Lilstock Shastasaurus

[modelnut]

I just finished sculpting my interpretation of a Lilstock Shastasaurus in 1/24 scale. The swimmer, dolphin and great white shark are all in that scale even though Lilly would never have encountered any of them. I am not 100% happy with the paint job I did on her. I painted her in less than two hours on Monday night. I am almost happy with my sculpting. Not quite though. She is bare of any skin details like wrinkles or scars. They may come. But I have worked at her since April and I'm a bit tired.

Lilly is comprised mainly of Bondo automotive body resin over a foam core. I will not do anything this large again. But ever since the announcement last year about the Lilstock jaw fragment I have wanted to sculpt an eighty-five foot Shastasaurus in 1/24 scale. She is just a bit over 42 inches long. The last details I added was Lilly's nostrils and cloaca. Can't have an animal sculpture that can't breath or poop now can we? This is the first time I have tried glass eyes.

[Silvanusaurus]

I am not going to lie to you... I think she looks absolutely perfect. The smooth, elegant simplicity of the sculpt is truly beautiful, just as a piece of artwork in itself, its wonderful. I don't have any knowledge about whether it would be more lifelike, but personally I don't think she needs any extra detail or wrinkles, etc. She looks so good as is.  I just love the face so much!

[Lanthanotus]

I agree with Silvanusaurus, the, I dare say, "simple" look is just and the more fitting for such a big aquatic animal. It looks like it would make a perfect company to Schleich's Shonisaurus or CollectA's Kronosaurus.

[modelnut]

Thank you both! 

[samolsen]

Nice work. It's simple, smooth, and elegant.

[Shonisaurus]

@modelnut The figure apart from being well made looks huge!

[Einherjar]

That is awesome. And huge! I agree with the others, no details needed, but I think I agree with you on the paintjob. I think it could use a bit more contrast. If you do some wide airbrushing with a transparent dark grey/blue color from the top, I think it could make it really pop. Love the patterns you've made though, they're just a little hard to see.

[modelnut]

I have the Mega Sofubi Blue Whale for inspiration on the paint job. But I only had one night to paint Lilly before my local model club meeting where she would make her debut. That's where I took those pictures. The lighting was better than any place I could think of in my house. And there were fewer cats! 

And my airbrush got clogged with a clump pf paint. That took an hour to sort out. So I tried for a deep water shimmering effect in the short time I had left. It turned out better than I had hoped. But I may yet try to give her a better paint job next week. We will see.

- Leelan

[Halichoeres]

That's a beautiful model, well done. Very imposing, appropriate to such a gargantuan animal.

[Jose S.M.]

I really love this sculpt. I think smooth works nicely in this kind of animals and I like the coloration I think it works out well with those shades of light blue and darker blue, but I'm sure if you decide to revise it you can make it even better.

[Killekor]

You did a really great job sculpting that Shastasaurus!
As the other members that replied to this thread, I really like the simplicity and the elegance of your work. It looks so natural and calm! Plus, I really like it's color scheme.
Congrats for your amazing work! I'm curious to see other sculptures made by you, if you make more.

Killekor

[modelnut]

This is my fifth prehistoric. Two are still waiting to be painted.

-Leelan

https://www.deviantart.com/modelnut/art/Polycotylus-latipinnis-after-an-image-by-Gabriel-U-673030466

https://www.deviantart.com/modelnut/art/Cameroceras-634346427

Going to repaint this one:

[Bokisaurus]

Amazing sculpts and huge!
I always enjoy looking at other artists work, keep up the great works, can't wait to see any future figures.

[modelnut]

Feeling "blah" today. No urge to do any real modeling. So  I thought I would share this picture of Lilly with a few items in her scale, a VW Bug, a Ford Focus (the family car), a black-tip reef shark, a leather-back turtle and a bottle-nosed dolphin. See why I love 1/24th scale?

- Leelan

[Shonisaurus]

It has been great this shastasaurus you are a great artist I congratulate you. We would need a collection / toy brand (ie made of PVC) a shastasaurus of the same degree of genius as the one you have made. Magnificent figure I congratulate you.

[Halichoeres]

Great tableau to illustrate its massiveness!

[ZoPteryx]

All of these are super impressive, well done!