Finn is the 2018 Stablemate club Gambler's Choice model.
Monday, 1 January 2018
Body Transformation Challenge
This month's competition is a little different. We are giving you the chance to get creative and show off your skills.
So How Does it Work?
Ten people will be given a chance to take the challenge (chosen at random from all those who enter).
You will each receive a randomly allocated body quality model horse (see the image below).
You will then have until February 28th 2018 to transform your model.
Once complete send one image of your model to competitions@chestnutridge.co.uk
Fans of Chestnut Ridge on Facebook will then have one week to vote for their favourite.
There will be rosettes from 1st-10th place and a customising goody bag for the champion packed full of awesome customising goodies (including paints, brushes and loads of awesome other things).
You can then do what you like with your model but we recommend you sell it to raise money for charity, donate it to a raffle or give it to someone special.
How to Take Part
To take part please send your:
If you do not live in the UK you will be responsible for postage costs for your body.
We will choose 10 people at random next Monday and allocate their bodies. All bodies will be shipped Monday/Tuesday (if you live internationally you must pay for postage promptly).
Completing Your Piece
If you are lucky enough to be chosen it is up to you what you do with the model.
But remember....the deadline is February 28th 2018!!! You MUST have an image submitted by that date or you will forfeit your chance to take part :(
Once complete please send one photo to competitions@chestnutridge.co.uk
The Voting
On the 1st of March for one week fans of the Chestnut Ridge Facebook page will have one week to vote for their favourite.
You cannot vote for your own horse or offer incentives to vote for you.
The winner will be the person with the most votes. In the case of a tie the winner will be chosen by Catriona Harris of Chestnut Ridge.
The Bodies
There are ten bodies available which will be randomly allocated
(1) Running Mare
(2) Shetland
(3) G2 Standardbred
(4) Donkey
(5) Fakey Breyer
(6) Loping Mini Whinnie
(7) G3 Mustang
(8) Schleich Lipizzaner Foal
(9) Morgan Ornament
(10) Stablemate Silky Sullivan
The bodies are all in tact but in varying condition with different brands, materials and finishes. The aim is to transform YOUR body into something amazing. So don't be disheartened if you don't get the one you want! See it as a new challenge.
Terms and Conditions
(1) One entry per person
(2) The 10 competitors will be chosen at random
(3) All bodies will be allocated at random
(4) Initial entry deadline: 8th January 2018
(5) Submission deadline: 28th February 2018
(6) International competitors are responsible for postage on their body (via UK mail) and prize (via Royal Mail)
(7) For full terms and conditions please email competitions@chestnutridge.co.uk
GOOD LUCK! And remember to have fun :D
So How Does it Work?
Ten people will be given a chance to take the challenge (chosen at random from all those who enter).
You will each receive a randomly allocated body quality model horse (see the image below).
You will then have until February 28th 2018 to transform your model.
Once complete send one image of your model to competitions@chestnutridge.co.uk
Fans of Chestnut Ridge on Facebook will then have one week to vote for their favourite.
There will be rosettes from 1st-10th place and a customising goody bag for the champion packed full of awesome customising goodies (including paints, brushes and loads of awesome other things).
You can then do what you like with your model but we recommend you sell it to raise money for charity, donate it to a raffle or give it to someone special.
How to Take Part
To take part please send your:
- Name
- Email Address
- Postal Address
If you do not live in the UK you will be responsible for postage costs for your body.
We will choose 10 people at random next Monday and allocate their bodies. All bodies will be shipped Monday/Tuesday (if you live internationally you must pay for postage promptly).
Completing Your Piece
If you are lucky enough to be chosen it is up to you what you do with the model.
But remember....the deadline is February 28th 2018!!! You MUST have an image submitted by that date or you will forfeit your chance to take part :(
Once complete please send one photo to competitions@chestnutridge.co.uk
The Voting
On the 1st of March for one week fans of the Chestnut Ridge Facebook page will have one week to vote for their favourite.
You cannot vote for your own horse or offer incentives to vote for you.
The winner will be the person with the most votes. In the case of a tie the winner will be chosen by Catriona Harris of Chestnut Ridge.
The Bodies
There are ten bodies available which will be randomly allocated
(1) Running Mare
(2) Shetland
(3) G2 Standardbred
(4) Donkey
(5) Fakey Breyer
(6) Loping Mini Whinnie
(7) G3 Mustang
(8) Schleich Lipizzaner Foal
(9) Morgan Ornament
(10) Stablemate Silky Sullivan
The bodies are all in tact but in varying condition with different brands, materials and finishes. The aim is to transform YOUR body into something amazing. So don't be disheartened if you don't get the one you want! See it as a new challenge.
Terms and Conditions
(1) One entry per person
(2) The 10 competitors will be chosen at random
(3) All bodies will be allocated at random
(4) Initial entry deadline: 8th January 2018
(5) Submission deadline: 28th February 2018
(6) International competitors are responsible for postage on their body (via UK mail) and prize (via Royal Mail)
(7) For full terms and conditions please email competitions@chestnutridge.co.uk
GOOD LUCK! And remember to have fun :D
Updating the Website
Happy New Year!
We hope you had a lovely new years and those of you who did get a day off work today had a lovely day :)
We are hard at work bringing you lots of new and exciting changes for 2018. But the first and most important thing is updating and redoing the website, which lets face it is rather overdue a facelift!
First up is the top bar. I have been brutal and managed to get it down to just seven. Most of the things that were there are still there they have just been tidied up and organised a bit. That should make it a bit easier to find things and makes the website look a LOT neater!
Next up is the home page. Whilst I admit the general images need updating and will do that one of the priorities was to clean it up (and sort out why the bottom bar is on the right AGAIN) Brendon worked hard on this over the last few days and it now looks a LOT cleaner.
Bottom bar hasn't been sorted but Brendon is onto the tech people about this!
Next up is the Paddock Pal category. This is in desperate need of reorganising. When we did the website we didn't stock Schleich and only just introduced CollectA. Obviously now we do huge ranges of these so it needed to look a bit neater.
I'm still contemplating whether I can organise the Schleich in a different way (maybe by type i.e. Horse Club, Farm World etc.) but then there is the issue that not all horses are part of the Horse Club range and that could be confusing and mean people don't see every product they want to. So yea we'll just ignore that problem for a while...
Next up is the Competitions & Shows page. All of these are now combined into one page. It still needs a lot of work but on a basic level it is done.
So that is it for now. Still loads of changes I want to make. If you have any suggestions make a comment below or email me at catriona@chestnutridge.co.uk
Not everything is possible but we are always working to make the site as easy as possible to use.
We hope you had a lovely new years and those of you who did get a day off work today had a lovely day :)
We are hard at work bringing you lots of new and exciting changes for 2018. But the first and most important thing is updating and redoing the website, which lets face it is rather overdue a facelift!
First up is the top bar. I have been brutal and managed to get it down to just seven. Most of the things that were there are still there they have just been tidied up and organised a bit. That should make it a bit easier to find things and makes the website look a LOT neater!
Next up is the home page. Whilst I admit the general images need updating and will do that one of the priorities was to clean it up (and sort out why the bottom bar is on the right AGAIN) Brendon worked hard on this over the last few days and it now looks a LOT cleaner.
Bottom bar hasn't been sorted but Brendon is onto the tech people about this!
Next up is the Paddock Pal category. This is in desperate need of reorganising. When we did the website we didn't stock Schleich and only just introduced CollectA. Obviously now we do huge ranges of these so it needed to look a bit neater.
I'm still contemplating whether I can organise the Schleich in a different way (maybe by type i.e. Horse Club, Farm World etc.) but then there is the issue that not all horses are part of the Horse Club range and that could be confusing and mean people don't see every product they want to. So yea we'll just ignore that problem for a while...
Next up is the Competitions & Shows page. All of these are now combined into one page. It still needs a lot of work but on a basic level it is done.
So that is it for now. Still loads of changes I want to make. If you have any suggestions make a comment below or email me at catriona@chestnutridge.co.uk
Not everything is possible but we are always working to make the site as easy as possible to use.
Sunday, 31 December 2017
2018 Model Horse Goals
What are your model horse goals for the New Year?
Here are my 10 2018 model horse goals, I would love to hear your goals as well and hopefully you will complete them this year!
1. Finish my new scene entry
Last year I started a new scene entry...it is still pretty much just a box! So my goal for this year is to get this done!
2. Finish cataloguing all my models
I really need to finish this. It is such an important thing to do and would make my life so much easier.
3. Finish my horse breeds spreadsheet
I have this awesome spreadsheet I've been working on that details all horse breeds including information about them, again life would be so much easier if I finished this.
4. Create 10 new performance entries
I haven't done a new performance entry in so long. So the aim for this year is to create loads of new entries.
5. Finish 52 resculpt customs
That's one a week. I still have horses that haven't been finished from last Summer. So this year's challenge isn't just to actually get painting again but to start sculpting properly.
6. Learn how to needlefelt
I so want to be able to do this and this year I'm going to do it! Seriously those kits I've brought are going to come out and I'm going to finish them! On the subject of kits...
7. Finally use those thousands of books/kits I own!
I'm going to get them out and finish some projects and learn some new skills.
8. Create some new photoshow set ups
Soooo bored of my white light tent. Need to get off my backside and make some pretty set ups.
9. Organise and catalogue tack
So much of this is about organising but let's face it that's the most important thing and definitely the thing we put off most...
10. And finally.....get a bigger pony room!
The goal for this year is to move house. And bigger pony room is number 1 on my list of house based priorities!
Here are my 10 2018 model horse goals, I would love to hear your goals as well and hopefully you will complete them this year!
1. Finish my new scene entry
Last year I started a new scene entry...it is still pretty much just a box! So my goal for this year is to get this done!
2. Finish cataloguing all my models
I really need to finish this. It is such an important thing to do and would make my life so much easier.
3. Finish my horse breeds spreadsheet
I have this awesome spreadsheet I've been working on that details all horse breeds including information about them, again life would be so much easier if I finished this.
4. Create 10 new performance entries
I haven't done a new performance entry in so long. So the aim for this year is to create loads of new entries.
5. Finish 52 resculpt customs
That's one a week. I still have horses that haven't been finished from last Summer. So this year's challenge isn't just to actually get painting again but to start sculpting properly.
6. Learn how to needlefelt
I so want to be able to do this and this year I'm going to do it! Seriously those kits I've brought are going to come out and I'm going to finish them! On the subject of kits...
7. Finally use those thousands of books/kits I own!
I'm going to get them out and finish some projects and learn some new skills.
8. Create some new photoshow set ups
Soooo bored of my white light tent. Need to get off my backside and make some pretty set ups.
9. Organise and catalogue tack
So much of this is about organising but let's face it that's the most important thing and definitely the thing we put off most...
10. And finally.....get a bigger pony room!
The goal for this year is to move house. And bigger pony room is number 1 on my list of house based priorities!
Thursday, 28 December 2017
Recycled Lives 2018
These shows sold out so quickly just through creating a Facebook group that I never felt the need to do a Blog post! But I suppose it is only fair to let you guys know that we are running shows next year and yes all three did sell out within one day...
The idea behind these shows is that we re-use and recycle all the prizes and certificates. I have boxes full of certificates for us to use, all of them are brand new they were just never used at the shows they were made for! What's more some of them are really popular ones, such as the meme ones, or the ones shaped like fruit that looked slightly dodgy if you turned them over or the fun pirate map ones.
The rosettes and trophies will also be reused. I have bags and boxes full of them ready for this show!
I've decided to split the shows by location. So the first show focuses on North and South America. That's great because we can still have a variety of different models competing but with a specialist twist. The second show is for Europe and the Rest of the World and the final show will replace Lah Di Dah, featuring classes for British and Irish breeds.
Each show features three large sections: OF, CM & CTF. They all then have three small sections: AR, Performance/Fun & Other Animal.
With so many of us now owning really gorgeous other animals I thought it would be fun to have a whole section for them at our shows!
The fun section also includes some interesting ideas to get you creating and recycling. So dig out those bodies (and other random stuff from your recycling bin).
If you would like more information about the shows please visit: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/2018-live-shows-98-w.asp
The idea behind these shows is that we re-use and recycle all the prizes and certificates. I have boxes full of certificates for us to use, all of them are brand new they were just never used at the shows they were made for! What's more some of them are really popular ones, such as the meme ones, or the ones shaped like fruit that looked slightly dodgy if you turned them over or the fun pirate map ones.
The rosettes and trophies will also be reused. I have bags and boxes full of them ready for this show!
I've decided to split the shows by location. So the first show focuses on North and South America. That's great because we can still have a variety of different models competing but with a specialist twist. The second show is for Europe and the Rest of the World and the final show will replace Lah Di Dah, featuring classes for British and Irish breeds.
Each show features three large sections: OF, CM & CTF. They all then have three small sections: AR, Performance/Fun & Other Animal.
With so many of us now owning really gorgeous other animals I thought it would be fun to have a whole section for them at our shows!
The fun section also includes some interesting ideas to get you creating and recycling. So dig out those bodies (and other random stuff from your recycling bin).
If you would like more information about the shows please visit: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/2018-live-shows-98-w.asp
Latest Breyer Order
Hello everyone! Well this Blog post is a little late but as they say, better late than never! So here is what we received in our pre-Christmas Breyer delivery.
Valegro
Price: £39.99
Link: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/valegro-31171-p.asp
Forthwind
Price: £19.99
Link: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/forthwind-39177-p.asp
Rhapsody in Black
Price: £35.95
Link: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/rhapsody-in-black-38653-p.asp
Picasso
Price: £36.99
Link: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/picasso-39824-p.asp
Paint Your Own Horse Quarter Horse & Saddlebred
Price: £17.95
Link: Sorry this one is sold out!
Austin
Price: £21.95
Link: Sorry this one is sold out!
Hilltop Stable
Price: £19.99
Link: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/hilltop-stable-39225-p.asp
Quilted Stable Blanket & Hood Set
Price: £10.95
Link: Sorry this one has sold out!
Fantasia Del C & Gozosa
Price: £44.99
Link: Sorry this one has sold out!
Grey Arabian Horse & Foal
Price: £22.50
Link: Sorry this one has sold out!
Xavier
Price: £49.99
Link: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/xavier---mystical-unicorn-37851-p.asp
Starry Night
Price: £21.95
Link: Sorry this one has sold out!
Palomino Morgan
Price: £16.50
Link: Sorry this one has sold out!
Grey Arabian
Price: £16.50
Link: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/grey-arabian-39453-p.asp
Chestnut Sport Horse
Price: £16.50
Link: Sorry this one has sold out!
Bay Appaloosa Mustang
Price: £16.50
Link: Sorry this one has sold out!
Chestnut Quarter Horse
Price: £16.50
Link: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/chestnut-quarter-horse-39441-p.asp
Dun Quarter Horse
Price: £16.50
Link: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/dun-quarter-horse-39839-p.asp
Black Thoroughbred
Price: £16.50
Link: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/black-thoroughbred-39843-p.asp
Buckskin Paint
Price: £16.50
Link: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/buckskin-paint-39847-p.asp
Appaloosa
Price: £16.50
Link: Sorry this one has sold out!
Chestnut Appaloosa
Price: £16.50
Link: Sorry this one has sold out!
Grey Selle Francais
Price: £16.50
Link: Sorry this one has sold out!
Palomino Morgan and Foal
Price: £22.50
Link: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/palomino-morgan--foal-39425-p.asp
Valegro
Price: £39.99
Link: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/valegro-31171-p.asp
Forthwind
Price: £19.99
Link: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/forthwind-39177-p.asp
Rhapsody in Black
Price: £35.95
Link: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/rhapsody-in-black-38653-p.asp
Picasso
Price: £36.99
Link: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/picasso-39824-p.asp
Paint Your Own Horse Quarter Horse & Saddlebred
Price: £17.95
Link: Sorry this one is sold out!
Austin
Price: £21.95
Link: Sorry this one is sold out!
Hilltop Stable
Price: £19.99
Link: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/hilltop-stable-39225-p.asp
Quilted Stable Blanket & Hood Set
Price: £10.95
Link: Sorry this one has sold out!
Fantasia Del C & Gozosa
Price: £44.99
Link: Sorry this one has sold out!
Grey Arabian Horse & Foal
Price: £22.50
Link: Sorry this one has sold out!
Xavier
Price: £49.99
Link: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/xavier---mystical-unicorn-37851-p.asp
Starry Night
Price: £21.95
Link: Sorry this one has sold out!
Palomino Morgan
Price: £16.50
Link: Sorry this one has sold out!
Grey Arabian
Price: £16.50
Link: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/grey-arabian-39453-p.asp
Chestnut Sport Horse
Price: £16.50
Link: Sorry this one has sold out!
Bay Appaloosa Mustang
Price: £16.50
Link: Sorry this one has sold out!
Chestnut Quarter Horse
Price: £16.50
Link: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/chestnut-quarter-horse-39441-p.asp
Dun Quarter Horse
Price: £16.50
Link: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/dun-quarter-horse-39839-p.asp
Black Thoroughbred
Price: £16.50
Link: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/black-thoroughbred-39843-p.asp
Buckskin Paint
Price: £16.50
Link: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/buckskin-paint-39847-p.asp
Appaloosa
Price: £16.50
Link: Sorry this one has sold out!
Chestnut Appaloosa
Price: £16.50
Link: Sorry this one has sold out!
Grey Selle Francais
Price: £16.50
Link: Sorry this one has sold out!
Palomino Morgan and Foal
Price: £22.50
Link: http://www.chestnutridge.co.uk/palomino-morgan--foal-39425-p.asp
Monday, 25 December 2017
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