I have a couple of bodies that seem to be nearing the end of prepping stage. Hopefully I’ll be painting soon. They both fell victim to the angry primer can so a good amount of sanding was needed to get rid of the itchy layer.
A Pile To Choose from…
Getting Ready for Breyerfest C/Y Show Pt. 5
How To Make Breed Cards for Part-breds
Making breed cards for mixed horses is slightly different than regular breeds. Your model is a mix of two, not one, so you need both sides to be represented.
I’m going to use my Palomino Weather girl as an example. Since she’s palomino, she can’t be a full blooded Arabian horse. So I looked up different half-Arabian crosses, and eventually came to the Arab x Welsh pony cross.
Since this horse will be a well known mix, I mark the breed card as:
Arab x Welsh Cross
Description: A small pony with Arabian refined features
Height: 11 Hands-15 hands
Color: Any color except Appaloosa
For crosses that aren’t well known, make sure you have a picture of either a horse of that linage or two pictures of the parent breeds. When using mixes that aren’t nationally recognized , you don’t really need a description, height, color, etc of horse breeds. Crosses are fun because there are so many ideas and mixes that you can use!
Well, that’s the end of the Halter part of Breyerfest (I think), so hopefully the next installment is performance or customs!
Swipe and Do Over
After doing some sanding, I decided to spray primer. Of course my Primer had a meltdown and decided that instead of spraying liquid out, it decided to spray out stuff that looked like the Christmas Snow. Oh back to square one.
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| I don’t think you can see that snowy texture on the pony, but goodness can I! |
Anyways, on a happier note, if you didn’t notice, I changed the font to the title. I think it looks more crafty and fun. :)
Can't start Until You Finish
Even though I have a load of bodies that haven’t been started, it’s time for me to actually finish something. I think the last horse I actually finished was in October/November. So no more starting until I finish one.
This pony only needed a tail and gender parts sculpted.
So using Don’t Eat The Paint Blog’s how-to on sculpting tails, I used painter’s tape and figured out the shape of her tail.
I Super Glued it stiff.
Then I began to sculpt.
I began by rolling Apoxie Sculpt.
And here’s the end result…Can’t say I’m crazy about the tail though….
Kristian Beverly 