Hello from Germany

[Lanthanotus]

Hello forum,

I just wanted to introduce myself: My name's Dennis, slowly nearing 40 years of age and live in Germany. I am fascinated by dinosaurs (and other prehistoric reptiles and wildlife) since..., well, I can't remember really. I think I got my first "dinosaur" together with a bunch of other Schleich minis in '79 oder '80.

While my fascination never really ended, it was interrupted several times, especially when the recent reptilian "descendants" caught my interest (which they still do). So over the years I fell a bit behind but caught up a fair bit when I started reading some up-to-date literature about a year ago aswell as following this forum since three months more or less. However, completing the registration here and it's bot defense (or is it to drive off dorks?!) got me down to checking one of those books to look up the species name of a specific armored ornithischian

I really like the dinotoyblog, the forum and it's users' activities and hope, I can contribute a bit to it. When it comes to dino toys, my main interest are dioramas aswell as creating own models. To spice up this introduction with a pic, here's my first try on an ancient reptile (even if it's no dinosaur) with SuperSculpey, a material I decided to try after reading in here. No masterpiece for sure the dimorphodon lacks details in most ways, just sculpted it the fast way to learn about the characterisitics of the Sculpey....

[DinoToyForum]

Welcome to the forum Dennis!

Glad you made it through the reinforced registration process! I made it more difficult recently because bots and spammers were getting through - the security questions were too easy. The more difficult questions might put off some people from joining now, but I hope most genuine new members such as yourself will enjoy the challenge!

[Jetoar]

Hi Dennis, welcome to DTF  . Hear you can fin a lot of a members whose create dioramas and figures too, me included. Your Dimorphodo is really beautiful and it has a nice detail in its head  . Me and Takama have found or lines of figures, If you like thsi world, you should see them  .

http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=4069.0

[LophoLeeVT]

hellow roooar from south korea!

[CityRaptor]

Welcome to the forum. I'm intested in Dioramas, too, but don't build them myself. 

That is your first attempt? Looks pretty good.

You will also find that you are not the only German here.

[Halichoeres]

Hello, and welcome! I like the Dimorphodon!

[Arul]

Hellooo welcome welcome i love dinosaur diorama too

[Uroplatus]

Welcome to the DTF.

I like what you chose as your username  do you keep them?

Greetings from Belgium.

[Lanthanotus]

Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome

Already know your models, Jetoar (&Takama's) and like them really. Browsed the forum a lot during the last weeks and found a lot of inspiration. There's some real talent within this forum.

@ Uroplatus: From a just self centered view "No, unfortunatly not", but then,.. as there are no specimen available in a legal way, it's most likely better that they remain, where they belong. I keep some monitor lizards (like the old male beccarii shown in my sig) and may present them in the Pet Forum some time.

[Uroplatus]

Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome

Already know your models, Jetoar (&Takama's) and like them really. Browsed the forum a lot during the last weeks and found a lot of inspiration. There's some real talent within this forum.

@ Uroplatus: From a just self centered view "No, unfortunatly not", but then,.. as there are no specimen available in a legal way, it's most likely better that they remain, where they belong. I keep some monitor lizards (like the old male beccarii shown in my sig) and may present them in the Pet Forum some time.

You are absolutely right, ofcourse. 
I'm looking forward to seeing your monitors lizards.
Cheers.

[sauroid]

welcome to the forum Lanthanotus (love your name choice)

[docronnie]

Welcome Dennis and enjoy your stay here! 

[laticauda]

Welcome!!! 

[Tyto_Theropod]

Hello and welcome! Don't worry about your lovely sculpt not being a dinosaur, we basically talk about any and all prehistoric life that takes our fancy. Hope you enjoy the forum.

[Libraraptor]

Oh, willkommen! Ich hatte Dich gar nicht kommen sehen. Woher genau kommst Du? Ich komme aus dem schönen Sauerland.
Welcome to the forum! We have a nice gathering of people from Germany here, and all the other people are great as well, so you´ll enjoy your stay!

[Lanthanotus]

Hi Libraraptor,

thanks for the welcome, I live in the south of Hessen. I know Sauerland mainly from from driving through I guess, though a friend used to live there for a few month (Grevenbrück) and now and then I am in Siegen for concerts, but I guess that isn't even Sauerland?

[LophoLeeVT]

hallo!!! ich lebte in deutchland aber jetzt lebe ich in meinen heimat sudkorea.(surprised?)
that is the reason i have soo many bullylands and schleichs in my colection.

[Libraraptor]

Hi Libraraptor,

thanks for the welcome, I live in the south of Hessen. I know Sauerland mainly from from driving through I guess, though a friend used to live there for a few month (Grevenbrück) and now and then I am in Siegen for concerts, but I guess that isn't even Sauerland?

You know there´s an old rivalry between the Sauerland and the Siegerland. It is said that when  God  created the world he respectively placed an ugly region next to a beautiful one so that man isn´t  too spoilt with beauty- and I live in the Sauerland.    Funny -  I used to work in Grevenbrück.

[Libraraptor]

hallo!!! ich lebte in deutchland aber jetzt lebe ich in meinen heimat sudkorea.(surprised?)
that is the reason i have soo many bullylands and schleichs in my colection.

This is interesting! Why did you move?!

[LophoLeeVT]

because of my fathers job. we used to live in frankfurt.