| Cacique Caribe | 02 Mar 2013 2:25 p.m. PST |
I know that Whiffwaff once mentioned that he might make a few: TMP link But, as time passed I decided to give it another try: link It's about 10mm tall. And this is what I was shooting for: link So what do you think? Did I succeed? Thanks, Dan
PS. A previous attempt:
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| SonofThor | 02 Mar 2013 2:34 p.m. PST |
Cool! Nice job! I know Rebel mins had some Chupas. link |
nnascati  | 02 Mar 2013 2:37 p.m. PST |
Why not give it a dog like snout? That would appear to be what the real thing looks like. |
| JRacel | 02 Mar 2013 2:57 p.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 02 Mar 2013 3:54 p.m. PST |
And there is a possibility that rare dog-like creatures caused havoc as far north as Montana in the 1880s, though they were never called "Chupas". It was called "Ringdocus":
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link Dog-like creatures given the name "Chupas" are really a more recent development that sparked reports from Texas all the way down to Chile in South America. Every couple of generations Nature reminds Texans and people of Northern Mexico that there are still wild-ranging and very in-bred populations of Xoloitzcuintli (Mexican hairless dogs) that travel and hunt alone or in small packs: YouTube link link
link In Peru and Chile there's a similar situation: link However, the original sightings of Chupas were in Puerto Rico many years earlier, and they described a completely different creature, something like a cross between a Velociraptor, a Baboon and a Kangaroo:
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| Cacique Caribe | 02 Mar 2013 4:57 p.m. PST |
For those curious about the dog-like "Chupas", check out this video and photos: YouTube link Dan |
| Cacique Caribe | 23 Mar 2013 7:16 a.m. PST |
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| bluebirds40 | 23 Mar 2013 8:28 a.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 23 Mar 2013 12:46 p.m. PST |
This is what I was shooting for:
Or even this:
But this is how sloppy mine looks when magnified:
More: link I swear it looked fine to me with the bad lighting at the hotel! I guess I better get more light or new glasses. Dan |
| Cacique Caribe | 15 Apr 2013 11:07 a.m. PST |
Should I make any final changes to the green? Suggestions before I finish it? Thanks, Dan |
| Cacique Caribe | 16 Feb 2014 1:03 a.m. PST |
Guess what guys? The Chupacabras is now in Moscow!!! link link Dan |
| deflatermouse | 16 Feb 2014 2:55 a.m. PST |
I think the green looks excellent, even when you have magnified it by 4 x in the above pic. Wasn't there a bone-sucking creature in Futurama? Fry adopted it as an egg. |
| zrunelord | 16 Feb 2014 5:34 a.m. PST |
The green looks very good, Dan.
I'd leave it as it is ,though I would have liked to see pics from different angles. No model survives the meeting a camera, because everything is magnified but this is a good thing as one can fix what was overlooked. But new specs do help…. a lot !!!! I know ,just got me a new pair.:):):) Z |
| Rebel Minis | 16 Feb 2014 9:20 a.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 16 Feb 2014 6:51 p.m. PST |
Thanks Mike, Here are views from different angles: link Dan |
| War Monkey | 16 Feb 2014 7:14 p.m. PST |
Hey Dan that green looks great, I would go withit as is. As far as the Chupacagra in Russia goes, I don't thing so, from the picture, there just mutant rats, from all the radioactive material unacounted for is all |
| Cacique Caribe | 16 Feb 2014 7:19 p.m. PST |
Hey, I caught part of the film "Chernobyl Diaries". If a 10th of that movie is based on fact, then I believe your Russian mutant rat suggestion. Dan |
| War Monkey | 16 Feb 2014 7:32 p.m. PST |
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