"I restarted my tyrannosaurus so i could improve topology. Also planning on making it so the larger scales can be customly rigged when I start animating it so i can make it so it the scales have the appearance of overlapping and grinding against each other. But during the first start of the mod it's probably going to be a reskinned yutyrannus mixed with some allosaurus animations. I made the head osteoderm crest more asymmetrical and I used chicken, goose, emu, dwarf crocodile, and ostrich for the legs. Also made the scales on the leg proportionally smaller than compared to dwarf crocodile. Also made the larger scales and osteoderms follow a pattern similar to chicken and ostrich skin bumps. Planning on going for a slightly vulture style tyrannosaurus. I used vulture and the new saurian rex as a reference for the neck. Still going for a heavy looking tail. Reducing planned proto-feather amount. I plan relatively small to medium sized square scales on the belly and on half of the tail, hexagonal scales on the base and underside of tail. The tail is a very confusing part for me so i kinda went with the tail styled similar to theropod tails in the isle. Still following traits from birds, crocodiles, and other reptiles like the scales on the legs tend to be larger and more patterned (or actually have a pattern in terms for archosaurs) than what is on the body. Plainning on doing alligator-like keratin covering mixed with wood stork. Also still planning on adding lips but making it so they don't look like lizard lips and only partly cover teeth. Also making it so how tough the skin of the dinosaur was depends on where it lived, how dangerous it predators were, how dangerous it's prey was, and how much competition it had. I also plan on adding variations like a southern one which is completely scaly. Mid region which is has small bits of fuzz. Then the northern which has a small coat of proto-feathers. Also still adding feathers because i'm scared not to. But i kind of believe it might of had some elephant fuzz style proto-feathers.

For how I've been, stuff isn't going the best for me. Still dealing with the loss of my cat and two of my teachers at my school have died. Also my Grandma isn't doing to well. Still probably will be rarely active on steam.

References more of species of animal and sources.

Main reference
https://pre00.deviantart.net/81a9/th/pre/f/2014/108/1/1/tyrannosaurus__the_stomping_land__02_by_swordlord3d-d7eyfbd.jpg

I do trust saurian with this because I'm pretty sure they may know more basic info on dinos than me. But I don't think t rex would have had a true scaly face.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/254639323

Main reference for scales because it is the closest thing we have to a fully scaly terrestrial archosaur alive today. Also it has tiny pebbly irregular and asymmetrical scales like what we've seen from lots of dinosaur skin impressions apart from ceratopsians because they had large scales. I think this probably be the best crocodile reference for a dinosaur. Just that type of scales would have covered more of the body on the dinosaur than it would on the dwarf crocodile.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/West_African_Dwarf_Crocodile_5.jpg

Big reference for head, feet, and fuzz patterns.
http://naturalbridgezoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Ostrich-998x1024.jpg

Neck scale reference
https://www.nps.gov/bicy/learn/nature/images/Hot-gators-Oasis-credit-to-Shirey.jpg?maxwidth=1200&maxheight=1200&autorotate=false

Head and feet ref.
https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/o/9/q/y/h/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.620x349.1o9ras.png/1517977727759.jpg

Scaly bits on this bird can give us an idea of what dinosar heads could have looked like
https://cdn.audubon.org/cdn/farfuture/IrwcsgUyYUbuAPFKSc6V8N0KnmXG9D-SnyzA3rIiRf0/mtime:1486669963/sites/default/files/styles/hero_cover_bird_page/public/Wood_Stork_Chandra_Jennings_NJ10_29548_KK_GBBC.jpg?itok=4UNur-qm

This one is not just for the lols.
http://media.cleveland.com/broadview-heights/photo/chickens2jpg-d256ed3efc4b3823.jpg

This one is more for the head to get an idea of how keratin covering would look on a tyrannosaurus skull.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Parque_Zool%C3%B3gico_de_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_-_Sao_Paulo_Zoo_-_Jacar%C3%A9_de_papo_amarelo_-_Broad-snouted_caiman_%2811539899803%29.jpg

This one is for the head crest.
https://www.quasarex.com/galapagos/media/img/animals/reptiles/iguanas/marine-iguanas_2.jpg

This one is because some of t.rex's scales were polygonal like this guys
http://www.genesispark.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/gharial4.jpg

Tongue ref and maybe eye ref. Probably similar to t rex since their both predatory theropods.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Golden_Eagle_in_flight_-_5.jpg

Another Tyrannosaur Ref. Reference for how spikes should look on the scaly variant.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_wr5JHdFEx4/WUJ1_U6T8kI/AAAAAAAACvQ/dz_wshSsFrc0r3umY6EYlDax4lZI2KTmQCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/Tyrannosaur%2BWitton%2B2017%2Bdetail%2B1.jpg"