Thursday, 17 January 2013

Something I Find Interesting

I find genetics very interesting and I find this new discovery very very interesting. So I guess with model horses we don't need to ever test their genetics but in real horses people do! So being able to test these things is great and it leads to further discoveries for tests for all kinds of things from genetic markers for colour to genetic markers for illnesses or deformities.

http://equinetapestry.com/2013/01/17/leopard-complex-lp-now-available/

Monday, 14 January 2013

Halo

Halo is another vintage club exclusive and what can I say I'm in love! I am very happy that I have vintage club membership now :D


Breyer Christmas Horse 2013

I have been meaning to share this one for a while!

I love this years horse, I adore the Clock Horse mold despite it's flaws. I particularly like the fact that this years appears to have a bush growing out of his quarters, well why not :p

Sunday, 13 January 2013

Breyerfest Early Bird Raffle Prize

This is a rather interesting looking Nokota horse. I can't decide if I like him or not...I'll leave it up to you to make your mind up!

In Progress Foalies

These two have been sat waiting to be painted for a long time now....so I finally managed to make a start on them!

First up is a running foal to bay:



After a few more coats of white and starting on the eyes:



And second up is a G1 Standing foal that will be a bay going grey (hence the black)



Hopefully this pair will be finished up next weekend, I love that G1 it's sooo cute :p

Saturday, 12 January 2013

Justadream Unicorn Project

Thought I'd share some pictures with you of my latest project! This is a Just a Dream that is being slowly made into a unicorn stallion.

Today I carved out the hooves and split them, altered the ears so they were finer and spikier, altered the face so that it is more Roman than dished and added the horn. O and I added the dock for hairing as well.

Here she is as she stands at the moment



Slightly less horsey hooves!



You can sorta see the carving out here:



A better idea of how the horn will end up!



Drying with a John Henry body holding the horn up!

Brown Leather Headcollar

This was a commission piece, it's done on my basic 'leather headcollar' template in brown leather with gold hardware. Made to fit Traditional scale light horses