Steve's Collection (08/03/20)

Steve170 wrote:

Harriet - I was lucky enough to find them all on ebay, I think one seller from Japan, one Taiwan and one Hong Kong. The kingfisher was the one and only available

Thanks Steve!

Wow, wonderful newcomers, beautiful! Congratulations Steve!!! Amazing finds

Kristie wrote:

Wow! Those are fantastic, Steve! Congrats! :)

-Kristie

Thanks!

Roger wrote:

Steve, you have more monuments than the Kremlin!
Fantastic... congratulations!

Thanks Roger!

HKHollinstone wrote:

Steve170 wrote:

Harriet - I was lucky enough to find them all on ebay, I think one seller from Japan, one Taiwan and one Hong Kong. The kingfisher was the one and only available

Thanks Steve!

No problem

ana wrote:

Wow, wonderful newcomers, beautiful! Congratulations Steve!!! Amazing finds

Thanks!

Good ole Kaiyodo hehe love this Kingfisher man
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The vulture is absout fantastic - a real treasure!


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Yvette

Thank you Tylosaurus and Yvette!

Big congratulations Steve!! This are absolutly phantastic additions!!

I had plenty of free time today so I did a quick repaint. I had origionally asked Harriet if she would like to do them, but since then she had become very busy with different projects and so I thought that I would do it myself.

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It wasn't intended to be a masterpeice and it looks pretty nice on my shelves but saying that I might be tempted to revisit it to add some shades of red/brown at a later date.

widukind wrote:

Big congratulations Steve!! This are absolutly phantastic additions!!

Thanks Andreas!!

Also congrats for your nice work

Steve170 wrote:

These are the three I have been very excited about, they are all quality!

Egyptian Vulture by Epoch

Snowy Owl by Kaiyodo Zoorasia

Kaiyodo River Kingfisher by Kaiyodo Birdtales

It seems I missed this topic

But, never too late, congratulation Steve, those models are indeed excellent

And congratulation for your new Grey squirrel

Thanks Christophe!

Nice repaint!!!!! As I have said many times, why don't they just do it right the first time...

Great paint, I love the big grey squirrels we have here, but they are getting pushed out by the smaller red squirrels who have more babies each year.

baltimore zoo wrote:

Nice repaint!!!!! As I have said many times, why don't they just do it right the first time...

Thanks B-zoo! I think if a company is going to sell two squirrels, then why not have two different sub species instead of the same? I understand that with Schleich they were released at seperate times, but still...

Tiermann wrote:

Great paint, I love the big grey squirrels we have here, but they are getting pushed out by the smaller red squirrels who have more babies each year.

Thanks! Is that true? We have the opposite here - not sure about the offspring count here though

Today I recieved the last of my June additions. This month has been a very good month for my collection!

Two animals arrived, one new species that I saw for the first time whilst on holiday in Suffolk

And a very, very special model that is the best replica of an animal I have ever seen. If it wasn't for it's small size it may have had to go through quarantine.

I will post images tomorrow as I am always busy throughout Mondays and it is late now and I'm tired

so you're just going to leave us in suspense????

-Kristie

Kristie wrote:

so you're just going to leave us in suspense????

-Kristie

Yes!!!!

I am eagerly awaiting pictures! (no joke.)

Here is the animal I have only seen once before, I will retake this picture tomorrow with better light and focus.

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Reeve's Muntjac by Kaiyodo Choco Q


And my favourite figure of all... It is absolutley stunning

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Snow Leopard by Anna Dobrowolska-Oczko 2012

These photos were taken by Anna before the model was sent. A true masterpiece by a master sculptor

Oh wow Steve, congrats! Is that Anna's original snow leopard or a copy?

A copy :) I would never want to take an origional copy away. The painting here is different from the version in Anna's thread. Thanks!

I don't know how Yourself and Anna produce what you do!

Wonderful additions Steve! I love the Kaiyodo Muntjac. And the the Snow Leopard by Anna is fabulous! You are extremely lucky; congratulations!

Beautiful new additions!

Congratulations on such wonderful additions! The snow leopard is beautiful