nice.i would like to see more. this does not deserve the downvotes

Beautiful, adorable, heart-attack cute, BUT THAT JOHNNY BRAVO MANE!

So…rock on, it’s been almost a full year since I’ve talked about this model. I’ve upgraded to Maya 2015 along with buying a license for the FurryBall renderer.
 
I’ve unfortunately given up on this model because after taking a long break I was able to see a lot of errors with the proportions. Errors that would have involved completely redoing everything, so I took what I learned from all of your guys’ awesome feedback, and I’ve been working on playing around with doing stuff with the actual SFM models and working on making them higher quality.
 
Still struggling with hair (trying to find a middle ground between SFM “blob” and realistic hair), and playing around with realistic eyelashes and such, but if you still care about wanting to see some high quality pony rigs for 3d animation, please head over to my new model >>914703 (WIP).

@Crowley  
@DSMT  
@Kj2
 
Good and bad news folks. After all the tweaks it’s still pretty uncanny and likely needs a complete remodel.
 
Good news is, I’ve already started the new model, basing the original design off the SFM models and doing as much as I can to make them (by the time I’m finished) stunning: >>693424

I didn’t need sleep anyway.

Not creepy IMHO.

Hmmm.
 
I wonder if he’s still working on this…

@Navy Brony  
I usually dont have an expectation for anything…but will probly have for this /)³(\

@Navy Brony  
Here’s hoping your next attempt will both be an improvement and will be met with better reception. :)

@Navy Brony  
My god, please do!  
It’s good that you’re back because this pic’s pretty much split the fandom 50/50! And I liked this pic, so I can’t wait to see the tweaks! Cheers, keep at it! :)

I’ve shortened her neck, completely redid the hair and physics to make it less, “jello-ish,” and tweaked a few more things. Will upload an updated gif in the near future.

Coincidentally, I just viewed a forum on FiMFiction and one of the users stated that this is what the ponies would look like in the real world…  
Me personally? I think that the Gmod/SFM Pony models look more real-worldish.(I surely wouldn’t give my favorite pony a muffin if she looked like this, no offense to the artist)

Her mane has jiggle physics.

In some ways, this reminds me of the FMVs from Toy Commander, minus the Dreamcast graphics.

Her mane is the only thing that looks different.

you know this could be applejack  
in filly funtasia world

It looks like Toy Story. Still, good work.

@Navy Brony  
You need to also work on her ears. They’re too small. Otherwise keep up the amazing work!

@Masem  
He’s kind of a hater himself, so don’t feel too bad.

@Navy Brony  
Keep that up man.

@Navy Brony  
Keep up the good work, things are going well so far.

@Navy Brony  
Ignore the haters, keep up the good work :)

Never thought this would create such a split between lovers and haters, but I’m listening to both sides and figuring out what will work best for cinematic animation. The main purpose for this model is to create more elaborate ponies IRL videos, and eventually will be working on a mocap rig where the facial expressions are driven by actual actors/actresses.
 
The show’s proportions do not work for cinematic 3d. I’ve tried several attempts to create a show-scale model, but the head always comes out looking too big, and the body features don’t allow for any complex rigging, such as shoulders, clavicle bones, etc. This model is more based on the artists spitfireart and antiander’s proportions.
 
As of right now, I’m working fixing/adding:  

It’s not quite there, but it’s very close. Whatever the creator does next after working out the kinks is going to be fantastic.