Lanthanotus' Collection of Prehistoric Life

[Lanthanotus]

I just recognized I haven't started a proper collection thread as of yet, but that can be helped....

... so I start with a recent acquisition that is a big step for my collection though it didn't create as much space as I had hoped for

I hate having most of my collection being stowed away in the attic for the lack of space available, but I also hate dusting, so having the dinos neatly packed in cardboard boxes saves a lot of time. However, I have some shelf space above my desk with some dinos on it and just bought a glass cabinet to show off some more. My original intention was to show all my Invictas, Kaiyodos and Carnegies there, but it would be way too crammed for my taste. So I have slected just a few figures and may swap them from time to time or even get rid of those, that are always stowed away without being missed. So this is what is right next to my desk since a week, also boast space for my small "prehistoric library":

[Gwangi]

Awesome! Nicely displayed, and excellent taste. I also hate dusting and overcrowding but alas, my shelf is dusty and crowded.

[Jose S.M.]

Great figures and display!

[Halichoeres]

That's a very nice display cabinet (and a great collection too!). I'd like to get some cabinets like that someday too--I don't like having to dust, but I also can't bear to hide my animals away in boxes...

[Lanthanotus]

Thank you all..... yeah I intended to buy an all glass cabinet and decorate each level with a custom diorama base and backdrop image. But when I saw the several cabinet models in person I deceided different. The black color fits better with the surrounding terraria and my wife also likes it better. Since my work area is part of our floor, that's important aswell

[BlueKrono]

Thank you all..... yeah I intended to buy anall glass cabinet and decorate each level with a custom diorama base and backdrop image. But when I saw the several cabinet models in person I deceided different. The black color fits better with the surrounding terraria and my wife also likes it better. Since my work area is part of our floor, that's important aswell

You might be better off with silica glass... probably would have better visibility.

[Lanthanotus]

Silica glass? Sorry, am no native English speaker, but isn't silica glass just normal (window) glass? Or are you referring to that typo ("anall")? Was intended as "an all glass cabinet", not a typo for "acryl"...

Well, the cabinet's glass is indeed reflecting which impacts visibility, but it seems there are no non-reflective glass cabinets, at least not for a price range I considered.

[Tylosaurus]

Black cabinets, that's an interesting idea, surely is appealing if your room's is rather dark, it does go very well.
The glass seems fine though, since you view them from a top sided angle, I'd not worry about that.

Nice collection contents too btw

[BlueKrono]

Silica glass? Sorry, am no native English speaker, but isn't silica glass just normal (window) glass? Or are you referring to that typo ("anall")? Was intended as "an all glass cabinet", not a typo for "acryl"...

Well, the cabinet's glass is indeed reflecting which impacts visibility, but it seems there are no non-reflective glass cabinets, at least not for a price range I considered.

Yes, I was just joking with you. We all make spelling errors, native English or not, but yours was just too good to pass up. Feel free to rib me if I make one!

[Megalosaurus]

Nice collection & display.
Talk me about the Allosaurus & carcass please. It looks interesting.

[Pachyrhinosaurus]

Nice display cabinet! Dark wood almost always looks best. I was window shopping for something similar before I got my specimen cabinet, and I realized just how hard it is to find an ideal case like that.

[Lanthanotus]

The cabinet is from Ikea, but I am not sure if it's listed in their online catalogue, it wasn't shown there when I was looking up glass cabinet, so it was lucky coincidence I found it there.

@ BlueKrono: Nah, it's all fine, mate, I usually get jokes and irony even if written, but sometimes it's hard to deceide when you become aware you made a mistake and wonder what is referred to, the mistake or the intended content

@ Megalosaurus: Thanks, Megalosaurus, it's a self made sculpt, you find more about it here.

[Megalosaurus]

[...]
@ Megalosaurus: Thanks, Megalosaurus, it's a self made sculpt, you find more about it here.

Pretty nice sculpture. Well painted and lovely details.

[Libraraptor]

Cool collection! Cool cabinets.  Cool books.

[Lanthanotus]

Update..... I follow user Kayakasaurus' thread for some time now and eventually purchased four of his models. Highly recommended. I think the models are all 1:40 in scale, rendering the Leptoceratops a delicate 4 cm along the body line. I got them unpainted and this is what I made of them, not sure if I'll keep the color schemes of the Irritator and Zuniceratops, but for a start it's fine I guess....

Hylaeosaurus




Irritator (this model will be this year's Diorama Contest prize, provided by Kayakasaurus)




Zuniceratops




Leptoceratops (yes, mine can stand on two legs, but it is also comfortable in tripod and quadruped stance)

[Jose S.M.]

Nice paintjobs, I like specially the Hylaeosaurus.

[ZoPteryx]

Great new additions and I like the color schemes!  I'm definitely going to have to buy that Irritator, or win the contest. 

Also, just noticed your awesome looking CollectA repaints!

[Lanthanotus]

I recently bought three figures from our forum member MIXVS MINIMAX who has his own line of 1:72 scale figures. I think I'm gonna review one or two o' them in the near future. All of these figures are cast with resin but luckily are not as brittle as some of the very tiny and narrow parts would suggest. The detailing on figures and bases is top notch, but as these are model kits, they need some assembly which can be a pain in the backdoor despite detailed instructions are given within the finely done boxes.

So.... here's what I done with them...

Quetzalcoatlus northropi, in comparison with its CollectA counterpart (customized, obviously). The base is part of the set and made from gypsum.



Deinonychus antirrophus, I have to admit I did not make use of all the claws provided and supposed to be at the tip of the fingers and toes. This base is also made from gypsum.



Coelophysis bauri, scavenging on the eyes of a dead Placerias. A bloody and gore laden mini diorama, I like it most of all three. Pencil for scale, the whole model is a mere 1.4 cm high, so even the tiny Tamiya Archaeopteryx is big in comparison.

[MIXVS MINIMAX]

Ah, thats cool! :-) I like Your Deinonychus-dio. It's better to place it not in line of the trunk and I think I put to much plants on my dio. And I like coral-snake-pattern - I did it the same. :-)

[Halichoeres]

Man, that Coelophysis is impossibly tiny! Nice paint-ups.