Dilophosaurus Jeep 'Mascot', and Gateway in progress

[Bosssk]

After a couple of years with the Baby T-Rex in the back, I decided to build a new Dino, and one associated directly with Jurassic Park -- the frill-necked Dilophosaurus alo referred to as the Spitter. Like the baby T-Rex, the tail and body are made from green foam US army sleeping pads, and the head is a Jurassic Park licensed mask to which I added glass taxidermy eyes, teeth, tongue and mouth details. Like the T rex, this is only a half-body on a cover so I can still use the bottom for a lockable storage area. The nets conceal the fact that it is not a complete dinosaur. 'Dilo' made his first appearance at the Pop Con convention in Evansville Indiana two weeks ago, where I also wanted to unveil a scaled down version of the Park Gates, but didn't get the two faux stone pylons finished in time. The sign itself is eight feet long, the doors are ten feet high and the pylons will be 15 feet tall when finished. A Jeepwould be able to drive through them when finished. The whole set up will be done, and my 25 foot long Star Wars Dewback converted to a Triceratops for the Cincinatti ComicCon later this Summer. While the dilo stays in the Jeep for every day driving, I am also working on a big T-Rex that has pounced on the back of the Jeep, just for parades and displays, and the velociraptor costume may be finished this year as well.

[COBrian]

Really cool!

[Dr.Alan-Grant]

can you do a how to, for the dino body? id like to do this myself but do a raptor instead

[fantomas]

I'd love to see a write up of the dilo as well. I recently picked up (I believe to be) the same dinosaur mask off ebay. I still have tons of other projects but I would love to see how you made yours more realistic and the frill neck.