Miniature Animal Figure Collection
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Andrew Swales
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Kakapo
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Well, time for an update!
Probably my modelling activity will slow very much from now, as I spent my holiday week and tomorrow I return to job, so I will have little time for figures.
Again (characteristic of my fish-memory) I forgot to make a general shot of unpainted models before start painting.
Now I let you Zoochatters to tell the species, hehehe. All are easy
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Probably my modelling activity will slow very much from now, as I spent my holiday week and tomorrow I return to job, so I will have little time for figures.
Again (characteristic of my fish-memory) I forgot to make a general shot of unpainted models before start painting.
Now I let you Zoochatters to tell the species, hehehe. All are easy
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Wilson's Bird-of-Paradise, Eurasian Hamster, Goliath Beetle, Helmeted Hornbill, Giant Armadillo, Gray Fox.
Kakapo
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After some days of pause, I did another bunch.
This set contained a giant ibis (Thaumatibis gigantea), but it's indeed too giant! Similar in body mass to my jabiru stork!!! So I rejected it and I will sell raw to a collector friend.
Another of the figures is also a disgusting fail. I did a Blanford's fox (Vulpes cana), but didn't calculated well and the tail is too heavy. So the figure can't stand upright and need and object under the tail for stand!
Next one is the ashy-faced owl, Tyto glaucops. Unfortunately, it failed to soil while I was painting it, and it broken a toe. I replaced with a tinfoil toe glued, but the foot looks deformed due to this restoration.
The next one is the gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus. My plan was an Aplomado falcon but it looked too big for me after sculpting, so I've painted a gyrfalcon instead.
The most beautiful of the squirrels, as its name implies: Callosciurus prevostii (Callosciurus means "beautiful squirrel"), the Prevost's squirrel. Not a rare species, but you maybe noticed that I have a soft point for striking-coloured mammals
And finally, as my ornate butterflyfish was bored alone, I did two companions for him as I loooove butterflyfishes very much
Blue-cheeked butterflyfish (Chaetodon semilarvatus), and Meyer's butterflyfish, Chaetodon meyeri
This set contained a giant ibis (Thaumatibis gigantea), but it's indeed too giant! Similar in body mass to my jabiru stork!!! So I rejected it and I will sell raw to a collector friend.
Another of the figures is also a disgusting fail. I did a Blanford's fox (Vulpes cana), but didn't calculated well and the tail is too heavy. So the figure can't stand upright and need and object under the tail for stand!
Next one is the ashy-faced owl, Tyto glaucops. Unfortunately, it failed to soil while I was painting it, and it broken a toe. I replaced with a tinfoil toe glued, but the foot looks deformed due to this restoration.
The next one is the gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus. My plan was an Aplomado falcon but it looked too big for me after sculpting, so I've painted a gyrfalcon instead.
The most beautiful of the squirrels, as its name implies: Callosciurus prevostii (Callosciurus means "beautiful squirrel"), the Prevost's squirrel. Not a rare species, but you maybe noticed that I have a soft point for striking-coloured mammals
And finally, as my ornate butterflyfish was bored alone, I did two companions for him as I loooove butterflyfishes very much
Blue-cheeked butterflyfish (Chaetodon semilarvatus), and Meyer's butterflyfish, Chaetodon meyeri
Well, found out today my normal display area is no longer big enough to hold my entire collection by a large margin, so now have to pick subcategories until I find a way to display the whole collection again! 
Kakapo
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Lack of space for ever growing collections is an issue for everybody in this hobby!
New batch was baked yesterday, all but one painted today.
1. The vulturine guineafowl, Acryllium vulturinum
African Savannah pals
2. The marbled polecat, Vormela peregusna. Dedicated to TeaLovingDave
And another European friend...
3. The white-necked rockfowl, Picathartes gymnocephalus.
More and more from African rainforest
4. The four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis).
More Indian pals
5. And finally, this is the one that I like most! Eyed torpedo ray (Torpedo torpedo).
And now to a dive in the Mediterranean sea
New batch was baked yesterday, all but one painted today.
1. The vulturine guineafowl, Acryllium vulturinum
African Savannah pals
2. The marbled polecat, Vormela peregusna. Dedicated to TeaLovingDave
And another European friend...
3. The white-necked rockfowl, Picathartes gymnocephalus.
More and more from African rainforest
4. The four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis).
More Indian pals
5. And finally, this is the one that I like most! Eyed torpedo ray (Torpedo torpedo).
And now to a dive in the Mediterranean sea
Lack of space for ever growing collections is an issue for everybody in this hobby!
New batch was baked yesterday, all but one painted today.
1. The vulturine guineafowl, Acryllium vulturinum
African Savannah pals
2. The marbled polecat, Vormela peregusna. Dedicated to TeaLovingDave
And another European friend...
3. The white-necked rockfowl, Picathartes gymnocephalus.
More and more from African rainforest
4. The four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis).
More Indian pals
5. And finally, this is the one that I like most! Eyed torpedo ray (Torpedo torpedo).
And now to a dive in the Mediterranean sea
These are excellent Kakapo!
Kakapo
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Thanks Great Argus!
After a long pause making homemade models instead buying figures, I returned to the same shop where I bought the previous three. This shop have CollectA only, but as CollectA is my favourite brand and many wishes are still on my list, I had plenty to choose! So here are all my newest CollectA's!
1. First was the wild water buffalo, Bubalus arnee
2. The barbary sheep or adouad, Ammotragus lervia
3. The common wombat, Vombatus ursinus
Behind, it shows us a little surprise....
4. The black-backed jackal, Canis mesomelas
5. The red river hog, Potamochoerus porcus. Well, I forgot taking a picture after repainting it, but I think many of you are familiar with the appareance of the model as sold by CollectA, with all dark face. If not, here is a link to a Google image:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5598/15491881152_806b2133ba_b.jpg
Honestly I'm proud of the repainting!
6. The pygmy hippopotamus, Hexaprotodon liberiensis
And the usual Congo Basin couple is atonished for see new neighbours from his region coming and coming on almost daily base! Now the red river hog and the pygmy hippo join the homemade Picathartes, duiker and goliath beetle
7. And by last... The Tasmanian tiger, thylacine or, as I prefair from the usual common name in Spanish, the marsupial wolf, Thylacinus cynocephalus
Reading the menu of the restaurant! ;D
And now in the natural history museum, these are my extinct animals for now! Including an anticipation, a soon-to-be-painted easy to guess homemade
After a long pause making homemade models instead buying figures, I returned to the same shop where I bought the previous three. This shop have CollectA only, but as CollectA is my favourite brand and many wishes are still on my list, I had plenty to choose! So here are all my newest CollectA's!
1. First was the wild water buffalo, Bubalus arnee
2. The barbary sheep or adouad, Ammotragus lervia
3. The common wombat, Vombatus ursinus
Behind, it shows us a little surprise....
4. The black-backed jackal, Canis mesomelas
5. The red river hog, Potamochoerus porcus. Well, I forgot taking a picture after repainting it, but I think many of you are familiar with the appareance of the model as sold by CollectA, with all dark face. If not, here is a link to a Google image:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5598/15491881152_806b2133ba_b.jpg
Honestly I'm proud of the repainting!
6. The pygmy hippopotamus, Hexaprotodon liberiensis
And the usual Congo Basin couple is atonished for see new neighbours from his region coming and coming on almost daily base! Now the red river hog and the pygmy hippo join the homemade Picathartes, duiker and goliath beetle
7. And by last... The Tasmanian tiger, thylacine or, as I prefair from the usual common name in Spanish, the marsupial wolf, Thylacinus cynocephalus
Reading the menu of the restaurant! ;D
And now in the natural history museum, these are my extinct animals for now! Including an anticipation, a soon-to-be-painted easy to guess homemade
Kakapo
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Anybody more see red crosses instead images in the last 9 pics from previous message?
Well, I charge again with homemades! I show you them in the same order that was painted
1. The green spoon worm, Bonellia viridis
2. The silky anteater, Cyclopes didactylus
3. The baler volute, Melo melo
4. The pink-headed duck, Rhodonessa caryophyllacea
5. And finally, what is probably my most favourite snake of all times: the mandarin ratsnake, Elaphe mandarina.
Well, I charge again with homemades! I show you them in the same order that was painted
1. The green spoon worm, Bonellia viridis
2. The silky anteater, Cyclopes didactylus
3. The baler volute, Melo melo
4. The pink-headed duck, Rhodonessa caryophyllacea
5. And finally, what is probably my most favourite snake of all times: the mandarin ratsnake, Elaphe mandarina.
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Anybody more see red crosses instead images in the last 9 pics from previous message?
Well, I charge again with homemades! I show you them in the same order that was painted
1. The green spoon worm, Bonellia viridis
2. The silky anteater, Cyclopes didactylus
3. The baler volute, Melo melo
4. The pink-eared duck, Rhodonessa caryophyllacea
5. And finally, what is probably my most favourite snake of all times: the mandarin ratsnake, Elaphe mandarina.
Excellent as usual! I think you mean Pink-headed Duck though instead of Pink-eared?
I see about 50% of the photos from your prior post, and almost all the ones from the most recent. Red X's in both...
That's because you have too many images in the post. If you only put in ten then they will all show up.
Kakapo
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Thanks! I was unaware of this peculiarity of the forum. I will try than next batch will have only 10 images for post. If anybody is interested in seeing the "hidden" images from previous posts tell me!
However, Great Argus was able to devinate the helmeted hornbill in previous post, with only one photo that is also a red cross?
Yes, of course pink-headed. I've noticed the error and edited my post minutes after posting, but now I see that somebody replied before I edit
However, Great Argus was able to devinate the helmeted hornbill in previous post, with only one photo that is also a red cross?
Yes, of course pink-headed. I've noticed the error and edited my post minutes after posting, but now I see that somebody replied before I edit
The email alert showed me all the photos, so I had seen the hornbill there.
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Kakapo
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Hey friends! Here I attack again after a long pause!
Strangely, now I can see every one of the photos of my previous posts! However, knowing the 10-pics issue I will present you my new additions in batches of 10 or less from now
This time I present you a very heterogeneous patch
Here just out of the oven:
Plus, maybe do you remember certain model that due to calculating badly the size I've rejected to my collection and saved for sell it unpainted to a friend:
1. The Indopacific blue starfish, Linckia laevigata.
With a real (faded by preservation) one:
2. One of the mightiest and most magnific birds of my country: the great bustard (Otis tarda).
3. This one I did as a gift for a friend. That friend is an entomologist specialized in true bugs (Prosorrhyncha) so we choose to do a Notonecta meridionalis:
4. And now, I dediced that sell the raw model of giant ibis to this other friend is not a very professional thing. So I've painted it and now it looks much better. Here the giant ibis (Thaumatibis gigantea):
Strangely, now I can see every one of the photos of my previous posts! However, knowing the 10-pics issue I will present you my new additions in batches of 10 or less from now
This time I present you a very heterogeneous patch
Here just out of the oven:
Plus, maybe do you remember certain model that due to calculating badly the size I've rejected to my collection and saved for sell it unpainted to a friend:
1. The Indopacific blue starfish, Linckia laevigata.
With a real (faded by preservation) one:
2. One of the mightiest and most magnific birds of my country: the great bustard (Otis tarda).
3. This one I did as a gift for a friend. That friend is an entomologist specialized in true bugs (Prosorrhyncha) so we choose to do a Notonecta meridionalis:
4. And now, I dediced that sell the raw model of giant ibis to this other friend is not a very professional thing. So I've painted it and now it looks much better. Here the giant ibis (Thaumatibis gigantea):