My 20 Best ARC Models

I took advantage of the sunshine over Easter and spent some time photographing some of my show string models.

I thought over the next few weeks I would spend some time sharing my 20 best models for each finish with you.

Today we are going to start off with Artist Resin and China models. Most of these are Animal Artistry models but there are a few resins in there as well!

The horses are in order of highest average points to lower.

1st Place

Stable Name: Party

Show Name: CRS Fiesta

Colour: Grey

Breed: Andalusian

Sculptor: Donna Chaney

Artist: Animal Artistry

2nd Place

Stable Name: Catriona

Show Name: CRS Ana Bahebak

Colour: Grey

Breed: Arabian

Sculptor: Donna Chaney

Artist: Animal Artistry

3rd Place

Stable Name: Ruby

Show Name: CRS Risky Ruby

Colour: Chestnut

Breed: Arabian x Welsh

Sculptor: Kelly Sealey

Artist: Deborah Brown

4th Place

Stable Name: Alaria

Show Name: CRS Romantic Realist

Colour: Grey

Breed: Unicorn

Sculptor: Donna Chaney

Artist: Animal Artistry

5th Place

Stable Name: Honey

Show Name: CRS Honey Bear

Colour: Silver Bay

Breed: Comtois x

Sculptor: Donna Chaney

Artist: Animal Artistry

6th Place

Stable Name: Brendon

Show Name: CRS Ana Bahebik

Colour: Black Leopard Spotted

Breed: Light Type Historical Noriker

Sculptor: Donna Chaney

Artist: Animal Artistry

7th Place

Stable Name: Lovelace

Show Name: CRS Pressured Storm

Colour: Palomino

Breed: Tennessee Walking Horse

Sculptor: Donna Chaney

Artist: Animal Artistry

8th Place

Stable Name: Nietzsche

Show Name: CRS Nietzsche

Colour: Brown Spotted

Breed: Mule

Sculptor: Donna Chaney

Artist: Animal Artistry

9th Place

Stable Name: Juniper

Show Name: CRS Juniper Tree

Colour: Grulla Pinto

Breed: Tinker Pony

Sculptor: Kelly Sealey

Artist: Unknown

10th Place

Stable Name: Mystic

Show Name: CRS Mystic Water

Colour: Decorator

Breed: Unicorn

Sculptor: James Richmond

Artist: Catriona Harris

11th Place

Stable Name: Senegal

Show Name: CRS Senegal

Colour: Black Zebra

Breed: Zebra

Sculptor: Donna Chaney

Artist: Animal Artistry

12th Place

Stable Name: Ghost

Show Name: CRS Poltergeist

Colour: Blue Roan

Breed: Cob

Sculptor: Donna Chaney

Artist: Animal Artistry

13th Place

Stable Name: Nadir

Show Name: CRS Spectral Zenith

Colour: Decorator

Breed: Pegasus

Sculptor: Unknown

Artist: Catriona Harris

14th Place

Stable Name: Fehran

Show Name: CRS Fehran

Colour: Bay

Breed: Arabian

Sculptor: Donna Chaney

Artist: Animal Artistry

15th Place

Stable Name: Hare

Show Name: CRS Hare You Can

Colour: Grey

Breed: Thoroughbred

Sculptor: Donna Chaney

Artist: Animal Artistry

16th Place

Stable Name: Legend

Show Name: CRS I Am Legend

Colour: Black Leopard Spotted

Breed: British Spotted Pony

Sculptor: Lynne Fraley

Artist: Nell Coffin

17th Place

Stable Name: Rolly

Show Name: CRS Tickle Me Pickle

Colour: Dunalino

Breed: Mustang

Sculptor: Maggie Bennett

Artist: Catriona Harris

18th Place

Stable Name: Celia

Show Name: CRS Alkharif

Colour: Grey

Breed: Unicorn

Sculptor: Donna Chaney

Artist: Animal Artistry

19th Place

Stable Name: Heinrich

Show Name: CRS Heinrich Hanson

Colour: Bay Pangare

Breed: Swedish Drafter

Sculptor: Donna Chaney

Artist: Animal Artistry

20th Place

Stable Name: Celestia

Show Name: CRS Nashira

Colour: Decorator

Breed: Unicorn

Sculptor: Donna Chaney

Artist: Catriona Harris

BreyerFest 2025 Models Run Down

 BreyerFest 2025 is getting closer so I thought it would be great to do a run down of the BreyerFest 2025 models! I am planning on getting my online tickets this week so I have also given a rundown of which models I will definitely be adding to my collection.

Limited Editions

Name: Belesema Sapphire

Number: 2,000

Price: $70.00

Available: In Person & Online

On My Buy List? No

Name: Halcyonia Night Life

Number: 2,000

Price: $75.00

Available: In Person & Online

On My Buy List? No

Name: Game Day Surprise

Number: 1,750

Price: $35.00

Available: In Person & Online

On My Buy List? Yes

Name: Beau N' Arrow

Number: 2,000

Price: $80.00

Available: In Person & Online

On My Buy List? Yes

Name: Best of BreyerFest Series 6

Number: 2,100

Price: $60.00

Available: In Person & Online

On My Buy List? Yes

Name: Hooplah

Number: 3,000

Price: $75.00

Available: In Person & Online

On My Buy List? Yes

Name: Shindig

Number: 3,000

Price: $15.00

Available: In Person & Online

On My Buy List? Yes

Name: Party Pal

Number: 1,950

Price: $20.00

Available: In Person & Online

On My Buy List? Yes!!! I mean of course I have to get the plush :D

Name: Standing Ovation

Number: 1,750

Price: $50.00

Available: In Person & Online

On My Buy List? No

Special Runs

Name: Get This Party Started

Number: 2,500

Price: $70.00

Available: In Person Only

On My Buy List? No

Name: Let The Good Times Roll

Number: 2,500

Price: $80.00

Available: In Person and Online

On My Buy List? No

Name: Good Times and Great Friends

Number: 2,300

Price: $85.00

Available: In Person Only

On My Buy List? No

Name: To The Ties That Bind Us

Number: 2,200

Price: $75.00

Available: In Person & Online

On My Buy List? YES!!!!! (I NEED THIS MODEL)

Name: YOLO

Number: 2,400

Price: $75.00

Available: In Person Only

On My Buy List? No

Name: Hats Off To You

Number: 2,500

Price: $70.00

Available: In Person & Online

On My Buy List? Yes

Name: Future Is Bright

Number: 2,200

Price: $75.00

Available: In Person & Online

On My Buy List? No

Name: Life's a Journey

Number: 2,000

Price: $65.00

Available: In Person Only

On My Buy List? Yes - will have to buy him second hand

Name: Seize The Day Surprise

Number: 7,800

Price: $85.00

Available: In Person & Online

On My Buy List? Yes

Event Models

Name: Tight Lines

Number: NA

Price: Free with 'Traditional' & VIP tickets

Available: In Person & Online

On My Buy List? Yes

Name: Break Out The Bubbles

Number: NA

Price: Free with VIP Tickets (complete set), General Admission & Online Stablemate (One Random)

Available: In Person & Online

On My Buy List? Yes - Preference is definitely Bellini

Bellini

Mimosa

Cava

Prosecco

Prizes & Volunteer Models

The Breyer Ambassador model for 2025 comes in three colour-ways two of which have already been released.

Swag

This is the VIP Swag set - the only piece of swag we've had a full view of yet (there have been a few sneak peaks)

Two New Customs

I feel like I haven't really painted in ages so it was really nice to sit down and get some painting done over the last few days.

I needed to finish the roan custom that we are giving away this month on our Facebook page but I also wanted to work on getting some of my resins painted. I am getting slightly bored of the passive aggressive comments from my husband about how I never paint any my resins and how many unpainted ones I have, so I am working on making sure that several get complete!

I had a nice morning finishing these two off and listening to my audiobook. The light was good, although I have also added a new light to my study which means I can now easily paint on dark dreary days (like today for example)! I also did a bit of work on a few other models that I have been working on for a while, but these are the two that I finished.

Roan Fighting Stallion

The first model is this gorgeous roan fighting stallion. This model is Stablemate scale and is the M1 Fighting Stallion. I love these cute little shrinkie Traditional scale models and adore painting them. They always look so lovely.

When I was thinking of what model would be a great choice for the roan prize to be offered in my competition this guy just struck me as the perfect choice. As a Mustang I have real freedom of colour and roan suits him so well. He will be an easy model for his new owner to show as the colour suits the breed well.

He is painted with airbrushed acrylics, pastels and hand painted acrylic details. I started with his base coat using an airbrush to build the colours up slowly from light to dark. I then airbrushed white paint to give full roaning across the coat. I used hand painted acrylics to add some more detail to his roaning and then some pastels for a little bit of shading. His details were finished off in hand painted acrylics with gloss on his eyes and hooves.

I named this cute little guy Keep Your Eyes on me. As always he is named after a song, do you know this one?

If you want to give a home to this model then head along to our Facebook page and enter our look-a-like competition. This is open until April 30th. Click here to see the post.

Perlino Cob

The second model is a super cute little resin cob. This is one of the Maggie Bennett micros. I have so many of these guys it is getting completely out of hand so I always feel good when I paint one!

The model is 'Offerman' and is a Pewter micro that was released as part of the club in 2019. So yes this poor guy has been sat here for nearly 6 years with no clothes! At least he is finally finished. He is a cute little bowing Cob with plenty of fluff.

I have named this more CRS Phosphorus which just seemed to suit. No shortened name, he can just be Phosphorus!

I painted him to an adorable perlino colour. I wanted to do a perlino as I actually don't have a solid custom perlino so I thought if I had full freedom of colour with a Cob I would pick a colour that I did not already have! I gave him heavy white markings as is often seen with American style Vanners.

The model is painted with airbrushed acrylics and then has been finished off with some pastelling. I used some of my new metallic pastels to give her coat a slight shimmer, something which is often seen on double cream models.

Which is your favourite out of the pair?