Little Plastic Dinosaurs

[steve_pickstock]

I am always amazed by the effort that goes into the design of model dinosaurs. Not the big Papo ones, but the cheap toy ones - you know - a bag of dinosaurs. Some aren't that spectacular but these ones were in a Jurassic Park playset, along with some other useful wargaming bits, but I looked at the dinos and I thought I'd paint them up.

First up a nice spinosaurus with some lovely detail on the hide crying out to be defined by paint.





I was trying for a for tiger-like scheme on this one, I think it could stand to be re-done but it will do for now.





These guys are likely to end up in a Lizard Men army along with the figures from the 1625 project. They're count as Greater Warbeast and act as a kind of fire-and-forget monster.

[PaulRPetri]

Great work Steve. I may have to seek out a bag of plastic Dino's in my neck of the woods. I have a large plastic King Kong and a host of natives and tramp steamer toughs that need some paint and a game! Great inspiration!

[sberry]

I love those beasts, and your paintjob on them is a real upgrade!

I have accumulated a number of plastic dinos over the years, from my own childhood days and from my kids. The problem is that these creatures in a bag rarely have an identifiable scale – neither 1/72 or any other. I suppose this is no big issue for gaming, but it prevents me from doing more Romans vs Dinosaurs dioramas…

[Santi Pérez]

Wow, Steve. As sberry says, your paintjob on these cheap China-made figures has improved them a lot.

Santi.

[Rich W]

Nice work Steve!

[MABO]

I just saw Jurassic Park again!