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

It’s been a while, and now the world is upside down.  I hope everyone here is doing alright in these times. I took the lockdown period to finish a lot of models and now I uploaded the whole bunch of them.  

First I like to show some new poses of old species:
I created a updated model of the cheetah:


I created 7 extra poses of the Highland Cattle. To highlight 3 of them:
The one bull:

A pose of a cow making progress lying down:

And one of the calfs:


I created a male for the Saarloos Wolfdog:


A pose of the Indian elephant on a slope:


And now the new species.
First two new dog breeds, the Jack Russell Terrier and a Pug:



I created the bottlenose dolphin in 11 different poses. Here 5 of them. The last one of these screens is a calf.






And I was getting more in the marine mammal mood, so also the killer whale in 12 different poses.  I absolutely love them in their wild form, but I wanted to portrait them also in their captive form, as it symbolizes the sad reality.  
So the male in wild form:

And the captive one, modelled after Keiko:

And also some more happy forms, like this jumping female:

A female underwater and a calf:



And two more new land mammals to go.
I created one model of the male roe deer:


And as you can expect from me also an African species. This time the sable antelope, with 3 female and 1 male pose:





It was a lot, too much to show here, but the rest of the poses are of course on my page. I really enjoyed creating these again after a break of a few months. Hope you’ll like them too!

Your creations are fascinating.

The cheetah, roe deer, and antelopes have nice poses.

It is a lot of job.

Beyond words!

Of course I love the Sables! fabulous models as usual.

Absolutely beautiful, especially the saarloos wolf dog!

Absolutely wonderful as always!!

Just one punctualization:

miniNature wrote:

I absolutely love them in their wild form, but I wanted to portrait them also in their captive form, as it symbolizes the sad reality.  

It doesn't exist such a concept as "wild form" and "captive form". If you're talking about the dropped dorsal fin, as it happens by the models chosen for each one, this happens in wild specimens too and the reason for this happening is still unknown. The sad, extremely sad reality are the many tons of absolutely blind people that thinks that captivity for orcas is something bad, especially after the release of the liar fantasy movie "Blackfish" that is falsely sold as "documentary".

Absolutely beautiful especially the Sables

Astounding

Wonderful,wonderful models!!!

amazing!

Thank you guys! Great you like them!

Pardofelis wrote:

miniNature wrote:

I absolutely love them in their wild form, but I wanted to portrait them also in their captive form, as it symbolizes the sad reality.  

It doesn't exist such a concept as "wild form" and "captive form". If you're talking about the dropped dorsal fin, as it happens by the models chosen for each one, this happens in wild specimens too and the reason for this happening is still unknown. The sad, extremely sad reality are the many tons of absolutely blind people that thinks that captivity for orcas is something bad, especially after the release of the liar fantasy movie "Blackfish" that is falsely sold as "documentary".

You're right. I think I used the wrong words, cause now I realise the word form in English is also used more of a scientific term, shape was a better term. Keiko was of course a wild captured animal, so not another form. I've never seen the Blackfish movie and not against zoos or aquaria, but I think there are good ones and bad ones. The bar should set very high for orcas.

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

Absolutely beautiful, especially the saarloos wolf dog!

I was always curious about the origins of your forum handle and now I know! LOL.

bmathison1972 wrote:

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

Absolutely beautiful, especially the saarloos wolf dog!

I was always curious about the origins of your forum handle and now I know! LOL.

Not to hijack the thread, but I chose that for my name here because it is one the of the last animals on earth that has European wolf genetics in them (GSDs were crossed with this species to try and reintroduce more wild/indepedant traits in the hopes of a good working dog, which in turn actually failed) and these animals are pretty rare and special, not to mention their ancestry.

Which is why I adore your models miniNature! Perhaps some pups might join them in the future?...

Very beautiful additions. The sable antelopes are my favourites.

Really cool figures

Thanks!

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

bmathison1972 wrote:

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

Absolutely beautiful, especially the saarloos wolf dog!

I was always curious about the origins of your forum handle and now I know! LOL.

Not to hijack the thread, but I chose that for my name here because it is one the of the last animals on earth that has European wolf genetics in them (GSDs were crossed with this species to try and reintroduce more wild/indepedant traits in the hopes of a good working dog, which in turn actually failed) and these animals are pretty rare and special, not to mention their ancestry.

Which is why I adore your models miniNature! Perhaps some pups might join them in the future?...

Absolutely no problem, it isn't a hijack, but interesting information Does this mean all wolves living in Europe now are different subspecies, so migrated wolves from the Iberian or Italian peninsula? Or you mean the only dogs with true wolf genetics?

And you're right it's a great breed. My mom's partner owns one and the female I released earlier was modeled after this dog. It's such a lovely animal with a great tranquil character. Intelligent, but also a bit quickly scared. That should be the wolf genes. And walking with her here in the woods or through the heather fields, she's a real eye catcher. Even more now the real wolf is also back in the wild here in the Netherlands.

I planned to do male, female and young for all my species, but it takes some time and they are not all highest on my to-do list, cause I want to do so many new species too. So, in the end I hope to release Saarloos pups too, but I don't think within in a year.

I like to show you a small set I created in between (hopefully) bigger updates. Elephants have the behavior to holding each other’s tails with their trunks while walking in a line. These 4 elephants are all separate models, but can be hooked to each other in different orders.

Here are the four separate:





And them together in a line:



Hope you like them!  

Nice elephants

It is ver good idea, a row of elephants.

miniNature wrote:

Thanks!

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

bmathison1972 wrote:

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

Absolutely beautiful, especially the saarloos wolf dog!

I was always curious about the origins of your forum handle and now I know! LOL.

Not to hijack the thread, but I chose that for my name here because it is one the of the last animals on earth that has European wolf genetics in them (GSDs were crossed with this species to try and reintroduce more wild/indepedant traits in the hopes of a good working dog, which in turn actually failed) and these animals are pretty rare and special, not to mention their ancestry.

Which is why I adore your models miniNature! Perhaps some pups might join them in the future?...

Absolutely no problem, it isn't a hijack, but interesting information Does this mean all wolves living in Europe now are different subspecies, so migrated wolves from the Iberian or Italian peninsula? Or you mean the only dogs with true wolf genetics?

And you're right it's a great breed. My mom's partner owns one and the female I released earlier was modeled after this dog. It's such a lovely animal with a great tranquil character. Intelligent, but also a bit quickly scared. That should be the wolf genes. And walking with her here in the woods or through the heather fields, she's a real eye catcher. Even more now the real wolf is also back in the wild here in the Netherlands.

I planned to do male, female and young for all my species, but it takes some time and they are not all highest on my to-do list, cause I want to do so many new species too. So, in the end I hope to release Saarloos pups too, but I don't think within in a year.

Sorry for the delayed response. The exact wolf subspecies Mr. Saarloos used is unknown for certain and hotly debated. When I first researched this breed years ago one source (I cannot find it now sadly) said that they believed he used a common european wolf type he obtained from the Rotterdam zoo (likely a female specimen locally obtained). Since wolf populations in europe have been repeatedly decimated it is thought by modern researchers currently that the original variety is now extinct, and areas have been repopulated by russian and southern european types you mentioned (including lots of hybridization between the groups). So I apologize as I should have specified that my comment was technically hypothetical and not proven as fact (though it makes sense to me). Given modern science and projects underway only genetic testing can tell what species are present in europe today.

Anyhow, they are remarkable dogs and I am a little jealous you actually know one! She sounds like a wonderful dog. I would expect her timid nature to be wolf derived for sure. Have fun with your digital scultping! I will look forward to the day you release little pups for your Saarloos pair. And I will enjoy your other creations in the meantime.

Thank you guys!

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

miniNature wrote:

Thanks!

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

bmathison1972 wrote:

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

Absolutely beautiful, especially the saarloos wolf dog!

I was always curious about the origins of your forum handle and now I know! LOL.

Not to hijack the thread, but I chose that for my name here because it is one the of the last animals on earth that has European wolf genetics in them (GSDs were crossed with this species to try and reintroduce more wild/indepedant traits in the hopes of a good working dog, which in turn actually failed) and these animals are pretty rare and special, not to mention their ancestry.

Which is why I adore your models miniNature! Perhaps some pups might join them in the future?...

Absolutely no problem, it isn't a hijack, but interesting information Does this mean all wolves living in Europe now are different subspecies, so migrated wolves from the Iberian or Italian peninsula? Or you mean the only dogs with true wolf genetics?

And you're right it's a great breed. My mom's partner owns one and the female I released earlier was modeled after this dog. It's such a lovely animal with a great tranquil character. Intelligent, but also a bit quickly scared. That should be the wolf genes. And walking with her here in the woods or through the heather fields, she's a real eye catcher. Even more now the real wolf is also back in the wild here in the Netherlands.

I planned to do male, female and young for all my species, but it takes some time and they are not all highest on my to-do list, cause I want to do so many new species too. So, in the end I hope to release Saarloos pups too, but I don't think within in a year.

Sorry for the delayed response. The exact wolf subspecies Mr. Saarloos used is unknown for certain and hotly debated. When I first researched this breed years ago one source (I cannot find it now sadly) said that they believed he used a common european wolf type he obtained from the Rotterdam zoo (likely a female specimen locally obtained). Since wolf populations in europe have been repeatedly decimated it is thought by modern researchers currently that the original variety is now extinct, and areas have been repopulated by russian and southern european types you mentioned (including lots of hybridization between the groups). So I apologize as I should have specified that my comment was technically hypothetical and not proven as fact (though it makes sense to me). Given modern science and projects underway only genetic testing can tell what species are present in europe today.

Anyhow, they are remarkable dogs and I am a little jealous you actually know one! She sounds like a wonderful dog. I would expect her timid nature to be wolf derived for sure. Have fun with your digital scultping! I will look forward to the day you release little pups for your Saarloos pair. And I will enjoy your other creations in the meantime.  

Ah, great info! Didn't knew that. Thanks! I've been a few times in Rotterdam Zoo, beautiful zoo and a great place for the dog to have her roots

wonderful jungle patroll!!

You make such amazing models, Mininature. Is there a possibility that you will produce them in colour in future? I don't know whether colour-printing technology is already good enough, but I imagine it won't be too far away. I think your models are better than any other, and I have bought a few, but I have to admit that I am just not very good at painting them.

Thanks!

rogerpgvg wrote:

You make such amazing models, Mininature. Is there a possibility that you will produce them in colour in future? I don't know whether colour-printing technology is already good enough, but I imagine it won't be too far away. I think your models are better than any other, and I have bought a few, but I have to admit that I am just not very good at painting them.

I'm afraid we have to wait still for more years for this technology There are already color printers, but the material, detail and color quality still isn't up to the level we need for that. Too bad, but maybe you can find some talent here on the forum who you can ask to paint figurines for you. Miguel and Joan both did great projects for some fellow forum members.