You wander around a shop or market anywhere…and suddenly… there it is: yet another modern-day dinosaur toy atrocity! Yes, this time another Schleich model, a label that is famous for its deranged, schizo dinosaurs (c’mon, not because “it’s for children” you shouldn’t be more careful!)… There’s obviously more than one designer in the company… and this new atrocity belongs to a series from the same designer.

And yet… just looking at it I saw possibilities that appealed to me… I had to rise to the challenge. I have a passion for these things (like James Pascoe would say…) … and when I saw this figure. I thought “this might just end up becoming a bearable model”.

A camel,-legged short-snout badly finished Edmontosaurus that boasts even a well-informed, late-minute head crest pretending to be “accurate” ?! You bet! Let’s get the scalpel… or the Dremel, whatever you prefer!

Then it’s epoxy putty time!… Wanted to add a big big nose to my Edmontosaurus this time.

And finally, paint time… it makes all the difference.

Customising models can be serious business for so many great artists… Take for example my next project… here’s just a taste of it… while waiting for the tail and legs to be added. This will be subject of another blog post when it’s finished… and is becoming a gruelling, but a long-time dream of mine… a life-sized Velociraptor bone by bone.

In the meantime, I leave you with the treat of some street art that needs no commentary… except an earthy ‘thank you’ to anybody that’s done it… finally Tlatolophgus, Angel Ramírez and… myself are taking to the streets in Mexico City! Pictures courtesy of Google Maps!… this is really beyond fun…