Scientifically Accurate Great Auk Model Kit – 1:1 Resin Collector Model
"Last of its Kind:" 1:1 Scale Great Auk
Developed in collaboration with EXETINCT.
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Designed using fossil data, anatomical reconstruction, and ultra-high-resolution sculpting techniques to achieve maximum realism and scientific accuracy.
“Collectable”, “exclusive”, “museum-quality”. These words are often thrown about by businesses online offering replicas of extinct animals or what remains of them. This sculpt of a great auk, by noted palaeoartist Matt Ramieri of Ancient Era Artistry is all of those things.
The great auk is our preferred outreach champion.
Why?
One of the reasons the great auk went extinct was because in its final days, museums and amateur naturalists wanted the rare and charismatic bird for their taxidermy collections. The final push to collect these is widely considered to have been what tipped the birds’ dwindling, but still viable population toward the point of no return and extinction. To make matters worse, these collectors understood extinction, it was part of what drove their desire. When presented with this information and coupled with the fact that the North Atlantic could have also had “penguins”, our responsibility for the welfare of our world and consideration for future generations is driven home in a very poignant way.
Ironically, the great auk is quite rare in collectables circles. You would think being a widespread and charismatic species which went extinct more recently than the dodo, it would be more widely available.
Well, we’re here to change that.
Available in a transportable desktop and/or shelf friendly 1/5th scale (23cm high, 12cm wide and length at widest points for the base). This is well-paired with our great auk skull as props for talks and outreach.
Printed in durable impact resistantresin at a stunning .03 mm layer height, Matt’s fine sculpting work makes individual feathers visible - the every scale of the webbing of the feet accounted for. This is museum quality. But unlike in the past, the rare and elusive great auk can be yours.
Key Features:
Scientifically accurate proportions
Ultra-high-resolution sculpt (tens of millions of polygons)
Collector-grade resin kit
Precision scale
Dynamic, lifelike pose
Other available sizes available. If you don't see this model in the scale you need, contact us and we will make it happen! (matt@think-loudly.com)
*This is a model kit shipped unassembled and in parts unless "Model Kit Built," or "Paint by X" is chosen at checkout. Kit colors vary. The actual model may be any color, and may or may not be primed.
Paint by Ancient Era Artistry is available upon request.
Ancient Era Artistry 制作高度准确、逼真的“科学上可能”的恐龙人物和立体模型。 所有 ANCIENT ERA ARTISTRY 现代古艺术模型套件均由 Matt Ramieri 雕刻。_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b- 136bad5cf58d_他的工具包经过严格的研究，并用 every species he 雕刻，他的使命是让每个角色尽可能在科学上可行。他称他的工作为“科学上可能的”。
马特包括所有已知的事实和最新的科学数据，为史前动物群注入生命。或者，Ramieri 认为每个角色都应该有一个个性……一个反映一切的身份，从这些生物被迫生活的残酷和动荡的生活到玩耍的年轻野兽的自由和幻想。马特的意思是用这种哲学观点填补科学期刊页面之间的空白，他以角色设计师的创作自由推动了猜测的道路。
Ancient Era Artistry 制作的每个模型都是由高分辨率树脂打印技术 LFS（低力立体光刻）制作的 3d 打印原型。它们以惊人的 0.025 毫米层高打印。 每个模型由数千层组成，通常接近（或超过）10,000 层！