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Throwback Thursday

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The subject of my last post was my new Thestral, but he wasn’t the first one I ever made. Even if he’s a huge improvement over the last one.

Back when I could show in the Breyerfest Youth Show, I sculpted a Thestral. He started out as a Morgan model. I think I made him the last year I could show in that show–so I was 16–making it seven-ish years ago. He won his unrealistic custom class.
I couldn’t find a picture of him at the Breyerfest Children/Youth show, but here’s one from a local show. I showed him at a handful before he fell apart.

Time hasn’t been kind to him. I have zero idea about where his other front leg is. For real. No idea. He had wings at some point, but they broke off too and have been lost.  I made them out of chopsticks and fabric. I spray painted it all.

While I was making him the leg popped off and I merely hot glued it back on. It seemed like the most clever of ideas at the time. Unluckily for me, hot glue has a much shorter life span than the super glue/baking soda mix.

I still like the face work I did on him. 
One day I’ll make a traditional Thestral, but for now, I’m happy with the huge improvement between one and two. 

Durable

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Buckbeak the First was made out of paper mache. He actually is still around. 
(Mostly. Being a klutz I accidentally broke one of his wings.)
Buckbeak II was born a year or so after. The Buckbeak II had been made using crayola clay. I thought it was the best stuff ever. He won me a prize model at the Breyerfest Youth show.

And here is Buckbeak a couple of years later.Within this bag is Buckbeak II now rests. 
The clay has crumbled into an icky mess. Buckbeak II no longer looks regal but instead looks like a creature from a cheesy horror movie. 
“I eat yer soul, if I had a beak.”
“I’d claw you if I had feet.”
I think he looks like this creature from Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead. 
On a side note, this movie is a thing and this is a movie I must find now and watch.
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As with any project, you live and learn. If I ever make another Hippogriff, I’ll use something more durable so that the life span is longer. But staring at this creature is still kind of fun, right?

Finish…Maybe?

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I have a bad habit. As you may know, I love to start customs and not finish them. But I really am trying to squash that.
Today I brought out a custom to redo. He originally was a classic thoroughbred, but has since been made into a traditional Chincoteague Pony. So, I painted him black and started added white markings. A couple of more layers and he’ll be done! This may be one of the fastest custom paint jobs I’ve ever done. 🙂