Chondricthyans

[JimoAi]

  I want to make this CollectA great white shark better by carving larger gills and giving it a more accurate colour scheme. I don't know why collectA gave a half baked job on this great white. It has the best size and teeth for a great white but the poorest gills and color scheme. The sculpt would be perfect for me if wasn't for the tiny gills

[JimoAi]

Batoideas fans rejoice as there is a set of batoids coming up in July. They looked like they are pressing their underbellies on the wall of an Aquarium or somethinG and there's at least 1 unique species. Also, none of the quintessential batoids: manta rays, Sawfish or Bowmouth guitarfish are part of this set

[sbell]

Batoideas fans rejoice as there is a set of batoids coming up in July. They looked like they are pressing their underbellies on the wall of an Aquarium or somethinG and there's at least 1 unique species. Also, none of the quintessential batoids: manta rays, Sawfish or Bowmouth guitarfish are part of this set

Well those look neat.
@brettnj any idea when we can order them?

But...why do none of them appear to have tails?

[brettnj]

Hey Sean.

I haven't seen this set announced on any of the sites I check daily (Does the original poster want to send me the link to the main page where this was found?), but I can take orders now regardless and will add teh image to my next group mail.

Thanks for asking.
Brett

[JimoAi]

Batoideas fans rejoice as there is a set of batoids coming up in July. They looked like they are pressing their underbellies on the wall of an Aquarium or somethinG and there's at least 1 unique species. Also, none of the quintessential batoids: manta rays, Sawfish or Bowmouth guitarfish are part of this set

Well those look neat.
@brettnj any idea when we can order them?

But...why do none of them appear to have tails?

They do have tails

[JimoAi]

What species is the yellow ray on the enlarged photo?

[JimoAi]

https://www.fumuo.jp/view/item/000000001682

[endogenylove]

Can someone list the species for me? They look fascinating

[JimoAi]

Can someone list the species for me? They look fascinating

The 3 recognizable ones are the Red stingray, Spotted eagle ray and a cownose ray. Not sure about the yellow one or the guitarfish

[sbell]

Can someone list the species for me? They look fascinating

The 3 recognizable ones are the Red stingray, Spotted eagle ray and a cownose ray. Not sure about the yellow one or the guitarfish

Is it a guitarfish or a longnose skate?

[JimoAi]

Can someone list the species for me? They look fascinating

The 3 recognizable ones are the Red stingray, Spotted eagle ray and a cownose ray. Not sure about the yellow one or the guitarfish

Is it a guitarfish or a longnose skate?

Looks more like a guitarfish

[sbell]

Can someone list the species for me? They look fascinating

The 3 recognizable ones are the Red stingray, Spotted eagle ray and a cownose ray. Not sure about the yellow one or the guitarfish

Is it a guitarfish or a longnose skate?

Looks more like a guitarfish

I thought it looked like one of those weird deepwater skates
Either would be good

[Isidro]

Recent Safari LTD acquisitions, original and customized.

Monterey Bay Aquarium big-eyed thresher shark. Original:


Customized: not only colour scheme upgraded but also shape of fins, and deletion of mould seams with a cutter. Also, strangely, original have 5 gill slits in right side but 6 in left side, so I closed the first one on the left side by adding paste over it.



Reference image:


And now a detail of the head. Original:


Customized:


I did not made teeth because they would so almost microscopic at this scale, hence too difficult to made


And now, the spotted eagle ray from same brand. Original:


Customized:


Original underside:


Customized underside:


Upgraded: paintjob, the typical "duck bill" nose that was missing in the figure, much longer whip tail, corrected position and shape of the gills, added nostrils.

Reference photos:

[Advicot]

Great work Isidro 

[JimoAi]

Recent Safari LTD acquisitions, original and customized.

Monterey Bay Aquarium big-eyed thresher shark. Original:


Customized: not only colour scheme upgraded but also shape of fins, and deletion of mould seams with a cutter. Also, strangely, original have 5 gill slits in right side but 6 in left side, so I closed the first one on the left side by adding paste over it.



Reference image:


And now a detail of the head. Original:


Customized:


I did not made teeth because they would so almost microscopic at this scale, hence too difficult to made


And now, the spotted eagle ray from same brand. Original:


Customized:


Original underside:


Customized underside:


Upgraded: paintjob, the typical "duck bill" nose that was missing in the figure, much longer whip tail, corrected position and shape of the gills, added nostrils.

Reference photos:

Hey @Isidro, may I ask why did you use to resculpt the nose and tail ad I would like to sculpt a dorsal fin for the mojo eagle ray

[Isidro]

I'm not very sure of what do you mean. Are you asking why I resculpted it?

[JimoAi]

I'm not very sure of what do you mean. Are you asking why I resculpted it?

Nope I meant what did you use to sculpt it

[Isidro]

Oh, so, the same paste that I use for homemade models: wePAM

[JimoAi]

Oh, so, the same paste that I use for homemade models: wePAM

Do you ovenheat it?

[Isidro]

No, WePAM is an air drying paste, I acquired it together with Fimo Air precisely because then I could customize finished figures from brands, a think that I can't do with oven-backed paste such as SuperSculpey