Self-assembly raptor

A raptor model kit I bought arrived today. Haven't started putting it together yet, as I'm going to paint it, and at least some parts will probably be more convenient to paint before assembling it, but it looks pretty neat. At least by comparing the individual parts it actually looks a closer match to the size and proportions of the JP/W raptor figures than I'd expected, the biggest difference I can see being a bit shorter torso, which is probably what makes the head look kind of big in the photos I saw of it. The head part is actually about the same size as the Kenner raptor's.

The kit is by Fujimi. It's obviously based on the Jurassic Park version of Velociraptor, though the English info on the package is actually about the real animal in all its turkey-sized glory, and it was made this year so it just has a retrosaur design rather than being from when it was thought to be accurate. Apparently the parts are snap-fit and don't need any glue, and the instructions are mostly pictures, so they should be pretty easy to follow even without knowing Japanese.

In other raptor figure news,

First of all a better photo of Shredder, I took the last ones near a window too but it was starting to get dark out. (Grappleclaws in the background there is drying his arms after getting stripes on them, and is still a work in progress.)

And I'm seeing if I can fix the little Sinornithosaurus figure's warped leg. I tried the dipping in hot then cold water thing, but though I did get the leg how I want it, it reverted to its warped stage over the course of a few hours. I'll try that again sometime; maybe I didn't hold it in the cold water for long enough for it to properly set, or the hot water wasn't hot enough to properly soften the plastic, we'll see. For now it's sitting on one of those plastic molds some figures have between their legs in the packaging to prevent exactly this, to at least keep it from warping further. The plastic came with a JW mini (Skye, I'm pretty sure), so it's not perfectly fitted for this figure, but it stays there snugly enough.

If I can't straighten that leg maybe we'll just always have you pose like you're about to embark on an adventure - or like you're on stage with your metal band, perhaps, you can do whatever you put your mind into, little raptor.

The orange Attack Pack raptor is patiently waiting for me to get around to working on him already, lol. Indecision over which orange boy he's going to be is over, at least, since I'm just making both of them after all.