"Dollar Dinosaurs" Topic
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| Ed the Two Hour Wargames guy | 02 Mar 2010 5:05 p.m. PST |
Found these at Walmart. $1 USD each. Yes, I know they not metal or "historically accurate" but how much do you want to invest in the period? picture |
| Double W | 02 Mar 2010 5:35 p.m. PST |
I picked up a couple of the sauropods a while back, but the rest were oversized for my tastes. I tend to aim for a little bit of accuracy, and that doesn't help build a collection. |
combatpainter  | 02 Mar 2010 7:02 p.m. PST |
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Bunkermeister  | 02 Mar 2010 8:52 p.m. PST |
I got loads of plastic dinosaurs. Many are repainted and if combined with several companies you can get a nice variety that metal alone would not give you. Mike "Bunkermeister" Creek
bunkermeister.blogspot.com |
| John the OFM | 02 Mar 2010 8:52 p.m. PST |
I see that they are in the traditional "tail dragging" design.  |
John Leahy  | 03 Mar 2010 4:40 a.m. PST |
Ed, you may want to take a look at Dinosaurs from here: link I started with similar ones as you show. However, unless you paint them they look pretty poor and they are usually too large. You can get some pretty nice ones for decent money. John |
| Ed the Two Hour Wargames guy | 03 Mar 2010 8:46 a.m. PST |
Thanks John,
Some of them say 1/30th scale. How's that work with 28mm?
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| Mikhail Lerementov | 03 Mar 2010 9:02 a.m. PST |
Personally I don't get overly concerned about size as it pertains to the larger dinos, nor do I worry about the age they lived in. The Lost World contains supersized T-Rex and to small Triceratops. Doesn't make any difference. Too small? Not fully grown yet. To large? Just haven't found the largest fossil of the type yet. Poorly painted. Touch them up. |
| John Leahy | 03 Mar 2010 12:48 p.m. PST |
Not only does it have more tooth and would get dirty faster, gesso isn't all that durable on miniatures. I think it would be a very poor sealer. As Allen says, you are much better off with a dedicated varnish. Future, Krylon Clear Coat, Testors Dull Coat are all good ones. |
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