Moving update

Our move went well and we have started to get some kind of order in the house now. A couple of weeks ago we started to fix the show room where we will showcase our collections (my model horses and my boyfriend's 1/6 scale collection)

This is what the room looked like when we had just moved in.

And this is about a week ago. We tore down the old wallpaper and chose a new, really nice, light one. We also got my cabinets up and I got to start packing up the horses.

All of my models survived the move (a couple of bendables got a little bit of a lean on one leg, but no really casualties) and this is the current look of the cabinets.

First cabinet:

Second cabinet:

Third cabinet:

CD shelf with bendables:

Unpainted resin cabinet:

Project shelves and Disney shelf:

I will most likely rearrange them in the near future as I am not quite happy with the current line up.

Plans 2020

For 2020 my goals are a little bit different than last year. Most of that has to do with the fact that we have now moved into a house with more space for our hobbies. This is what my line up of goals looks like for 2020:

- Participate in NaMoPaiMo
I love NaMoPaiMo, it always teaches me something good and gives so many cheers and good vibes it is a joy to participate.

- Finish my NaMoPaiMo model
The most important part, for me, when it comes to NaMoPaiMo is learning and having fun, but I also want to push myself to get my model finish as I have always been quite the slow worker and a little pressure usually makes me work harder.

- Finish hobbyroom
Now that I finally will have a dedicated hobbyroom I can't wait to have it finished! If any of you has any tips or suggestions on what you can't live without in your own hobby space or what you miss in your hobby space I would very much appreciate if you left a comment as I really want to make my hobby room as good as possible but as I have never had one of my own, I am not sure where to start 😊

- Sell a model I have painted
I have improved my painting quite a bit and I would love to get my work out there. As of right now, except for the models I have painted for myself or my boyfriend, there is only one model painted by me in other hobbyists collections.

- Take on a commission
I would love to try my hands at commission work, but as to not be overwhelmed, I only plan to take on one commission so that I manages to finish it in a timely manner and to a satisfying result.

- Prep most of my project horses
My dream is to have all my project models prepped and primed for painting so that when I feel like painting I can just open and pick out whichever model strikes my fancy. The thing is, I hate prepping, and I am a bit of a perfectionist, so we'll see how well that will turn out.

- Finish Aslan 2.0
In 2019 I finished my first original sculpture. He was rushed a bit at the end so I would like to give it another shot but without rushing this time.

- Keep posting on Instagram
I hope to keep up posting on Instagram and will try to post at least three times a week.

- Keep blogging
I will not abandon the blog but I might not post as many short posts here. I will still post longer post like updates and show reports so I hope to post at least 2 posts a month.

- Finish one horse a month
Quite an ambitious goal for being me but I really hope to be able to keep up this year!

Review 2019

Here we are, another year has passed. 2019 is now behind us and it has been a, mostly, good year for me. Most of the year has gone by without any major snags. Work has been okay, family, friends and animals have been very good. One of my closest friends got married, another one met a really nice guy who makes her very happy. Yet another one got accepted to her dream education, my brother and his fiancee bought an apartment in a new building and will be moving in at the end of 2020. My parents and animals are all alive and well so this year has been very kind to me outside of the hobby. But the biggest thing happening is that me and my boyfriend bought a house. After two and a half years of searching we have now moved in and started to get are things a bit in order. It is a wonderful feeling to finally leave our tiny rental apartment behind and with the house one of my childhood dreams will come true: I will finally have a dedicated hobby room! I can't wait. I am very, very thankful for the year that has gone by and that have treated me and my loved ones well.

Hobby wise things have been good, but not great. I managed to finish my NaMoPaiMo horse and painted a couple of more models during the year. I went to three live shows, after a couple of years of going to pretty much every live show I decided to step back a little even though I would've been able to make it to a couple of more shows if I would've wanted to.

However let's summarize my goals for 2019:  

- Paint at least 10 of my bodybox models.
I only managed to finish 5 models (my NaMoPaiMo horse included) this year. But even though I didn't manage to finish as many as I had hoped I am very happy with the ones I managed to finish. One of them was the very first micro resin I painted,  my first original sculpture, and my first winged custom. The other one I finished will be covered under another goal.

- Send at least 1 of my unpainted resins to be painted.
Unfortunately I didn't manage to send any of my unpainted resins to be painted.

- Paint at least 1 of my unpainted resins.
I did get a couple of resins painted this year, my NaMoPaiMo model (mentioned above), my Micro Mini Maxi Cob (also mentioned above) and the model I managed to finally finish, and will be mentioned below.

- Finish my mini Hazel resin.
Finally, this was the year when my mini Hazel was finished! After a few setbacks during the in progress years (she was started in June/July 2017) she is finally finished, and I am very happy with how she turned out as she is quite close to my original vision for her. Her base might get a little bit of attention at a later date but at the moment it will stay the sandy colour.

- Keep blogging.
I had hoped to blog more than what I managed to do during 2019. But I haven't felt that I have that much to blog about as I haven't worked that much with the models. And at the end of the year when we bought the house, there were just no time. I have, however, discovered Instagram and been quite good at updating there as it is much simpler to post a single picture and a small update than to post an entire blog post. If you would like to follow me on Instagram you can find me at @Timestablesandstudio. I will try to be better at blogging but I will post small updates more often on IG.


At last I would like to wish you all, a belated, Happy New Year!

New mini and news

I wouldn't really consider myself a micro person. At least not until Maggie Bennett started releasing her amazing micros! I don't own a whole lot of them but there are some on my wish list and I kind of hope that I might be able to join her Monthly Micro club in a few months. Anyway. In January this year Maggie released a model I really, really needed!

A micro mini Fjord named "Viking". 

I happened to stumble upon one in a model horse auction group on Facebook and put in a bid. I won and he arrived a couple of days ago.

I have painted very few micros and I have never painted or prepped a pewter model. I have heard that they shouldn't be any harder to prep than a regular resin but we will see when I get that far. I am very happy with my cute little addition.

In other news, TiMe Stables and Studio can now be found on Instagram @timestablesandstudio! I will still post on the blog as this is my main hobby page but sometimes I only have a picture or very small progress to show and I think Instagram will be a good place to do so.

Grail and update

It has been a while since my last post and unfortunately there might not be too many more posts for the rest of the year. The last month or so has been busy, my boyfriend has had to work overtime everyday of the week since coming back to work after summer vacation, which means that I have had to do most of the chores around the apartment. I have also had a busy time at work and on top of it all, we are buying a house!

So I have barely done anything model related for the last month. And as we will be moving in the beginning of December we will be quite busy packing stuff up, sorting stuff that we won't bring with us and buying new furniture. That means that I might not be able to do much model related stuff over the next few months (but I hope to make up for it after the move as we will have a designated craft room and a designated room for horse shelves and collector's stuff! I have never, ever, had that before! So excited!) I do however hope to have time for a couple of posts before the move as I entered ICCE this year! But more on that and onto the real reason for this post!

I kind of shouldn't by unpainted resins at the moment. My shelves are kind of full of unpainted beauties begging for paint. I really don't need to add to that.

But sometimes you get a chance to buy something you have wanted for a long, long time and never thought that you would actually own. I recently found that. Back in August a picture was published on the Brigitte Eberl Appreciation Force facebook page. It was a picture of a whole lot of resins standing on a floor. It was announced that there were Hermiones in the picture and that she was available again.

For those of you who might not be that familiar with Brigitte's sculptures, Hermione is an older sculpt by Eberl, of a Fjord mare. I am quite sure that there were very few of her in existence and I have only seen a handful during my 16 years in the hobby. Therefore I was quite sure that my shelves would never be graced by this beautiful sculpture, who I think is one of the best Fjord sculpts out there. 

I emailed Brigitte the same moment I saw what sculpt it was and I read it was available. And a few days ago she arrived. She is not as rough as I thought she would be and I am so, SO happy to be able to add her to my collection, even though I really don't need anymore unpainted resins.

I need NaMoPaiMo to kick me in the butt and get at least one of these beauties painted, but who to chose?!

Liveshow report Part 4: Favourites

I really like to gather a bit of eye-candy from the show into a post of their own so enjoy some of my favourites of the show!

I absolutely LOVED this adorable foal!

And this beautifully detailed little mare could come live with me any time!

Love the facial details of this pony.

And the exquisite hairing on this model!

And a beautiful Eberl Kronos!

A better picture of the Icelandic in the Original Sculpt show

Entrant in the Original Sculpt show

My original sculpt.

Entrant in the Original sculpt show.

Entrant in the Original Sculpt show.

Mummifying

Ready-Set-Paint entrant

Ready-Set-Paint Entrant

Ready-Set-Paint Entrant

Ready-Set-Paint Entrant

Liveshow Report Part 3: Other shows

This show offers a bunch of other shows aside from the open and workmanship shows and I entered most of them.

Fantasy is one of the divisions that I have rarely entered but my Fantasy collection is growing so I think I might have to realize that that battle is lost. The Fantasy show was divided into two championships, decorator and fantasy. I showed 3 models in the Fantasy championship and I am very happy with how well they did. Faust (Breyer Sm. Reiner rr T. Melin), my newly finished hellhorse got second in his class. My two unicorns, Lapis Lazuli (Breyer Sm. Unicorn Blindbag Chase Alborozo OF) and Kanyou (CollectA Friesian cm A-K Uhlén) got first and sixth in their class.

My models didn't manage to make it to any of the big titles, which is absolutely fine by me, but I was happy to see my boyfriends models do good, taking both champion and champion reserve in the fantasy division.

Champion Fantasy: Thor, RC Mini Seunta rep. C. Bäckfalk
Champion Fantasy Reserve: Surtur, Original Sculpture C. Bäckfalk

The Decorators were a really cool and diverse bunch but in the end a really awesome glittery guy went on to be champion decorator with a really cool sugar skull horse as reserve.

Champion Decorator: Glitterati, Breyer SMG2 Arabian rr. T. Wolmer
Champion Decorator Reserve: Dia De Muertos, PS chips Friesian rep. K. Persson

When it came down to the Best in Show voting my boyfriends Pegasus had made it ti the Best in Show title with the glittery horse as reserve.

Best in Show Fantasy: Thor, RC Mini Seunta rep. C. Bäckfalk/
Best in Show Fantasy Reserve: Glitterati, Breyer SMG2 Arabian rr. T. Wolmer

One of the special shows is the Animal Artistry show. I only have 3 Animal Artistry models at the moment, but I hope to add more in the future. My Welsh, Jax (AA Welsh Sec C rep. T. Melin) did okay taking third in his class, as did Athame (AA Sabiha ret. SN) in her class. Empire (AA Waterfestival SR Davy Jones OF) got 4th in his class but the adorable kitty who accompanies him (and who I have named Tia) got first in the class for cats.

In the end a beautiful rearing drafter was crowned Best in Show with a beautiful draft mare as reserve.

Best in Show Animal Artistry: Toro, AA Rearing Drafter rep. V Crawley
Best in Show Animal Artistry Reserve: Saphire, AAE SR Rana OF

Another of the special shows is Bantam/Micro Minis. I am always amazed at how much detail the artist manage to get on these tiny, tiny models. I showed 4 models in this show. Cheyenne (RC MM Sierra rep. L. Morris), Cochise (RC MM Flicker rep. L. Morris) and Abercrombie (RC MM Maxi Cob rep. T. Melin) showed in the same class and got first, third and fifth place. AR Brigadör (PC MM Brigadier rep. A. Gustafsson) got sixth place in the pewter class. The Best in Show title went to one of my favourite minis, a beautifully detailed appaloosa and with my own Cheyenne as Best in Show Reserve.

Best in Show Bantam/Micro Mini: Rokus,PC J. Vingerling version 1 Friesian rep. C Riley
Best in Show Bantam/Micro Mini Reserve: Cheyenne, RC Sierra rep. L. Morris

As I am a big fan of the models sculpted by Brigitte Eberl, I am also a fan of the next show, which is a special show for Eberl models. I have gathered a few of her models (both resin and plastic) and I showed Chester VS (RC Caitano rep. S. Nordström), Charisma (Breyer Tr. GG Valentine OF), Belize (RC Genoveva rep. S. Nordström) and Lancelot (Breyer Tr. Verdades OF) in the same class and they got 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th in the class.

My other two entries in this show, El Salvaje (RC Verroccio rep. L. Lawrynovicz) and Nimbus (RC Oscar rr. E. Zarzecka) showed in the same class and got first and second.

The callback table was droolworthy (especially if you like Eberls) but in the end the Best in Show title went to my own El Salvaje with a beautiful, fleabitten grey Arabian as Reserve.

Best in Show Eberl: El Salvaje, RC Verrochio rep. L. Lawrynovicz
Best in Show Eberl Reserve: Andalib, Breyer Weather Girl rep. P. Lawson

Next up was the Original Finish show, which was divided into Plastic and Bendable. I focused on the Plastic division and showed 6 models in it. Malachai (Breyer PC Cadell OF) and Vivaldi (Breyer Tr. Web SR Acadia OF) showed in the same class and got first and third. Lancelot (Breyer Tr. Verdades OF), Bocelli (Breyer Tr. Tregoyd Journeyman OF) and Casanova (Breyer Tr. Catch Me OF) all showed in the same class and they got second, fourth and seventh. My only mare, Lúthien (Breyer Tr. PC Rhian OF) got first in her class.

A beautiful P.R.E. got Best in Show OF Plastic with my own little Malachai as reserve.

Best in Show OF Plastic: Inigo Montoya, Breyer Dominante XXIX OF
Best in Show OF Plastic Reserve: Malachai, Breyer Premier Club Cadell OF

As I wrote above, I focused my entries in the Plastic OF show so I had no models to show in the OF Bendable show. The Best in Show in this division went to an Irish Cob with an Arabian as reserve.

Best in Show OF Bendable: Tripoli, CollectA Tinker OF
Best in Show OF Bendable Reserve: Kamala Khan, CollectA Arabian Mare OF

A show that was new for this year was the Original Sculpt show. I entered Aslan (who I finished painting the night before the show) but didn't think he'll do any good as he was so rushed. And as I expected, Aslan did not place. The Best in Show title went to an incredible Icelandic horse sculpt with a cute pony cross mare as reserve. My boyfriend's Pegasus sculpture went on to be Best in Show Novice.

Best in Show OSC: Bleikur, Original Sculpt by L. Magga
Best in Show OSC Reserve: Tilly, Original Sculpt by K. Persson
Best in Show OSC Novice: Surtur, Original Sculpt by C. Bäckfalk

Ready-Set-Paint was a really fun addition and was really a show for models we painted during the evening. I had plans to enter but my models were not cooperating that evening so I scratched that idea and did not enter. However I admire all who managed to paint the models as well as they did during an evening (and a bit into the night for some entries). The Best in Show was a really daring appy. The reserve was a really nice bay and the Best in Show Novice, a detailed dapple black.

Best in Show Ready-Set-Paint: Conall, Sm. G2 WB rep. T. Wolmer
Best in Show Ready-Set-Paint Reserve: Destiny, Sm. Breyer Unicorn rep. K. Persson
Best in Show Ready-Set-Paint Novice: Trubochist, Cl. Terrang rep. A. Freda

Waterpass is a special show for former champions and winners and even though I did have a few that would be eligible to enter, I didn't enter. The Best in Show went to and old favourite, the little silver bay Tornado, with a bigger Ardennais foal as reserve.

Best in Show Vattenpasset: Tactic, RC Tornado rep. J. DeCurir
Best in Show Vattenpasset Reserve: Rekryt, RC Basilikum rep. A. Gustafsson

Breakables was also a special show, open for all porcelain models. I only had two to show and entered both, Empire (AAE Waterfestival SR Davy Jones OF) got fourth in his class and Bellini of Decorima (Lakeshore Houdini OF) got second in his class. The little drafter mare from the Animal Artistry show struck again and claimed the Best in Show title, with a really nice Thoroughbred as reserve.

Best in Show Breakables: Saphire, AAE SR Rana OF
Best in Show Breakables Reserve: Mad Day, AAE SR Davy Jones OF

That was all for the show reports, but next post will show some of my favourites of the show.