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

I finished my fennec a few days ago, and found some time today to take some pictures:

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Two others got painted two (I've been working on the three of them simultaneously)
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But the others will never be as special as my first 3D print  
Here he is with the original sculpt with it's scanned, printed and painted counterpart:

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Such fabulous fantastic fennecs!

Absolutely stunning- you have created the most beautiful little model of this species! And I'm still so amazed by how you 3D printed it!

Really beautiful foxes! Each one's color is so pretty and well done.

Tiny, adorable, beautifully painted, and I love how you have a whole little pack of them!

Very beautiful fennec and something of my main collecting subject! Congratulations for your work!

Awwwww, this is soo cute!! Very well done!! Congratulations on finishing!

Beautiful fennecs! Congratulations A-J!

Very good job Anne-Joke! I love this fennec!

Those fennecs are amazing! The fact that they are 3D printed makes them extra unique. I love the soft color blends and the sculpt itself is absolutely adorable. Looks wonderful from every angle!

Thank you all!

I do have to say that the fennec was not printed with a fancy resin printer, but with a fillament printer. This meant that the printing lines were still very visible. So the two others were mainly experiments of how I could bring back a fur texture instead of a print-lines texture. With one I attempted to bring in that texture by coating it in a mix of primer, baking soda and varnish and using a rough brush of which the firm bristles would leave a fur texture when applying the mix. With the other I left out the baking soda and I just added lots of layers. (I could have coated them all in a apoxie layer, but sculpting in all the fur details would be just a bit too time consuming so I was looking for a less labour intensive way). Also, my official sts model painting month fennec got his fur texture by using a 3D print pen without fillament since the point of that pen was the right temperature to re-melt the plastic a bit so I could draw in the fur.

A-J wrote:

Thank you all!

I do have to say that the fennec was not printed with a fancy resin printer, but with a fillament printer. This meant that the printing lines were still very visible. So the two others were mainly experiments of how I could bring back a fur texture instead of a print-lines texture. With one I attempted to bring in that texture by coating it in a mix of primer, baking soda and varnish and using a rough brush of which the firm bristles would leave a fur texture when applying the mix. With the other I left out the baking soda and I just added lots of layers. (I could have coated them all in a apoxie layer, but sculpting in all the fur details would be just a bit too time consuming so I was looking for a less labour intensive way). Also, my official sts model painting month fennec got his fur texture by using a 3D print pen without fillament since the point of that pen was the right temperature to re-melt the plastic a bit so I could draw in the fur.

That's all sounds very interesting!
But how did you scan it? I'm looking for a possibility of scanning my bigger models and downsizing them. Do you know of any place in The Netherlands that offers such a service?

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That's all sounds very interesting!  
But how did you scan it? I'm looking for a possibility of scanning my bigger models and downsizing them. Do you know of any place in The Netherlands that offers such a service?  

With a little help from my brother we used a turning table and a phone camera and took pictures from as much angles as possible (by slightly turning the turntable each time from a lower perspective and a higher perspective) and used the program 3D zephyr to convert all the photos into a 3D model. But that's not perfect and I had to do some little adjustments with a 3D sculpting program (probably because the fennec is such a small model that it is hard to get all the details, especially the underside ones). It works better for bigger models I suppose.

We also made a miniature of a big lion statue that is at the gate of our city. My brother just went there with his camera, took a whole lot of pictures walking around it from different angles and turned it into a 3D model. Then scaled it down and printed it and then I took over and painted the printed mini version (so most of the credits for that goes to my brother). That was a cool project too.

So I think if you want a real professional scanned 3D model you might look for some people with a professional set up (maybe even some hobbyists who have done is for quite some time?). But I used the DIY version and most of how to do this could be googled

Thank you for the information! Sounds cool!
I would like to save as many details as possible so I guess I would need a professional to do it for me. I will look into it.

And, I finished my bison too! This boy was sitting in the box with unpainted models for far too long. Now he's finally got some colors
I wish I could take him for a photo session outside but it's raining, so here are some studio shots.

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oh.. breathtaking!

It so cool I especially like the reddish-brown details of the head. Also, I'm curious for which part you prefer using coloured pencils and what kind of pencils you use? (Also, I don't know if that is more a WIP topic question or if that's okay to discuss in this topic)

Thank you both so much

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It so cool I especially like the reddish-brown details of the head. Also, I'm curious for which part you prefer using coloured pencils and what kind of pencils you use? (Also, I don't know if that is more a WIP topic question or if that's okay to discuss in this topic)

I used pencils mainly for the details on horns and hooves. But also some small things like the reddish hair on the head, or dirt details on the hindquarters.
I use watercolor pencils for that, the brand is Faber Castell
And sure, it's ok to ask here, the topics are separate so I wouldn't miss the final photos for the collage (otherwise they could get mixed with WIP pictures).

It looks so lifelike, I love how the paint job brought out all these beautiful fur details.

Wow, this is just stunning! I am a big fan of bulls in general, but this Bison is breathing I swear!!! The look in his eyes!! Love the shadings and all!! Congratulations Ana, he is wonderful!!!

Great bison! Nice that he isn't completely clean but has some dirt on his legs; makes him more realistic.

I didn't realise you could use watercolour pencils for this. Doesn't it come off when you touch it?

I won't be able to finish my own painting by the end of this month, because I am away. I know there is a reward for completing the painting project, but I am now wondering what the punishment for not completing it is

I can only echo everyone else, he is absolutely stunning! I've never met a bison, but he looks spot on for what I've seen in documentaries, and he's beautifully painted with so much variation in his coat. I especially like how the different hair colours go with the different textures, and I love that you've made him dirty!

Amazing! Such delicate details and color shifts. And his eye is really the seal-the-deal detail, it looks alive.

WOW !!!! That quagga !!!! It is completely, absolutely fantastic

And the collie is amazing also, - I feel like throwing a ball for him, and scratch his ears

I am speechless- what a beautiful Bison, and he just shows how amazingly talented you are!!!
So interesting about the Faber Castell water colour pencils- I'd love to know more about using these, it sounds so interesting (Although this may be the wrong topic!) as I have exactly these pencils from this brand!