Newcomers in Ana's collection, updated 15.06.23

Thank you all so much for your nice comments! I agree 3D printing is an especially good technique for micros, it would be extremely hard to hand-sculpt all those details in this scale
I feel tempted to paint the unicorn soon as I could use completely different colors than realistic models, which is a nice change. I'm thinking of something inspired by Beta fish perhaps

Kikimalou wrote:

Nice ones Anna 

Is the pachy stands alone ? 

Your little Unicorn reminds me Blade runner...

The Pachycephalosaurus can stand by itself but it arrived with translucent support. It doesn't need it if it stands on a flat surface.
Or is your question about him being an alone dinosaur in my collection? I have a few others but not from PNSO and they aren't new.

I haven't seen "Blade Runner" I know it's considered a classic movie but somehow I missed it. Maybe I will have a chance later. What about the unicorn connection? As far as I understand it's a Science Fiction film not exactly Unicorn world?

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I painted my unicorn custom in a natural horse colour on purpose, mine's being a medieval 'real' creature rather than a modern decorator-paintwork one

Wow Ana, your last new models are just wonderful. Love them all.
My PNSO Pachy, had no problems standing alone at first.
But after time started to fall down. So now it needs the stand.
My advice is to display it with stand for any case :)
Congratulations for the newcommers

Very impressed by Plankton and Eigrit!

Thank you for your nice comments, everyone!
Kosta, I used your advice and my pachy is displayed with the stand, just in case. Thanks for the tip!

Almost 3 months later and I got some newcomers again. Long-awaited Kitan Club cats! I love them all but perhaps the stretching one the most. And the sleeping one! They are phenomenal sculpts, can't imagine more beautifully sculpted cats. I want to repaint them all eventually.
Does the sitting one seem to be bored with his brothers? Or why the eye roll?  
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And a stablemate-sized (1/32) Iberian horse sculpted by Josine Vingerling. This is a raw cast (needs prepping). I have a color idea ready
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Stunning horse and incredible cats! I love this set too, the fur and proportions and general personality of cats really shine through in these models! I would love for this sculptor to make a dog set, it would be amazing!

Oh, that cats really are beautiful, I think the stretching one if my favourite, too - those squuezed-tight-shut eyes!

Can't wait to see what colour you have in mind for that handsome horse!

Wonderful cats!!!

KITTIES

You are right, they are just gorgeous !
They look very much like the Osamu Moriguchi cats .
Did he sculpt these also ?

The little horse is ever so beautyful. There is a complete ballance and peacefulness over the pose that I like very much

Beautiful set of cats, great poses!

Wow, those cats are stunning.

Beautiful new additions! I love the cats!!

Very special additions for you Anna :) Congratulations

Thank you all so much! I'm so glad you like the kitties too! And the small horse

SUSANNE wrote:

KITTIES

You are right, they are just gorgeous !
They look very much like the Osamu Moriguchi cats .
Did he sculpt these also ?

The little horse is ever so beautyful. There is a complete ballance and peacefulness over the pose that I like very much

Yes, those are from the same sculptor, indeed! It's even the same series just part 2. The labels are almost the same as from the first set.

I agree about the horse, it looks very peaceful!

Beautiful cats and horse, they are all amazing and I hope you will show us a fantastic Iberian horse 

Thank you, Christophe!
Of course I'll show him as soon as I paint him

These cats are just the best. I can't think in better cat figures for sure.
Also Iberian horses are the best and this one is absolutely magnificent. Let's see how it will look with its true colors.

Thank you, Roger!
I have a little list of horses to paint first but I'll be excited to start this one soon-ish too
Maybe I should prioritize him though, as I don't have many Iberian breeds in the collection, and I thought it's a pity.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has a to-do list for horses to paint

The three newcomers in my collection from this Spring.  

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It's Kylee's Park donkey foal, I forgot the name of the mold. And the two micro-minis are both sculpted by Maggie Bennet

The Shire foal I got for my birthday from the same friend I got the first Shire foal in December The foals are very similar but in slightly different poses. I'm really happy to have both versions now, as I made a small diorama for the first one and they can both fit there together. So when this new one is painted I will have a scene of two foals playing together, yay!

It is nice to see a donkey among your new additions. I think the mold is called Zeke.

Thank you, Roger! I'm rather excited about having this donkey foal in my collection. But still have no idea what color should I choose.

That's possible, I may have heard this name I bought it second hand so I wasn't sure. And I have a hard time remembering all the new mold's names. I didn't know that you follow resin horses news

Ana wrote:

Thank you, Roger! I'm rather excited about having this donkey foal in my collection. But still have no idea what color should I choose.

That's possible, I may have heard this name I bought it second hand so I wasn't sure. And I have a hard time remembering all the new mold's names. I didn't know that you follow resin horses news

I don't follow resin horses news, I just Googled it.
I think regardless of the color choice, the cross pattern on shoulders is mandatory. It bears a certain symbolism. Zeke is short for Ezekiel, I think it is the name of a Nubian donkey who acted for a Jesus themed movie representing Jesus' Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem. While riding a horse was a symbol of war, riding a donkey was a symbol of peace. The biblical donkey was actually called Lokael and it is said it was an onager or at least some kind of wild ass. It is just a personal opinion but I think it was a Nubian wild ass , a subspecies of the African wild ass but it is the one who possessed the cross pattern present in domestic species as you can read on this Wikipedia article.

COngratulations Anna :)

Those are lovely, I especially love the donkey foal and can't wait to see him in color someday. What a precious face! And the diorama of the foals sounds so cute. What are those minis cast in? Are they metal?