Lanthanotus' dioramas [updated: Bases for Seismosaurus and Edaphosaurus]

[Lanthanotus]

Hello all,

just wanted to present a first diorama/stand I made for my Papo Apatosaurus. It is made from a piece of chicken wire for reinforcement and cement. For decoration I used white glue, peat, sand, some pieces of fallen wood, acorn cupules and colored spruce needles. Those are very prone to break off, so a fair few are already missing, need to replace them with some colored Tyvek.

As I didn't like the aggressive bellowing of the Apatosaurus I cut out it's teeth and closed the mouth with the help of hot water, fixed it with cyanacrylat and put in a bit of greens made of colored Tyvek paper.

The piece usually stands on my desktop in height of my eyes without the sky in the background.





   

[Arul]

Hello very nice diorama. Plus, papo make it looks more alive btw is that black tree monitor aka v.beccari on your signature ?

[Rain]

Firstly, welcome to the forums!  Secondly, that looks amazing. Shutting the mouth on the figure just makes it look a lot more majestic. Great work!

[tyrantqueen]

Nice idea. I like seeing people add their own little tweaks to their figures.

[bL00df0x]

AWESOME! I love it a lot! Great work man!

[Jetoar]

Really beautifull friend, a beautiful base is a good point for some figures as this  .

[ceratopsian]

That's really effective work.  And I for one like to see animals with their mouths closed!  Congratulations on your work.

[Lanthanotus]

Thanks to you all for the nice words!

Yeah, luckily more and more figures (not only dinos, but also crocs and such) are made with articulated jaws, as I find the open mounths all time (especially on theropods) are really unnerving.

[Dinomike]

That is a very good diorama base!

[Tyto_Theropod]

Lovely work. I agree, the Apatosaurus looks much better with its mouth shut.

[Lanthanotus]

So, to continue the thread,... here's the designated counterpart for the Apatosaurus. As it happens I like models with closed mouth, just cause it's more naturalistic - wolves or tigers don't go hunting snarling and roaring all time and eagles don't screech when goin' down on the rabbit - so choosed the Schleich Allosaurus, a figure I quite like for it's color scheme and overall design. However, a bit of reposing was necessaryy to add a bit more "agility" to the scene (legs and arms have been bent, tail elevated, Head turned a bit and fingers cut single. The base basically was made the same way as for the Apatosaurus, just used some different materials to do the plants (alder cones and colored sequoia leaves),.... so here we go:

[LophoLeeVT]

love your base!

[Jetoar]

Really good base friend. It is a beautiful point for your figures  .

[Arul]

Looks like that base is fit for any figure

[LophoLeeVT]

is that just me or did you also do modifications on the allosaurus jaw???
the color sheme looks darker than the one i have.
but i think that it makes it more awesome!!!

[Lanthanotus]

Looks like that base is fit for any figure

Hehe, as said, the base of the Allo was basically made like the Apatos also using lot of same materials. But both have shallow footprints of the matching dinosaurs, so not just anybody fit's in these "shoes"

is that just me or did you also do modifications on the allosaurus jaw???
the color sheme looks darker than the one i have.
but i think that it makes it more awesome!!!

No, I did not alter the paintjob on the Allo, came from the shelf just like this. All I did was repositioning tail, neck,legs and arms/hands with the famous hot/cold water method. For some reason the hands won't stay in their designated position but tend to go back half way to the awkward pronated position.

[dreadmane]

Great work Lanthasaurus, keep them coming!

[Lanthanotus]

Some time went by since my last post here.... so this is my Diorama for the Kaiyodo Plateosaurus I made a review for, it's supposed to represent a forest burned and buried by a thick layer of volcanic ash. The cataclysm dates back some weeks or even months and the first burned cycad begins to sprout out of the resin seeping bole. While the trees fight for survival, the frail beasts do so even more. So the diorama is entitled "Hope". Made from cement, chicken wire, burned wood, icelandic volcanic sand, dispersion paint, potato glue and colored tyvek paper.

[PaleoMatt]

These are really great! You should participate in the Diorama Contest this year

[Dilopho]

Yeah, using Icelandic volcanic sand in your dioramas is real dedication!