miniNature's 3D printing animals - Update May 20: Finally Hyenas and more

Thank you all!

A-J wrote:

That's very exciting! I really love the show! Sounds like an awesome job. And I can imagine it takes a lot of work, 50 unique salmon models! 'petje af' Thanks for sharing the pictures of the created dioramas.
I'm looking forward to the finals of Klein maar Fijn, and it's great to hear from you too again on this forum!

Enjoy the finals on Sunday

rogerpgvg wrote:

Great to see more models, and fantastic that you are creating TV shows. I really think your models are the most realistic ones out there, they even beat the Japanese models. I am hoping that one day they will be able to print them in colour, as I am awful at painting. But I am thinking that bears and capybaras may not be too difficult I love the capybara with young. Are the young capybaras attached to the mother?

Thanks for that compliment! The technology is still improving and recently they added a new type of colour printer to their collection. Not perfect yet, but it's a step up. Unfortunately for adapting that new technology, I have to study also for a new skill to digitally paint the models. I don't think I'll start with that soon. Want to keep it in a hobby form and still a lot of sculpting I want to do. Don't know what the time will bring, but I think the craft of painting remains big in the hobby.
These capybaras are attached to the mother. But their are also 2 different young capybara models online and a standing female.

Roger wrote:

Stijn, thanks for all those details about the tv show and congratulations for being a part of it.
It all sounds fascinating to me and your works are absolutely incredible. Also, the salmon project is absolutely crazy, you really love to complicate your own life.

Haha, I think you're right. But it was quite fun  

Bonnie wrote:

Wow, amazing to hear the details and see these stunning photos! The details and realism is incredible, all those tiny plants and the water- wow! Did you make any of these dioramas or were they made by other contestants? I'd love to know more about how they are made, they are absolutely beautiful- is it all 3D printed?
And amazing that you were on TV!

All 4 dioramas are created by the contestants. And they've done an awesome job. Only all the animals are printed and the rest they've created by hand and I think some of the leaves in the jungle diorama are products you can buy. In the episode you can see the process from start to finish, so I'll send you the episode. You won't understand everything they say, but I think visually most of it is understandable, so you can scroll a bit through the shots.

Ana wrote:

Wow, the new models and dioramas are absolutely beautiful! Congratulations! Fantastic work, I love it!
Also big congratulation on having a TV show! I will watch it later too

Thanks! Enjoy watching, I guess with your talent in sculpting and painting it's up to your alley

Hi, it's been a while, but I'm back! Hope to create more new things this year.

My year started good with some new creations and uploads. Now focused on some sets and smaller animals.

First it's monkey time.  This is my newest creation, the Chimpanzee:


And the other monkey is the Squirrel Monkey. Here mom and baby:  


And I've created 8 different poses for the Squirrel Monkeys, so this is the complete set:


I was quite in the gull-mood too haha. Here is one of the Herring Gulls:


And that's only one, I created 15 different Herring Gulls and also 3 of the bigger Glaucous Gulls:



And last for today are I think my smallest figurines yet, the Brown Rat:


I created a collection of 6 different models of them:


Hopefully soon more new creations. I also started an Instagram page for all the most actual uploads. But of course I'll come back here too when I have a new batch of reveals   Hope you'll like these new additions!

fabulous models!

Beautieful

Fantastic models again and great to see that you continue to make new models. The realism of your models is really unsurpassed. I am very surprised that none of the major animal toy companies has approached you to work for them. Or perhaps they have? Both your modelling skills and your computer graphics skills should be very interesting for them.

I Love These!!!!

Masterpiece!

Ah, thank you all!

rogerpgvg wrote:

Fantastic models again and great to see that you continue to make new models. The realism of your models is really unsurpassed. I am very surprised that none of the major animal toy companies has approached you to work for them. Or perhaps they have? Both your modelling skills and your computer graphics skills should be very interesting for them.

Thank you so much! Never get approached to brands indeed. I think not known well enough

Some of us have been waiting for a pack of hyenas...

Beautiful All of them !

Thanks!

Stripedhyena wrote:

Some of us have been waiting for a pack of hyenas...

Still high on my to-do list, so hope I can finish them soon!

I'll wait then... I already have some of your figures in my collection

Someone asked for hyenas? They are finally here

Created 9 unique poses for them including 2 cub models. Here are a few of them:






Next to them I also released 2 new poses of wildebeest and a new nile crocodile. I imagine a great diorama with this crocodile jumping out of the water next to this adult and juvenile wildebeest




And I created 2 new poses of my Woolly Mammoth on request for a Slovenian museum. There now stands a dramatic diorama in which this mammoth is stuck in a mud trap and human try to kill him.



Also good to know:
Shapeways released 2 new materials which work perfectly for miniature figurines. For some impressions of these materials, you can check my instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mininature3d/

At the moment Shapeways offers 15% off these Gray & Clear Ultra Fine Detail Plastics. You can use code FDP15 in my webshop: https://www.shapeways.com/shops/mininature It works also on all my old creations in these 2 materials, I added these materials to them all and also happy to see the gray material ends up cheaper than their old detail plastics  

Hope you'll like these new additions!

Those hyenas are stunning

indeed!

Amazing

I love every figure but that first hyena is something incredibly beautiful!
It is also good to know that some of your works go to a Slovenian museum.

Fantastic models again! I love the skin and hair details.

Thank you guys!  

Roger wrote:

I love every figure but that first hyena is something incredibly beautiful!
It is also good to know that some of your works go to a Slovenian museum.

Yeah, that's great, always special when they are showed on unique locations