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Walking With Dinosaurs 3D… the end credits!

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!

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!

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.

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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The day Safari got inspired by yours truly!

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!

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…?

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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A Diary: Sharing the MUJA and Hatching the Past experience.

Looks like paradise isn’t it?  Well it seems that every picture I took in Asturias  could be made a tourist postcard!Now imagine that in the middle of all this beauty,  you, an obvious palaeontolgy buff  had the opportunity to visit … Continue reading

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“Hatching The Past” goes to Asturias, Spain!

… and get the “Bringing Dinosaurs Back To Life” treatment… well this had to happen before any “eggs and babies“…! Yes. I have been invited to give my usual talk at the famous Museo del Jurásico . “Reviviendo Dinosaurios”  this time! We … Continue reading

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Heterodontosaurs now and then…

This is part of an ambitious future project  with John Hutchinson that might develop in something really interesting. I showed this illustration to someone that replied “what is that weird squirrel?!”. Now, you must agree that at the level of … Continue reading

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