Springhare/Springhaas

Hey folks, here is a new 1/24th sculpture I made of a large African rodent, the Springhare or Springhaas. You all always give such nice comments, but I would like to ask something unusual - along with the nice comments, could some of you (especially the accomplished artists) give a critique as well? I want to improve as as a sculptor and painter, and that will only happen if someone if willing to give some constructive criticism! :)

Thanks!

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What a great choice of species! He is fantastic and I love the small scale, most of the time a small mammal would have been done in a much larger scale.

Phantastic model- big congratulations!!!!


You plan also copys???

I admire your steady hand :) Making such a small figure requires loooots of patience. There is nothing to criticise :)

It's incredible how small it is! I can only congratulate, it's wonderful work and in this scale I think it is as much details as possible. Wonderful work, I love it! (o)):

He's adorable Jake! I think it's fantastic, such a tiny figurine! Maybe the body could have been slightly longer. The distance between the front paws and the tip of the thigh is slightly too small I think?
But he's just so cute, congratulations

Great figure! Such detail for something so little.

Gosh ! It is incredible, WOW!!!! (o)): (o)): (o)): (o)): (o)): (o)): (o)): (o)): (o)): (o)): (o)):

No matter how hard I try, I can`t find anything wrong..Harriet is such an expert, so she is right, of course, but I can`t see it

I'm not an artist - but, I must say, it's fantastic!
So well done. When I would see these cute Springhase in a shop, I woudn´t buy one - no, I would buy a group of them! So cute it is!
Wow, very well done!

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Yvette

excellent figure...great work Jake.

Thanks for all the kind replies!

@ Harriet - yes, I can see that issue. I used this picture partly for reference, and the body is definitely longer:

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I ended up making the legs a bit bigger in proportion for balance, but it does change the shape.

Thanks again!

Really beautiful and small creation. I'm not sure if pink spots are from the picture or from your painting, maybe they're too much pink :)About painting again maybe color transitions might be blurred. You can find tutorials and different techniques in Internet to get good transitions between one color and another.

Thanks Joan - I would say painting is harder for me than sculpting - that's a great idea to look for some paint transition tutorials; if anyone already knows of any, let me know!

Bravo! lovely sculpt and excellent choice of species.
As Joan said, your paint job is charming, but your sculpt deserves more finesse.

The only comment i could make on the sculpt is that maybe you can improve the tail: it has a bend, instead of a curve and the poofy part maybe should extend further up the tail. If you can add texture to make the tail look lighter and fuzzier, it will look more like a tail and less like clay. but all that said, it is darling and very obviously a Springhare.
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I got the biggest kick out of this photo: can you imagine how fun it would be to show it to a bunch of 5 year olds and ask them to tell you what is happening in the photo?
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Thanks Carolynn - I agree about the tail, it curved up a bit during curing. I wonder if I can heat and modify it.

And the final picture does look funny - I imagine the man was chasing the springhare only to run into his big friend, the maribou stork. :)

Congrats! really nice one!

Really nice model and very good comments from our experts ! Could you share closer pics Jake ?

EXCELLENT! And a very original choice! I wonder if u ever will make copies..it is so good!! If this is your first work I see a very bright future for you ....and us having the chance to look at your future models (o)): (o)): (o)): (o)):

pm64 wrote:

EXCELLENT! And a very original choice! I wonder if u ever will make copies..it is so good!! If this is your first work I see a very bright future for you ....and us having the chance to look at your future models (o)): (o)): (o)): (o)):

Jake--do you plan on making copies of this little guy?

Very nice job! What a great animal, too!

SeanieP wrote:

Jake--do you plan on making copies of this little guy?

same question

I would love to make copies, but quite frankly I would have no idea where to start...

I think the figure is really good and I am not saying it only to sound pleasant. :)
I think it is also an important step that you ask for constructive criticism. It is important for your development as a "replicator"!
Harriet is always very observant, if she comments anything it usually means that she is right but I only can see a great replica and a wonderful species.

Good job!