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Creative => Customs Gallery => Topic started by: Little Jo on May 01, 2006, 19:33:17

Title: Young Zebra
Post by: Little Jo on May 01, 2006, 19:33:17
I just made an update (http://www.jr-x.de/playmobil/customizing/zebra.html) on my homepage (http://www.jr-x.de/playmobil/) with my latest customizing work: a little zebra.

It is astonishing to me that PM has produced cubs respectively young animals/foals/etc. for bears, pandas, tigers, panthers, elephants, giraffes, and yes even for unicorns, but not for zebras. And this although there is a mould available which can be used with another base color and some additional imprints for a young zebra: the foal (analogous to the white tiger cub, which has been derived from the lion cub).

(http://www.jr-x.de/playmobil/customizing/zebra.jpg)
Title: Re: Young Zebra
Post by: Tiermann on May 01, 2006, 20:27:08
Fantastic Jo!!  :D Very impressed as always. I really do need to get to work on that Custom Animals page for Animobil.
Title: Re: Young Zebra
Post by: Little Jo on May 01, 2006, 21:01:46
Thank you for the praise.

Quote from: Tiermann on May 01, 2006, 20:27:08
Fantastic Jo!!  :D Very impressed as always. I really do need to get to work on that Custom Animals page for Animobil.

 ;D

I'm awaiting your "Go" and will send you photos (in the well-known format) with what I have so far -- 'cause I have a few animal customizing still in the pipeline ...  ;)
Title: Re: Young Zebra
Post by: Sylvia on May 01, 2006, 21:10:52

It's absolutely ADORABLE, Jochen! :love: :love: :love:

I wouldn't be surprised if this custom inspires Playmobil to produce their own Zebra foals. ;)

The stripes you painted look so neat and the pattern matches perfectly with the adult versions. :o



Psst. Tim, can I interest you in a pic of Perkey (http://www.playkingdoms.com/pk/default.asp?http://www.playkingdoms.com/pk/museum/one/figperkey.asp) for the custom section at Animobil? :)
Title: Re: Young Zebra
Post by: Jimbo on May 02, 2006, 15:27:47
Well done, Little  Jo
Title: Re: Young Zebra
Post by: CountBogro on May 02, 2006, 20:03:58
It's great! I really love that fowl!

Bogro
Title: Re: Young Zebra
Post by: Customizer on May 03, 2006, 19:37:11
Hi,

wow what a great idea !!

PERFECT !!!

Nice to see new animal customizing !!

SUPER EINFACH SUPER !!  ;D

gentle greets

Andi

Ps: young soft food for my Lions !!
Title: Re: Young Zebra
Post by: Captain Henry on May 04, 2006, 02:57:25
That is awesome Little Jo! I cannot imagine Geobra making a young zebra that looks any better - yours is perfect.  :)9  Did you paint it by hand?
Title: Re: Young Zebra
Post by: Morgan on May 04, 2006, 18:33:51
How cute  :D
Title: Re: Young Zebra
Post by: Little Jo on May 04, 2006, 20:02:59
Thank you all for your praise.

Quote from: Captain Henry on May 04, 2006, 02:57:25
That is awesome Little Jo! I cannot imagine Geobra making a young zebra that looks any better - yours is perfect.  :)9

Thanks  :-[ :D That was the plan: making customizings which are (for non-Playmobil-fans for sure  ;)) "not distinguishable" from Geobra items ... so it seems that (at least this work) was a success.


Quote from: Captain Henry on May 04, 2006, 02:57:25
Did you paint it by hand?

The base color white is airbrushed, the black stripes and the brown stress are painted by hand with a fine brush.
Title: Re: Young Zebra
Post by: Sir Gareth on May 05, 2006, 17:57:27
If you hadn't of told me it was a custom job, I would be looking to find what set it came in, it's that good.

Well photographed as always.
Title: Re: Young Zebra
Post by: playmofire on May 08, 2006, 19:38:05
Everyone's said everything - there's nothing I can add!
Title: Re: Young Zebra
Post by: Tim_w on May 12, 2006, 16:15:23
Hello  Little Jo

That is really impressive work. It really is impossible to tell that this is a custom because you have done such a wonderfull job  :)9.

Kindest Regards  Tim
Title: Re: Young Zebra
Post by: Little Jo on September 04, 2006, 21:00:27
Last Saturday I can't resist and bought the new 4081 Safari set (also cf. here (http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=907.0)). So here is the direct comparison of my customized zebra and the new original PM one.

I was a little bit surprised how much stripes the new one has. And I'm wondering if zebras are losing strips when they are grown up (because I adapted the numbers of stripes directly from the adult one to the baby, and look on your own how less are these compared with PM's variant).

p.s.: Oh, nearly I forgot -- for those that are interested, the part no. is 30 63 4562 (but I assume as usual that you have to wait a few weeks until it can be ordered from DS).
Title: Re: Young Zebra
Post by: Tiermann on September 04, 2006, 21:44:16
Thanks for the number Jochen. I wonder if as the baby grows the stripes get farther apart?
Title: Re: Young Zebra
Post by: Customizer on September 04, 2006, 21:49:35
Hi Jochen,

thx for this pics but.....
can you made a pic from both babies and the real Zebra ??

many thx

gentle greets

Andi
Title: Re: Young Zebra
Post by: Sylvia on September 04, 2006, 22:15:46
Thanks for the comparison pic, Jochen.
I was curious to see how they would look side by side. :yup:

Quote from: Little Jo on September 04, 2006, 21:00:27
I was a little bit surprised how much stripes the new one has.
Maybe your zebra foal simply comes from a different species to the new one?  ;)

Some interesting facts about zebras and their stripes:


Can tell I've been googling again, right? :lol:
Title: Re: Young Zebra
Post by: playmofire on September 05, 2006, 01:26:51
Quote from: Tiermann on September 04, 2006, 21:44:16
Thanks for the number Jochen. I wonder if as the baby grows the stripes get farther apart?

Here's a pic which suggests that might be the case.  Interestingly, on one website it said that the stripes on the young zebra were chocolate brown and turned balck with age.  However, it didn't say at what age this happened.