Three strange, African fishes from FaunaFigures...and now there are seven :-D

Excellent news I'm afraid I'm addicted now

sbell wrote:

This seems like a good place to post this (my Fauna Figures thread keeps disappearing)]

I'm sorry I can't find it

This section, Other Modern Companies, seems the perfect place to your Fauna Figures thread, more important that you're seeling new figures, it is that you're presenting new figures to the community. Here, you can be sure your topic will not desapear. You can additionally, amke reference in your [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] when they're available for sale. About the original topic I am afraid it is lost once I also cannot find it.
Well, what is really fantastic is that you keep your project with stupendous ideas and doing something really innovative in this hobby.

Roger wrote:

This section, Other Modern Companies, seems the perfect place to your Fauna Figures thread, more important that you're seeling new figures, it is that you're presenting new figures to the community. Here, you can be sure your topic will not desapear.  You can additionally, amke reference in your [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] when they're available for sale. About the original topic I am afraid it is lost once I also cannot find it.
Well, what is really fantastic is that you keep your project with stupendous ideas and doing something really innovative in this hobby.

That's the one! I could not find it for looking! Not sure why...

The first batch is being sent to me tomorrow. If the response (here and Facebook) is anything to go by, I will need a 2nd batch soon after (so Brandon will need more material!!). This is a good problem to have!

sbell wrote:

Roger wrote:

This section, Other Modern Companies, seems the perfect place to your Fauna Figures thread, more important that you're seeling new figures, it is that you're presenting new figures to the community. Here, you can be sure your topic will not desapear.  You can additionally, amke reference in your [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] when they're available for sale. About the original topic I am afraid it is lost once I also cannot find it.
Well, what is really fantastic is that you keep your project with stupendous ideas and doing something really innovative in this hobby.

That's the one! I could not find it for looking! Not sure why...

The first batch is being sent to me tomorrow. If the response (here and Facebook) is anything to go by, I will need a 2nd batch soon after (so Brandon will need more material!!). This is a good problem to have!

I am glad that is the topic you were searching and also because your project is going very well! At a certain point I have to manage a way to get one of these fishes. I hope you keep having problems like these.

Roger wrote:

sbell wrote:

Roger wrote:

This section, Other Modern Companies, seems the perfect place to your Fauna Figures thread, more important that you're seeling new figures, it is that you're presenting new figures to the community. Here, you can be sure your topic will not desapear.  You can additionally, amke reference in your [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] when they're available for sale. About the original topic I am afraid it is lost once I also cannot find it.
Well, what is really fantastic is that you keep your project with stupendous ideas and doing something really innovative in this hobby.

That's the one! I could not find it for looking! Not sure why...

The first batch is being sent to me tomorrow. If the response (here and Facebook) is anything to go by, I will need a 2nd batch soon after (so Brandon will need more material!!). This is a good problem to have!

I am glad that is the topic you were searching and also because your project is going very well! At a certain point I have to manage a way to get one of these fishes. I hope you keep having problems like these.

I'm pretty excited that the response has been positive so far--good to know I'm not the only fish fan!

And...I only have one of each of the Wave one fishes on hand right now...just saying!

Glad to know you were searching [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]. I found it in the basket and rescued him yesterday. In this section, 3 months inactive topics are going to the basket. So you can lost it every three months we are always able to restore it. I was afraid we have lost forever anther topic, the kind of mysteries I don't like.

I didn't collect freshwaters fishes before (only the Colorata ancient fishes and a few Kaiyodo because they were sold in batch) and now I dedicated a shelf to the world wide river and lake

Don't worry Rogério, we will manage a way to save on shipping

Kikimalou wrote:

Glad to know you were searching [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]. I found it in the basket and rescued him yesterday. In this section, 3 months inactive topics are going to the basket. So you can lost it every three months we are always able to restore it. I was afraid we have lost forever anther topic, the kind of mysteries I don't like.

I didn't collect freshwaters fishes before (only the Colorata ancient fishes and a few Kaiyodo because they were sold in batch) and now I dedicated a shelf to the world wide river and lake

Don't worry Rogério, we will manage a way to save on shipping

I will need to keep on that topic more often (admittedly, there has been nothing to say lately, but I'm sure I can come up with something...)!

Kikimalou wrote:

Glad to know you were searching [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]. I found it in the basket and rescued him yesterday. In this section, 3 months inactive topics are going to the basket. So you can lost it every three months we are always able to restore it. I was afraid we have lost forever anther topic, the kind of mysteries I don't like.

I didn't collect freshwaters fishes before (only the Colorata ancient fishes and a few Kaiyodo because they were sold in batch) and now I dedicated a shelf to the world wide river and lake

Don't worry Rogério, we will manage a way to save on shipping

Really? Those are fantastic news!

So...I still can't get to my shop page...

But...

They have arrived! Lamprey, paddlefish, bowfin and African bonytongue!

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I'm out of bichirs, but they can be backordered, only takes a couple of weeks (maybe less, I'll have some on the way soon).

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I'll get my own photos up soon (this is a before-they-were-shipped photo).

There is already a set heading out across the Atlantic!

sbell wrote:

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There is already a set heading out across the Atlantic!

Very nice figures again! I like especially the paddlefish!

Glad you like them! I took some new photos of my own:

With a CollectA guy and Safari guy for scale (obviously, the fish are not to scale wtih each other...)

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And, my son requested a marble lungfish pattern on the original lungfish:
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To compare with the original West African:
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Enjoy the fish!

Your son has a very good taste, that marble pattern is very beautiful.

Roger wrote:

Your son has a very good taste, that marble pattern is very beautiful.

Yes ! Very beautyful

Great repaint!

Hurraaay !!!! Today the next four arrived  
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A great idea : These new ones are marked "FFF" for FaunaFiguresFishes  
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Amazing African Bonytongue ! What a beauty ! :
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Beautyful Bowfin, - ancient and interesting  
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The strange looking American paddlefish !!!  
It is a sister species to the sturgeon, and one of the most ancient fishes alive  
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And last, - the lamprey ! An American Brook Lamprey !
Even if this species is not parasitic, and not very large, I must admit that it makes me shudder ! Brrrr, that mouth is so creepy  
Here we see where instructors get the model for the horror movies  
But fascinating, and a beautyfully sculptured model  
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I am delighted with these fantastic models , excellently sculptured by Brandon !
The leaflets that come with them are crammed with interesting information, and already I know  about 1000 times as much about ancient fishes as I did before he began on this wonderful project

Thankyou, Sean, for this brilliant initiative

Technically...my initiative, Brandon's just the capable sculptor and painter!

Although this time around, I had to do a bit of touch up myself--a few lampreys had some chips--and I gave all of the fish bit of an extra semi-gloss coat (to protect the paint and look more underwater-y)!

That really is the extent of my painting skill...

Unmissable, absolutely unmissable to those who love unusual creatures, very well done and a friends' project! Congratulations for getting all of them Susanne and thanks for sharing!

Congratulations Susanne :)

Congratulations Susanne! Very nice models! And, what a great project Sean and Brandon

Thankyou, Roger, Andreas and Anna

sbell wrote:

Technically...my initiative, Brandon's just the capable sculptor and painter! ....  

Great  to get this right ! Thankyou

Bu I suppose you stand for the info-sheets , - and of course for all the hard work of marketing, packing and distribution

SUSANNE wrote:

Thankyou, Roger, Andreas and Anna  

sbell wrote:

Technically...my initiative, Brandon's just the capable sculptor and painter! ....  

Great  to get this right ! Thankyou

Bu I suppose you stand for the info-sheets , - and of course for all the hard work of marketing, packing and distribution

Well, yeah...there is a little more to it!

Interesting. Congratulations.

Congratulations, Susanne! I must say, I love them ALL! I can´t resist obscure species.

I have given up on my own store thread, and may start one proper once these are done, but it has kind of worked so far!

These are still a long way off from ready (and may not all be released at the same time), but the next wave have been sculpted!

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L->R White-headed hagfish, Aquitanian pike, Wels catfish, Sterlet and Burbot

We are going for a European range this time! And, yeah, a little beyond the 'freshwater', but why not? Still FaunaFigures Fishes!

Also, check out this hagfish mouth:

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So weird.

And we still have at least a few of each the other species still in stock at the store (except the bichir, but I'm getting more!)