NEW PRODUCT: Mr. Z: 1/6 Simulated Animal No. 59 - Duweime Horse Full Set of 7 Colors

MR.Z Simulation Animal No. 59 1/6 Scale Duweime Horse Full Set of 7

Colors : October 10-31, 2022 Estimated arrival time: 2Q23 Mr.Z 1/6th animal model No.59: Duweime (all 7 colours) Product material: Horses : Environment-friendly resin, Mongolian fur Product size: 39*11*37cm Reservation price: 468 yuan / per unit Reservation period: Oct.10th- Oct.31st，2022- Expected on-sale date: Q2nd , 2023.

















































































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This looks gorgeous!!! Especially with their harness.

I like the dapple version, but not sure I can use this to be honest.

Already preordered one a few days ago.
They look dynamic

Ooooh, another Akhal Teke/Turkoman!
Like the last one, I do wish they’d omitted the hair texture for this sculpt, as the real horses are desert beasts and have very fine coats, but overall it’s a really nice model. My only real nitpick would be the ears, as they look far too stumpy and ponyish for the breed.

Interesting. I was wondering if it was not a little small and slender, but judging by Christine's comments, it seems to be about right (apart from the ears, evidently).

The black knees with white socks looks so weird to me, so I had to look them up. They do not ALL have black knees, but more than I expected. A pure white option with blue eyes would have been awesome!

Akhal Tekes are the greyhounds of the horse world and frankly, pretty bizarre looking if you aren’t familiar with them. They have a very distinctive head with ‘hooded’ eyes and a very long and straight profile, and build-wise they’re exceptionally lean when they’re fit. One of the founding sires of the Thoroughbred breed was a ‘Turkomen’ which is most likely what we’d now call the Teke.
Some of them also have a very interesting quirk of the hair follicles which gives them a beautiful metallic sheen - something which translates beautifully in the model!

akhal-teke stallion Postulat by Olgait, on Flickr

akhal-teke stallion Shakhid by Olgait, on Flickr

akhal-teke stallion Samar-Kan by Olgait, on Flickr

Akhal_Teke_gold_horse by Gary Rust, on Flickr

Diana wrote:The black knees with white socks looks so weird to me, so I had to look them up. They do not ALL have black knees, but more than I expected. A pure white option with blue eyes would have been awesome!

On which one? They’re all totally normal and realistic horse colours! (Well, aside from the bay with the weirdly chestnut mane and tail!)
The way white markings work is complicated, but in the most basic terms think of them as a layer of white paint on top of a coloured base coat. Black ‘points’ on the legs, ears and muzzles are a characteristic of bay and buckskin coats, so any markings would just go over the top if that makes sense?

If it’s the grey one, then, yeah, greys can be weird. Horses with the grey ‘gene’ gradually lose pigmentation over time, usually in a particular pattern, and legs are often the last to go - I think the pigment tends to cling onto areas closest to the bone, hence why the knees, hocks and cheekbones are often still dark while the rest of the horse is almost totally white-grey.

Working Hunter Collecting Ring by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr

Highland Ponies by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr

If you want a ‘white’ horse with blue eyes you’d be looking for a cremello or perlino, ( a double dilute with two copies of the cream gene) a fully greyed out horse with some kind of pinto pattern to account for the blue eyes, or a Dominsnt White, which is it’s own kind of complicated thing. XD

Sorry for the real horse spam, when you’re in the model horse hobby for long enough you start to get really into weird colour genetics which get more complicated the more you look into them

Don’t be sorry, Christine. That was very interesting! Thanks for that.

Thank you for explaining and illustrating, Christine. Wow... there is such a thing as a gold horse!

Agree with Christine on the ears, they are bit distracting for me, but I guess not a dealbreaker. Though I personally prefer the Akhal-Teke they did previously. The head on this one just seems a little on the small side.

However, they finally did a bit more variety in the coat colours, which I appreciate. It's funny that Diana was confused by the bay with white socks as that's actually a coat colour I have been waiting for for a long time. It's most definitely a fairly normal/standard coat colour. :'D

The title of these is a tad confusing... I'm curious if they are perhaps supposed to be an interpretation of the 'Heavenly Horses':

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Heavenly_Horses

I was actually most confused by the white ones, especially No 2, so thank you, Christine, for explaining! Very interesting and must appreciated.

Neither Lynkhart nor skywalkersaga hate them, so they must be good and I might get one.

With the black and the three grey/white ones one could depict the same horse in different times.

I love the explanation Christine! Very nice horses!

Are those 303 figures they are pairing the horse with in the pictures?

csyeung wrote:Are those 303 figures they are pairing the horse with in the pictures?

I think so.

So technically the Duweime is a breed that the Chinese imported from the "western Regions" along with Usun, and other light breeds during the HAN dynasty to improve the army stock. So this could include the Akhal teke as well as breeds like early breeds similar to Karabain, Don, Lokai and Tersk.
So there could be a variety of characteristics.
     He'll make a good generic cavalry type

Cool photos on the creation of the prototypes...

Very nice! Thanks for showing these

Pretty! I just am still not fully sold on this horse's sculpt, though. I wish I could have the bay coat colour painted on the Akhal-Teke model instead, sigh.

I’m debating getting one of the dapples for an Indian Pony for my Westworld (I know it’s not the right breed, but whatever).

sigh...when are we getting articulated 1/6 horses? There's already plenty of them in 1/12 scale...

I think I'm the only one who *doesn't* want articulated 1/6 horses. The companies already struggle to get the anatomy right on the 'statues', so it doesn't really inspire a ton of confidence in the prospect of articulated versions.

I plan on making one at some point! I made one years ago with a wire armature but anatomically she wasn’t great and the wires don’t support her weight very well now.

Untitled by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr

Skara by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr

My best friend has a business making fully poseable needlefelted horses in 1/12th scale, but he says he’d be willing to attempt a 1/6th scale one at some point! They’d be pretty pricey though, but his work is absolutely worth it.

https://www.needleneddies.co.uk/

I’ve got two - one of his very first, and one more recent one, a Clydesdale mare.

‘Flora’ by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr

‘Flora’ by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr

‘Flora’ by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr


I’ve dabbled in needlefelting before and I think I’d like to try out a horse at some point too - Tom also has a video course on how to make them!

I remember yours, she is adorable!

And yesss! Wow, that's gorgeous. I think the art doll and/or poseable needle-felting is the way to go with these. I trust individual skilled artists to make poseable horses work, just not 1/6 third party companies.

Lynkhart wrote:I plan on making one at some point! I made one years ago with a wire armature but anatomically she wasn’t great and the wires don’t support her weight very well now.

Untitled by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr

Cool shot and horse. I also love the rider, very cool costume and face paint.