Dinosaurs

[chriswil42]

Excellent.

[Bigkev]

I think we can safely say that you are the go to man for dinosaur modelling in the club.
Can you do anything with some of the members?

[cph64]

Fantastic work, well done.

[Wizzel]

Making a little progress on the next one now. The Hypsilophodon is reaching up for some foliage n the tree. It's had a rough coat of yellow to act as a primer undercoat as a little filler was needed around the legs. I used Vallejo plastic putty and when set, a cotton bud dipped in surgical spirit (which softens in) to rub away the excess, then a cocktail stick to mould it into the gaps and get a smooth finish.

The base had held me back so far as I could get the finish I wanted. I'd sprinkled some 7mm static straw on the slope to try and represent trampled long grass but was struggling with airbrushing, even after following some tutorials, as the colour was far too even, so I went back to the brush and flooded the area with various washes and the picked out the stalks in bright green. The previous brown washes toned this down nicely and when doing this I noticed part of the ground looked like it could be a bit of a log part buried in the soft earth so I'm working on trying to bring that to life.

The short grass at the top (neatly mown by Captain Caveman) needs a little work to make the surface more unkempt but I'm happy with the colour now.

The tree is wire twists covered in blue roll soaked in PVA and may not be the design of the finished article. I may have to rethink this but I'll see how it takes shape.

[chriswil42]

Looking good Dave.

[Wizzel]

As suspected, the tree was re-thunked - or should that be re-trunked??

I fell back on some offcuts of my trusty thyme bush with a dod of superglue in strategic places then dipped in a tub of coarse green foliage.

I hope to finish painting the dinosaur tomorrow then decide if the base needs any more detail or if not fix the dinosaur in place and call it finished.

[cph64]

Nice work on the base.

[Bigkev]

Hi Wizz, looking 'treemendous'.
Nice work and something I must try in my efforts.