Tuesday, 9 September 2025

What Inspires You?

What inspires you in your customising? Today I'm going to be sharing some inspiration pictures of real horses that might provide you with a bit of inspiration for your next custom. Some are really cool colours, some are really cool poses, each one is lovely and each one would make an amazing custom. I've even included some that would be very unusual performance set ups.

First up we have this palomino with a really cool flick in her mane. This would be a great minor custom, it would be even more amazing in mohair!


Second we have a really cool performance idea, this would be an absolutely amazing performance set up. I can see the Breyer Traditional Akhal Teke working really well as a base model for the horses


Third we have a Marwari foal who is insanely cute!



Fourth we have a three for the price of one!


Fifth we have a really nice face marking on a palomino pinto. You could combine this with the flicking forelock in the first picture and it would make an amazing custom


Sixth we have this really cute pony, I love the out of control mane but I also love his thin stripe, it is a really unusual shape and I do love a little bit of pink on the nose


Seventh we have this lovely bridle, plaits and bow combination. Again I think this would make a really nice performance set up


Eighth we have a cute pinto Icelandic, I do love a pony with a coloured head and then almost completely white body


Ninth we just have a cute foal with quite an unusual coat colour, a really good example of how different foal's coat colours are to adult horses


Tenth we have this mane, again this would be a great minor custom idea. Would look really nice on a sport horse/Thoroughbred style mould


Eleventh we have a really nice dapple grey, lovely dapples on this girl. I wish grey horses just stayed one colour! I'd love a grey like this one but I am not dealing with white greys, waaay too much effort!


Twelfth we have another really cool facer marking. A very dramatic marking on a chestnut, would suit a variety of colours but imagine this on a black!


Thirteenth is another really nice dapple grey. A good reference to combine with the one above to get the face colour correct


Fifteenth is the pose on this foal, this would make an amazing resculpt


And finally we have this really cute mare and foal pair. There are a few resin mare and foal sets that I think would suit this well


Are you going to have a go at attempting any of these pieces? Let me know if you are! I'd love to see what you create

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