ancient aurochs

[area23]

Eureka has just released these. I quite like them!

http://eurekamin.com.au/news.php?newsid=EFlkkVpAluYQycrSSr

[Legion1963]

Indeed very nice. But a bit more dynamics would be much nicer ;-)

[von Lucky]

Nice. Growing up with cows I can tell you they're not usually dynamic!

[Mitch K]

I like these. The aurochs died out in the British Isles some time in the Bronze Age, so what I'd do with them is anyone's guess but i really, REALLY like them!

[ErikB]

How correct are they in terms of 28mm scale?  Just wondering - I've always wanted to see one of these ancient animals and get a sense of how big they really were!

I think the last sighting was in Poland in 1710.  Too bad they're all gone, now.

[emosbur]

They are great!

[Quirkworthy]

Curious to know how big the models actually are. Aurochs could be huge.

Nice models though.

[Matakakea]

There are programmes to re-breed the Aurochs. Now that the Polish team have used DNA extracted from bones to map the genome it looks as though things might be able to move a little faster than than they have in the previous 90 years.

I like the models too. Perhaps they could make useful scenery. Exceedingly dangerous terrain maybe? 

[DoctorPete]

There are programmes to re-breed the Aurochs. Now that the Polish team have used DNA extracted from bones to map the genome it looks as though things might be able to move a little faster than than they have in the previous 90 years.

I like the models too. Perhaps they could make useful scenery. Exceedingly dangerous terrain maybe? 

"Auroch Park" anyone?        

I could see these in a pulp game involving a lost world/caveman theme. 

[Mad Doc Morris]

Doesn't work for me. The aurochs is mostly - and maybe surprisingly - depicted as a large ox, whereas these models look like wisents crossbred with longhorns and elks. The heads look too big.
The calf is nice, however.

[area23]

[Quirkworthy]

Thanks for the scale pic

The wikipedia page has collected a lot of good images (both archaeological reconstructions and period drawings). Using them as reference the models does look a bit bisony, especially the male's beard. Scale is good though.

[Little Odo]

Not how I imagined they'd look from my studies (I think the bison coat threw me), but they will fit into my fantastical antediluvian Doggerland game rather nicely.

http://littleodo.blogspot.co.uk/p/doggerland.html

I may very well be tempted by these.

[Legion1963]

Nice. Growing up with cows I can tell you they're not usually dynamic!

Although i have no experience growing up with cows i do know they are pretty relaxed most of the time. In holland's natural reserve we have lots of big herbivores walking around functioning as "biological lawnmowers" and most of the time these are not very dynamic. Unless you come to close to their young. Then in a blink of an eye they(usually the mother) get very dynamic. ;-)