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 

Together Again

Horse and Pony

I am currently working on both the warmblood and pony resin masters. For comparison, here is a picture of them side by side.

Although neither horse looks like this anymore; they literally fell to pieces! Well Wagner did. He decided to dive off of a table and broke his front let. It turned out to be a happy accident since I was debating repositioning the front leg anyway and I figured since the front was off, might was well take the plunge and fix the back leg too.

As for Tristan, he lost his head. After putting a mane on him, he still looked to refined rather than thick and pony like. So his head is getting thickened and his neck is coming off and getting shortened. And his pasterns need to be fixed. 

Sneaky Peak

Revisions to the Master Resin are well underway. I would like to paint him up for photos when his sales ad goes up. The resin's name is Wagner, but I think I will name this one The Master. I hope he doesn't hear drums...