Conformation help? ♥

So my boyfriend got me a 3D printer for my birthday this year! :D

I made this from a box, without a ref for the purpose of 3D printing and am generally very happy with it - but I don't have the best eye for conformation and so would like a second opinion. Is there anything off with it?
Keep in mind because it's to be 3D printed it does need to be thicker in the legs as a support or it can snap.




The mane and tail will be added after I create poses like so:

Oooooh this looks cool!
The two main things I see is that where the shoulder meets the firearm and the buttock meets the gaskin are a bit high compared to the rib cage. The croup also looks like it's just a little too circular, which I think might be making the back look smaller? It could be you just need a more pronounced dock.
I'm not sure if you're trying to do this completely without looking at photos or not, but this pic makes it easier to see what I'm suggesting.

In any case, this is very well done. Nice job with it, I'd love to see some pictures once it's printed :o

Thank you!♥♥
I think I see what you mean with that photo, more like this?


If that's still not right or you think you can see anything else I'd love the help ♥
I'm not trying to do it completely without looking at photos but for copyright reasons I don't want to rely on anything too heavily :D

Yes! That's much better. The hindquarters still seem proportionately small though, I think if you extended it down a bit so where the hams/thigh/stifle meet the gaskin is more level with the ribcage that would help fill it out. I think the width is fine, it's just a little short :)
Though honestly I don't know if messing with that is going to be an easy thing or if it would take a massive overhaul so if you don't want to mess with it then I don't blame you @.@

I get what you mean! More like this:



Super huge thank you! It's super easy to edit so all good :D

I also realized the hocks were a tad high:



EDIT: Or were they? XD Now I can't decide

Last edited on 2016-12-29 at 23:29:08 by SolE

Yay, that looks so much better!
It's hard to tell but I think the second one with the hocks moved down is more correct... I think.... lol

Last edited on 2016-12-30 at 01:00:45 by ξιίzα Ð

You can take this or leave it, but to me the scale between the front and back halves of the horse looks off. Its hindquarters still look rather small (especially when you look at them then at the shoulders) and the torso feels somewhat truncated, which makes it feel like the back is short and the rear legs happen too soon. I think I notice it most when looking at the withers and then down the back to the hindquarters - it just feels like the horse is too large in the shoulders compared to the rump, almost like a buffalo.

^^ I noticed that last night in my lack of sleep dilerium but figured I'd sleep on it before I said anything. I think the shoulders are actually a bit narrow and upright, so they, along with the hindquarters and the spine probably need to be elongated. I plan on throwing the pic in Photoshop and playing around with redlining it if that's ok with you SolE
It's like a puzzle that I want to figure out haha
You fix one thing and then you see more stuff

This suggestion is minor, but you should angle the ears a little bit more so they aren't just triangles sticking out of a horse head lol. Overall great job!!

Aight here's the redline.
Also LiesieSB I did not see your comment until after I uploaded this thing so I'm lmao right now. I'd redline those too but I suck at ears so I'm really no help there xD


and here it is on a solid background because it's a little hard to make out over the model.

I had fun messing with it, I hope this helps!

Last edited on 2016-12-30 at 12:12:25 by ξιίzα Ð

Thanks Eliza! I'll give it an edit when I get home :D
They might seem like something obvious but when you've been looking at something for so long things start to blur! ♥

I hate ears so I purposefully left them lol till I do poses xD

Last edited on 2016-12-30 at 14:36:22 by SolE

Very well done! What I immediately though of was the very short back you have there, a very strangely compacted horse. The redlined idea you got there is much better in that regard, but It could be longer still! Even if you leave It as is though, you will undoubtedly get an amazing result! Are you paining It after the fact? ^^

Thanks Rai! Yes I am :3 I'll show you all the printed result, and then what it looks like after I've painted!



I hope you don't mind Eliza I used your red line as a background guide ♥

EDIT: You can also see I've changed the skeleton a bit for better deformation :)

Last edited on 2016-12-30 at 15:37:10 by SolE

It's looking good! Rai is right, the back could be even longer still if you wish. I tend to draw short backed horses, most likely stemming from the fact that's that's what I usually ride xD though my drawings can accentuate that too much at times as I can have trouble finding the line.

I completely get the whole staring at it for too long thing. Lots of times when I want to draw something I find it way easier grabbing a sketch I did months back and fixing it rather than trying to make a whole new sketch. There's nothing like a fresh set of eyes to pick out the stuff you miss!