Lanthanotus' Collection of Prehistoric Life

[Lanthanotus]

I order from several shops..... the one I got the Iguanodon from was spielzeug-guenstig.de.

[Shonisaurus]

This iguanodon with its new paint details looks colossal. You have done a job Gorgeus Lanthanotus. 

It seems with that giant painting a stuffed dinosaur seems like a detained figure in time is awesome. 

[Beegfood]

Thanks for the answer, I might order something at that shop too....

[Bokisaurus]

Wow, what striking  colors, nice outfit change

[Reptilia]

Wow, what striking colors, nice outfit change

Fixed? 

[Lanthanotus]

Spent the day out at Rhine river, enjoying the spring sun at the sandy beaches. Got some figures with me to bypass the time until the diorama contest


Kaiyodo Giant Salamander (not a prehistoric animal model, however, a proper reconstruction of let's say Koolasuchus should probably look more like this than the mega head thingy it is usually depicted as)




Schleich Dunkleosteus (not my model, but a loan from my son's friend)





Bullyland Mastodonsaurus (I wish Bullyland would return to this former greatness)

[PhilSauria]

Great images! I swear that I could hear the Jaws theme in my head as I looked at the Dunk approaching the camera! I have long admired the Bully Mastodonsaurus but this one does not seem to be easy to find, another that looks unlikely to appear on my shelves. Terrific weather over there, heading into greyer weather over here, Autumn taking hold from Summer.

[Lanthanotus]

Yeah, the Mastodonsaurus is a very rare find, just found one in two years of searching, but I was lucky enough to get the one from the pictures from postsaurischian with a nice trade. One should think, being located in Germany should help tracking Bullylands, but some of them are super rare, in fact I've seen more Invicta Lambeosaurus from German sellers than several Bullylands.

[Faelrin]

Wow those images of the figures in the water look so natural (even if the Dunkleosteus was a huge creature in life). Great job with them.

[Mini Minmi]

You have a waterproof camera? Sweet! Excellent use of the water, it looks very natural, especially the mastodonsaurus.

[Shonisaurus]

Thank you Lanthanotus for sharing the pictures.

I congratulate you for the artistic compositions of these figures. They are beautiful, they look like paleoartist paintings and I say it sincerely, it is a work of photographic art.

On the other hand I share the opinion of other members of the forum with regard to Bullyland I would also like to return to the golden age of production of prehistoric animals which includes this mastodonsaurus (the best prehistoric amphibian made to date in my opinion).

[Lanthanotus]

Thank you all for the kind words

Last year I bought a very old book from my childhood. Found it by chance on a fleamarket and read it to my son when he went to sleep two weeks ago. The book contains several descriptions for some handicraft things as a brontosaur made from pipe cleaners. There's also a description in for making a prehistoric marine environment with trilobites (from putty) in a bwol of water and he was eager to make this "experiment". Here's our result, the one trilobite is from CollectA's toob, the other I made several months ago for my son from SuperSculptey. The plants are coontails and spider plant.

[Libraraptor]

Great pictures, Lanthanotus!

[Shonisaurus]

By the way, Lanthanotus. Do not the prehistoric animals introduced to the water for a long time deteriorate? They are very beautiful prehistoric recreations that give the hit but that I have always asked.

In fact in the Aquarium of Madrid of Gran Vía they had a lot of years ago an aquarium with fish and inside the figure of the elasmosaurus of Carnegie. That's why I ask.

Anyway, the photos are great.

[Lanthanotus]

Interesting question.... well, the self made trilobite (SuperSculpey, acrylic paint, wire) began to rust, cause I used wire for the antennas. Both figures were covered by a biofilm, so they felt slimy to the touch, but were not harmed. They just were submerged for a few days there.

A few years back my father found an old Bullyland figure of mine while digging in the garden. It laid there in the ground for like 20 years but neither its paint nor its material showed a sign of age or deterioration. Those plastics are real tough ones

[Jose S.M.]

Those Mastodonsaurus photos are great, it looks very realistic, they could've worked as contest entries, the ones where it's semi buried are my favorites, looks like its alive.

[Bokisaurus]

Nice ones, love them all. Really like the underwater as well as those splash ones! Save some for the contest

[Lanthanotus]

Nice ones, love them all. Really like the underwater as well as those splash ones! Save some for the contest

Hehe thanks, but I got something differnt in my backhand

[Lanthanotus]

Just today arrived the magnificent Papo Therizinosaurus. As I hear a review is planned for the blog so I won't spoil too much, but that gargantuan and heavy figure is a real feast for the eyes. The level of detail and the subdued but nevertheless striking colorization make this Papo figure a nice mix of the reconstruction of a real animal and the "in your face" style of Papo figures. So I had to take out this beauty and do some shots in the last sunlight of the day....

Peaceful grazing...






... the disturbance

[Nimravus]

Great pictures! I love the one where the Theri is defending himself against the Tarbosaurus (safari Tyranno) and scratching its face!