Portrait Complete!

So I posted photo's of this girl all over the place the other day, but those photo's completely missed my blog! But the long anticipated (for me at least), long in progress Millie is finally complete! And I couldnt be happier.

'Mini Millie' with a photo of the real deal

She came along so fast and with very little hassle which I am stoked about. She is the first traditional I have painted that isnt a black and I must say, I quite like them! I have a couple of trade horses coming in at some stage to do who are traditional and sounds like a CM Flash as well in a month or so. But this post isnt about them, so here's more Millie spam!

Absolutely could not be happier with how she turned out, my one and only never sell for now. I have already found a body to become Magic also, a Timoteo resin that I am going to rework so his back legs aren't way out behind him.

Strapless Complete

Almost 2 years ago I got this girl! And after floating around in the body box for so long I decided it was high time she was finally done. I thought something nice and simple was needed so that's what she got and I think it really suits her.

Excuse the wierd mark on her ribs, I must have had something on my hand!

I managed to get a very slight coppery undertone going on aswell which I am quite pleased about, I haven't really achieved that before, not what I intentionally want anyway.

She was always going to have a star, but I did have ideas about giving her a large snip aswell. I chickened out of trying this though incase it ruined her and didn't look any good.

And of course, her new plaits, I think this was about the first time I really used my Amazing Sculpt, but it was needed, I really could not stand the old original plaits she had!

Ack! Where has she accumulated all these marks?! That's most likely pastel dust on her shoulder

I also added a bit to her tail to thicken it up a little up the top, she may yet have it chopped off and a new one resculpted. I also played around with her ears after reading a post on Jennifer's blog about the ears on this mold being all funky trying to fit bridles etc. I'm not sure if I achieved what was needed or not, but I'm sure either way it's better than it was!

First Dapple Grey

So I lied when I said Tobi was the latest off my workbench, he was the wee chestnut in yesterdays post. The latest off my workbench is actually this wee grey G3 Pony completed late last month.

She hasn't turned out the best, but for my first dapple grey I am pleased enough, I think she is very cute and suits the colour too well. For now she will stay but she may be redone in future. I'm excited to do more dapple greys now, this was definitely one colour I was very intimidated by and actually scared to try. For anyone interested, the article on dappling by Jenn Danza on Breyer's page is fantastic! I highly recommend it.

Blogging Is BACK!

And oh how I have missed it!! 7 months since my last post and this is the first chance I have had to actually do a post up! Finally we have come out the stone age (well, the parents have) and got a decent internet connection so I can connect to it on my laptop and it's a decent speed now.

So for now is really just a quick update to say hi to anyone who may see this, and to share my facebook page aswell, MF Studios for my custom work (and the odd piece of tack I make).

So until next time, here is the latest horse off my workbench, a Breyer G3 Warmblood with new tail and slightly more 'araby' head, this guy is a portrait pony and was a trade commission.

Oberon

I do not believe I ever posted photo's of Oberon all finished. Well now is the time to change that I think.

Technically, he isn't fully complete, I still need to paint inside his mouth, but for now I don't feel confident enough to do that.  So for now he's sitting pretty on my shelf.

He's my first blue roan too, that was a great learning curve and I now have some better ideas as to how to tackle the colour next time round.

I think he got a minor placing a NZ Live, next time I think I need some documentation for his breed/colour combination though.

Battles Ended

After so much struggle with Robyn's Breyer Andalusian resin, he is finally done. I really like how he turned out as well. Very tempted to paint my Ian resin that same lovely buckskin.
But, Totilas and her Andalusian are both on their way home across the ditch. It has been lovely to have them on my shelf, even if just for a couple days. I would have been very happy to keep them here with me, but, you can't keep them all, and I'm super happy to have some of my work in her wonderful collection. Besides, I have more needing my attention for other people waiting very patiently...once I get some more primer.

They got felt on the bottom of their bases to replace the wee pad things that came off and also to help protect them when they are live shown from being dropped onto hard surfaces.

Here is finished photo's of both Andy and Totilas:

He has a lovely wee face I must say

Love this boy's blaze! So unique!

Flying Dust and Final Days

Finally today is the last day of school, 2 weeks holidays now, 4 weeks next term then my school life is over. Scary, kinda, everyone else seems to be freaking where I'm looking forward to it, no idea what's happening next year, where I'm going to be, what I'm going to do but I get to do my own thing with my life, completely. Give it some time I'll be missing the old life though I'd say.

But for now, I'm happy to be hiding away at home for awhile, looking forward to some alone time. Painting ponies and whatever else I may get up to.

Currently model wise, I have all but finished Robyn's Totilas. I'm super pleased with how he's turned out, he just needs his shoes done when I get to town to get some silver paint. There will be more pics coming when he's completely finished.

Loving his funky wee blaze.

And now I have restarted, for the third time, the Breyer BOTW Andalusian. Hopefully he co-operates this time round and goes the nice buckskin colour he is meant to be. Also will be working on a Smittyn resin to a seal bay and slightly resculpted SM G3 WB. All these are trade pieces and I can't wait to get them done and back to their owner's, that's one of the things I love about commissions is when the horse arrives home hearing from the owner that they're happy and the fact they have a wee piece of me, my time and effort, in their collection displayed on their shelves. There is a neat wee quote that was posted the other day, I love it because of how extremely relevent it is to the hobby and every artist in general. It's given me a new look on the whole buying and selling customs and resins, even OF horses is a part of this with the initial sculpting.

Reposted from Meadowview Artistry

Very First Custom

Found this picture the other day, didn't think I had a picture of him, but here is my first ever CM that I painted back in 2009, he has way too much white for my liking and I thought that at the time as well.

He was an unknown mold, so an HSO, and rubbery, but neat all the same, slightly bigger than Breyer's MM's.

It's always neat to find old pieces of work and see how much you have progressed with things.

Done For Now

This wee guy is done for the moment. I have no Dull Cote to seal her as yet, I need to order some more. But that aside, I'm happy to be able to say I've finished something.

She's a portrait piece of our miniature mare, ironically called Millie.

The real (mini) Millie, Supreme at Rai Valley A&P earlier this year.

Now, to prepping I think until I get more Dull Cote at least.

PS WB = Complete!

I'm so pleased he's finally done, and I'm pretty pleased with how he
turned out as well, other that a couple of imperfections he sustained
being a bit of a daredevil he's pretty smooth really.

His hooves I'm really proud of, I think they're my best yet, the coloured pencil worked out quite well for me.


And his star is just enough to compliment his face as well.

Sorry,
I'm not really in much of a mood for writing anything of meaning so
I'll let his pictures do the talking, I'm just so pleased with him!

Tiny Troublemaker

You wouldn't believe the trouble this little guy has caused me!

His prepping went fine, then the first lot of primer went well, then I
started pastelling him palomino, well, right from the start he refused
to be pally, I started about 3 times on him before chucking him on the
shelf above the computer.
I finally dragged him out again the other day determined he WAS going
to be a palomino, yet again, he refused, he ended up a lovely shade,
with dark splotches all over him. I was rather annoyed so I got out my
pastels and shaved off some brown and thought 'Right then, you can
bloomin well be bay then'...He seemed to like that idea much better!
I even managed to get a few funny looking dapples on him!!

Black Pinto Stranger

Well, as promised pics of my pinto CM I finished earlier this week.
This guy didn't turn out as great as I'd hoped...being my second pinto
you'd think it's be better than my first, well, this is not the case!!
It is alright I guess, but somehow I managed to get brush strokes all
through the white, you can see them in the pics!!

I'm not sure the pinking turned out all the best either...

The brand is some china one probably. He is made of a rubbery material,
like the Breyer Micro Mini's. It almost looks like a cheap take on
Breyer's Traditional size Flame the Island stallion,
except this guy is about the same size as the bigger Schleich horses.
Barrels tomorrow. And I have some pictures of Ruff to share as well...I
hate having a load up of things to post!! Then when I get around to
posting them it is a week later..
But, yes, there is a but, this is a real life one though :) Magic was
dropped off today. She is going in foal to a silver bay/liver chestnut
(we are uncertain what colour he actually is!!) boy. Can't wait to see
what she has!!

I hate dark horses

They are just so darn hard to take decent pictures of!!! The sun (and
well, any light) reflects off them, and it's usually in all the wrong
places!!! But anyway, here is the latest guy I have managed to finish!!
He is nameless at the moment, so any ideas are most welcome!! and any
opinions/critique is welcome too (especially on his eyes, I'm not sure
about them, they seem to stand out too much to me).

I'm not sure which pic to use out of the one above and the one below...

Sorry about the cruddy pics!!