Say when!

So often when I am doing a dark bay and Im a couple layers from done I go ooooh pretty and decide to stop. Not this time, as nice as he was coming along, I was determined to stick with my original plan of my fave Morgan color (well really my fave shade of bay on any horse). Its a risk!

And this time I think it paid off :) It helps to be highly inspired by IMO the most awesome sculptress of all things clinky, Maureen Love. I hope I did him justice Maureen (may she RIP) and you wont wish I said "when"!

and to think most people would have thrown the poor shattered ole boy out with the trash!

Much Khemotion in the studio :)

Ive only had this guy since I got it from Sarah on the initial drawing, what nine years ago? So... I was waiting for the perfect time to paint him. I was able to get two even. One went several years later in part trade for my grail Khemo by Steph Blaylock in bloody shoulder fleabit grey. I never thought she would part with that horse! I saw him in person at SMSF in NC and fell in love. He has kicked arse for me too, taking NAN cookies in halter and workmanship several years in a row. One year my other Khemo that I purchased directly from Mariah Hjerrpe took reserve right behind him, that was the coolest! A couple times I nearly put the unpainted resin up for sale in times of need, but somehow he kept getting spared from the sales list. I really wanted to paint him myself. (so yes I now have THREE Khemos, can you say FAVE Arab resin, and none of them will ever leave. The only other resin Ive managed to conga is Nahar, 1 big, 3 mini)

I cant get him entirely in the shot in my light box so pardon the tail-less pics :)

 

I have a mini Nahar that is called Khemotion in Motion, its remade trotting. I am thinking along the same lines of names for him. I dont plan on adding any white markings to this one.

and meet the other 2 in the conga:

 

Movin on up

to a bigger size! Lookie what I forgot I had on the basement body shelves. Liddy Leo and Henry, lb scale mules. Actually I have SIX of them, 3 of each, I had plans for them in performance but who knows if that will ever happen. Ive had them quite a while now. Well 1 of each were already prepped and after all that sculpting and sanding but not having anything to paint yet, I thought these would be a great test on going up in scale. The first few layers werent going so well, more patience is needed the larger the scale. I'm finally feeling good about them, the paint is covering well now. The blonde chestnut is coming along faster than the bay surprisingly. Holding them is more of a pain than I thought it would be, cant do it by the tail, so the lower legs havent been worked on much.

Ive wanted to paint this guy that I found in a sale ad several years ago:




but Ive gotten too dark on that golden brown coat so I will have to tone that down. I hope I can pull off those reverse dapples!

Both are quite shiny at the moment between their fresh paint and the drier thats a necessity now with the KY like weather we have been having since I got back :(