Horses and A Day in the Life

Just recently I brought home a Northern Dancer to repair it for my cousin.  This is a tutorialish on how I did it. From a beginner to a beginner, here it is: Supplies: Super Glue Baking Soda Round Pliers and Wire Cutters Thick Wire Sand Paper Epoxy Sculpt The first step of fixing the horse was measuring wire for him. I made sure he had wire all the way down his body to see that it had plenty of leverage to hold the tail. After the wire was measured and aligned, I then took my super glue and baking soda and got ready to fill in the massive hole where the tail belonged. He had been super-glued three times before and his tail had fallen off every time after (except for the third time. I took over before that could happen). I built up the super glue layer by layer, closing the wire where it belonged. Finally! There was only a small hole left by the end of the process. It took awhile, but it was finally time to check tail fit. That was a big gap so I did a lot of sanding. I had a hard time

It has been almost a month since my last blog post. How cringeworthy! Meanwhile, I have been working on several customs. All of them have been traditionals. These first four are all from the same customer. The custom Brunello and the Dark Bay Idocus with four socks don't have their final gloss coats in the pictures. Unfortunately, I forgot to take final pictures before sending them off. The foal is still "under construction" at the moment. She still requires a couple of back socks and a blaze. I will try to get final pictures for her. I also finished a Silver Dapple PAM And a small Bay Lying Foal As well as a custom Shagya Arabian I feel very productive. That's seven customs in less than a year. They aren't LSQ but I am learning. For example, I learned that if I sprayed every layer of my white paint (just as I spray every layer of pastels) with a matte spray, it doesn't collect the dust. I feel like Columbus discovering America all over again.