Kylinxia zhangi

[thorst]

Hi,

 

it's time for the next 3d-printed animal from the Cambrian: Kylinxia zhangi. It was described only about a month ago (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2883-7) and features Anomalocaris-like frontal appendages and Opabinia-like eyes on an early arthropod body. The model in 1:1 scale is only about 6cm long. The legs, while considerable thickened to allow printing, are still only about 1/3rd of a millimetre in diameter. It was printed on an Anycubic Photon Mono X at a resolution of 50µm from transparent resin and painted using an airbrush with highly thinned paint, such that the result is still translucent.

 

 

 

 

 

The files for printing can be downloaded here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4679914

 

Hope you like it!

 

Cheers,

Thorsten

[Mahnmut]

Great work again, and what a strange beast!

[thorst]

Thanks!