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Walking With Dinosaurs 3D… the end credits!

Posted on 29/12/2013 by luisvrey

A ravaged Nanotyrannus reacts with alacrity to the end credits of Walking With Dinosaurs…Yes we know: Walking With Dinosaurs 3D is all the rage these days. I am not going to dwell in the details, but obviously the animation is … Continue reading →

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The Joy of customising models!

Posted on 14/12/2013 by luisvrey

Yes, you saw it as “blank slate” in the previous blog.  Here’s my own version of Hector Munive‘s fine Centrosaurus model (hoping to do more collaborations with him and Aldebaran Catañeda very soon).  According to the skin preserved together with … Continue reading →

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… and then México once again!

Posted on 23/11/2013 by luisvrey

Every year, Mexico’s foremost asset to Palaeontology, Dr. René Hernández Rivera, allowed me the honour to speak to his students at his classroom in the UNAM (Mexican Autonomous University), the true temple of popular knowledge in Mexico from which I … Continue reading →

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SVP at LA… a personal chronicle.

Posted on 21/11/2013 by luisvrey

It was a double whammy returning to LA and SVP at the same time. It’s been a while since my last Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting …and even longer while since I last had visited Los Angeles… In ’76, it … Continue reading →

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Outtakes from the Golden Book (2)

Posted on 21/10/2013 by luisvrey

Not dinosaurs this time… just a couple of scenes from the Paleozoic: this one from the Carboniferous… with Meganeura attacking Hylonomus, a giant scropion and an anthracosaur in the background. The tree trunk is based on a real Carboniferous fossil, … Continue reading →

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Outtakes from the Big Golden Book (Part One)

Posted on 15/10/2013 by luisvrey

A busy scene from the Cretaceous North America, with Albertosaurus chasing Maisaura and chicks (there’s a really 9ld version of this one where Albertosaurus had only a timid feather fan round its arms… things move fast!) ,  Originally the big … Continue reading →

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The Therizinosaur Rookery is at last finished.

Posted on 20/09/2013 by luisvrey

You saw the process of making this piece-de-resistance. All the protagonists are now in place and the hypothetical life cycle is now complete. Of course it wouldn’t be complete without  the opportunistic mammal trying to predate on the newborns. Regarding … Continue reading →

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The day Safari got inspired by yours truly!

Posted on 10/09/2013 by luisvrey

Remember this old painting… ? It was first released in Extreme Dinosaurs more than 13 years ago. It became famous enough for something extraordinary to happen… suddenly  recently suddenly it became a Safari ltd 3D miniature(Oviraptor On Nest Version 2)! … Continue reading →

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SVPCA in Edinburgh…most spectacular of settings!

Posted on 02/09/2013 by luisvrey

Well, it had to happen: a veritable heavyweight of a setting for the SVPCA. I had never been in Edinburgh before and we were simply taken aback by the beauty and personality of this city. A veritable monument that exudes … Continue reading →

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Step by Step: Working on a new mural…?

Posted on 01/08/2013 by luisvrey

Setting up the scenery… there should be a surprise in every corner… it’s starting to hatch! I think in these days it’s difficult to find  to find new themes for really striking, original material regarding dinosaurs… nevertheless I decided to … Continue reading →

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