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

Oh my goodness!!!
They are amazing! How do you do it? How long does it take to do each one? The peacock has so much detail, but my absolute favourite is the wire fox terrier! I would love to add all your dogs to my collection!

Extraordinary new models. The peacock is particularly impressive and I believe something interesting to be explored with the technology you use. You really get all details and proportions very well and you add to it very lifelike poses.

Fantastic work as usual and of course I love the bull kudu!

Marvellous antelopes, majestic figureS. Big congrats.

Nice figures again

Yes stijn is thé best for me

Thank you guys!

Bonnie wrote:

Oh my goodness!!!
They are amazing! How do you do it? How long does it take to do each one? The peacock has so much detail, but my absolute favourite is the wire fox terrier! I would love to add all your dogs to my collection!  

Thanks Bonnie! I use ZBrush. With this software I can sculpt like it's digital clay with all the benefits of the computer. For example for the base shape of the animal, I can model only half of the model and mirror the other half so it's symmetric. After that, I use that base model to create different poses and make some changes, cause nothing in real life is perfectly symmetric and I want every model to be unique. For time, it fully depends on the species and if I already have something that's similar which I can use that base shape to sculpt something different. On average for completely new species, the sculpting part takes between 8 and lets say 20 hours of work. Most poses take around 1 or 2 hours extra and after that it's time for rendering, scaling and uploading and this takes also a few hours of processing time. So quite a lot, but it's fun to do

Wow, it's sounds so clever and it actually take shorter than I would have thought, you must have a real talent for it! And on top of that you enjoy it so it must be very fun and satisfying!
I am saving up for some of your dogs!

Bonnie wrote:

Wow, it's sounds so clever and it actually take shorter than I would have thought, you must have a real talent for it! And on top of that you enjoy it so it must be very fun and satisfying!
I am saving up for some of your dogs!

Thanks! Don't know if it's talent in the way you meant. It's all self study with YouTube tutorials, so everything is possible when you want to put time and effort in it I think talent is a mix between experience and joy

Yes definitely! And must require a lot of patience!
Is it something anyone could do or do you need specialist equipment (Sorry I'm hopeless when it some to technology!)

Ooo I love the peacock with its tail trailing!

The peacocks are very impressive. The old crocodile and kudu were already very good, but the new crocodile and kudu are even more detailed. The kudu especially has a beautiful fur.

Amazing job Stijn ! Really impressive !

Wonderful crocs and peacock!!

Wonderful works again, Stijn! And wow, what a great improvement on the antelope, and the crocodile!
The terrier is cute, do you have any more dogs in your plans?

I have been away from this forum for almost a year and have a lot to catch up with , now im back again and just catching up on this topic.... I love the whale, Orca and Dolphin!
Fantastich werk Stijn!
What kind of paint do i need if i want to buy and paint one ...( or two...or three...or four.....)

Thank you all!

Ana wrote:

Wonderful works again, Srijn! And wow, what a great improvement on the antelope, and the crocodile!
The terrier is cute, do you have any more dogs in your plans?

Thanks Anna! I have a lot of dogs on my wishlist. I'm switching a lot between projects, so there will be more dog releases spread over the coming releases I guess.

Jetty wrote:

I have been away from this forum for almost a year and have a lot to catch up with , now im back again and just catching up on this topic.... I love the whale, Orca and Dolphin!
Fantastich werk Stijn!
What kind of paint do i need if i want to buy and paint one ...( or two...or three...or four.....)

Welcome back Jetty! En dank je wel To be honest, I'm not sure exactly which paint will work best, as till this moment I never painted one of my own models.  The only thing I know for sure that for the best results, first use a thin primer coat. I think it's best to ask Joan or Miguel (Signatus) here at the forums. They both have painted multiple models of mine, so I think they can give you some good advice.

Hi all, I finished 2 more species.

First of them is a male Sitatunga. I love how unique the hooves are of this species.


And just in time for Christmas, 8 reindeer models. So Santa can visit us this year. All of them have unique antlers and poses.



Some of them close up:





Also good to know for everyone who thinks about ordering some models. Shapeways is offering a Cyber Monday discount of 10%, so from 12:01am EST this whole Monday, you can use the discount code CYBER2020. When you see a model on my shop that isn’t yet available in the scale you’re looking for; feel free to send me a message and I’ll try to upload it within this discount period. https://www.shapeways.com/shops/mininature

excellent! Good timing on the reindeer

Marvelous! Fascinating! All of you figures are masterpiece!

Beautiful again

So sooooo amazing!!
And all those reindeer, imagine them altogether with a sleigh! It would make a beautiful Christmas diorama!

Male Sitatunga I love and fantastic reindeer figures

Thank you guys! Great you love them