Quail eggs are simply beautiful

I've fabricated eggs.
And when I did, each one turned out egg-like or egg-ish.
But none came close to matching a true egg.
I'm not talking so much about the shape, but more about the color and texture. The shape is easy to match because it's naturally roundular, easy to roll in the hands with warm or semi-warm clay. The texture is another problem all together. If the clay is dry enough, you can use stand-by tricks like orange rinds or dry sponges to dent and ding the sculpted mass. Then you can air brush, dry brush with acrylic paint, maybe a smudge of oil paint, a little spit and shine for either the flat or glossy finish...
Or.
You can blow out a lovely quail egg from the market (99cents for 10.)