Bully Mastodonsaurus

[smashtoad]

Hi all...

Just finished this Bully mastodonsaurus.  I'm really happy with it, but still like Copper's paint scheme better on this sculpt.  I've got another one to do now.  Love this critter.

[Halichoeres]

Nice work! Brings out some sculpt features that are obscured by the original paint job.

[Jose S.M.]

It looks so good like that!

[Flaffy]

I really liked the subtle browns of the original figure, but your new paint job makes the sculpt details a lot clearer!
Probably could be a male during breeding season? 

[acro-man]

is that you, lava frog?

[Derek.McManus]

Very nice work, impressive colour scheme.

[postsaurischian]

  Beautiful colour! It shows that this is one of the best figures Bullyland has ever released.

[Bucklander]

Love it. Man that is one sexy beast!

[smashtoad]

Thanks guys...those warts are gorilla glue dots.  He has much more texture than the original sculpt.

[AcroSauroTaurus]

It appears you forgot to paint the lower teeth that stick up through the end of the snout.

[Jetoar]

Really beautiful custom  .

[Libraraptor]

Beautiful!

[Megalosaurus]

This is a fantastic paintjob.
But I was also wondering if you forget to paint the protruding teeth or it was your desition to paint it that same color.

[smashtoad]

Full disclosure....didn't know a couple things.  Didn't know those were teeth....and was not aware of the adult size of mastodonsaurus. I figured 8 maybe 10 feet.  What a critter.  I've been looking at skull pics....I might amend them a little with some Apoxie sculpt.

Thanks for the heads up, fellas.

[Halichoeres]

Full disclosure....didn't know a couple things.  Didn't know those were teeth....and was not aware of the adult size of mastodonsaurus. I figured 8 maybe 10 feet.  What a critter.  I've been looking at skull pics....I might amend them a little with some Apoxie sculpt.

Thanks for the heads up, fellas.

I don't think the painters of the original did, either.

[smashtoad]

This is the other masto.  Top pic is him on the right...the one on the left is the original before I finished him.  This second one was nice but dark and kinda boring.




Tonight I got Fed up and just started throwing on white paint with no direction.  Not sure where I'll go from here but it felt good to just go random.

[AcroSauroTaurus]

Actually, the white one looks really cool as it is!

[smashtoad]

Thanks man...it doesn't look very good in person.  Maybe I'll trim the white and see how that looks then wash it.

[smashtoad]

Finally got this guy done.  I'm pretty happy with it...but still like Copper's much better.  I just think he captured the essence of this critter.  His paint scheme reminds me of the South American chicken frog.




I also used a drill, some apoxy sculpt, and some toothpick tips to fix His snout teeth.

[Lanthanotus]

I really like that last paint scheme, looks very amphibian and naturalistic.

Personally I highly doubt what was metioned in a lot of posts before, that the front teeth stuck through the upper jaw completly. While the skull indeed boast opening sockets for the uncommonly large front teeth, there's hardly to find an evolotionary intended example in recent animals where teeth struck through a bone in such a way, basically creating two more independent openings to the inner mouth. It is way more likely that these sockets were covered by cartilage tissue or keratin fiber or such, greating some bulking muzzle.

Nevertheless I like the resulting custom figure, good work