"Ancient Sea Monsters Were Black" Topic
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| Tango01 | 08 Jan 2014 10:26 p.m. PST |
"Some of the largest beasts in the ancient seas had black skin or scales, new research finds. Ancient leatherback turtles, toothy predators called mosasaurs and dolphinlike reptiles called ichthyosaurs all had black pigmentation, researchers report today (Jan. 8) in the journal Nature. The findings come from an analysis of preserved skin from each of these creatures…"
Full article here
link Well, at least, they are easy to paint!. (smile). Amicalement
Armand |
| Borathan | 08 Jan 2014 11:54 p.m. PST |
Not entirely sure with this, especially after the probability that fossilization may distort the color producing cells as was commented about the feather colors with dinosaurs… |
| Zargon | 09 Jan 2014 4:45 a.m. PST |
LOL. Us lot being wargamers. There's black and there is black! 8-D. And knowing us lot black can become white bellies,fins,feelers, and a multitude of variations of 'black' will include the whole spectrum and when finished other wargamers will say ."Nice look those mate, love how you paint them all black especially with those hi-lights of blue,green, yellow and red" yeah we all know black is not really black, Armand. Have a good day and cheers ;-) (sorry about the deletes got stutter of the same thread) |
| Dave Crowell | 09 Jan 2014 1:02 p.m. PST |
Well, present day leatherback turtles are black, as are many whales. I think it is a bit of a stretch to go from finding black pigments in some skin fragments to declaring the whole animal black. As for the birds, many birds, and other creatures, gain at least some of their colouring through diffraction of light by their feathers, scales, etc. Blue Jay feathers for instance are not pigmented blue. |
| Mako11 | 09 Jan 2014 1:49 p.m. PST |
Big snapping turtles are black, as well as some gators. |
| Landorl | 10 Jan 2014 7:28 a.m. PST |
Oh great… The age old problem for wargamers… How do you really paint black and make it look good!?! |
| Mako11 | 10 Jan 2014 8:29 p.m. PST |
Well, for wet sea monsters, I'd go with a satin finish. |
| Whitwort Stormbringer | 14 Jan 2014 3:34 p.m. PST |
Seems reasonable that the dorsal side would be black, dark grey, dark blue, or dark green, and that the ventral side would be light in color (white/light grey), since countershading is such a common camoflage tactic amongst aquatic animals. |
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considers the Battle of Delium, 424 B.C.