Skulls from small animals like bats, shrew, mole, mice,... are generally extremely fragile, hard to prepare, mostly incomplete when found and hard to come by legally.
Many interesting species are protected (fortunately) and thus it is illegal to collect, transport, own or trade them.
3D printing is less detailed than the real thing with the existing technology but the replicas are stronger, 100% legal, cheap and the used plastic (PLA+) is 'bio degradable'.

The technology of 3D-printing has limits.
Very small features like the jugular bones of small bat species are so thin that those can be a challenge to print. Therefore, in live size prints I can add a little to the thickness of the jugular bones, to make them printable.

Further more, some models (made from ct-scans) lack features due to the state of the scanned specimen. So I adapt those to complete the skulls.

Perfect for educational purposes.

Rhinolophus ferrumequinum 5:1 and 1:1                           Myotis myotis 5:1 and 1:1

If greater detail and accuracy is necessary to study teeth and other small skull features, an enlarged model does the job. 'Handheld' with the real skull under the microscope or magnifying glass determination becomes "a piece of cake". Pointing to specific features on the big one is a lot easier than: "if you look just above the second molar, but a bit to the left if you turn the skull a bit an close one eye slightly,....". Personally I like the 5:1 enlargement for bats and small rodents, shrew etc.
Bigger is possible but does mostly not add much.

Gulo gulo (wolverine) in proces of making the model printable.

For the moment I can offer a limited selection of species, but I'm constantly working on other material. Next week your favorite animal skull could be on the list (What list, you ask? The price list off course!) 

If you have any other requests, questions or ideas about size, material, color, glow in the dark, personalised logo, key chain,..... Let me know, I just might be able to make your wildest 3D dreams come true. (info@nobone.be)

Price list 

Live sized skulls

Centurio senex                      Hypsignathus monstrosus                    Rhinolophus ferrumequinum                golden Eptesicus serotinus

Bigger than live sized skulls

the box of 8 1:1

Desdemodus rotondus

ORDER

If you want to place an order, please let me know what you are interested in bij mail (info@nobone.be) phone etc (contact info below).

I will contact you by mail and we can work out what and how, how much and how many.

Shipping to al the continents where bats are native.