Monday, 16 May 2016

Pinto Photoshow

There is still plenty of time left to enter our pinto photoshow!



NB/ If your images are too large to email you are welcome to simply send a hyperlink to them or an album.

If you are sending from a phone and don't know the images file name, then just send each entry separately.

This May it is all about pintos here at Chestnut Ridge and to help celebrate these amazing coloured horses we are running a special pinto only photoshow.

How to Enter

To enter email your entries to: competitions@chestnutridge.co.uk

You can enter up to five photographs.

Please include:

  • Your Name
  • Your Age
  • Your Email Address
  • Your Postal Address
For each photograph please include:
  • File Name (so we know which one is which)
  • Horse's Name
  • Breed
  • Gender
  • Finish (OF, CM, CTF, AR etc)

Please title your email: Pinto Photoshow

Deadline for entries: 31st May 2016

The Prizes

The show will be split into three sections:

  • Under 13
  • 13-18 years
  • 18 years+

The champion, reserve champion and reserve to reserve champion in each section will receive a rosette.
The champion will also receive a Breyer Stablemate model horse.

The winners will also get featured in a special gallery on our website, Facebook page and blog!

Rules

For full competition terms and conditions please email competitions@chestnutridge.co.uk

Show rules:

  • Maximum five entries per person
  • Entries without the required information will not be accepted
  • You must have taken the photograph yourself
  • You must own the model in the photograph
  • No digital editing of pictures
  • Entries will not be accepted in any way other than via email as above
  • Prizes are non-exchangable
  • International entrants are responsible for postage to receive prizes
  • No more than one horse in each photograph
  • Horses should be shown without tack (no performance please), headcollars or stallion sets are OK
  • Show is open to pinto coloured horses only
  • The judges decision is final
  • Each picture will be judged on the clarity of the photograph, realism of the photograph and the breed standard/conformation/condition of the model horse.



Work in Progress

The last two weeks haven't been great, I've been having a bad pain time and it is destroying any enthusiasm I have for getting stuff done (don't even mention my University dissertation, that is a disaster waiting to happen).

Today I've been trying to at least get some paint on horses, I hate forcing myself to work, but I know I have to! I need money for new ponies (o and a new guinea pig cage...and council tax...and bills...).

Anyway here are some work in progress pieces:

This Duchess has been half way finished for months now. So she has now had some black added!



These are my other tinys. The hound is complete, just needs sealing. The others are at various stages of completion.

The Stablemate will be a smokey buckskin, the minis are rabicano and tobiano and the foal will be black pinto.



And finally my only current commission piece (well custom one at least). This girl is a blanket appaloosa Stablemate



You never know by tomorrow I may actually have a finished piece to share!

Friday, 13 May 2016

Ardennes Stallion

Deborah McDermott has released her new CollectA Ardennes stallion as a resin edition.

You can find him on her etsy store.

The model may not really be 'new' but the resin edition is.

I really like him and quite like the idea of having a resin one, there is definite temptation here!

Anyway pictures and to purchase:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/250701912/ardennes-stallion-unpainted-resin-model?ref=hp_opfy

Premier Club Blind Bags

If you are a Breyer Premier Club Member this year then the blind bags are back!

I've entered on the assumption that if it is a model I don't want I can either sell it on or donate it to Cantering Carousel next year.

Although secretly hoping for either a Bobby Jo, who can then go off to Deb Brown, or one of the year 1 models (I still don't have them)

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Thursday, 12 May 2016

Bella Rose

MPV have got a new special run to add to their lines and she is rather gorgeous.

MPV WIA Special Run Isabella Worth's Bella Rose is around Paddock Pal scale and made from rubber.

She is a pretty reasonable price and a rather lovely sculpture, if I had any spare pennies I'd definitely be getting a few, I'd like to have one to paint!

She's €8.50 and available here: http://shop.modellpferdeversand.de/MPV-Exclusive/MPV-WIA-Special-Run-Isabell-Werths-Bella-Rose::560.html

MPV WIA Special Run Isabell Werth

Wednesday, 11 May 2016

Like Lightening

I'm rather proud of my yesterday self.

Why am I so proud? I got this headcollar completed and shipped the same day as it was ordered! Yep that's right the SAME DAY!

I'm so proud of me.

Also quite a nice headcollar. I like the leather design, it always looks so neat.



I should name this horse at some point...she is my live show demonstration horse/tack making horse/general dogs body. She should probably get a name...

CollectA Horses Update

Hello everyone :)

Well it's an exciting week here, loads of updates and pre-orders finally being shipped.

For me that's great, because I've managed to get the pending orders on my website down to just 18, which feels nice! That said I know a lot of you are waiting on CollectA models.

I chased up today and can confirm we have shipping dates!

Nearly all the horses will be with us late June.

The two mid year releases, the Grevy's Zebra and the Black Forest Stallion will be with us late July (shown below)

Grevy's Zebra  - 88773
Black Forest Horse Stallion - 88769

Which is great because it means all being well they should be in stock in time for Perfect Purple Plastic CTF Live!!!

You can also pre-order these lovely horses at www.chestnutridge.co.uk