A gaur (Bos gaurus) from a Starlux zebu (Bos primigenius indicus)!

Starlux never released any gaur. When I was a teen, I would have love to have one, and I even did'nt know the Britains one for Britains wild animals were not available in the small town I was living closed.

So, as I recently received a very cheap little herd of 5 Starlux zebus whose horns were broken, I decided to custom one with my  WePAM paste, to get a Starlux gaur!..

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..and with the painting:

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..and released in wilderness:

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Absolutely wonderful, it looks like a real gaur.

Thank you Pardo, congrat from you is  of very good value since you are a so meticulous maker! :)

You did a great job, it looks perfect.

Great work

Fantastic

It is actually awesome

Thank you Saarlooswolfhound, Andreas and Susanne! :)

The final figure resulted so beautiful! It is a perfect gaur! You could get the beautiful Britains if you knew it existed but it was a pity if it was enough to avoid you from doing this beautiful figures. Besides that, I believe the English figure is noticiably larger.

Great work

Thank you Rogério and SeanieP! :)

Rogério, you're right, the Britains gaur is far bigger than my " Starlux" one:

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When I got it on ebay, I was deceptive because of its so big size, even for a gaur. It doesn't fit well with the other Britains bovid, the water buffalo:

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..which fits better with mine!

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..Starlux bovids are'nt either always at the same scale:

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..the american bison is a little too big and the yack a little too small..

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..but the Britains gaur is clearly an outsider!

..and now my 3 gaurs:

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When I see a post illustrated and explained like this one, I keep being sure that a forum is the best place to discuss animal figures, at least when there are members like you [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.].
It is a huge joy for me to read something interesting like this is and watching such a gorgeous collection.

Thanks a lot Rogério, you know it's a great pleasure for me too! :)

Where do cattle park their cars? In the gaur-age!

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Thanks a lot Rogério, you know it's a great pleasure for me too! :)

Before the Mojö gaur, it was one of the most requested animal figures to be made. Despite being still a very wanted animal figure, Some of the few ever made are incredibly illusive,. Namely the Play Visions gaur and a curious New-Ray figure, at the same scale as Britains, since it was posted on forum more than 8 years ago, we've never seen it in any other collection. The topic still exists and can be seen [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

I did'nt know this New Ray gaur! thank you for the link Rogério! :)

You made a beautiful Starlux gaur, Caracal. The Britains water buffalo is a domestic buffalo, I think, and as such it is fine as 1:32 scale. The Starlux yak is probably meant to be a wild yak, but size-wise (1:32 scale), it is better as a domesticated yak.

..yes Roger, we always can think to the domestic version with replicas which seem too small!.. this Starlux zebu is a good exemple of domestic animal in a zoo or wild range! :)