Oligo-scenes!

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(from Starlux)

30 millions years BP in what is now Egypt, two "moeritherium" which are.. elephants!..  before the croc of Limpopo river elongated their nose!.. :)

..and now the little game to spend time:

There is an arsinotherium too, in this landscape, a huge animal with 4 horns on the muzzle and forehead.

Who will find it first?..

Found it, he's near the rocks with only horns poking out

Adam found it first! How is it possible that the arsinotherium looks so distant?
Wonderful Starlux oligarchy. Now I understand Napoleon's obsession for Egypt!

Yeess!! Congratulations Adam, you won!.. the possibility to discover the whole beast!

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Roger wrote:

Adam found it first! How is it possible that the arsinotherium looks so distant?
Wonderful Starlux oligarchy. Now I understand Napoleon's obsession for Egypt!

It is actually possible to sit here and dream myself back to a long, long time ago

Wonder what the sounds were like, - was there birds back then ?
I tried to find out through wikipedia, but they ause so many words I don't know

Your pictures are not only interesting and beautyful, - there are even huge arsinoitheriums hiding in the bushes

Thank you Andreas and Susanne! :)

SUSANNE wrote:

It is actually possible to sit here and dream myself back to a long, long time ago

Wonder what the sounds were like, - was there birds back then ?
I tried to find out through wikipedia, but they ause so many words I don't know

Your pictures are not only interesting and beautyful, - there are even huge arsinoitheriums hiding in the bushes

First songbirds date from early Eocene, approximately 54 million years ago) . Holigocene, here presented, is between 34 and 25 millions years ago, so, almost surely they learned lots of nice songs during all these years!
Considering only the extant birds, it is incredible the different songs and sounds they make, trying to find out how it was so many years ago seems a very interesting exercise.

Did you create the setting on your own ?

Yes I did Rtas! :)

Very nicely done!

Great diorama!!

Thank you Wilorvise and Taos! :)

Caracal wrote:

Yes I did Rtas! :)

I understand why you like Starlux figures so much : they are tiny and thus, it is more easy to create settings for them. They are very convenient for dioramas.

Anyway, this one looks great !

exactly Rtas! That's why I like all old 1/32 scale vintage brands!.. :)

30 millions years B.P. in North America, Brontotherium (= thunder big beast) from Starlux:

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brontotherium belongs to a disapeared ongulate perissodactyl family close to Rhinos, tapirs and horses ones. It was bigger than contemporaneous white rhino with 2,5m at shoulder! Its eyes were curiously next to muzzle and eated Foliages and fruits..

Here yet, Mr Massat seems to have been inspirated from Zdenek Burian's picture:

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Very nice brontotheriums :)

I feel like in the volcanic area of the Rocky Mountains, just a few years before a huge eruption. It is interesting to see how these creatures survived in native Americans culture just as thunder beasts even if obviously they didn't know the real creatures. i think the name is perfect and naturally Starlux couldn't miss this iconic animal in their rich range. Thanks for bringing them back to life.

Thank you Adam, Andreas and Rogério! :)

Rogerio, when natives Indians were finding big bones of Brontotheriums after strong rains, they thought they were belonging to a kind of giants horses whose full gallops in the clouds, were the explanation of thunder! :)

I am ashamed but I know these from the animation movie Ice Age

it's a way like an other one!..

Caracal wrote:

Rogerio, when natives Indians were finding big bones of Brontotheriums after strong rains, they thought they were belonging to a kind of giants horses whose full gallops in the clouds, were the explanation of thunder! :)

That's magic, I remember reading it when working the corresponding TAW page and I was a little puzzled with the array of names of these portentous animals.