Horses and A Day in the Life

I just recently received a new order for a custom, and this is the picture I received: I took a look at the picture and had the typical thought process of, "What a pretty horse. Plain, simple bay. That will be easy enough. Silly guy has clearly been laying down, look at all that dust [I realized my mistake later]! What a nice barn... etc." And the the detail pictures started rolling in and I got the shock and thrill of my life. What a fun custom to do! And what a strange color. As her o wner says, " I like to say she’s part zebra."  Yes, I would say that is accurate... Look at those legs! Part Okapi might be more accurate. And look at that back! Does this count as counter-shading? The colors doesn't stop there. It also extends to her front legs... And her brightly colored face. Thank you C for letting me post these pictures on my blog! Your mare is stunning and I look forward to getting started on her!

I am so good at posting stuff regularly... once a month. I ought to be ashamed of myself, but somehow I just can't bring myself to be so. I recently finished a foal custom and sent her off to her new owner. I also finished my BreyerFest Diorama. It is going to be submitted tomorrow. I'm pretty satisfied with it. There are a few things that could use tweaking but I think I will leave it as is. Finally, I also received a new Black Horse Ranch Resin Clydesdale today. Yay! I name almost all of my horses after United States ships including Johnston, (a destroyer): By U.S. Navy photo NH 63495, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2277243 Phoenix (a cruiser): By U.S. Navy - U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2241808 And Intrepid (a carrier), who has not yet arrived: Image credit goes to BreyerHorses.com By Unknown author - U.S. Navy photo NH 97468, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org...

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 t...

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.