Mudpup Waterdog's Customs and Repaints

[MudpupWaterdog]

I've been doing some painting lately.

First up, a Safari Ltd. generic frog turned into a Green Frog. Here's the before and after:



And here's some other angles:




And another Safari figure, a Toob cockroach turned into an American cockroach (get the sandal!)






And finally, I got a dragonfly life cycle set from a Chinese brand because I wanted a dragonfly nymph figure. The collection had two nymphs, and this one was pretty ugly in lime green so I brushed a few browns over it to make it a little more realistic. It's not based on any real species, and doesn't even look much like a dragonfly nymph, but now at least it fits into the background of that stream diorama I made a few years ago.

[sphyrna18]

All are excellent!

[EpicRaptorMan]

nice improvements

[bmathison1972]

Very nice; I have no talent for such things LOL

[MudpupWaterdog]

Thanks everyone!

[MudpupWaterdog]

A dollar-store unpainted water buffalo for my Southeast Asia shelf.

Primed:


Painted:


It barely stands on its own and the mold lines are pretty obvious, but I want a domestic water buffalo and spending two dollars on this was easier and cheaper than tracking down the Safari Carabao.

[EpicRaptorMan]

Nice. Painting my giraffe weevil as we speak

[bmathison1972]

Nice. Painting my giraffe weevil as we speak

That I look forward to seeing!

[MudpupWaterdog]

Some new repaints for another diorama project I'm putting together:

First up, made the AAA abalone a little more vibrant. I don't have the techniques or the paints to get the iridescence just right, but I think this looks better than AAA's dull green shading.




And a batch of Safari Toob sally lightfoot crabs repainted as striped shore crabs (Pachygrapsus crassipes)




All three are slightly different - I used different references for each one to add some variety.

[bmathison1972]

Love what you did with the crabs! It always kinda bothered me that it was so simply painted (esp. when earlier Safari promo pics showed more ornately painted).

[MudpupWaterdog]

Love what you did with the crabs! It always kinda bothered me that it was so simply painted (esp. when earlier Safari promo pics showed more ornately painted).

Thanks! I love the IC Sally Lightfoot, I agree it's a shame the Toob version was just plain red. THe PV Galapagos series Sally Lightfoot is about the same size but so beautifully painted. And the Habitat Earth/PV striped shore crab is the right colors but just isn't shaped right.