Takin models

Hi friends,
We have seen many fantastic pictures of Anas fantastic Bongo antilope.
My Takin is getting jealous he is also FAN-tastic, he says, And I agree with him

So let me presen : Takin-the-Fabulous as well as my limited skills permit

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Really nice figure!

Congratulations my dear friend Susanne!

I didn´t know this animal, I looked for some info in internet. It´s very well done :)

:) :)
Yes, yes, very nice animal.
I am proud of my fellow forum.
They Have greats skills.
Congratulations.

SyLoBe wrote:

I didn´t know this animal, I looked for some info in internet. It´s very well done :)

Yes, it lives in mountains, rough, cold areas, - ha, ha I had to google it also

He's absolutely correct, you know - Takins are awesome! Is this an original sculpture?

Sumo wrote:

He's absolutely correct, you know - Takins are awesome! Is this an original sculpture?

As far as I know, Ana made one for Torben, but it was before I joined the forum.
Then she worked out how to make a mould, and now she can make more of them, even if I am sure it must be slow and difficult work.
Then she hand paints them, so not two are completely the same, - just like nature

As an owner of one of Ana's Takins the only thing I can say is that it is perfectly done, the dimensions and the detail on each of the areas of the body are incredible real. It is a master piece.

This and Ana's Bongo are must have for the real collectors of animal figurines as they are the best I had ever seen.

Hope Ana will keep making this amazing animals for us.

atabini wrote:

As an owner of one of Ana's Takins the only thing I can say is that it is perfectly done, the dimensions and the detail on each of the areas of the body are incredible real. It is a master piece.

This and Ana's Bongo are must have for the real collectors of animal figurines as they are the best I had ever seen.

Hope Ana will keep making this amazing animals for us.

I fully agree !
Only not that Ana will continue making these two, almost like a factory
Hopefully Ana will say: "So! I have made 20 (or 30 or 50), now I will make some new ones "
To develop her skills, and for me to get more of her wonderful figueres

But fortunately it is not for me to decide

SUSANNE wrote:

As far as I know, Ana made one for Torben, but it was before I joined the forum.
Then she worked out how to make a mould, and now she can make more of them, even if I am sure it must be slow and difficult work.
Then she hand paints them, so not two are completely the same, - just like nature

Tss tss tss

The real story : Kikimalou asked Ana to make a takin, then Ana found the way to make her first mold... And then some of us joined the "Ana's takin club"

Ohh, sorry, Christoph

Well, Kikimalou - one of the great collectors of the most fantastic stuff possible

Thank You very much Susanne for photos of Your takin and for this topic here

And thank You guys and girls for all so sweet words abut my works Thank You, thank You

And YES, the first takin was made for Christophe, that was his idea and choice of specie. I did know takins before but never thought about making model of it before Christophe's letter

Great looking animal, I've never seen one before (even in pictures)

Excellent work Ana, hope to see you add some new animals very soon...

ana wrote:

Thank You very much Susanne for photos of Your takin and for this topic here

And thank You guys and girls for all so sweet words abut my works Thank You, thank You

And YES, the first takin was made for Christophe, that was his idea and choice of specie. I did know takins before but never thought about making model of it before Christophe's letter

Great minds working together

SUSANNE wrote:

Great minds working together

The great mind and great talent is for Ana only

I only have great dreams

Thank you Susanne for the wonderful pictures of Ana's beautiful Takin Ana, you are so brilliant!

HKHollinstone wrote:

Thank you Susanne for the wonderful pictures of Ana's beautiful Takin Ana, you are so brilliant!

I love your gazelle and many others, too, Harriet.

SUSANNE wrote:

HKHollinstone wrote:

Thank you Susanne for the wonderful pictures of Ana's beautiful Takin Ana, you are so brilliant!

I love your gazelle and many others, too, Harriet.

Thanks Susanne

Yes, Ana's talents is awesome!
It was Christophes idea indeed as ana said, Torben had no.2 of them, i had no. 3...

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Woow!!! This Takin is Great!! It looks so realistic and I hope that I could have one like it in my collection.
The walkthrough is great and I realy like the pictures in this thread!
Maybe a Saiga antelope is next?
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Thank you so much for so nice comments about takin!!!
This figure was actually the most frequently asked for, so I decided to make second mould of this sculpture and now it's available again.

It's in Likaon shop in Asian Animals section Here is a link http://www.likaonmodels.com/available-models.html

Good news for all of us !!

I hope you also make a new reedition of the figure of the bongo. For those who could not get the first. Please, please !    

Ohh nice. I'm interested by a model (painted) but I must have more money (I have already two orders of 29 figures on MPV. So, my wallet is tired and I want to complete my wishlist of papo figures this month ).   

Thank you for the comments!!!
Bongo is an option to consider, but I don't think for this year, and I also don't think I would do re edition of the exactly the same figure in this case. I will see.

Great!
I was wondering - does the mold need to be recreated? how many figures can you do using one mold? unlimited or there is a limit?
I would be happy to try creating figures myself - I know it is hard thing to do and it can take ages till you have what you want. But I do want to try.

What do I need in order to be able to do this?
Also, If I want to remodel a figure - cutting and putting it up in a different pose of body shape - what do I need - i have read of epoxy - what kind of epoxy I need and which brand?
I would need to color the figure afterwards, Right? What color to use? where I can get it?
After I'll remodel and be satisfied with results. Can I create a mold out of the figure? what do I need for that?

I do want to try it - maybe I'll be able to create one myself :)
Thanks