Sunday Funday

If you have finished taking advantage of today's beautiful weather to take photographs of your models then I've got a little bit of fun for you.

I've put together a fun scavenger hunt for you to work through. I will post each clue as a Blog post throughout the rest of today but you can do the whole thing now through this link: https://puzzel.org/en/scavenger-hunt/play?p=-NgEfmNRs8DexRnfAyS- 

Let me know if you complete it in the comments below! Good luck and have fun :D

Clue One

What horse colour has a brown body and black points?

Wisdom Wednesday

It is Wednesday so, in the interests of alliteration, I shall be offering some words of wisdom for you. What will these words of wisdom be? Will these words actually be wise? Am I even writing this on a Wednesday? These answers may be answered below, or equally they may not.

So here we go, this is today's wisdom:

Sometimes you need to make what sells and not what you love

OK so I have definitely told people before, in multiple Blog posts, social media posts and even on my own website that you should do what you love. I wholeheartedly stand behind this, you need to create things that you love and you need to find joy in your hobby, but sometimes you also need to be practical. We are not living in a magical fairy world where money grows on trees and if you need to make money from your hobby you are, occasionally, going to have to do things you don't want to. 

I have (this is going to be a shocker I know) rather eccentric tastes. What I like is most definitely rarely, if ever, what other people like. That is absolutely fine when I'm buying things for my own collection or creating pieces for myself, but it is not a practical approach to running a business or, for that matter, creating models that I intend to show. Occasionally I need to create things I do not like, because if I did not I wouldn't ever sell anything and none of my resins would ever place. Whilst it is brilliant and wonderful to express my creativity through incredible and 'unique' models, it is also important that I create some more 'normal' pieces.

Now that doesn't mean everything I paint that isn't a bizarre watermelon themed decorator (although in my defence that was actually a commission) I don't love, but it does mean that I do not really get inspired through painting them. I am currently working on four horses, one of these is for my show string and the other three will all be sale pieces. With that in mind the only one I really lie is the brindle Schleich, a lovely looking horse but one that I know will take some time to sell. Whilst I know the decorator that I don't really like will probably sell very quickly. I am also not in love with the little resin foal but what I do know is that it is an accurate representation of a bay Clydesdale foal and for showing purposes that is the most important thing!

So what should we take away from my Wednesday Wisdom. Well take away this, it is great to be able to create art you love, but there is nothing wrong with being practical and creating art for the commercial market, afterall, we do all need to eat.

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Photoshow Champion Roundup

 It has been quite some time since I have shared photoshow champions with you! So I thought I would round up the champions from the last six months.

All of these photos were champions in Popular Votes Photoshows. This is a Facebook group that is open to all where we run free small photoshows each month. Each show has a different theme and the winners are chosen by the group members. It is good fun and easy and quick to do. There is a rosette for each champion.

April 2023 - Other Performance

May 2023 - Northlight

June 2023 - American Quarter Horse

July 2023 - Palomino

August 2023 - Bucking

September 2023 - Warmblood & Sport Horse

If you are feeling inspired and want to take part in the shows visit the Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1493893527541574

October's show is for micros :)

Thunderbird

Why is it that every year I am not in the Vintage Club the models they produce are just gorgeous? And of course they've gone and released a Silver!

This gorgeous Silver is this year's "new mould, old colour" offering. Incidentally if I had a pound for everytime someone said ThAt'S nOt A vInTaGe MoDeL on my posts about Vintage Club releases I would probably have enough money to join the Vintage Club each year.

He's a Gambler's Choice and comes in four vintage colours.

My personal favourite is definitely the light bay, I have always loved that colour (and of course he is glossy as well). The palomino is also beautiful.

O and not only that if you complete your final purchase you'll get this year's free Stablemate which is a super cute little Lipizzan!

He comes with a super cute little box that mirrors the Vintage Lipizzan model

Ten Inspirational Quotes that Model Horse Hobbyists Should *maybe* Follow

 Do I spend too much on Inspirobot making stupid inspirational quotes? Definitely. Am I going to share these with you and pretend it makes any sense? Of course. Should I just use AI to write pointless blog posts instead of this none stop endless mad ravings that I subject you to? Probably.

1. Try to ask about prejudice

Go on. Do it. Go onto ModelHolics and ask about prejudice. I dare you.

2. Rule 8: Always let democracy get in the way of your thoughts

Like a model? Want to paint a horse a particular colour? DON'T DO IT! You should only go with what other people like and definitely should not have your own tastes and personality

3. Manipulate the working class

Got lots of prepping to do and can't be bothered? Need to pack for your next show? Make the working class do it!

4. Every time you fight success, you also fight souls

Just to be clear to be a successful artist in this hobby you actually need at least 12 souls. I don't make the rules, I just share them.

5. Make up new facts and kick ass and chew bubblegum

Got a model in a particular colour that doesn't suit the conformation of the breed the mould is sculpted after? Easy solve! Just lie on your breed reference, at the end of the day, none of this is real.

6. Kindness is to transcend the untranscendable

Did you know that it is actually impossible for this hobby not to have drama for a single day? Like literally IMPOSSIBLE. I think the world ends or something.

7. One way to define personal growth is goofing around to prove a point

Why does this actually make sense? If you want to improve you just need to mess around until you find something that works. Have fun. Make a point. Make something new. I dunno, just do something.

8. Scented candles are the parasites of sadness

It is actually a fact that if you are sad you can make yourself happy by covering a Breyer in essential oils and setting it on fire. You could also die, but like you can't be sad if you're dead right?

Disclaimer: Please don't actually do this and sue me, if you do you're an idiot and it's your own fault.

9. An apology is in many ways an opportunity reborn

Did you know if you scam people in this hobby you can just create a new Facebook account, pretend you're someone else and get away with doing it again?

10. Inspiration concerns all of us

We are all concerned about what you are doing. Why are you doing that? Why are you sticking a capybara on the back of an Arab? Like why? What are you doing? 

Pinho

 I finished this guy ages ago but apparently I didn't catalogue him or upload his pictures to the internet? I did with Susan but apparently Pinho was just rejected, poor little pony.

CRS Pinho Polido is a Mathilde resin by Leah Peretz and has been painted to a lovely buckskin pinto. I did her little base in a bronzy goldey colour which is nice and metallic.