My Yotsuba Monochrome Zebra has a new friend!

Today I went back to Hamley's and found that they have brought in the Takara Tomy Animals! I took my chances with the Zebra and brought him home for a repaint. After a horrifying hour of painting stripes (I will never paint a zebra again!       ) here he is with his new friend   

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Wow! He's amazing, great job!

You did amazing job on this zebra! Congratulations! Very beautiful stripes indeed

WOW!  That is a beautyful zebra   
No wonder it took a long time !!!!!

Now we know why there aren't many models of the Grévy's zebra  

Did you count the stripes ?  

Wonderful zebra      Congratulations     

What are the other animals of this serie     

A nice custom, especially for something so small! You've managed to keep the stripes flowing and arranged very naturally, I find; no part of the camouflage jumps out, just as it shouldn't. It's a fairly difficult thing to attain while painting, I think - presumably human minds tend to try and arrange patterns to too much perfection and symmetry.

nyummy zebra... im hungry... hahaha..
great works Alvin

Thanks all!

Susanne, I didn't count any stripes!! If you look at it you will see it has too many stripes   I should think this is a Grant's zebra, if I did a Grevy's it will probably never get done and be anything like one     

Andreas I didn't get all of them, except for the tiger and cheetah which I had done repaints earlier. I would probably go for the red panda next. The articulations are all fun to play with but they put the animals in weird postures. The zebra looks like this when you bend the head.    

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Thanks Lea, I suppose a bigger model would be easier but it still takes steady hands and keen observation to execute the strokes, which I am not good at, but I hope to practise because I have trembly hands.     

Thanks Nando! This zebra looks fat and juicy doesn't it?     

Thank you Alvin, but i cant not see clear the pic. Are there any unusual species? Or only what you also can find by other brands ?

That is one nice zebra!
Although you don't want to do any zebras anymore lol, this one is very well done!

widukind wrote:

Thank you Alvin, but i cant not see clear the pic. Are there any unusual species? Or only what you also can find by other brands ?

Andreas, I will take the pictures and show you when I next go to Hamley's. They have a box of display animals on their shelf which is very nice. Yes they are all common animals, if you include the red panda as well  

NightLioness wrote:

That is one nice zebra!
Although you don't want to do any zebras anymore lol, this one is very well done!

Thanks Karin! At least not another such small model   

WOW--great work.

Thank you again     

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So... this is BEAUTIFUL ZEBRA!     
I fall in love in this zebra    but.. what brand of the left zebra in the picture??
Repaint and stripes and other details is BEST , congratulations!  

Dorkan wrote:

So... this is BEAUTIFUL ZEBRA!     
I fall in love in this zebra    but.. what brand of the left zebra in the picture??
 

....it's in the title of AlvinCK's post.... 

I love those stripes!

Very nice repaint Alvin and congratualtion for the two models   

how lovely to see both of these zebras together, with the Takara's new stripes! well done!

I shall check Hamley's online

AlvinCK wrote:

Today I went back to Hamley's and found that they have brought in the Takara Tomy Animals! I took my chances with the Zebra and brought him home for a repaint. After a horrifying hour of painting stripes (I will never paint a zebra again!       ) here he is with his new friend   

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There is an Ania zebra here too: Ania Aliexpress

that's wonderful, thank you very much Roger !

rogerpgvg wrote:

There is an Ania zebra here too: Ania Aliexpress

The stripes were well worth the agonizing effort, I think! They are not too uniform nor too crazy, just the right blend of unique patterning and consistent shape. Also the brown touches make it a perfect custom. Very lovely!