Takin models

Today I have new model to show You:sichuan takin. It was ordered by our friend Christophe-Kikimalou.

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And this time I have very good news:after many failed trials of mold making and casting I have some good results at last . So I have copies of takin model. It is 7 now. 3 are still unpainted, but I took a photo of painted group:

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Tell me what do You think?

Wow, Wow, Wow :) :) ! Absolutely fantastic and then just so many. Ana, You are truly the best of the model craft, I think I'll let it be forming own models .

Can you describe how you made the mold and castings? If the form of silicone and casting compound which do you use? I wanted to try this also, but did not have any experience with it.
BG

Christophe, you can appreciate you as a very happy man!

Do you have one for me,Ana?
When I was little,I used to have books with counting and finding animals in a very coloured page.
At the Hymalaian region,I spent hours searching for the last takin.I was my favourite ever since!
Yours is so beautiful!

Yurumi wrote:

Wow, Wow, Wow :) :) ! ASOLUT fantastic and then just so many. Ana, You are truly the best of the model craft, I think I'll let it be forming own models .

Can you describe how you made the mold and castings? If the form of silicone and casting compound which do you use? I wanted to try this also, but did not have any experience with it.
BG

I'm happy You like takins Yurumi Well mold making process is quite difficult-I would not describe it all here, now. I would try to find websites which helped me to learn. Now I cast models and make molds with help from my husband-he is much better in technical things For casting I use polyruethane resin, which has very good physical parameters. But if You have more precise questions-I would answer of course.

Ana! They are SPECTACULAR! Beautiful, they are just what I dreamed for from Schleich!

Wildheart wrote:

Do you have one for me,Ana?
When I was little,I used to have books with counting and finding animals in a very coloured page.
At the Hymalaian region,I spent hours searching for the last takin.I was my favourite ever since!
Yours is so beautiful!

Yes Wildheart, I think I will have one after paint rest of them. I will PM You then, Ok?

HKHollinstone wrote:

Ana! They are SPECTACULAR! Beautiful, they are just what I dreamed for from Schleich!

I'm so happy You like them Harriet But the idea of making this specie was from Christophe.

OK

Yurumi wrote:

Christophe, you can appreciate you as a very happy man!

Happy man Ralf ???? Today, I'm the king of the world

HKHollinstone wrote:

Ana! They are SPECTACULAR! Beautiful, they are just what I dreamed for from Schleich!

Far better than any Schleich Harriet, far better !

Ana wrote:

I'm so happy You like them Harriet But the idea of making this specie was from Christophe.

Seriously ana, I give you one of my dream and you made it real.

I'm just a dreamer but you are a great wizard

This takin is awesome and I'm very happy to share it with everyone here. It is a long time now since the birth of the project but I was happy to wait because I like very much the idea of molding and to produce more than a unique model.

I think it is more fair for time and talent Ana spent on it.

I also think it's good to know that some people in the world will have nearly the same model and it's for me a good feeling to know that : Sharing is better.

I already have a jewel from Ana, the Drill, and I know I will be happy with that new one. I know the one who will buy one of these takins will be very very satisfied.
I was ok to wait the time Ana need to did this and I hope we are just at the beginning of a great story.

Wildheart wrote:

Do you have one for me,Ana?
When I was little,I used to have books with counting and finding animals in a very coloured page.
At the Hymalaian region,I spent hours searching for the last takin.I was my favourite ever since!
Yours is so beautiful!

I hope you will have your takin in your hands soon WH

Kikimalou wrote:

Ana wrote:

I'm so happy You like them Harriet But the idea of making this specie was from Christophe.

Seriously ana, I give you one of my dream and you made it real.

I'm just a dreamer but you are a great wizard

This takin is awesome and I'm very happy to share it with everyone here. It is a long time now since the birth of the project but I was happy to wait because I like very much the idea of molding and to produce more than a unique model.

I think it is more fair for time and talent Ana spent on it.

I also think it's good to know that some people in the world will have nearly the same model and it's for me a good feeling to know that : Sharing is better.

I already have a jewel from Ana, the Drill, and I know I will be happy with that new one. I know the one who will buy one of these takins will be very very satisfied.
I was ok to wait the time Ana need to did this and I hope we are just at the beginning of a great story.

Thank you Christophe! Your words made my evening sweeter And very wise words: sharing is better

Kikimalou wrote:

Yurumi wrote:

Christophe, you can appreciate you as a very happy man!

Happy man Ralf ???? Today, I'm the king of the world

Yes Christophe, you are a happy man, I am a poor man, I have not takin as a model! Even if a one would be left for me, I was again a poor man, as determined too expensive for me . Or Ana, I would take an unpainted Takin, maybe it does not cost you as much

But I think it's good what you say, sharing is better. Happy good man :) !!!
BG

Kikimalou wrote:

HKHollinstone wrote:

Ana! They are SPECTACULAR! Beautiful, they are just what I dreamed for from Schleich!

Far better than any Schleich Harriet, far better !

Yes! Of course! Congratulations Kiki, you are very lucky

Very beautiful model. Ana you are very talented. I hope to one day have some of your models as well. They are far better than any that the current manufacturers produce because you take the time to study what you are doing and make sure they truly represent the animals. Thanks so much for sharing with us.

How fantastic !!!

Ana, your work is fantastic and Christophe, thank you for thinking of this animal ! I have yet to see one easily available for sale but this piece is a work of art.

I can sympathise with the mould and casting process. I have a rabbit sculpture which I would like to be either turned into resin (so I can have a few copies) or perhaps a different type of material. A good friend of mine, who creates resin horses, has shown me a step by step guide. It can be very expensive, depending on what material you want to use, but the results are worth it and expenses can usually be recouped if sold to the public or a run of 50 are made.

Wow, my Goodness! How could I miss such a masterpiece!

Yeah, another masterpiece from Ana. Christophe is such a lucky-lucky person to have this fantastic model. Congratulations for both of you Ana and Christophe.

Yes, that is the right word for this model again, a masterpice from our own master of sculpting here, Ana!
I saw it before, but again, it is fantastic.

I knew about the idea, and that it came from Christophe, good idea my friend!

But you will be not the only one to have one of those of course, i know at least two, maybe even three other persons.
and it seems, that everybody has different taste in colour, haha, but good for ana of course!

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Now i can reveal it i think...

WILLYBACOMAN wrote:

But you will be not the only one to have one of those of course, i know at least two, maybe even three other persons.
and it seems, that everybody has different taste in colour, haha, but good for ana of course!

I' m so happy there is more than a unique takin... It is one more link between us indeed !

Ok, it's good and fair for Ana... But it's very good for us

Amy, Gebe, Rhianon, Ronald and Willy-I'm so happy to hear You like takins
Thank You for these words

Well Ania, you deserve it, the model is sooo real!

Hi Friends,

today i received my takin model from Anna. It is simply wonderful. A real highlight for my small collection. It remembers me on some old Elastolin or Lineol animals, but it´s more detailed. I hope i can buy in the future more from Anna.

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Thank you very much for this amazing model.

Gratulacje. Bardzo dobrze zrobione.

Torben