Reunited!

Wagner is back together again! I don't have more recent pictures, but he also has button braids, neck wrinkles and his hocks and knees are starting to come together. This is the recent version of him I have been working on. So far he is more refined that the first one and his braids are a better size (ie. smaller!). The first version proved useful though, he generously donated his legs to the V2!

I love these things! The BF bought a bucket of over grip for his rackets and this is how they came; wrapped up like little polo bandages! Unfortunately the are just a tad too big to be model horse props, but maybe I will try wrapping Wagner's legs with them :D So far BF hasn't noticed that I stole these from him!

I fall to Pieces

Working with horses is like a puzzle; fit the pieces of training, equipment, diet, etc together to get the big picture. I took it kinda literally with Wagner. Duof. He will look all the better for it when put back together!

Heads

I cast a few spare heads to play with. Thought I would give Wagner more of an expressive face. It sure looked liked I had given him a Wallace and Grommet face. That luckily didn't last long. Below are three versions and the current state of version number 2. 

Updates

The pony and the warmblood keep plodding along; just more refining and detailing the master resins.
I thought I would share the current condition of the original clay sculptures. So sad, all that work put into the clay to have it destroyed in the mold making. Oh well. I can make as many resin copies from the waste molds as I want so not a bad trade off I guess.

I haven't done any customizing for a very long time, but awhile ago I got a Breyer Silver (a grail for me!) to customize to a tobiano. I just finished him this morning. I used acrylics and pastels. I remembered why I don't use acrylics; the quick working time pisses me off too much :S Oh well he turned out alright in the end, better than previous attempts using acrylics. Next one I do will be in oils. He looks ok in the photos, but he is very streaky :S