As Promised

The 'back to models' post this blog so desperately needed!! I don't
remember what my last modelly post was, let alone when, wouldn't
surprise me if it' wasn't all that long ago!
This post, my WIP projects, most likely for the next 6 months!!!
First up, a Schleich Haflinger mare, slightly modified leg arrangement,
to a silver dapple - Dusty! A portrait of Magic's mumma.
Then,
G1 Drafter, curretnly being prepped to be sent away (maybe) to look
something like the pretty boy on the right, I'm seriously thinking
about hairing him as well, any suggestions on what type of mohair to
use?

MW (quarter horse?) of some sort, thinking of making him a base, will be painted chestnut, Reference horse - RR Frenchmans Bully, who popped up when I was looking for a nice ref. colour.

Another being prepped to be sent away, G2 Standardbred to be painted as a portrait of pacer Cardigan Bay.

And
last but not least, G3 Pony, perhaps with some modifications (new
mane/tail, no feathers) to a silver bay pinto, Raid. This wee stallion
is so sweet! He belongs to a friend of ours.

A long time overdue, Kaikoura A&P

I will just post the pics of the horses and some other neat things
about the show this year, I apologize for the lack of posts too, I
really haven't been feeling all that enthusiastic about the models
lately! I do think it is about time for another modelly post though,
maybe tomorrow...
I'm not much in the mood for writing anything either, and I don't have
much to talk about really, so I'll just leave you with the pics, and
any captions I decide are needed!

Me and Dusky

The supreme Miniature, not sure I agree, but he is a lovely colour!! SM G3 Pony colour me thinks..

There were a few people dressed up, after all, it was the 100th Centenary show!

The
next day my brother wanted to see if he could pick up any motors at the
dump, outside there was, a HUGE MODEL HORSE!!!! Well, the mold anyway!

Christchurch - One Year Later

Today marks quite an emotional event for some people. Today a year ago
was a magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit the city and demolished quite a bit.
182 people lost their lives in this quake, including my uncle, Shane,
not that I knew him personally, I didn't even know about him until this
day a year ago, but it is still very sad what happened to him and many
others.

RIP victims of the Christchurch Earthquake

Sleazy Sleepwear for *model* Horses

So we have this friend, she has started a small business selling all
sorts of gear, mainly show stuff, like makeup, tail bags, all sorts of
sprays and haynets, Sleazy Sleepwear stuff. Well we had to go visit her
the other day and mum clipped on of her horses for her, we had to go
check out all her stuff (again!!) and just before we left I saw this
little package thing sitting on the shelf beside the door. I picked it
up and guess what, a Slezy Sleepwear rug/hood set for MODEL HORSES!!!
I asked how much it was and she replied it was $13!!! So, of course it
came home with me!!
I
am definitely asking if she is going to get any more!! They are really
neat, they don't fit absolutely perfectly, but if I was really keen for
a better fit, it wouldn't be very hard to fix it up.

The material pattern of this one is called Lilli, a limited edition one I was told.

Happy Valentines Day!

Yea, a day late (for me, not for you Americans though!), but better
late than never!! Was meaning to post this yesterday, but never got
round to getting online!
Happy Valentines Day everyone, from everyone down yonder at Kismet Lodge (and Blue Moon Stables, haven't decided which to keep now...yea, silly decisions decisions decisions!)!!

Highflyer's Inspiration?

Remember that painting of Hambletonian by George Stubbs in the last post?
Well, a comment on that post brought a new model I had never seen before, before my eyes! Here is Highflyer sculpted by Tina Lamport.


Even though Highflyer is quite a bit chubbier than the Hambletonian in
the painting, and the head is slightly more twisted in the painting
also, the pose etc is most definitely the same. I'm thinking (thanks to
Shoestring Stable of course!!) that the painting was the inspiration/reference for Highflyer's being.

I'm really liking that wee Highflyer now!!! And being a lg. Stablemate he's just the right size for me to *possibly* afford!!!

Old Time Paintings

After doing art last year and ending up with it endorsed with Merit (so
annoyed about the first project we did, if that was Excellence, my art
would have been endorsed with Excellence!!) and my love for painting
etc I am doing art again this year. To start off with we needed to
choose 4 different 'artist models', basically 4 artists with different
techniques. One of the ones I chose is George Stubbs. His art is really
neat I think, I love the way he does horses, some of them are not
overly 'conformationally correct', but they are, as I said, really
neat!

This one is on a poster in my form room at school. Love the colour of this horse, and always meant to get a pic,

but have never managed too.

Eclipse

Hambletonian - this is the picture I chose to use.

And yep, this is a 'Wordless Wednesday' post on Thursday!!