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quick Starlux prehistoric mammal scale question

Started by terrorchicken, February 05, 2016, 10:20:33 PM

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terrorchicken

this is driving me nuts how long its taking me trying to find info on the sizes of aepycamelus & synthetoceras on google!  >:( so Im hoping Ill find the answer here faster. Anyone know if the Starlux aepy & syntheto are to scale with each other?


terrorchicken

#1
double post  >:(

SBell

Quote from: terrorchicken on February 05, 2016, 10:20:33 PM
this is driving me nuts how long its taking me trying to find into on the sizes of aepycamelus & synthetoceras on google!  >:( so Im hoping Ill find the answer here faster. Anyone know if the Starlux aepy & syntheto are to scale with each other?

No. The Aepycamelus is smaller than the Synthetoceros!



I don't have a photo of them together--but the two pictures should give an idea of the figures' sizes. A live Aepycamelus should be about 4m high at the shoulders. Synthetoceros was substantially smaller.

As shown in this excellent Maurico Anton sketch:



terrorchicken

#3
thanks!

oh that pic is perfect! where was that hiding during my google search?! grr!

I have both figures right in front me for comparison & yeah the camel is way too small, too bad!

is the horse equus?


SBell

Quote from: terrorchicken on February 05, 2016, 10:40:34 PM
thanks!

oh that pic is perfect! where was that hiding during my google search?! grr!

I have both figures right in front me for comparison & yeah the camel is way too small, too bad!

is the horse equus?

I did a search and it found the source in Google books:

https://books.google.ca/books?id=degwyTaHLt8C&pg=PA131&lpg=PA131&dq=synthetoceras+shoulder+height&source=bl&ots=0n0hLbG-Yp&sig=El-bz2kES8f9M5LqLnQXk5fshZs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjBz9yh1eHKAhUDz2MKHao4AzoQ6AEIGzAA#v=onepage&q=synthetoceras%20shoulder%20height&f=false

It is Neohipparion

terrorchicken


crankydinosaur

I have both figures: The Aepycamelus is 8.5 cm (3 ¼") to the very tip top of the ears and Synthetoceras is 6 cm ( 2 ⅜") to the very top of the horn.

I actually think the Aepycamelus works as a pretty good Oxydactylus (at least that's what I use it for)

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terrorchicken

#7
it would huh? I too like using animals as stand ins for others if they can "pass". My paop zorse is posing as an early species of equus . :)

SBell

Quote from: terrorchicken on February 16, 2016, 08:41:18 PM
it would huh? I too like using animals as stand ins for others if they can "pass". My paop zorse is posing as an early species of equus . :)

Honestly, the best stand in for 'primtive' Equus would be either the Przewalski's horse (CollectA makes one right now), the Wild Ass (also CollectA) or a Fjord horse (Mojo, Schleich...I think they all do, or did, make one). Depends on what locality you are looking to recreate! The Fjord will ne more northern, the Wild ass more southern, the Przewalski kind of in-between.

terrorchicken

I have the Collecta Przewalski, and I'll look into the others! Ive been meaning to pick up the Collecta wild ass as well...

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