Repaint of Bayala Cheetah

Yesterday I was helping my niece with her spring cleaning, and she had a whole lot of toys to give away, one of which to my shock was the cheetah and Liassa from Schleich Bayala! She received the box set as a gift last Christmas, but she doesn't collect figurines anymore so I brought it home I decided to repaint the cheetah as a King. Sorry for the blurry pics

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I notice he is also in scale with the Schleich tiger.

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Beautiful animal, very nice repaint...

Beautiful repaint Alvin!!! Congratulations and thank You for sharing!!!

It is a fantastic repaint (o)): I want one Or at least more pics

Absolutely wonderful!! You did a great job!

Wow, phantastic repaint

Thanks Robert, Ana, Christophe, Fisva and Andreas for the comments

Christophe, my artwork is still full of flaws, need much practice But it is not impossible to work something out in the future Meanwhile more pics

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The stripes are not very symmetrical.

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I'm not sure if any cheetah has spots on their belly fur, seldom I see so for now I leave out the spots on this one. Anyone knows?

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I think its gorgeous! Such a beautiful repaint!

Oh wow, beautiful work!! He's stunning

Holy smokes! Great repaint, it is loads better than before! Great job!

wel done

you made a great king cheeta of it

martien

thank you for the pics Alvin, you are making very beautiful flaws (o)):

I am at a loss for words! That really is one of the BEST paint jobs I've seen! You did a terrific job!!!!!! Looks extremely realistic!
Would like to see a pic of the face! Again, truly fantastic job! Wish I had it!

I agree with some of the last comments; that's one of the most impressive repaints I've ever seen. I recently just got this model. Seeing this repaint is blowing my mind!! It is FANTASTIC!!! Wow!

Amazing work and amazing results!

Most impressive for sure! You are very talented!

You have a real talent for painting! :)

Thank you so much Kelsey, Harriet, Paige, Martien, Scott, Christophe, Baltimore Zoo and MiniNature, I really treasure all your comments :)

Scott, it is also because the good sculpt and dynamic pose that makes it recognizably cheetah. Thus the colours we paint on will bring out more of the animal's characteristics. That is why the sculpt of the animal has to be importantly realistic as possible.

Baltimore, here is how the face looks like. I have not repaint the eyes yet, I prefer to leave them as it is for now.

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AlvinCK wrote:

Thanks Robert, Ana, Christophe, Fisva and Andreas for the comments

Christophe, my artwork is still full of flaws, need much practice But it is not impossible to work something out in the future Meanwhile more pics

The stripes are not very symmetrical.
I'm not sure if any cheetah has spots on their belly fur, seldom I see so for now I leave out the spots on this one. Anyone knows?

Alvin, I think also that your work need more practice, so I suggest you to send that king cheetah to me and I send to you some ordinary ones to you practise on them.
Superb work in a great sculpting. I love that cheetah, only original painting is too simplified and with some flaws.
Normal patterned cheetahs don't have spots in their bellies!

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Alvin, I think also that your work need more practice, so I suggest you to send that king cheetah to me and I send to you some ordinary ones to you practise on them.
Superb work in a great sculpting. I love that cheetah, only original painting is too simplified and with some flaws.
Normal patterned cheetahs don't have spots in their bellies!

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Great idea, I would like to have the Safari one, the Papo one, Lineol, Collecta..... ...Wait a minute....what???

Nice pic! It seems they have a little bit of spot here and there only on their chest..but not all over....

Gorgeous repaint! I was thinking of doing the same with mine, but I chickened out... that pattern is really complex, kudos for getting it so right!

That's beautiful! Excellent painting! It looks very realistic.

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Roger wrote:

Alvin, I think also that your work need more practice, so I suggest you to send that king cheetah to me and I send to you some ordinary ones to you practise on them.
Superb work in a great sculpting. I love that cheetah, only original painting is too simplified and with some flaws.
Normal patterned cheetahs don't have spots in their bellies!

Great idea, I would like to have the Safari one, the Papo one, Lineol, Collecta..... ...

Lineol cheetah is not an ordinary one.
I forgot to tell that they are unspotted in upper throat/chin and central part of the face.
Curiously, in further picture, you can see more or less how is the ventral part of a king cheetah:

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Thanks for showing the face! Again, your painting skills are exceptional! Keep making customs!
Also, Roger thanks for showing the lying cheetah. I think that would be a nice position for another Papo cheetah!
Also, the King cheetah pic is nice!

Congrats! Absolutely stunning, although i'd prefer to see the iranian subspecies rather than a mutation:D

Thanks for the pics Roger! I believe the spots are differently located from individual to individual depending on it's genetics much like that causing mutations in the king

Thanks Sumo, Bjarki12 and Philipp!

Sumo you should give it a try. I use a calligraphy brush to work on the spots. It would be fun to see more customs of cheetahs!

Philipp now that you mentioned it I noticed that the Iranian cheetah is closer to the sculpt than to the king, indeed it should be better to paint it as Iranian