Macro modeling

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:32 am

In searching the web for some images of green lacewings, I ran into this site:

"Insect models / Greatly enlarged -- Scientifically correct"

http://www.insektenmodelle.de/en
http://www.insektenmodelle.de/en/modelle.html
http://www.insektenmodelle.de/en/modell ... liege.html

Amazing, simply amazing!

--Rik

elf · Post by **elf** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 12:25 am

rjlittlefield wrote:
Amazing, simply amazing!

--Rik

You're the master of understatement

I wonder what finished first in the contest?

lauriek · Post by **lauriek** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 5:07 am

Holy cow! Those are /amazing/!

puzzledpaul · Post by **puzzledpaul** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:53 am

Superb models indeed.

winner

http://www.praeparationswerkstatt-opalk ... rfolge.htm

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:04 am

I found it interesting that the model was award-winning in a taxidermy competition. Thanks to pp's link, now I can see that the top prize did actually go to some well mounted real skins.

I was also intrigued by some of the writeup regarding the top prize.

Opalka is a taxidermist. His mission has a religious halo about it: searching for life in the dead. "The taxidermy must look alive; that's the secret"

I'll have to remember that one. It might be useful sometime when talking about a stacked bug...

--Rik

lauriek · Post by **lauriek** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:41 am

I've had a short email exchange with Julia Stoess, these models take 3-6 months each to make! They are also pretty expensive, not really aimed at the private market. (Though not unreasonably priced considering the amount/level of work). I've told her if I ever make a load of money I would commission a 10:1 Hornet!

It's a shame none of these are in UK museums, I would actually make a point of going to see one if there was one in this country!

Harold Gough · Post by **Harold Gough** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:18 am

The lacewing must have been around for sometime as the eggs have hatched.

Harold

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:13 pm

Oh how cool! I wonder of you can get Airfix models like that?

Harold Gough · Post by **Harold Gough** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:14 pm

These would be superb training tools for macro, before getting into the problems of active subjects, exposure effects of magnification factors and suchlike.

Harold

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 3:56 am

Those are amazing!

Biggest "May Bug" (Japanese beetle?) I have ever seen. Even more so and I wish I could find a link, are trout flies tyed to exacting standards, anatomically correct in every way. Some look like they may even just crawl out of your fly box.

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