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Just what I imagined... Parrots, macaws, cockatoos, etc.
The criteria you follow in batches is interesting. As I feared, when you announced "tropical birds", I will have to wait for a future set of aquatic birds, in which as a suggestion I invite you to think about a selection of this style:

- FLAMINGOS (x2)
- PELICANS (x2)
- IBIS (scarlet and sacred)
- SPOONBILLS (a roseate at least)
- CORMORANT
- ANHINGA
- CROWNED CRANE
- STORKS: Yellow-billed, saddle-billed, marabou (maybe Indian...)

Would be great if there was a Nestor Kea

A set of tropical birds was what I thought. Though, since there is a budgerigar, it's probably a parrots set. I hope besides the usual macaw and cockatoo species, we can see a few unusual ones. Chrstophe suggested a kea which seems a good idea, also a kakapo or a Spix's macaw, etc.

Roger wrote:

A set of tropical birds was what I thought. Though, since there is a budgerigar, it's probably a parrots set. I hope besides the usual macaw and cockatoo species, we can see a few unusual ones. Chrstophe suggested a kea which seems a good idea, also a kakapo or a Spix's macaw, etc.

I hope so...
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Looking forward to seeing these models!!!

These look amazing so far! Birds are my favorite. I love the flying macaw. Can’t wait to see more and hear what species they will be! I imagine the primates are going to be released soon?

Parakeet, Cockatoos, Macaw, I can see some interesting new poses.
What species will be represented?

I really enjoy seeing the work-in-progress photos! Thanks for showing us! What kind of sculpting material do you use?

bjarki12 wrote:

I really enjoy seeing the work-in-progress photos! Thanks for showing us! What kind of sculpting material do you use?

Thanks!In Chinese it translates to oily mud. It is made from a mixture of paraffin, stone powder, petroleum jelly, calcium carbonate, and color powder. It is a relatively hard clay that becomes highly plastic with increasing temperature

Stripedhyena wrote:

Just what I imagined... Parrots, macaws, cockatoos, etc.
The criteria you follow in batches is interesting. As I feared, when you announced "tropical birds", I will have to wait for a future set of aquatic birds, in which as a suggestion I invite you to think about a selection of this style:

- FLAMINGOS (x2)
- PELICANS (x2)
- IBIS (scarlet and sacred)
- SPOONBILLS (a roseate at least)
- CORMORANT
- ANHINGA
- CROWNED CRANE
- STORKS: Yellow-billed, saddle-billed, marabou (maybe Indian...)

I checked out the relevant pictures. It is indeed a very good choice. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll pass them on

Joliezac wrote:

These look amazing so far! Birds are my favorite. I love the flying macaw. Can’t wait to see more and hear what species they will be! I imagine the primates are going to be released soon?

will be released at the end of October or November. Currently,The factory hasn't sent me first set of painted figurines yet

lucky luke wrote:

Parakeet, Cockatoos, Macaw, I can see some interesting new poses.
What species will be represented?

Thanks!I'll post it here afterward.

The rough sample of the parrot has been finalised. Pictured here is my photography colleague shooting footage for our social media

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Sculptor Tian is the carver of this parrot set. He is also the carver of the monkey set.
He designed a tree just for this parrot. (Some back details shown, not finished, still updating details)
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This is Sculptor Liu making 3D modelling of crustaceans and reptiles. He will use a 3D printer to realise it after designing it on his computer.
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This is a semi-finished product.
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Sculptor Zhou was carving a group of carnivores when I saw a hyena. As he had just started carving, I did not photograph it.Although it's not Wild Dog yet, maybe [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] you'd like it too?

Of course we have other sculptors in other cities who have a lot of ideas waiting to be realised :) let's look forward to the future new products from toymany.

Colourless version of the monkey with trees. What do you think of these two monkey pose looks?

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The final version is at the factory, no samples have been sent to the company yet.

A lot of good news today, Parrots, monkeys, arthropods and carnivores

I like the tree idea for monkeys even if the two species shown are from different continents, it means that I will have to buy more than one tree...

The pose are very nice and dynamic, the realism is great. I can't wait to add the whole set to my collection The same for the arthropods and maybe parrots

I'm curious to know which species are in the little cardboard box in the first photo.

Extremely exciting news! The parrots and monkeys look great! I love the trees too, they are great for my dioramas and allow figures to have an interesting pose without being permanently attached to a base. Carnivores sounds very exciting as well... Can't wait to see more!

Yeahhh! HYENASSS, please!!!

Okay, another macaw figures. I like the monkeys, but the tree is for me to large and sadly i think the monkeys can not stand alone.

But the figures looks beautieful

Great to see the sculpting process. Do some of your sculptors 3D computer modelling and others use more traditional clay modelling? Or is a model first made in clay and then 3D scanned?

I like the monkeys in the tree. They remind me of the trees with monkeys made by Clairet and Starlux a long time ago.

me too! :)

Thanks for letting us know who are your talented sculptors. Thanks also for sharing so many details of the development with our cmmunity.
I'm happy about everything and I also love hyenas! If you make a set of 4, there is a fantastic quartet and unique, Striped hyena, spotted hyena, aardwolf and brown hyena. All hyenas and two of them were never released as toy figures. :)

I do love a good hyena figure of course @Kenc! These all look wonderful, please pass along to your talented sculptors that they are doing a wonderful job! And of course, thank you so much for sharing here.

Kikimalou wrote:

A lot of good news today, Parrots, monkeys, arthropods and carnivores

I like the tree idea for monkeys even if the two species shown are from different continents, it means that I will have to buy more than one tree...

The pose are very nice and dynamic, the realism is great. I can't wait to add the whole set to my collection  The same for the arthropods and maybe parrots

I'm curious to know which species are in the little cardboard box in the first photo.

Thanks kikimalou I'll cover the specific birds after, as there is no definitive version yet.

Joliezac wrote:

Extremely exciting news! The parrots and monkeys look great! I love the trees too, they are great for my dioramas and allow figures to have an interesting pose without being permanently attached to a base. Carnivores sounds very exciting as well... Can't wait to see more!

Thanks!

Stripedhyena wrote:

Yeahhh! HYENASSS, please!!!

lol!Just like your avatar

widukind wrote:

Okay, another macaw figures. I like the monkeys, but the tree is for me to large and sadly i think the monkeys can not stand alone.

But the figures looks beautieful

Yes, due to the unique posture probably it doesn't stand up well..

rogerpgvg wrote:

Great to see the sculpting process. Do some of your sculptors 3D computer modelling and others use more traditional clay modelling? Or is a model first made in clay and then 3D scanned?

I like the monkeys in the tree. They remind me of the trees with monkeys made by Clairet and Starlux a long time ago.

Yes, there are some sculptors who use 3D modelling and some who use traditional clay.
The next step in the process after the traditional clay model is completed is the two monkeys as shown in my picture. We call this step white modelling, i.e. modelling without colour.

Sculptors using 3D printers, on the other hand, do not need this step. After printing it can be handed over to the factory for mould making. Both models have their own benefits. Sculptor Tian said 3D printing is more convenient than traditional carving, but some complex patterns and movements may be more appropriate using traditional clay.

Hi STSfriends, if you have a Facebook account and are interested in toymany, could you follow our public page?Thanks!We will prioritise posting various information on Facebook public page.  :)
It's important to us.
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Kenc, I can understand ToyMany's choice, of course, but I hope you'll continue to keep us informed on STS, because it's important to us. Many of us here prioritise our discussions in our forum.

Thanks for the information! I hope you stay on STS too. I am one of those people who isn't on Facebook.