Chestnut Ridge Blog

Wednesday, 3 September 2014

Frosty

Frosty is a new Breyer.com web exclusive.

He is a grey Shire and is apparently Flurry's brother (isn't that sweet). He has a straight head and is rather shiny.

Frosty

He's $25 and available here: http://www.breyerhorses.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=6446

For those who are interested Cosette is now also no general sale here: http://www.breyerhorses.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=6368

Tuesday, 2 September 2014

I'm back! And I've come back with a few more model horses (because how could I not). Crackers will do you a more detailed post about his trip at some point but for now here are my new horses.

The first purchases were two Painted Ponies. I bought these at the West Edmonton Mall. It took me basically the entire day to decide which one I wanted and even then I still couldn't really decide! I eventually chose Storm Rider. I've wanted this model for a long time as he is just gorgeous. He has purple and glitter! What more could you want?

I also bought a Christmas Tree decoration one. I chose the Canadian Maple Leaf model as a little reminder of my trip.

Later that day we spotted a Toys R' Us and stopped to have a look. We inspected every single Breyer and settled on this set. A lovely grey Morgan (in the fleabitten grey colour which is one of my favourite OF colours) with a cute little dog as well.

In Kamloops I found another toy shop (I found a lot of these) and had another look. I spotted a good condition Schleich donkey foal. It's a model I've wanted for a while so I picked him up (this guy actually travelled home inside a sock...).

I also bought a Safari Toob. I love the cute little tiny Safari models, the condition is awful but they will all be repainted to look beautiful.

This is all of the horses out of the Toob

The Vanner is definitely my favourite of the bunch

And the little horse and rider sets will be great for mini scale performance!

The final purchase was in a Toy Shop on Granville Island in Vancouver. I just thought this guy was AWESOME!

And here they are all together!

Saturday, 16 August 2014

Cosette

Cosette is a new web exclusive that has priority access to club members.

I actually really like her. A nice old mold that is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination but actually quite appealing to me! Also I like the colour :p

Anyway here she is:

Cosette

She is $25 from www.breyerhorses.com

Thursday, 14 August 2014

Off on Holiday!

OK so I know I haven't blogged in aaagggggeeeessss so it probably seems like I'm already on holiday!

But I'm away from the 18th of August - 2nd of September.

So if you want to get in touch with me and I'm not replying that's why! I'm not ignoring you (I promise).

Currently trying to decide which model is going to make the trip with me...think it will have to be Crackers! He'll never forgive me otherwise!

Saturday, 2 August 2014

3 Day Event Postal Show

I am thinking of running a postal show series next year based around the idea of a 3-day event.

So I am doing a test show over the next month or so. It is for charity and there is a £3.00 entry fee. You can win ribbons :)

All completely randomized and fun :D Entries can be by email or post at your choice.

If you are on Facebook you can find out more info here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1455797798017024/

If not then just email me: competitions@chestnutridge.co.uk

I'll send over all the details including the dates, entry forms and schedule.

Work In Progress

So I thought I would share with you what is happening in my studio at the moment!

First up....I murdered a mini whinnie!

He will eventually (I hope) end up something like this (not my picture):

Next up is a brindle pony:

Who should end up looking like this (not my picture):

Now a brown Mini who has been added onto a base:

Who will hopefully turn into this (not my picture):

This is a commission I'm currently working on and the test model. Will eventually be a pintaloosa. The larger model is the commission, the mini is the tester.

And just a general shot of a whole load of ponies!

Sunday, 27 July 2014

Sussex Showdown

A really good and relaxed show. Liz did an amazing job both at running the show and removing the cat on a rather regular basis!

All the pictures:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152518674530155.1073741891.689360154&type=1&l=554e1237e7

This guy isn't having a good day...