1:20 Felidae Family Project (FFP)

I decided to retake an old project which is making homemade 1:20 models for the entire Felidae family, what means CATS.

These are the current (2016-03-02) FFP family photo and the member list ordered by date of creation.

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Member list:

1.  Flat-headed Cat (Prionailurus planiceps)
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2.  Canadian Lynx (Lynx Canadiensis)
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3.  Siberian Tiger (Panthera Tigris Altaica)
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4.  Caracal (Caracal Caracal)
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5.  Kodkod (Leopardus guigna)
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6.  Snow Leopard (Panthera Uncia)
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7.  Cougar (Puma Concolor)
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8.  Pantanal  Cat (Leopardus Braccatus)
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9.  Bornean Bay Cat (Catopuma Badia)
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10. Marbled Cat (Pardofelis Marmorata)
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11. Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
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12. Serval (Leptailurus serval)
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13. Pallas´s cat (Otocolobus manul)
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14. Sand Cat (Felis margarita)
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15. Clouded Leopard (neofelis nebulosa)
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16. African golden cat (profelis aurata)
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17. Southeast African Lion (Panthera leo krugeri)
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18. Jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi)
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19. Jaguar (Panthera onca)
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20. Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
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21. Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx)
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22. Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
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23. Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi)
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24. Andean Mountain Cat (Leopardus jacobitus)
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25. African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus)
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26. Rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus)
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27. Colocolo (Leopardus colocolo)
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28.Iberian Lynx (Lynx Pardinus)
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29.Margay (Leopardus Wiedii)
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30. Jungle Cat (Felis Chaus)
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31. Asian Golden Cat (Catopuma Temminckii)
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32. Black-footed cat
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33. Wild Cat (Felis silvestris)
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34. Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
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35. Oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus)
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36. Leopard Cat (Prionailurus Bengalensis)
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37. Sunda Clouded Leopard (Neofelis Diardi)
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38. Pampas cat (Leopardus pajeros)
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39. Domestic Cat(Felis catus)
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40. Southern tigrina (Leopardus guttulus)
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You can also explore them through this taxonomical tree I made with all the links to my models and those I plan to do in the future:

FELIDAE FAMILY:
----SUBFAMILY PANTHERINAE:
--------Genus Panthera:
------------Tiger (Panthera tigris):
----------------Siberian tiger (Panthera Tigris Altaica)
----------------Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris):
--------------------Normal form –PENDING.
--------------------White form
----------------Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) –PENDING.
------------Lion (Panthera leo):
----------------Southeast African or Transvaal lion (Panthera Leo krugeri):
--------------------Male
--------------------Lioness –PENDING
--------------------White variation, male -PENDING
----------------Barbary lion (Panthera Leo Leo)
----------------West African lion (Panthera Leo senegalensis) -PENDING
----------------Asiatic lion (Panthera lion persica) -PENDING
------------Jaguar (Panthera onca):
----------------Normal form)
----------------Black variation –PENDING
------------Leopard (Panthera pardus):
---------------- African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus)
----------------Indochinese Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca):
--------------------Normal form -PENDING
-------------------- Black form
----------------Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) –PENDING
----------------Arabian Leopard (Panthera pardus nimr) -PENDING
------------Snow leopard (Panthera uncia)
--------Genus Neofelis:
------------Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
------------Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi)
----SUBFAMILY FELINAE:
--------Genus Acinonyx:
------------Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus):
----------------Tanzanian Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus raineyii)
----------------South African Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus), King Cheeta variation -PENDING
----------------Saharan Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecky) –PENDING
----------------Asiatic Cheetah(Acinonyx jubatus venaticus)  –PENDING
--------Genus Puma:
------------Cougar (Puma concolor)
------------Jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi):
----------------Grey form
----------------Red form -PENDING
--------Genus Catopuma:
------------Asian golden cat (Catopuma temminckii)
------------Bay cat (Catopuma badia)
--------Genus Leptailurus:
------------Serval (Leptailurus serval)
--------Genus Caracal:
------------Caracal (Caracal caracal)
--------Genus Lynx:
------------Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)
------------Canadian lynx (Lynx canadensis)
------------Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
------------Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)
--------Genus Prionailurus:
------------Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis):
----------------Bengal leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis)
----------------Amur Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis euptilurus) -PENDING
----------------Iriomote cat (Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis) -PENDING
------------Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
------------Flat-headed cat (Prionailurus planiceps)
------------Rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus)
--------Genus Otocolobus:
------------Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul)
--------Genus Leopardus:
------------Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
------------Margay (Leopardus wiedii)
------------Oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus)
------------Southern Tigrina (Leopardus guttulus)
------------Pantanal cat (Leopardus braccatus)
------------Colocolo (Leopardus colocolo)
------------Pampas Cat (Leopardus pajeros)
------------Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi)
------------Kodkod (Leopardus guigna)
------------Andean mountain cat (Leopardus jacobitus)
--------Genus Profelis:
------------African golden cat (Profelis aurata)
--------Genus Pardofelis:
------------Marbled cat (Pardofelis marmorata)
--------Genus Felis:
------------Jungle cat (Felis chaus)
------------Sand cat (Felis margarita)
------------Black-footed cat (Felis nigripes)
--------------Wildcat (Felis silvestris):
----------------European Wildcat
----------------Chinese mountain cat (Felis silvestris bieti) -PENDING
------------ Domestic Cat(Felis catus)[/color]

They are wonderful! Such great works!

Such a wonderful project

I hope you will let us follow your progress ?

I could count 43 different not extinguished species, although some subspecies and variations clearly deserve additional models (white tiger, black panther, royal cheetah...etc).

At the end I think the entire collection would be composed by something close to 50 models,  from the great Siberian tiger (12.5 cm head2body length) to the smallest wild cats (about 2 cm).

From these 50 -as you can see- I already have 24 old models, painted and unpainted, although most of them have to be refitted.

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At these time,  I only can consider finished  the smallest of all of  them,  the flat headed cat (Prionailurus planiceps),  and the Canadian Lynx. So the current picture of the Cats family is this:

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SUSANNE wrote:

Such a wonderful project

I hope you will let us follow your progress ?

Of course Sussane! count on it!

OMG I just love your wild cats!
You are very talented.
The tiger, lion, jaguar,...all of them, they look`s just great.
Please, can you show us, these models with walkarounds... ? :))

Your vision is inspired

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Please, can you show us, these models with walkarounds... ? :))

Sure! It will be a pleasure

This... this is every feline lovers dream, to have all the felines together <3
Oh yes, walkarounds

Can I ask you, what type of tiger is this from the photo..? Becouse it look`s a lot smaller then the lion... perhaps it`s a smaller type.. ?

Great collection!!

So, the third menber is Here!!!

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I hope you enjoy!

Wonderful new model...with great proportions, posture and paint job :)

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Can I ask you, what type of tiger is this from the photo..? Becouse it look`s a lot smaller then the lion... perhaps it`s a smaller type.. ?

The tiger is one of my first models and i can´t say which specie he is. I would say it is a Bengal one although it can be better considered a generic one. However, I don't think he can be transformed for my new project. Probably I will have to make a new one (more than one, in fact,  for subspecies and variationes)

Regarding the size, I think that my lion and my tiger are more or less of the same size, although the first is upright while the second is in an stalking posture.

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Thank you for the photo They are both very nice :)
I think, you can call the tiger a bengal :) And you are right..depends on the posture...they are same size :)

LeeAnn, Susanne, Kosta, Karin, Laura, Andreas...Thank you all for your great support!! now I am working in a New Siberian Tiger (the biggest member of the family) and in the transformation of my old Snow Leopard...

Mgarat wrote:

costicuba wrote:

Please, can you show us, these models with walkarounds... ? :))

Sure! It will be a pleasure

What I plan to do is whenever a new model is ready to join the cat family I will open a new topic which include a walkaround of this model as I did with the Caracal replica. Right?

That will be great :)
And when you have time, if it`s possible, to make some photos of every model - the previous models from the first photo :) I realy like them..and I think everybody here, will want to see them :)

costicuba wrote:

That will be great :)
And when you have time, if it`s possible, to make some photos of every model - the previous models from the first photo :) I realy like them..and I think everybody here, will want to see them :)

 
Well, I you are interested I will do. However, as I said, most of them are old models I really don't like very much. That is the reason I planned to remake /refit them. Anyway I am going to start showing some old photos I already have...lets seeeee...

This is my old tiger, that you already know. The most significant problem whit him is that he has no fur at all and so it was difficult to paint in a proper way as Kosta has well taught us. He has also some other sculping problems to solve. I plan to remake it in an Bengal path...

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:) I think, that still it look`s very good :)
Yes, you can change it in a better way...and also the new siberian tiger will much more better...
I`m shure :)
This model has special charm :)
Like it :)
Thank`s for the photo :)

Some other photos of my tiger reflecting the same problems....

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This is the Lion. Neither he has fur enough (apart from the mane). I am not very happy with his so static posture, although I would accept, but definitively I Think he has not a good finising (a little bit more "impresionist" Than I want now)

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More Lion´s photographs...

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I think both your lion and tiger are gorgeous, but I'm not a professional sculpter/painter/anatomist/etc. But I think you did a really great job on them!

Thanks Kosta and Tarunyada. You are very nice but I still think they both can be improved.