that one too.

[Kayakasaurus]

Looking good, looking good

[Silvanusaurus]

Well, the sculpting is all done, again it is much more extensive than planned.
I took the integuement to quite an extreme, but not without thought... the large knobbly protrusions covering it's back are not intended to represent regular scales, rather they are an idea I had for a covering of irregular and exaggerated scutes, very similar to those of crocodilians in terms of their physical nature, but quite different in their shape and form. These possibly aren't all that realistic, but I wanted to come up with an interesting form of covering that didn't simply rely on modern crocodiles, as multiple spinosaurid figures have done in the past, and to create a unique, characterful take on this dinosaur, as i did with the Rex. My theory is that these scutes would become very tough and oversized as the animal grew old, and so this is another well-aged dinosaur. I suppose they may serve a purpose of thermo-regulation as is possible with modern crocodiles, as well as aiding in camouflage, breaking up the silloette when in the water, and perhaps attracting the growth of algae amongst the calloused protrusions... I'm just making this up as i go along really 
I've primed the finished sculpt with a dark earthy green and given it a very quick wash of black just to make it appear more cohesive and legible for photographing. So this is just the first stage of painting, the final paint-work will be much more developed.
Here's a look back at the original figure:

And here is her new form... I'm calling her 'Jenny Greenteeth', after a sinister water-spirit from English folklore, who would pull people down beneath the water to drown...

Here she is next to the Carnegie Baryonyx, who I'm going to customise into her child, as I reckon it looks the right kind of size and shape to work as a younger specimen. I won't do much to alter it, mainly just a repaint.

I must apologise for the quality of some of these shots, my camera is quite an old one and I've only got rudimentary lighting, but hopefully they show the piece well enough.
Now I shall proceed to bring ol' Greenteeth to life with paint.
Thanks for looking!

[AcroSauroTaurus]

Do you plan on adding scars to her too like the rex? Or does she already have her "battle scars"? She looks really cool. I wish I could do that, well... maybe I can, I've never tried modifying a figure that much.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

I think she looks awesome..a proper gnarly old swamp beast.