Hacking up a Wintersong

is a lot of work, its not easy to get that tail off, theres a huge solid chunk o plastic under there and the mane isnt a whole lot of fun either, even when you remove the whole neck with it. But heres what 30 minutes of flying plastic bits and sweat will getcha. Now hes pretty rough yet, needs a bit more work on the back legs, the head and neck I just eyeballed and taped in place tho I think it looks pretty close to what I was going for. And his back needs work. The forelock will go, not sure about the ears yet. Somehow his head is so much more appealing and sweet now. I think its because you can see his eye.

He was inspired by Braymeres blog on Draft horse barrel racing but I think he will look good in a few other performance classes too (because I just have to!). Hes not going quite as all out extended as the ref pix, I wanted him a bit more versatile. I'm thinking short mane and possibly docked tail but depends on what breed I decide to do him as. Im not willing to remove all the feathers so he will have to be a clydesdale, vanner etc type.

Leftover parts!

A couple new little guys for BF sales

I wont have a room at the CHIN or be at the swap or AG but I will have a few things in some friends' room including these recently finished ones:

and I will be delivering this commission there as well

More dark side

So Im sposed to be working on finishing up a few little things for BF sales and a commission delivery there but I was itchin to do another dark grey. Since the heatwave finally broke I got back into the studio a bit but was tired of handpainting eyes and hooves and chrome so I pulled out that CAM that I worked on a while back. She needed a bit more sanding but was nearly there so wallah!

 I am getting close to finishing the dark grey tb commission as well as a sm cm drafter, cm AA twh resin and cm NL foal that I want to get done for sales pieces.

In the dark....

No I havent lost power due to all the huge thunderstorms we had last week, well only for one night and all it did was mess up my alarm clock! But I am in the dark colors in the studio. Working on 2 commissions, one is a SM TB G4 in a young just starting to go grey color, and the other is a black QH mare in the LP for a gal at my boarding stable. Hard to photograph but Im really please with the TB, its the first dappled grey Ive done in ages and possibly the first that was this dark. I think I will have to do it more often!

Quick studio pix...

with flash just to see the shading and minimal dappling better.



Blonde Bombshell?

Got out my new metallics I bought and decided to see how they looked on a palomino? Smashing if I do say so myself...

Blonde Ambition is her name actually, she started out as a PAM that Tibbi Searcher (I think) did a ton of work on including lenghtening the body and head. I reworked the head some and did a lot of cleanup sanding and finishing. Shes one that sat around for quite a while before finially being ready for paint.

Diggin out the oils for a couple medallions

For fun I started in on a couple medallions today, medallions are perfect for practicing with oils!

Fun with posable Breyers!

aka this is why Idocus squeeks, see he comes with this handy dandy peg where the 2 halves of the mold connect, except they are pretty loose hence the occasional creaking. Regardless they make for a fun wire attachment bobble headed experiment of poses!

I was all about doing something arched and on the bit, possible even a non WB breed, but then.....

... his head fell down and I was like "awww how cute would that be", after all not every horse needs to be performance friendly (and I have another one of these bodys anyway).

So many ways I could go with him.....