Transformers Ripoff #53

Sun Sacred

Part of the "Super Change Series"

China's great miltary secret

Huge Success

After months of just leaving the Minmi model in neglect, for a laugh and giggle I decided to do a test render with it over a photograph back plate. I also threw my new lighting skills at this composite, and boom... My favourite Dinosaur composition ever (not my favourite composition ever, but definately what I feel is my best Dinosaur yet). This was just supposed to be a starting point, not a final product!

Zealandia Ornithopod

Had sometime in between dwindling classes to play today.

How does this look?

A Guardians of the Galaxy Movie?!?

In one of those weird sort of moments, while reflecting on my favourite comic properties (I was coming to the conclusion most of my tastes beyond Batman and the Hulk were very obscure characters and parts of the Marvel and DC universes) one of my all time favourites has just been slated for development into a live action motion picture...

These heroes and their book would be Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.

Cover art by (I believe) Clint Langley
Property of Marvel Comics
Used without permission

They are not a set of characters I would have guessed getting a movie in a million years. Yet it is looking real. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. If I like them they must be good :P

Seriously I see them as working well in a film if developed right. I'm not sure if they'd work or should be mixed with the current running Marvel film franchise, but with the reveal of Thanos they could be made to work... I guess.

The point of this post in a round about way is to get it on the record early I liked Guardians before they were mainstream cool :P

So long as the film is loyal to Starlord (a must!), Rocket Raccoon, and Groot all pictured above with Moondragon (who I couldn't care less if she was in the movie or not) than it should be good. Add in Cosmo the telepathic Russian Cosmonaut dog and I'll be very happy indeed.

Big Project

I've been tinkering and building up to putting together a book on New Zealand Dinosaurs. Adding incentive to this effort is an offer/request I got from New Zealand. I can't/won't go into detail about it yet, but needless to say I need to finish up my last few NZ Dinosaur models quick (in good news they are all in a mostly complete state).

How's my fuzzy Hypsilophondid looking thus far?

What you do when your franchise phases you out...

Well since Ridley Scott has decided he no longer needs the Alien in his Alien movie Prometheus, did you ever stop to wonder what the poor Xenomorph is doing with itself these days.

Well these days you can find the Alien selling jeans in mainland China. I can't really blame him. When your franchise goes from versing Predators to LOST in Space (which is a worse fate than Lost in Space) you might want to lie low.

Transformer Ripoff #52

Space Commander

From the hit movie Super Change 3

The Avengers Ripoffs Begin

Just as I'm starting to run out of Transformers ripoffs it appears I have a new series of counterfiets to document.  The Avengers knockoffs appear to be hitting the streets.

I ran into two different ones yesterday. Sadly due to major rain they were ducked off under cover (and thus more closely guarded by the stall operator) so I couldn't get great photos. I did manage to snap the highlights.

So here is a taste of hopefully things to come. Couldn't manage better than this given the circumstances (note the rain drenched cover on the right).

One set of these Avengers held several none Avengers like the Thing and Superman. The Superman was too dopey to not photograph.

My favourite had to be the french Thor...

Dinosaur Train Ripoff

I wish I could have probed this stall more, but the vendor wanted to chase me off as it was. Despite clearly being a Dinosaur Train dino it is merely called Big Dinosaur. Though my favourite part is the Interaction clearly marked on the box.