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[wings]

Your making "common sense" is starting to appear a little obsessive.

Yeah, perhaps I should have just made the diagram right at the beginning to avoid going through all these "nonsense" . BTW it only appears to be obsessive because you didn't seem to get the point for the entire time so I've tried to make it easier for you by drawing it out. I'm sure you'll probably respond to this but this would be my last comment on this topic since I've said all I can about this and if you get it, you get it and if you don't then you just don't.

[DinoToyForum]

Yeah, I think the topic is pretty much exhausted.

[Gryphoceratops]

Your point was made clearly in the very beginning.  I got it.  I just don't think its the only correct way of reconstruction.  The fact that you kept going is what makes it seem obsessive.

[DinoToyForum]

I've been working on a Pliosaurus profile. Not entirely happy with it yet, but getting there...

[Weaver]

Ooo! I like it Dr. Admin! I can see the shadows of the teeth and the water-reflections look great too. Awesome!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

I think it looks pretty good..makes we wanna try some sort of prehistoric marine reptile now.  I know who to go to for advice on it at least..

[DinoToyForum]

Thanks! I feel I haven't achieved enough depth in the temporal region, and not sure how to fix it...each time I try I make it worst!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Thanks! I feel I haven't achieved enough depth in the temporal region, and not sure how to fix it...each time I try I make it worst!

Hmm..I do see some depth there.. maybe just very slowly darken the area  ? I don't really use computer art programs though.

[DinoToyForum]

I've tweaked it a little further

[Jetoar]

Wonderful pliosaur   .

[FUTABA]

Adam, I've long admired your artwork on the Plesiosaur Directory, and you've really outdone yourself with the coloured digital pics. The Rhomaleosaurus and Velociraptor are exquisite, the sheer amount of detail and texture on the Triceratops is mindblowing. Love it. I'd love to participate in these Palaeoart threads but I can't draw anything even slightly realistic.

And the Pliosaur is looking great too. Is it Kevani?

[DinoToyForum]

Adam, I've long admired your artwork on the Plesiosaur Directory, and you've really outdone yourself with the coloured digital pics. The Rhomaleosaurus and Velociraptor are exquisite, the sheer amount of detail and texture on the Triceratops is mindblowing. Love it. I'd love to participate in these Palaeoart threads but I can't draw anything even slightly realistic.

And the Pliosaur is looking great too. Is it Kevani?

Thanks for the kind words Futaba! Funnily enough, looking back at those early digital works, I decided I'm personally dissatisfied with them. Maybe I'll revisit them one day – that's the advantage of digital

Yes, the pliosaur is P. kevani. Based on my skull reconstruction.

[DinoToyForum]

I suppose this counts as artwork. This is my new reconstruction of Rhomaleosaurus from my newest publication (Smith A.S. and Benson R.B.J. 2014. Osteology of Rhomaleosaurus thorntoni (Sauropterygia: Rhomaleosauridae) from the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) of Northamptonshire, England. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London: 168 (642), 1–40, pls 1–35.).

Now, someone make it into a toy! 

[Concavenator]

CollectA made one.

[DinoToyForum]

CollectA made one.

I know, CollectA based their figure on my old reconstruction (at least in part). I want someone to make a new figure based on my new reconstruction.

[Yutyrannus]

CollectA made one.

I know, CollectA based their figure on my old reconstruction (at least in part). I want someone to make a new figure based on my new reconstruction.

Maybe Safari will make one for 2016 (I really hope so, Rhomaleosaurus is really cool and I didn't particularly like Collecta's version), they did a great job on their Liopleurodon and Elasmosaurus.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Cool.  I'm still looking for a pliosaur/plesiosaur/elasmosaur for our Terrors of the Deep exhibit. Might be a neat species to do.

[DinoToyForum]

Cool.  I'm still looking for a pliosaur/plesiosaur/elasmosaur for our Terrors of the Deep exhibit. Might be a neat species to do.

That would be awesome, do it! Rhomaleosaurus is the best plesiosaurian genus to pick when you can't decide between a long-necked plesiosauroid or a short-necked pliosaur, because it is  morphologically intermediate between the two, combining a relatively long neck with a relatively large head.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Cool.  I'm still looking for a pliosaur/plesiosaur/elasmosaur for our Terrors of the Deep exhibit. Might be a neat species to do.

That would be awesome, do it! Rhomaleosaurus is the best plesiosaurian genus to pick when you can't decide between a long-necked plesiosauroid or a short-necked pliosaur, because it is  morphologically intermediate between the two, combining a relatively long neck with a relatively large head.

We'll see how much room I have. I'm not really making any of these marine reptiles I'm building full body..( or adults for that matter) except the Nothosaurus seeing as it's so small..around 8'.  So it could fit.

[DinoToyForum]

Cool.  I'm still looking for a pliosaur/plesiosaur/elasmosaur for our Terrors of the Deep exhibit. Might be a neat species to do.

That would be awesome, do it! Rhomaleosaurus is the best plesiosaurian genus to pick when you can't decide between a long-necked plesiosauroid or a short-necked pliosaur, because it is  morphologically intermediate between the two, combining a relatively long neck with a relatively large head.

We'll see how much room I have. I'm not really making any of these marine reptiles I'm building full body..( or adults for that matter) except the Nothosaurus seeing as it's so small..around 8'.  So it could fit.

Well at least you know the reference material is here if you need it