Ceratopsian's custom paints and everything else: new 10 May 2024

[Joey]

Love it, looks great!!

[Fenestra]

Wow! That looks absolutely amazing!
I can only imagine how happy you are with this piece.
Martin did an incredible job on both the base and animal.
Congratulations!

[SidB]

Ceratopsian, a word about your Utahraptor that stubbornly refuses to stand. I had heard that it was designed to be standing upon and grappling the Battat Maiasaura. I tried this with mine, and sure enough, they fit perfectly in this position. A good deal for the former at the latter's expense!

[Halichoeres]

Wonderful Achelousaurus model! I share your intuition about her preferring a bit of cover.

[ceratopsian]

Thank you. That's an interesting observation. If I ever manage to acquire the Maiasaura, I will experiment!  On a similar theme, my Battat Terra Tyrannosaurus manages to stand only with the assistance of an obliging (Carnegie) Triceratops. Though in this case of course it was meant to stand alone. I must admit that it is difficult to envisage how the Utahraptor would ever be able to stand alone. It doesn't look physically possible.

Ceratopsian, a word about your Utahraptor that stubbornly refuses to stand. I had heard that it was designed to be standing upon and grappling the Battat Maiasaura. I tried this with mine, and sure enough, they fit perfectly in this position. A good deal for the former at the latter's expense!

[Shonisaurus]

Ceraptosian your achelosaurus is the best I've seen so far in figure. I do not know if there is another similar figure in the market of PVC or vinyl figures but that achelosaurus looks great, it's awesome.

My sincere congratulations for that great figure. 

[ceratopsian]

Wonderful Achelousaurus model! I share your intuition about her preferring a bit of cover.

Thank you.  The other thing that struck me yesterday was how much I liked the way Martin had made her eyes so very alert looking.  She's resting but still on the lookout for danger.  I thought this a well-observed touch by Martin.

Thank you too Shonisaurus, Fenestra and Joey for your comments.

[Jose S.M.]

Wow that base looks gorgeous, it's so detailed. The dinosaur looks amazing too and I like the frill coloration, kind of simple but attractive at the same time, very adequate to its display purpose in a realistic way.

[acro-man]

Nice cabinet, looks swell.
I have a shelf sitting in the corner with very poor lighting, and I never got a clear photo of it.
And I have to downsize my collecting considering some time I will be moving.

Lu Feng Shan's model of Achelousaurus is a true masterpiece of art.
That sense of calm and peace, while typical among his works, surpasses his previous ones this time.
Fantastic

[ceratopsian]

Thank you acro-man.  You are right to pick out the feeling of peace in Lu Feng Shan's model.

Downsizing will be hard, I'm sure.  Moving home with a collection isn't easy!

Nice cabinet, looks swell.
I have a shelf sitting in the corner with very poor lighting, and I never got a clear photo of it.
And I have to downsize my collecting considering some time I will be moving.

Lu Feng Shan's model of Achelousaurus is a true masterpiece of art.
That sense of calm and peace, while typical among his works, surpasses his previous ones this time.
Fantastic

[Bokisaurus]

Nice figure. And I really love your display cabinets, wish I had room for something like that.

[postsaurischian]

On Wednesday morning, the postman brought another large box from Martin Garratt's studio.  Before Christmas, I'd purchased Lu Feng Shan's model of Achelousaurus and had it sent direct to Martin. .......

She (she must be a she) is soo adorable! All of Martin's works are beautiful, but every now and then he puts out a true masterpiece. This is one of them.
Congratulations for getting such a well arranged, beautifully painted piece. It seems to be perfect in every way.

Hmmm ... I think of getting the Achelousaurus too, Shan's models are pricey but also of irresistible esthetic beauty.

I'd love to see a side by side shot with your Rubeosaurus .

[ceratopsian]

Thank you, postsaurischian. I completely agree with you, Martin was especially inspired for this model. And yes, it wasn't cheap. Photographing both together - I am not sure if I can manage this technically. Side by side they are quite wide and I don't think I can get far enough away from my photography/study table. But let me give it some thought.

[ceratopsian]

Today's offerings: first of all, a snap of the palaeontology section of my bookcases.  Not everything dinosaur or palaeoart related is here - a couple of books are too big and some are wandering!



Two small packages arrived to swell my new venture into the Permian.  First the Wild Safari Inostrancevia.  I ordered this from Germany, as I couldn't find one in the UK.  The cardboard box got soaked somewhere along the line and began to disintegrate.  It was rescued by the Post Office, who stuffed what survived into a plastic bag.  The model was fine, as it was still in its Safari original sealed plastic bag.  So a lucky escape.




And the pareiasaur Scutosaurus.

[ceratopsian]

Postsaurischian - I had a go at side-by-side photos of Shan's Achelousaurus and Rubeosaurus.  Here's the results:

[Jose S.M.]

Gorgeous pieces!

[paintingdinos]

Absolutely lovely. Excellent paint application of course, but the scenes that have been set up for them really add to the peaceful beauty of these sculpts.

I'm jealous!

[postsaurischian]

  Excellent! Thanks for showing them. What a beautiful pair and wonderful scenery!
      Dinosaur art at its best!!!

[Reptilia]

I wish I had 1/3 of the paleobooks you got, still a long way to go for me to build a decent library.

[Libraraptor]

What a wonderful collection!