Prehistoric & Contemporary Animal Replicas

Reconstructed from the fossil record. Sculpted and painted by hand.

Mammoths, cave lions and sabre-toothed cats, small enough to hold and accurate enough to study. Hand-modelled scale replicas of the animals that vanished, made one at a time.

Prehistoric Fauna

3D Resin Figures 1:35

Scale replicas of prehistoric and living animals — mammoths, cave lions, sabre-toothed cats, giant deer, megalodon — modelled and painted by hand at 1:20, with 3D-printed figures at 1:35 and magnets at 1:15.
Every animal is reconstructed from anatomical study and, for extinct species, from the fossil record. Cast in resin, finished by hand, made to order.

Hand-sculpted animal replicas

We’re more than Animal Replicas

Handmade in Spain

Every piece is sculpted and painted by hand by J. Miguel Aparicio in his studio.

Based on the fossil record

Anatomy and proportions are reconstructed from fossils, skeletal studies and current research.

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Questions about a piece, its scale or its finish are answered personally by the sculptor.

Commissions

Looking for a species that is not in the catalogue? Ask about a made-to-order piece.

Signatu Studio — animal replicas by J. Miguel Aparicio

Scale replicas of prehistoric and contemporary fauna, sculpted and painted entirely by hand. The collection spans the Pleistocene steppe and the Miocene woodlands of Iberia as well as living species from the Palearctic, the Tibetan plateau and the Ethiopian highlands. Hand-painted replicas at 1:20, unpainted 3D-printed figures at 1:35 for dioramas and modelling, and magnets at 1:15. Each piece begins with a morphological study of the species and is cast, finished and painted after ordering.
J. Miguel Aparicio — Sculptor of Animal Replicas | Signatu Studio

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