December 25, 2022
December 18, 2022
Rebel in the Making - Part 20 (done!)
I am happy to say that Rebel Just for Kicks is done, with all his hairdos! If you want to follow his creation from the beginning, start here. It was a bit of trial and error, as most creations are. Not perfect, but I'm pretty pleased overall.
Which is your favorite look?
Hunter Rebel |
Pleasure Rebel |
Speedy Rebel |
December 11, 2022
Rebel in the Making - Part 19 (all the hairdos!)
I chronicled the making of Rebel Just for Kicks, my 2022 NaMoPaiMo horse, on the blog almost through completion. Technically, I finished him for NaMoPaiMo. His paint job was done. However, part of his creation was to explore making magnetic, interchangeable manes and tails. I just ran out of time to finish making all the manes and tails.
I took him to a show in the spring and showed him in halter with the bottom of a tail that fit over the mud knot. I decided it wasn't tidy enough to show him in halter, so I permanently attached the bottom of his tail and sculpted it into the braided section so there was no seam.
I think that was a good choice, as he earned a NAN Top Ten (thanks to the buy-in!)
Rebel Just for Kicks NAN 2022 CM Paint |
This time I made a cone with the mesh, wrapped it with tape,
November 8, 2022
Sunday Stroll - more than a decade in the making...
Sunday Stroll has lived up to his name, taking his sweet time. The name was supposed to imply, as a Thoroughbred from Sunday Silence lineage, that running is as easy as a Sunday stroll. LOL
Valor Resin (Carol Williams) with Replay Resin Head/Neck (Brigitte Eberl) customized by Danielle Feldman |
I shared an in progress picture of him more than 10 years ago, and I have no idea how long before that I worked to get him to that point. When I signed up for Heather Bullach's painting a dapple grey in oils class fall of 2021, she recommended we use a traditional scale model. I have had this guy's color in mind since the beginning, so I figured it was time. After some minor tweaking to the mane and tail, I got him prepped almost in time to start with a painted base layer.
Streaky is pretty normal for a first layer, but this is way too light |
Layer 2 I got a little bolder. |
I was a little nervous to apply newly learned skills to a model where I have a specific image in mind. Maybe that's why I was the slowest one in the class to make progress.
Painting when I have the energy to focus and enough time to not feel rushed is key for me. I usually regret the results of painting when those don't align for me, so I took the pressure off myself to have set expectations about keeping up with the class.
Layer 2 - Take 2 - Not enough dapple contrast with prior attempt |
Layer 3 - starting to detail the body |
But Heather does an amazing job of taking the mystery out of oils so that I kind of knew where I was headed with each next step (thank you, Heather!).
Then the class ended last fall, and he has been waiting on my shelf for almost a year... I'm guessing that last oil layer is probably dry by now, ha ha. Sunday Stroll continues to live up to his name. Maybe I'll finish painting him in the next decade?
September 17, 2022
Brandenburg
Brandenburg 2022 BreyerFest Best Customs Contest prize model Limited Edition of 6 models in this colorway Any little white flecks are lint from my cotton gloves. |