Best Prehistoric & Contemporary Animal Replicas

Art restorer and archaeologist turned sculptor. J. Miguel Aparicio has been modelling prehistoric and living animals by hand for years, one series at a time.
Giant Tortoise (Titanochelon bolivari), 1:35 scale 3D-printed resin figure by J. Miguel Aparicio, supplied unpainted
Machairodus (Machairodus aphanistus), 1:35 scale 3D-printed resin figure by J. Miguel Aparicio, supplied unpainted
Four-tusked Elephant (Tetralophodon longirostris), 1:35 scale 3D-printed resin figure by J. Miguel Aparicio, supplied unpainted

The artist: J. Miguel Aparicio

Art restorer, archaeologist, and sculptor of animals that most people will never see

The collection is not planned in advance. It is made up of several series that follow, exclusively, whatever has caught my interest at a given moment — a region, an ecosystem, a geological period.
Giant Ground Sloth (Megatherium americanum), 1:35 scale 3D-printed resin figure by J. Miguel Aparicio, supplied unpainted
The Palearctic realm, the fauna of the Tibetan plateau, the Iberian Mediterranean, the Pleistocene steppe, the Miocene of central Spain. Each series grows as long as it holds my attention, and the world of fauna is large enough that they will keep growing.
Four-horned Giraffid (Decennatherium rex), 1:20 scale hand-painted resin replica by J. Miguel Aparicio

Series, not a catalogue

Every animal starts as a study

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.

Talk to the artist

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

Commissions

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