Looking for animal skull replicas?
3d printed skulls are ethical and safe to produce and use, and contain no bone.
Nearly limitless posibilities
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)
Bat species
EU (19):
Barbastella barbastellus (western barbastelle)
Eptesicus serotinus (serotine bat)
Myotis bechsteinii (Bechstein's bat)
Myotis brandtii (Brandt's bat)
Myotis dasycneme (pond bat)
Myotis daubentonii (Daubenton's bat)
Myotis myotis (greater mouse-eared bat)
Myotis nattereri (Natterer's bat)
Nyctalus lasiopterus (Greater noctule bat)
Nyctalus leisleri (Lesser noctule)
Nyctalus noctula (Common noctule)
NEW: Pipistrellus nathusii (Nathusius's pipistrelle)
Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Common pipistrelle)
Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Soprano pipistrelle)
Plecotus auritus (Brown long-eared bat)
NEW: Plecotus austriacus (Gray long-eared bat)
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Greater horseshoe bat)
Rhinolophus hipposideros (Lesser horseshoe bat)
Vespertilio murinus (Parti-coloured bat)
non EU (3):
Desdemodus rotondus (common vampire bat)
Centurio senex (wrinkle-faced bat, probably the ugliest bat of all)
Hypsignathus monstrosus (hammer-headed bat, straight out of sci-fi movie)
Other mammalian skulls
Gulo gulo (wolverine)
Meles meles (European badger)
Castor fiber (European bever)
Lutra lutra (Eurasian otter)
Lynx lynx (Eurasian lynx) NEW stylised ethmoid bone
Ursus arctos (European brown bear) NEW stylised ethmoid bone
Costomer's comments
- "Very happy with it! Turned out super nice too! Despite the very thinness of the skulls, they look beautiful!" - Nicole K. (The Netherlands)
- "Arrived! Still a bit different than expected. They look much more real than what I assumed. That's definitely positive. The level of detail is all super. Especially with the large skulls, the different teeth are perfectly visible, which is what I was hoping for most. That's what you need for determinations, and with life-size animals (or real skulls) this is almost impossible to see (or show)." - Wout W. (Belgium)
- "I've got them! They are great thanks so much. I was surprised how good the dentition came out - I think the greater horseshoe is my favourite I love the sagittal crest detail. Great work!" - Daniel H. (United Kingdom)
Desdemodus rotondus
Ursus arctos
ethmoid bone
Price list
Live sized skulls
1:1 8 bat box (BESTSELLER!) ---- Ask for custom selection!!! (Most common species in your area.....)
8 live sized skulls, 1 for each European genus, in a custom printed box: Barbastella,
Eptesicus, Myotis, Nyctalus, Pipistrellus, Plecotus, Rhinolophus, Vespertlio
€70
1:1 20 big bad bat box (Pre order now)
20 live sized skulls, all central European bats. (Myotis mystacinus, when ready)
Barbastella barbastellus, Eptesicus serotinus, Myotis myotis, Myotis daubentonii, Myotis dasycneme, Myotis brandtii, Myotis bechsteinii, Myotis nattereri, Nyctalus lasiopterus, Nyctalus leisleri, Nyctalus noctula, Pipistrellus nathusii, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, Pipistrellus pygmaeus, Plecotus auritus, Plecotus austriacus, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus hipposideros, Vespertlio murinus.
€150
1:1 bat skull
live sized EU bat skull (any of the 19 available species)
Barbastella barbastellus, Eptesicus serotinus, Myotis myotis, Myotis
daubentonii, Myotis dasycneme, Myotis brandtii, Myotis
bechsteinii, Myotis nattereri, Nyctalus lasiopterus,
Nyctalus leisleri, Nyctalus noctula, Pipistrellus nathusii, Pipistrellus pipistrellus,
Pipistrellus pygmaeus, Plecotus auritus, Plecotus austriacus, Rhinolophus
ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus hipposideros, Vespertlio murinus.
€8
1:1 Exotic bat skull
Centurio senex, Hypsignathus monstrosus, Desdemodus rotondus
€12
Centurio senex Hypsignathus monstrosus Rhinolophus ferrumequinum golden Eptesicus serotinus
1:1 Gulo gulo
Wolverine, interlocking, articulated, mandible in skull
€55
1:1 Castor fiber
Eurasian beaver, loose mandible, stylised ethmoid bone
€45
1:1 Lutra lutra
Eurasian otter, loose mandible
€40
1:1 Lynx lynx
Eurasian Lynx, loose mandible, stylised ethmoid bone
€55
1:1 Ursus arctos
European brown bear, loose mandible, stylised ethmoid bone
€150
Bigger than live sized skulls
5:1 bat skull
5x bigger than live sized bat skull with loose mandible: Barbastella barbastellus, Eptesicus serotinus, Myotis myotis, Myotis daubentonii, Myotis dasycneme, Myotis brandtii, Myotis bechsteinii, Myotis nattereri, Nyctalus lasiopterus, Nyctalus leisleri, Nyctalus noctula, Pipistrellus nathusii, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, Pipistrellus pygmaeus, Plecotus auritus, Plecotus austriacus, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus hipposideros, Vespertlio murinus.
Centurio senex (non EU), Hypsignathus monstrosus (non EU), Desdemodus rotondus (non EU)
€30
5:1 8 bat case
8 5x live sized skulls with loose mandible, 1 for each European genus in a custom case.
€250
NEW Pendants and earrings
All skulls can be ordered as pendant or earring with metal loops € 15/pp
the box of 8 1:1
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.
pendant: Nyctalus lasiopterus, Desdemodus rotondus. earring: Myotis myotis
Hobby gone wild
What started as a fun hobby of a skull loving educator, turned into a crazy project, and a small business.
After getting a 3D printer and printing mostly $t#rw#rs stuff, a bat related talk I gave, inspired me to try printing a bat skull. I thought it might be cool to show a live sized bat skull next to an 5 times enlarged one....
Apparently printable 3D models of bat skulls are a rare comodity to find on-line.
So with some looking around, some finding on the web and hundreds of hours of 3D modeling, I now am able to offer most European bats and other animal skulls.
And more is on the way............
To order: mail, call, text, pigeon..... to:
Contact
E-mail:
info@nobone.be
Phone:
+32497453710
Adres:
Vautierstraat 41, 1000 Brussel, Belgium
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