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I would like to make a couple massive squiggoths, cheaply of course. I plan on using a toy dinosaur, chopping it up, then applying coats of bondo.

The thing is, I can't find the base toy to use. No rhinos, elephants, or dinosaurs. The only ones I find are either too small or are plushy, squishy kinds.

I need help to find a cheap, plastic or hard rubber model about 12 inches long.

If anyone knows where to get one, or runs across one at a store I would be more than happy to conpensate you for your time.

have you seen wd 321they make one out of a lizerdmen stegadon sure its not the chepest but its the eseyst way.

if not look  for schlelch. i used an elafent in my lotr harad army and it came out grate. as to witch one use a tryscaratops (not sure on spelling) but its going to be alot harder because its all one peace.

Heya;

Do you mean something like this...

I got this fella from a 'warehouse' style store in Australia. He was missing a horn, so I got it for $4.00AU istead of $8.00AU. The dino stands 14'ish inches long - 4.5'ish inches wide at the rear shoulders - and 5'ish inches high.

With a little work and some remodelling, this dino now looks like this (Still very much a WiP)...

 

DarkFather

 

Due to my inability to figure out this forum's linking stuff you'll need to cut and paste. Anyway, this is a nice choice:

http://www.linkandpinhobbies.com/Graphics/TS_STYRA.JPG

Can find it for sale here:

http://www.linkandpinhobbies.com/dinotoys.htm

Size comparision:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y88/Rafi89/Dinocompare.jpg

I wish i still had pics of my original two after the chapter approved came out for the Ferals. I used two of the original Star Wars Dewback models. Scale is perfect, I glued the head and tail so it would move and built it up on the top and sides with balsa and Ork bitz for some armor plating and the howda, repainted it and then gave it some nice Orky grafitti here and there. They work awesome. And I was able to pick two cheap ones up off Ebay.

This was the type I used, i didn't use the saddle part: http://cgi.ebay.com/Dewback-Stormtrooper-1979-Vintage-Star-Wars-Nice_W0QQitemZ130030804798QQihZ003QQcategoryZ2475QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

But this one would probably work as well: http://cgi.ebay.com/STAR-WARS-POTF2-PATROL-DEWBACK-1997-KENNER-TOYS-NR_W0QQitemZ320031940595QQihZ011QQcategoryZ50267QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

ya that works what are you going to use for  the tower