Newcomers in Ana's collection, updated July 2024

Hi, everyone!
I've decided to open a new topic to show the new animals in my collection. The old one seemed irrelevant now, as my collection changed a lot over time, and the previous topic was updated sometime in 2018 I've sold or gave away many animals from my collection in the last 12 months. However, if it's better to merge it with the old topic I'm fine with that too, I would just need some help from any of our admins

Here are the new models I got this year so far. In random order.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
The two horses here are Orlov Trotter stallion Zvezdopad v.2 sculpted by Maria Ivonina, and Dutch Warmblood mare Eclair sculpted by Josine Vingerling. The trotter is around 1:20 scale, the warmblood would be around 1:30 or something in between.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
A nice group of dogs and a cat from Papo. Huge thanks to Susanne for the Papo greyhound! I'm so happy with them all but the greyhound is just wonderful!

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
A small collection of Southlands Replicas models. I should have bought more probably, all their models are so good. I'm sorry about the blurred horses, I've noticed they are out of focus way too late.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Eofauna Mammoth. My first Eofauna model I'm very impressed with the quality of this figure.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
And this boy came back to me from a painter. Warthog sculpted by Feng Shan Lu of Mountain Animal studio, painted by Aleksander Freda (Dark Pegasus studio).

Really beautiful models. The papo dogs are must haves, ut the others are just splendid! Congratulations.

Actually, the Southlands photo is my aesthetically favourite one and the blurred horses made it more lifelike!

Nice choice for new additions Anna. After a long time the first newcomers?

These are all stunning models, that warthog looks great! Also love the Orlov, are you going to paint those two?

This mammoth is very interesting. congratulations.

An additions topic- and what an amazing start, with all these beautiful models!
Those horse models are stunning- definitely made by some very talented sculptors!
Ohhh, but those gorgeous Papo dogs have to be the highlights here! You have picked some really excellent choices, hurray for Susanne with the Greyhound because this dog is fantastic! Papo have really captured its elegance and bone structure- I always love this model, because they have kept the delicate nature of this breed- it could have been easy to make it more solid given that it has been designed as a toy, but they have kept this beauty nice and 'Greyhoundy' I have always loved the sculpt of their Australian Shepherd- it's a shame it isn't painted like the official picture because then it would be almost faultless! Ahh, and their lovely unusual Cassis Lapdog, I love this dog because it reminds me of the typical pet dog- more personal and as if it is based off a real dog (which I think it was!)- it has all the charm and love of an older dog! And of course I just love that Collie- not only because I'm biased towards the breed, but because it has been so beautifully made, with so many rich colours in the coat- and such an intelligent face! It's also quite unusual because they've kept the fur shorter than most collies- more like the original collie before they were show bred!
So many wonderful dogs!!

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

Really beautiful models. The papo dogs are must haves,  ut the others are just splendid! Congratulations.

Thanks so much, Paige!

Pardofelis wrote:

Actually, the Southlands photo is my aesthetically favourite one and the blurred horses made it more lifelike!

I'm glad you like this picture! Thank you!

widukind wrote:

Nice choice for new additions Anna. After a long time the first newcomers?

I would say yes. Although I bought several resin horses last year. And the Kitan cats. But actually almost nothing from the toy brands.

Jill wrote:

These are all stunning models, that warthog looks great! Also love the Orlov, are you going to paint those two?

Yes, at some point! Probably the warmblood first, as I wanted to paint dapple grey on the trotter, and those times this color feels like too big of a challenge to me.

landrover wrote:

This mammoth  is very interesting. congratulations.

I agree it's interesting and I really like it!

Bonnie wrote:

An additions topic- and what an amazing start, with all these beautiful models!
Those horse models are stunning- definitely made by some very talented sculptors!
Ohhh, but those gorgeous Papo dogs have to be the highlights here! You have picked some really excellent choices, hurray for Susanne with the Greyhound because this dog is fantastic! Papo have really captured its elegance and bone structure- I always love this model, because they have kept the delicate nature of this breed- it could have been easy to make it more solid given that it has been designed as a toy, but they have kept this beauty nice and 'Greyhoundy' I have always loved the sculpt of their Australian Shepherd- it's a shame it isn't painted like the official picture because then it would be almost faultless! Ahh, and their lovely unusual Cassis Lapdog, I love this dog because it reminds me of the typical pet dog- more personal and as if it is based off a real dog (which I think it was!)- it has all the charm and love of an older dog! And of course I just love that Collie- not only because I'm biased towards the breed, but because it has been so beautifully made, with so many rich colours in the coat- and such an intelligent face! It's also quite unusual because they've kept the fur shorter than most collies- more like the original collie before they were show bred!
So many wonderful dogs!!

Thanks so much, Bonnie I knew you would comment about the dogs Thank you! I agree about the Australian shepherd, the paintwork looked better in the catalog. It's a lovely model nevertheless

I am so glad you opened an additions topic. It is fine opening one per year to avoid that they get too long. These topics are good to keep the forum running during these less active months. I am taking too long to open mine and I also have an Eofauna to show. This is a top quality brand and your picture shows it perfectly. All other models are wonderful, I love the geommetry of your warthog, the sculptor was not influenced for wild boars as it happens with some warthog models.
Oh, and of course your Southlands, even if horses are made at a smaller scale, they look quite natural together with the other models. One of these horses is also among my arrivals.
I think you're not too much into Schleich hthese days but I think you should consider the Sorraia, it is a Portuguese breed and a very interesting model.

Ana wrote:

Jill wrote:

These are all stunning models, that warthog looks great! Also love the Orlov, are you going to paint those two?

Yes, at some point! Probably the warmblood first, as I wanted to paint dapple grey on the trotter, and those times this color feels like too big of a challenge to me.

That will be beautiful, but I can understand how it would feel daunting. I've tried to paint dapple gray on a 2-dimensional surface, and that was difficult enough! But I get the impression after seeing your bison that this stallion will come out amazing someday.

Thank you, Roger, and Jill!

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], I've recently started a dapple grey on a different model but maybe it's not the right time, it just isn't going very well. I've painted a few in the past, but probably I have to be in the right mood for it

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], thank you for your kind comment! I'll be looking forward to seeing your additions topic You have got some new Eofaunas, that's awesome!

About the Schleich Sorraia, well, I do have one Sorraia horse in my collection, it's a resin by Sarah Minkiewicz (Dartanian). And I hope to sculpt one in the future too as it's one of my favorite breeds. I have seen Schleich's version but it doesn't look convincing to me in terms of proportions, and overall feeling. But I admit it is one of their nicer recent horses! And it's a really good breed choice from their side, however, I don't know why they called it "Sorraia mustang". I haven't heard anyone else using this name for this breed before, have you?

I have stopped with collecting Schleich horses altogether. The only one that is a 100% keeper (in my collection) is the good old Przewalski I have a few of the older models from this company too, they stayed at my parent's house and I'm still not sure if I sell them all or maybe keep a couple of them.

Dappled grey is the colour to hide from and delay starting, it's taken me a good fifteen years to get to a point where I'm genuinely happy with the results rather than just 'well that's not too bad', and I still have to be feeling in a really brave mood, in the midst of all other colours going very well, to dare try it

Rely wonderful models I,m lucky enough to owe some of them  Congratulations with your new figurines, they are just lovely

George wrote:

Dappled grey is the colour to hide from and delay starting, it's taken me a good fifteen years to get to a point where I'm genuinely happy with the results rather than just 'well that's not too bad', and I still have to be feeling in a really brave mood, in the midst of all other colours going very well, to dare try it

I agree! And I feel similarly about roans, and appaloosas too

Farm collector wrote:

Rely wonderful models I,m lucky enough to owe some of them  Congratulations with your new figurines, they are just lovely

Thanks so much!

Lovely additions,congrats!!

Wow, wonderful additions!!
Which brand is the collie (2nd from the right) please?
The resins are very pretty and I like the Southlands a lot too!!
The warthog is great!!

Thank you both so much Taos, and Shanti!

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] all the dogs are from Papo I'm thinking about remaking this Collie into Sheltie in a 1/9 scale I think this model is still available (not retired).

Ana wrote:

Thank you both so much Taos, and Shanti!

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] all the dogs are from Papo I'm thinking about remaking this Collie into Sheltie in a 1/9 scale I think this model is still available (not retired).

What an exciting idea- a Sheltie! We definitely need more models of this fantastic little breed!

Thank you Ana! Found that Collie! On your photo it looks way better than in the shop!

All models are really wonderful Anna, congratulations :)
The Warthog look`s really beautiful.
Both horses are sculpted really nice.
I love Papo dogs and cats , and you have some of the best ones. Hurray for Susanne,  for the Papo greyhound   My favorite is the Cassis Lapdog. It is such a sweet model.
And congratulations for your first Eofauna model. It is also the first one they made.
I really love this brand. Every model they did is amazing.
And.... finaly you have the Southlands Replicas horses ... sculpted by you    
All Southlands Replicas model you choose to have are really nice :)

only beautiful pieces!!

Thank you so much for the nice comments Kosta, and Caracal!

The south replica models look good, but in comparison, the platypus seems very tiny, or it's getting smaller in the background? Anna.

Seeway wrote:

The south replica models look good, but in comparison, the platypus seems very tiny, or it's getting smaller in the background? Anna.

The platypus is really small, all Southlands Replicas models except for the horses are 1/16 scale. It means that platypus is in perfect size compared to wombat for example

Newcomers in my collection from this Spring and Summer.
A few days ago I've received a package from Mojo fun :) If you wish to see a walk around of any of the models, please, let me know.

With the samples of the models, I sculpted for this company in the past...
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

...and a few extras, 2021 news
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

I also bought these two resin models sculpted by my friend L. Peretz of Canyon Spring Studio. A draft mare with a foal called Cider and Fritz. I've shortened the feathers on the mare's legs so that now it will represent a Suffolk Punch, I'll be painting it chestnut (they are now in primer only). Both models are in 1/32 scale known as stablemates size.

 [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Some pictures of the individual models. Donkeys and zebras
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Foals:
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

The new gorillas (2021 news)
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Other 2021 newcomers:
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]