Mantis Miniatures Animal Sets 3 And 4-Quick Review

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Hi guys :) !
I promised Artur M that I'd do a quick review of his company's excellent animal sets, so here goes ;). In my personal opinion, they are the VERY BEST animal accessory sets that are available in the market at the moment. Each set comes with at least 9 different animals(set 4 has 10 if you count the baby monkey) in very realistic and imaginative poses that will fit any scene that you can think of in your modelling projects. All are finely cast in light grey resin and have very fine details included. In fact, Artur has tried to improve on the "reality" of the animals with each set that he has released and I can honestly say that the lastest set 4 is his best to date (y) ! (I own a copy of all 4 sets by the way.) Each "animal" has only a small pour block to cut off and mould lines are kept to a bare minimum, if at all. As an example, I've included images of my latest figure sculpt to show a possible use of some of the "animals". As always, I'll let the accompanying images to the "talking" :D. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Cheers !
Kenneth.

The first set of images are the models from Animal Set 3, plus my scratch-built WW1 German pigeon handler. The grey pigeon on the figure's left shoulder is the one from the Mantis Miniatures set. The yellow coloured "bird" is a resin pigeon from Raymond O. Lantz, a good friend and fellow "planeteer". The "Mantis Miniatures" bird is representative of a young pigeon in this instance, hence the size difference.
 

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Mantis Miniatures Animal Set 4 Review Images

Images from Animal Set 4 (Tropical Jungle Animals). Note that the "striking" snake is cast in 2 parts to allow for maximum detail all around (y). The same goes for the separately cast tail for the mother/baby monkey pair. Although the photos do not show all the details, I have to say that Artur managed to capture the facial and body details of all the animals in the set that are so distinctive of fauna present in a tropical setting :D ! (The Vietnamese pot-bellied pig and Gibbons really "look the part" :eek:) I really can't wait to put paint to these models and use them in my upcoming projects ;). Oh, one more thing, in my example, there is also included an advisory on what to do if the resin figures arrive a little "distorted" :p. A good move on the part of "Mantis Miniatures" for the information and edification of the beginner modeller.
 

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These look great, but, alas, the scale is too small to fit in with my usual work. If I were to put them in very hot water for a very long time, is there any chance that they would swell to 1:16 scale?
 
Thanks, guys !

Hi Costas and Phillip :D !
Thanks for the encouraging comments ! I'm glad you like the review :). The kit items are really AWESOME ! Cheers !
Kenneth.
 

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