Updates!

When was the last time I updated? May sometime.... Oops.

Well, good news, I'm updating!! I've finished a custom, almost finished another, and been working on some new miniatures!

I also received some new small ponies for my birthday...

This lil chubby nugget

And this cutie to add to my foal army, now with four. World domination
coming soon.

 

 

 

  The finished miniatures are magazines...

The chubby nugget is displeased that the magazines are almost as big
as she is 

 And different plastic drink bottle things....

Ginger ale, water, and orange pop (soda)

The size of the bottles., about hock height on a Stablemate

I'm quite fond of the labels...

 The magazines are just printed out covers with folded paper in them, I think they're simple yet cute! The bottles are cut glue gun glue sticks, some are painted, with hand painted labels and plain caps. They aren't the best or most realistic, but I really like them and hope to improve as I practise....

My completed custom is on the Classics Amelia mold, the 2014 horse of the year...
  Before...

 

 And after...

 

Ignore my hand...



 She's a bay overo (I think...) with one blue eye and one brown eye. She's quite grainy, and I'm not really liking her markings. I'm thinking about redoing her, maybe to a chestnut or silver bay...

My WIP is a little Schleich arab, well, now is a pintabian...

 She's a flaxen chestnut paint.....? I love her shading! I'm really proud of my work on her and can't wait to complete her! She still needs eyes, hooves, pinking, and touch-ups before she can be given a final coat of matte spray and deemed finished! She's just so... squishable! My friend also dubbed her Mezzie. Mezzie the Squishable filly.

 And that concludes my wonderful updates. Its summer now, so I have a lot more time to work on minis and ponies, which I'm definitely going to do! I hope to prime some more horses soon, so keep your eyes open for those!

Also, Charlotte, because I know your reading this, Happy Belated Birthday!

Space-y Sport Horses

 There's always one horse in every barn who's just... Out of it. The one who's spooked by the barn cat sitting outside their paddock, rather than the giant tractor that's making a bunch of noise. The one who's determined to find all the hay under their bucket instead of eating from the hay net.

BUT, this post isn't totally dedicated to the oddball horse, but to the slightly smaller, slightly more unique... The customised model horse. A customised galactic horse.

 

 The body has been floating around my work desk for a while, a blue roan more recently. I was NOT a fan of my feeble roaning and body colouring, so off he went to become something beautiful and realistic. Hopefully.

 

  During the priming process, he fell and became terribly messed up. I left him half primed for a while, but one day I was overcome with a desire to paint a galaxy effect. Not having any canvas, I was left with one option. A plastic pony- galaxy version.

 

 He actually has more dark blue and purples mixed in, but my camera refused to pick them up. So his blues are visible. Silver seemed cool, so his hooves, eyes, mane and tail became metallic. He's a cool lil' dude, and makes my conga a happy foursome. 

  

Also, Happy Mother's Day!!

Busybody

 Its been warming up. Slowly but surely. With the warmer weather brings the ability to prime and spray plastic ponies. Bonus.

 So, feeling rather boring and very non creative, I decided to paint. I wasn't in the mood for the slow progression and the "what to do" 15 minutes between sealer coats, so acrylic it was. Now, acrylic and painting horses with, well, paint isn't my strong suit. But a fairly simple, not too detailed leopard appy seemed easy enough to get good results from.

 Starting with a model that I never really enjoyed owning, the Schleich Paint Horse stallion.


He was then prepped, primed, given his base spots, gone over, then detailing was done. I didn't take any progress photos, but here are his beauty shots. He still needs his final spray of matte spray. 

 

Introducing Mr. Busybody

 

He has the cutest nose!!

Um, hoof details. Not really

His little lips!

 

 I do quite enjoy him. He has a lot of character and now I have a horse that I can appreciate. Not just something I picked up at the tack store. His eyes are bad. Just plain badly done. But, his pinking came out great! And his little nose! Did I mention his little kissy spots??

 

 I had the camera and everything out, so a mini photoshoot with some little ones happened...

 

Plenty more were taken, but I doubt that you'd like to see about 50 pictures of the same three models..

 I also tried some weaving. I whipped up a cardboard loom and created an... interesting piece. Has potential as a SM saddlecloth/pad.







 

 Well, that's about it. I hope to get more painting done soon! I have quite a few SMs who need some new colour. And a classic who's becoming a chestnut overo, lets hope I get white markings down! And maybe some nicer eyes than Busybody up there! 

Its A Magical Thing..

 No more blurry close ups,

 

 

 

 

It's tiny, and you can actually see it!

 

 

 

Paint jobs and colours are visible..

 





 

 

 

 

 

Tripods are magical. I don't know why I didn't use it before! My photo look much better, no more slight blur from shaking hands!

Also, don't mind the lack of a watermark on the photos...

 

Why Hello...

 It seems like only days ago when I last posted. In reality its been about two months... In these last two months some things have happened. Not a lot, but some..

 An outdoor phototaking phenomenon happened with some lil' guys...

One of my favourites

Another favourite

 Flu seasion, aye? Well, little tissues are always helpful!

Battery for size reference

 Probably my favourite miniatures I've made yet!

 And a batch of ponies who need to be primed when warmer weather comes, sigh.
Speaking of batches,

 A cookie photo for your enjoyment. Don't mind the lack of a watermark...

Well, that's all that's been happening within the studio and out of it.