Category Archives: maniraptora

Getting one (or two) of my dreams realised, step by step…

Posted on 15/04/2024 by luisvrey

As Carmen would say: “Why and how do you get this junk? Look’s terrible”… well it came all the way from Brazil from Rodrigo Henrique Gomes. And indeed at the beginning didn’t look very promising… but guess what happened next… … Continue reading →

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Tears, sweat and blood… the saga of making a life-sized Velociraptor skeleton.

Posted on 04/04/2023 by luisvrey

The process of learning is continuous and endless… and this one was too special to miss. It had been one of my greatest ambitions to built a complete life-size Velociraptor skeleton, bone by bone. I jumped at the opportunity when … Continue reading →

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Vintage Sale..! The Old New Chinese Revolution originals are up for auction!

Posted on 20/03/2023 by luisvrey

From all the original artwork I did at the end of the 1990’s and beginning of the 2000’s, no other are dearer to my heart than the New Chinese Revolution Saga (1 to 4). They have been protagonists of several … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction, Birds, Book Projects, Caudipteryx, Dinosaur colouration, Dinosaur Renaissance, Dinosaur rEvolution, Extreme Dinosaurs Pt.2 The Projects, Gondwana Studios, maniraptora, Original Art, Paleoart, Sinosauropteryx, TetZoo.Con, The New Chinese Revolution (Parts 1 to 4), Uncategorized, Yi Xian Fauna | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

The Joy of Customising Models and Casts, welcome back from Mexico, again!

Posted on 03/07/2022 by luisvrey

Every time I come back from Mexico I bring a lot of samples from Hector Munive. Dalia Castillo and other Mexican sculptors and casters… that means hours and hours of further customising of quality casts that need to be “brought … Continue reading →

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Pathologies… in the waiting!

Posted on 03/05/2021 by luisvrey

There’s nothing more frustrating, as every artist or palaeontologist knows, than a bunch of oven ready pieces rotting away in our vaults without a publisher helping them to see the light!… Those were the pre=pandemic days! Almost two years after … Continue reading →

Posted in Carnosaurs, Dinosaur Pathologies, maniraptora, Raptors, Reptiles, Sauropods, Tetrapods, Titanosaurs, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Never Try To Bite More Than You Can Chew.

Posted on 01/03/2021 by luisvrey

Maastrichtian in Dakota. A couple of young Dakotaraptor decide to try their luck and hike an adult Triceratops… or a relative. Is Dakotaraptor for real? There have been so many doubts but I also doubt that Utahraptor was the only … Continue reading →

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Ubirajara, the controversy rages on.

Posted on 27/12/2020 by luisvrey

At the moment these pictures were happening, I couldn’t post them for obvious reasons… this is Hector “Splintersaurus” Munive and Dahlia Castillo working on the first-ever model of Ubirajara, the strange, protofeathered and exotically ornate Sinosauropteryx-like theropod from Brazil I … Continue reading →

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EXTREME DINOSAURS II. THE PROJECTS.

Posted on 08/07/2019 by luisvrey

Almost 20 years ago the book Extreme Dinosaurs, a compilation of artwork I had done from 1988 to 2000 was released. It was a novelty mostly because the colourful approach to dinosaurs and the de-facto depiction of feathered dinosaurs for … Continue reading →

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Transforming a classic model.

Posted on 20/03/2018 by luisvrey

About twenty years ago I was collaborating with the famous Kaiyodo label from Japan, trying to promote their wonderful models here in London. They were so advanced for their time that I really wanted to have them all and customise … Continue reading →

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Dinosaurios Hechos En México opens in Monterrey (Part 2)… now for real!

Posted on 14/03/2018 by luisvrey

7500 visitors in two days can’t be wrong… ! After the preview in my last blog,  we have had the opening of Dinosaurios Hechos En México. As this little photo tour shows,  I think Planetario Alfa and Gondwana Studios have … Continue reading →

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