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Xenoceratops is a genus of centrosaurine found within the Foremost Formation in Alberta, Canada, and that lived through the late Cretaceous. Its identify means alien or international horned face and it will get the identify for having been found in a formation in any other case missing in ceratopsian stays. That stated, the Foremost Formation’s dinosaur fauna is poorly understood throughout the board. Xenoceratops doesn’t have a lot to supply, with the specimen used to explain it being nothing greater than a parietal bone. Different cranium fragments from the formation have been assigned to Xenoceratops as properly however general, there’s little to go by.
Regardless of its fragmentary nature, there are a number of Xenoceratops figures out there together with a PNSO mini determine, BotM motion determine, and one from CollectA. Actually, this isn’t a genus that pursuits me a lot nevertheless it’s onerous to say no to a Haolonggood ceratopsian mannequin.
Haolonggood markets this mannequin as being 1/35 in scale and it measures 7” (17.78 cm) lengthy and stands 2.5” (6.35 cm) tall on the hips. To be 1/35 in scale the precise Xenoceratops must measure 20’ (6 meters) which is an affordable measurement estimate. The determine is introduced in a trotting or charging pose, with the top barely lowered.
What we all know of Xenoceratops is that it had two forwardly projecting epoccipitals close to the midline fringe of the frill and a flattened spike-like epoccipital on both aspect of them, and huge, triangular epoccipitals positioned alongside the decrease frill edge. Different basal centrosaurines are used to fill within the gaps. Haolonggood will get the identified components proper and the remainder of the physique is correct to centrosaurines with the one inaccuracy being claws painted on the final two digits of the forelimbs. That is a straightforward inaccuracy to miss however I can not for the lifetime of me work out why Haolonggood retains doing it this late within the recreation.
Effective particulars are as much as Haolonggood’s common excessive requirements, and it is best to know the drill by now, however we’ll level out a few of the extra noteworthy elements. I significantly just like the concentric ridges working down the forehead horns that seem like ripples on a pond. I additionally benefit from the bigger scales clustered across the eyes that then department off and observe the contours of the mannequin’s face and frill, corresponding to these working from the eyes down alongside the nasal after which over to the jugal horn.
I suppose I don’t just like the deep horizonal lower working between the shallow nasal horn and the edges of the snout nevertheless it’s simple to miss. Effective pebbly scales cowl the remainder of the physique with bigger function scales interspersed all through. Wrinkles and pores and skin folds are sculpted the place applicable, corresponding to alongside the limb joints and torso. Once more, you recognize the drill by now. And sure, all bodily orifices are current.
This determine is available in two equally interesting paintjobs. Yan Solar is a mixture of browns, oranges, and yellows whereas the one I’ve is Yang Lin and is grayish blue. When Completely satisfied Hen Toys requested which colour I would favor as a pattern I stated “shock me” as a result of I discovered it too tough to decide on between the 2. Yan Solar has some pretty distinction between the completely different brown tones, however Yang Lin has a extra interesting show of colours on the frill. Collectively they make for a pleasant male/feminine pair.
What I don’t like about Yang Lin’s paintjob are the white squiggles alongside the edges. I’ve by no means favored the squiggles that Haolonggood makes use of and would have enormously most well-liked the identical base colour with out the additional paint software. The gradient between the blue-gray physique and pale underside is interesting sufficient. Generally, much less is extra. Yan Solar has the identical squiggles, however they give the impression of being extra natural on that variant.
I do like the road of white working down the midline of the again that encapsulates the row of function scales additionally working down it. It seems like a string of beads. The frill is gorgeous too, with a stunning mixture of blue and inexperienced. I’m grateful to lastly be residing at a time when ceratopsian frills are painted just like the show options they in all probability had been. As a lot as I cherished Safari’s ceratopsians they had been all the time missing on this regard. The eyes are painted blue which compliments the frill properly. Some darkish grey warpaint is painted throughout the pale face and the horns and beak are creamy tan coloured. The toenails are brown.
There are some inconsistences with the paintjob on my copy. The bottom of one of many spike-like epoccipitals is painted grey whereas the opposite will not be, however this is likely to be a case of poor paint software. Extra perplexing is the shortage of white squiggles on the best aspect when in comparison with the abundance of them on the left. Certainly, the best aspect is generally devoid of them, which confirms my suspicion that the determine can be higher with out them in any respect. I’d be eager about realizing how widespread these inconsistencies are.
The Haolonggood Xenoceratops is one other glorious ceratopsian from Haolonggood and other than the fragmentary nature of the animal it represents I can not consider a compelling purpose to not need it. This determine is broadly out there on-line and might be bought at Completely satisfied Hen Toys via the hyperlink beneath.
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