Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Joanna's BCC entry

 Today's first featured BreyerFest Best Custom Contest is Joanna Bechtel Chronister's Kito.

She writes: This is Kito. He is a Pseudomelanysm Bruchelli Zebra. I entered him in the Most Extreme Custom division.
His name means Jewel in Swahili.
He’s based off of a real zebra in Kruger National Park.
I’ve been fascinated by pseudonysm in zebras since I saw him.
Kito started as an Idocus. I removed his mane, tail, head, neck and ears. Then I resculpted all that plus  part of his head.
Congratulations, Joanna. I, too, have a picture of this zebra in my reference files, so I love seeing him realized in model form. He is every bit as neat as I'd imagined. Good work and good luck at BreyerFest!

2 comments:

  1. Beautiful animal, stunning model!

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  2. I thought it was said that zebras couldn't be tamed nor ridden?? If so, then -why does he (or she?) look like they have a built-in saddle on their back?? Very neat pattern!!

    How did they miss seeing him/her as a foal?? (Sorry!! I might have tried to capture him!!) How often do you see a zebra with a near badger face?? ( Will be neat to see if the color pattern would breed on!!

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