Sunday, 26 June 2011
Haven't posted in ages!
It's a long time since I posted, but bear with me - I'll have results from my crew at the Japan Tsunami Live coming!
Saturday, 30 April 2011
It's the end of the holidays...
...and I haven't managed to complete as much as I wanted to, only starting a few horses and not finishing any! But here's what I've been up to...
A Schleich Shetland stallion, who's on his way to becoming a BSP. He still needs more pinking, hair detail and spots, as well as a mane and tail.
I also started hacking up someone else - poor thing! He's a Schleich Shire who has lost a leg and will hopefully be standing. No pictures...sadly. ;)
Olivia
I've semi-primed and started prepping some of these bodies - from L to R; unknown Bullyland horse (still priming), a Breyer classic Johar body (needs huge amount of prepping - will probably be grey, but a much better one from her last paintjob, I add shamefully, by me!), a re-positioned and re-sculpted Breyer Mini Whinny (needs a bit more prepping, may go palomino) and a Schleich mare, not sure what breed or mould (needs a bit more prepping, may also be palomino, or bay).
I've hacked up this poor, unsuspecting flockie (he was originally walking) and he will hopefully become an eventer of some sort. He's about SM scale. I might hair him, if I can get good enough...
Leg placed in the position it will hopefully be. I also seem to have misplaced his hoof...whoops!
A Schleich Shetland stallion, who's on his way to becoming a BSP. He still needs more pinking, hair detail and spots, as well as a mane and tail.
A Safari mini (about SM pony scale) to a simple tri-colour skewbald. Still needs more deail, layers, mane and tail etc.
And a fjordling! Not quite as yellow as he seems, he has re-positioned front legs and a new mane. Still a lot of work to go on leg barring etc.
I also started hacking up someone else - poor thing! He's a Schleich Shire who has lost a leg and will hopefully be standing. No pictures...sadly. ;)
Olivia
Sunday, 17 April 2011
Fearing for my sanity...
The other day, I attempted to make a Stablemate scale tack set. Yep, you heard right. I've used the term 'cross eyed' before, when painting appaloosa spots on a micro, or when buckling up a grackle bridle on one of my models, but now I know the real meaning.
This is my first attempt ever at making tack smaller than Classic scale, minus a few foal slips etc. I'm chuffed, and hopefully I'll improve at this, because this set isn't very realistic. Can't wait to start showing it! Here it is on Dandelion, my Equorum Pixie Pony - just a bit smaller than SM scale. I made the jump too - from lolly sticks, cocktail sticks, paper, paint and some fake bushes. The rider's a Britains one - I still need to touch him up, and his actual horse is still being primed but I just stuck him on.
Scuse the shoddy pics - and in the second one, the saddle flaps are sticking out which makes them look really short.
On another note, yesterday, I was in town shopping with my mum, for a pair of shoes. The pair I got had over a tenner off, so we quickly nipped into the toy shop, and I grabbed the nearest Schleich - the newer shetland pony. I don't really like this mould and colour combo - but today I sprayed the last of my primer out - I hate using brushes and gesso, my normal medium. He looks loads better primed, and I also got some white on a few others too. I'm going to paint him appaloosa, so he can probably be a British Spotted Pony.
Olivia
This is my first attempt ever at making tack smaller than Classic scale, minus a few foal slips etc. I'm chuffed, and hopefully I'll improve at this, because this set isn't very realistic. Can't wait to start showing it! Here it is on Dandelion, my Equorum Pixie Pony - just a bit smaller than SM scale. I made the jump too - from lolly sticks, cocktail sticks, paper, paint and some fake bushes. The rider's a Britains one - I still need to touch him up, and his actual horse is still being primed but I just stuck him on.
Scuse the shoddy pics - and in the second one, the saddle flaps are sticking out which makes them look really short.
On another note, yesterday, I was in town shopping with my mum, for a pair of shoes. The pair I got had over a tenner off, so we quickly nipped into the toy shop, and I grabbed the nearest Schleich - the newer shetland pony. I don't really like this mould and colour combo - but today I sprayed the last of my primer out - I hate using brushes and gesso, my normal medium. He looks loads better primed, and I also got some white on a few others too. I'm going to paint him appaloosa, so he can probably be a British Spotted Pony.
Olivia
Monday, 11 April 2011
Newly completed...
...are two pink circus sets.
The first one, a simple Equorum Fallabella-sized set. This is about to be sent off as a gift for someone, hence the tissue paper!
The next, larger set (Julip scale, or small Classic) is more complexed - it's got more beading on the bridle and surcingle bit, side reins etc.
The first one, a simple Equorum Fallabella-sized set. This is about to be sent off as a gift for someone, hence the tissue paper!
The next, larger set (Julip scale, or small Classic) is more complexed - it's got more beading on the bridle and surcingle bit, side reins etc.
Olivia
My most recent...
...piece of tack - a bridle for my Equorum, Don Romeo.
...custom - my first chestnut, and also my first attempt at pastelling anything from a plain white base!
...purchase - Breyer's 'Enchanted Forest', he still hasn't got a name, but when it comes it will probably be along the lines of 'Magic' or 'Tsunami'.
Olivia
Hello!
Got a blog!
My name's Olivia, and I live in the UK. My main interests are horses, art and sport. I've ridden since I was 3/4 years old and a few years ago, I had a pony on loan. His name was Domino VII or 'Mino' and he was a British Spotted Pony, who had a pretty impressive dressage career. Sadly, I had to move on from him when I joined senior school as there just wasn't enough time.
I've had model horses since a very young age - again, 3/4 years old, although I've been told I was pony mad before that! To me, they were 'toy ponies', until a few years ago, when I was about 9 or 10 and discovered a very real world of model horses. The majority of my collection are still 'toy ponies' to me, as I had them when I was much younger, but I still show them in online shows and they seem to do well so hey-ho!
I customised my first horse way before I got into slightly more 'serious' collecting and discovered tutorials, and, well... It wasn't the greatest success. Said cheapy plastic model is currently in the body-box, awaiting a similar, but hopefully better new lick of paint. I still have my second and third customs though - Philadelphia, a sabino with tippex, and Bonito, my first proper re-sculpt and pastel attempt. Believe it or not, I still show them!
I also love tack-making, mainly for my Julips and Equorums, the core of my collection. The great thing about them is that because they are handmade and not uber-realistic, my tack doesn't need to be very realistic either. Despite this, my tack has still placed at the 3 live shows I've been to.
Current collection count stands at over 139. That includes:
7 Breyer Traditionals
1 Breyer Classic
37 Breyer Stablemates
3 Breyer Mini Whinnies
47 Schleich, Papo and Safaris
28 Julips
13 Equorums
2 Magpies
...plus an assortment of random cheapy other brands, and bodies.
Only 3 of my horses have been painted by other people... One was a present anyway!
Model horses to me are still my little toy ponies. They all still have the names I gave them when I was small, however shoddy. This blog is really to give you an insight into my cheap-skating, messy, trial-and-error world of plastic ponies!
Olivia
My name's Olivia, and I live in the UK. My main interests are horses, art and sport. I've ridden since I was 3/4 years old and a few years ago, I had a pony on loan. His name was Domino VII or 'Mino' and he was a British Spotted Pony, who had a pretty impressive dressage career. Sadly, I had to move on from him when I joined senior school as there just wasn't enough time.
I've had model horses since a very young age - again, 3/4 years old, although I've been told I was pony mad before that! To me, they were 'toy ponies', until a few years ago, when I was about 9 or 10 and discovered a very real world of model horses. The majority of my collection are still 'toy ponies' to me, as I had them when I was much younger, but I still show them in online shows and they seem to do well so hey-ho!
I customised my first horse way before I got into slightly more 'serious' collecting and discovered tutorials, and, well... It wasn't the greatest success. Said cheapy plastic model is currently in the body-box, awaiting a similar, but hopefully better new lick of paint. I still have my second and third customs though - Philadelphia, a sabino with tippex, and Bonito, my first proper re-sculpt and pastel attempt. Believe it or not, I still show them!
I also love tack-making, mainly for my Julips and Equorums, the core of my collection. The great thing about them is that because they are handmade and not uber-realistic, my tack doesn't need to be very realistic either. Despite this, my tack has still placed at the 3 live shows I've been to.
Current collection count stands at over 139. That includes:
7 Breyer Traditionals
1 Breyer Classic
37 Breyer Stablemates
3 Breyer Mini Whinnies
47 Schleich, Papo and Safaris
28 Julips
13 Equorums
2 Magpies
...plus an assortment of random cheapy other brands, and bodies.
Only 3 of my horses have been painted by other people... One was a present anyway!
Model horses to me are still my little toy ponies. They all still have the names I gave them when I was small, however shoddy. This blog is really to give you an insight into my cheap-skating, messy, trial-and-error world of plastic ponies!
Olivia
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