Bat Rider, Archduke mousin series, 54mm, Rescale Miniatures.

Bat Rider, Archduke mousin series, 54mm, Rescale Miniatures. Acrylics/inks. This was very fun to paint. I was concerned about the fragility of some pieces as the original scale had the mouse at 32mm. To address this concern I had the printer upscale two kit on a trial to have the mouse at the equivalent of 54mm. It yielded a bat with wingspan of 51cm!!, the back feet are at 14cm tall. my bomber. (the heron kit was the other). I reinforced the wings with steel pins. The bat sits very stable on its base. All colorings were of natural materials. So you might ask about the orange bat. I started with typical european species look but decided that I was not restricted that way as the bat is physically not very close to a bat or a flying fox. So I looked for some appealing colorings and found the Painted Woolly Bat from SE Asia. look it up.