STS model painting month - a place for photos of your finished projects.

thank you Anna very much for taking the time to organize this fun event ! and the wonderful collage with the logo of the paint splattered sloth:)by Anne-Joke ! I am thankful I got to participate !
I hope to see the other animals still to be painted, some time in the future:)

thank you very much Alain, Bonnie, Shanti, Anna, George and Saarlooswolfhound:) for the appreciation of my giraffe:)

Anna, the photo collage is wonderful :)
And Anne-Joke did a really great job on this painting sloth    

I want to congratulate every one here, for the great job on every model.
They all look really beautiful.
The progress of painting on every each of them was also very interesting to see, something what I did more properly now, bcause i wasn`t so active this past month.

George, the result of your Quagga is just amazing. I love everything on it !

Kelly, your Collie is very sweet. I like the custom work you did and the colours are really nice.

Anne-Joke, this Fennec is the sweetest thing ever. You made it perfect.

Anna, your Bison ... I just love it. Every detail, every colour... Everything look`s amazing.

Shanti, you got the colours of your puma just perfect. The face is really nice.

Burgerenby, the numbat is alive. Very rich colours and details. We see a real animal here.

Bonnie, you made your Bonnie so adorable. Beautiful colours and very good painted details. Bravo !

Alain, the Cheetah look`s beautiful. With all these nicely painted details , it is perfect, like all your repaints.

Sunny, I really like your Giraffe ! You did a great job on it !

Birdsage, you also did a nice job on your mule deer.

And finally, here is my painted model finnished.

Sculpted by our Anna, back in 2013

The African forest buffalo - cow.  ( but she think`s she is a sloth ...that`s why she came so late to the party   )

I hope the owner of the model , will be happy with the result

A small walkaround :

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And , with two friends :

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this is such a pretty buffalo, I love her enquiring stance ! and the colours on her face - spectacular ! well done

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And finally, here is my painted model finnished.

Sculpted by our Anna, back in 2013

The African forest buffalo - cow.  ( but she think`s she is a sloth ...that`s why she came so late to the party   )

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This model is just awesome. I love the shades and minute detailing you were able to include!

What a wonderful buffalo!! Love the result, the shadings are beautiful!!

I'm glad you all like the collage! And our mascot I loved seeing all the finished projects together in one picture, it really sums up the event

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] Wow, I love this paintwork on the buffalo! How wonderful! She looks amazing! I'm sure that whoever will get it will be happy with it! I'm really happy to see my old sculpt in this amazing new coloration!

I'm glad you like the collage! Maybe, just for fun, I will make a second version later this month that would also include any projects finished after the deadline.

yay, the collage looks so nice, congrats to everyone who finished it before the end of the month

Sunny, I really like your giraffe! The colours you chose, going for a white coat, really suits the model and it makes it look really awesome

And Kosta your forest buffalo looks amazing the different hues of brown are wonderfully blended and it makes the model really come alive!

Thank you so much Kosta!
Your Buffalo is amazing, you have brought in so many rich colours blended beautifully into the fur! I also love the gloss on the nose, and the way you have contrasted darker and lighter colours to bring out the anatomy of the Buffalo, stunning!

So many beautiful repaints here. Lillias’s rough collie is stunningly life-like (great colours!), Alain is the grandmaster of spot-painting, the giraffe is very elegant, the buffalo is impressively colourful, the numbat is so realistic and the puma is a fantastic improvement on the original painting.

Compared to all these masterpieces, my repaint is rather embarrassing. But at least I finished it, albeit late. Here is my little rat. I tried to give it two different brown colours, but it isn’t very noticeable.
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The buffalo is really beautiful, I didn't know they came with such wonderfully shaded deep colours (I'm so used to the plain black species!), it's always lovely to discover a new species through a model animal, whether that's a brand release, or someone's own custom paintjob. She's lovely, and I'm sure will be loved in her new home.

The collage is a really nice idea, seeing everyone's projects together like that really ties it up and captures the feeling of painting specifically to share on the forum, with other painters and interested observers alike. I look forward to seeing version 2 with the late arrivals added into the little group!

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Welcome to the group, little rat! He looks very neatly done for that scale, we can see his colour is smooth and neatly applied, even if the two-tone doesn't really come across in a photo, some colours just look better in-hand, I think. Hopefully you'll be painting some more of his rat friends from the same set now you've got the hang of it.

I think that rat is marvellous and no less impressive than the others here! Great job Roger!

Yay, the rat looks lovely! It's so cute and tiny
Thanks for joining us, Roger Congratulations on finishing your project

wowowow! 2 wonderful newcomers to enter the family picture!

Pardo your forest buffalo is so stunning , Roger your rat is so cute that they both be fogiven to be a little late!            

(Hey george! you're now ready to repaint your Clairet cheeta waiting for its friend, just need a sharp brush)

Thank you so much Roger!
I love your little rat, he's so sweet and the eye has been perfectly painted and positioned, especially for something so tiny!

That's cruel Kosta! Such fabulous, rich and realistic painting in that perfect sculpt. It is the most realistic sloth I've ever seen. I also love the tiny rat from Roger. I think I never told it, when I was really a little boy, with 4 years old or so, rats were my favorite animals. My wish was having a plush of a rat or a mouse. My grandma, made one for me, without fur and it was a rat. I loved it. It is a pity I could not save my little things from my childhood. My first pet was also a rat. Well, what's the interest of my rat mania? Roger's subtle work in such a small figure is what matters now and it shows how plural is this initiative even if all customs are mammals. I think it was a wonderful event and I am glad Anna is already thinking about the next one.

well done on painting the minute rat ! he looks very happy to be brown:)

I must follow Kosta’s example and comment on each of the completed models, which I failed to do sooner.

George: This is an exceptional quagga repaint- the blending is beautiful and every detail is in its place. Your thoughts on the painting process are interesting.  Also, your backdrop creation is really impressive and makes the final images special.

Kelly: You gave a lovely, fluffier coat to such a small collie. The blended-in dark areas especially look like real fur.

Anne-Joke: Your fennec has very charismatic sculpting and painting. The face and eyes are perfectly painted for that pose. It was an interesting idea to try different techniques on other copies. Also, you drew a great mascot! I think the sloth may be trying to paint a macaw?

Anna: You really did justice to this model with careful shading and details. The horns look real and the eyes look sensitive and alive. Outdoor photos will be interesting but this background looks great, too.

Shanti: The painting you did transformed this cougar- I like the blended shades from the darker forehead to the buffy paws. It fits right in to the environment where you photographed it.

Burgerenby: This numbat is stunning with its new coat. You gave it so much color and texture that fits together and makes it look very realistic. This inspired me to maybe try and change mine, someday.

Bonnie: That’s so impressive for your first repainting. The face/eyes and fur color at the back of the head give it personality and realism.

Caracal: That is a great cheetah reinterpretation- the spots have such precision on a small figure, overlaying the blended tones. Its friend is very nice, too.

Sunny: You did a great job giving a new pattern to this nice model. It was interesting to read about your inspiration/reference and see how you drew on the pattern. I like the shading on the hooves, too.

Birdsage: You found an interesting model and gave it the right painting to clearly represent a mule deer. The colors you chose look like a fresh, summer coat.

Kosta: Beautiful job on the colorful buffalo. I like the color blending, especially around the legs and neck, and the fur details on the shoulder area and ears, and horns. The face is very expressive.

Roger: Nice work on the delicate rat- it even seems to have a twinkle in its eye. I think that’s the smallest animal model I’ve ever seen.

I completed my wapiti bull yesterday. I was slower than I expected finishing it, but I’m happy now that it’s done. It still needs varnishing, which may include just a touch of gloss or satin around the nose or mouth. The daylight shifted as I was taking photos, so I decided to also include a few of those with a difference in lighting.

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Thanks everyone for this event, which encouraged me to get this model painted and see your other methods.

Really stunning bull! Your paint job really makes each sculpt detail pop. I love rocky mountain elk and the bulls have this feeling of "prince of the forest" to me. You captured this with your work.

those antlers are just stunning ! they are very realistic !! exceptional work:)

Thank you Andy for your words :)
And your Wapiti look`s just stunning !
Love it !
Very beautiful and realistic colours. Great touch on every detail.
The antlers look`s like real.
And the face is beautifully made.
Great job !

The wapiti looks amazing, very handsome animal and the way you've handled the paint application differently for the different-textured parts of the coat, and of course the antlers, is superb. He looks so lifelike and accurate now, with very little alteration to the mould itself - you've worked wonders!

I wished I could do something like that to have such a realistic elk in my collection.
There's no good deer model if there's no good antlers. Unless it is a doe or a fawn. It is sumptuous as it is supposed to be with this animal and it is also beautifully painted.

Thank you so much Andy!
What a wonderful Wapiti, if I were to see this magnificent model in the forest I would definitely think he was alive! I love the face, so realistic with all those different shades of brown, and with those glinting eyes!