Aiyana Haseya: Bathing and Fishing – WWG: The Forgotten Past of OldCow McGold

3D printable miniature – Scene V from The Forgotten Past of OldCow McGold
Part of the Wild West Girls collection by Million Miniatures Studios

🎯 Project Purpose
This final scene explores a quiet, intimate moment of Aiyana Haseya—before her transformation into the legendary outlaw known as OldCow McGold. After confronting ancestral visions in a sacred ritual, Aiyana steps into the river to seek solace and clarity. The miniature represents not only a physical cleansing, but a symbolic return to balance—right before violence erupts again.

This sculpt is part of a successful Kickstarter campaign:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tinyepicstudios/wild-west-girls-aiyana-haseya-aka-oldcow-mcgold?category_id=34

🔗 Wild West Girls – Aiyana Haseya (Kickstarter)
💰 Total raised: €1,968
👥 Backers: 95
📈 Funding achieved: 394%

🧠 Narrative Context
In this pose, Aiyana wades barefoot into a river at dusk. Her basket fills with fish as she silently gives thanks to nature—a brief moment of peace after the revelations of the ritual. But the calm is short-lived: distant screams and gunfire pierce the stillness, signaling that the horrors from her vision are no longer far-off omens.
She rushes toward the source of the chaos, her spear gripped tight. This moment marks the transition from prophetic warning to violent reality—when Aiyana realizes that fate has arrived.

🗣 “The river welcomed me. Its silence healed me.
But the wind shifted.
And with it came fire.”

🛠️ Technical Process | Full Production Pipeline
Handled fully in-house by Million Miniatures Studios:

Base model & posing: Character Creator

Sculpting & detailing: ZBrush

Rendering: Blender (Eevee)

STL preparation: Chitubox

Printed on: Anycubic Photon Mono M5s

Scales available: 32 mm and 75 mm

File formats: pre-supported and clean STL

🧩 Design & Creative Decisions

Dynamic silhouette that blends serenity and tension

Naturalistic posing, soft gesture work, wet cloth folds

Riverbank base with storytelling elements (basket, fish, stone texture)

Emotionally grounded scene, transitioning from rest to alarm

Designed to contrast the earlier ritual and action-focused poses

📌 Skills Highlighted

Expressive anatomy and soft posture sculpting

Symbolic environment design

Subtle narrative staging

Emotion-focused character building

Indie production pipeline management

🚀 Result & Impact
“Bathing and Fishing” concludes the visual storytelling arc of Aiyana’s origin.
From shamanic rites to spiritual visions and now the collapse of peace, this miniature captures the final breath before a storm—making it a powerful scene for narrative collectors and painters alike.
It invites reflection on what was lost, what was glimpsed, and what comes next.