Frank-A-Storm is nearing completion. He only needs his eyes, hooves, and tail painted. Then he needs final hair details on his face and other white markings. This way of blocking out the basic shape of markings really worked.
Anyone going to the Leesport, PA show November 10?
Frank-A-Storm has finished getting prepped.
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| Poor guy looks like he’s being mummified… :) |
With doing customs, fixing sooner rather than later is a good philosophy. It can be a drag to realize that something isn’t right, but it’s easier to correct it before you put tons and tons of work into it.
Frank-A-Storm’s front leg didn’t look right, so that needed some fixing. I added apoxie on his neck so it was stable.
Today I did return to school. I was sad about going back, but it was a great to have two days off and be lucky enough not to lose power or suffer major damage.
Now getting back to model horses. This guy I started during the storm, but Someone Like You (Hurricane Sandy) took up most of my time. When I first started customizing, hacking up a perfectly good OF was off limits. Back then my collection was also very small and my ears had never heard of the phrase, ‘body model.’ Today, my collection is a nice size and I always am searching for body models whenever I go to yard sales and flea markets. You never know what you may find!
One of the OF body models I have I hacked up. I always thought Zippo could do more than jog! In my mind, I had him loping on the bit. The great thing about model horses is that one small change can completely redo the model’s look.
First, his front leg needed moved. (Wonderful, right? Poor horse)
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