Too optimistic?

I'm a slow painter, I know I am but still I somehow always think that I'll have time to finish a horse for a show I'm going to. This time I might have been a bit too optimistic. In exactly a month I am going to a liveshow and as I usually do, I decided to paint some new horses to bring with me. Usually I settle for one or two (and usually I end up not finishing in time...) but this time I have 9(!) horses I want to have finished by the show. That is probably close to impossible for me. I didn't manage to finish my NaMoPaiMo in a month and the fastest I have ever painted a model that I was satisfied with was 13 days. But one can always hope! I'll sure do my best 😊

My mini Hazel is almost ready for paint, she needs a few more coats of primer. She will (hopefully) be a dapple bay Cleveland Bey.

Gabriel also needs a few more coats of primer before painting. He'll be a black Friesian when done.

Last one who is still in the priming stages is the AA Welsh Sec C that I fixed some time ago. The plans is to paint him buckskin. We'll see how that turns out. I have only ever painted 1 buckskin and that does not exist anymore due to it being a terrible stark yellow buckskin with bad shading.

CollectA Hanoverian Stallion nr. 1 will be a dark reddish chestnut with no markings. He's had a base coat in acrylics and a few coats of pastels so far.

Moxie has had an acrylic base coat and one layer of pastels.

My plan is to make her a dappled palomino overo but I've not done a whole lot of dapples and only two palominos (in my early painting days).

WIA Bella Rose nr. 1 will be a dark bay/brown and so far she's had an acrylic base coat and a few layers of pastels.

CollectA Hanoverian nr. 2 will be a buckskin going grey, or atleast that's the plan. Hopefully it'll turn out the way I plan 😊.

WIA Bella Rose nr. 2 is planned to be a bay leopard/semi-leopard knabstup mare. I have never done that before so it'll be fun to see the outcome (if I ever get her finished!)

The CollectA Pinto mare will be a bay/dark bay when finished.

At the moment I have already encountered quite a problem. I'm pretty much out of Dullcote and I can't get a hold of anymore at the moment! 😞 I am able to get a hold of Krylon matte so I'll have to give that a try. Anyhow it won't arrive until next week! That means that my days off of work won't do me any good on the painting front...

Wish me luck 😊

Mustang

El Embosco has for a long time been one of my favourite mustang models. And one of my all time favourite model horses is on the El Embosco model. I've been wanting an El Embosco for my collection for some time and was very pleased to find one on MHSP.

He is a beautiful grullo painted by Judy Hall.

I just love his colour and details. Normally I'm a huge fan of white markings but this colour does so well with no white.

I also love his fuzzy ears 😊

This model has so many nice angles!

I have yet to find a name for him and decide on a breed. I was thinking mustang, maybe Sorraia.

He was formerly known as Primitive Tendencies and shown as a mustang.

I haven't had time to really appreciate this guy and I'm looking forward to get some time to take proper photos of him.

Anyway, I love him already!

His face is just gorgeous!

Portrait Project

A few days ago another little project joined my herd. This is one I've been wanting for a while and I was very happy to be able to buy him.

The seller kindly fixed a warped leg for me so it took some time for him to be sent, but I didn't mind as I got him at a good price 😊Unfortunately he managed to break an ear in transit (despite being VERY well packed). Oh well... Fortunately it was a clean break and I found the piece so it'll be fine when I get around to fix it properly.

The model is DaCaprio sculpted by Stacey Tumlinson. and he is a beautiful Warmblood stallion.

Mine already has a colour and name decided for him.

He will be a semi-portrait of a young warmblood stallion I knew years ago.

He'll be painted a dark bay/brown with a star and some white on his legs. And he will be named Donatio after the horse I knew.

I do have plans to paint him myself but at the moment there are a few other horses before him in the line. So at the moment he happily resides in my cabinet like a smaller version of my beloved Lohengrin 😊

Pony in the works

This little guy recently joined my project pile. This is the Animal Artistry Welsh Sec C Stallion. I've heard that Animal Artistry resins can be a pain to fix when broken and I was a bit hesitant to get him but I thought why not give it a try. The breaks where very clean and all the pieces were included.

This is what he looked like:

He does have a base but I will fix the horse up a bit more before attaching him to the base. This is what he looks like after some superglue:

My plan is to strengthen the breaks and fix some small things with apoxie before attaching him to the base and start the prepping.

I have no idea what colour to paint this guy so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated 😊

Random liveshow pics!

I hope your not too tired of liveshow pictures just yet 😊 This post will mostly just showcase some special moments or models I liked at the show.

Cute little baby

Athame, champion arabian

Best Hackney

Best Friesian Sporthorse

Best Icelandic Horse

Probably my proudest moment of the day! Bailando (aka my NaMoPaiMo project) won his class! 😃

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Beautiful vintage custom

Driving entry made by my boyfriend.

I made the horses and my boyfriend made the rest.

Wagon my boyfriend made

Sporthorse champion

Best Thoroughbred: Fallen Hero 

Performance jumping entry

Thank you for sticking with all of my show report post 😊