Introducing...

Introducing to you : ES... Well, she's not named yet. She was made for a friend and will head home in a few days.

Anyway, I moved her legs and resculpted her neck, mane and tail then painted her in a flaxen dark chestnut with sabino markings. 

sorry for this one. uh

Summer

Okay, okay. Nothing since a long time. But it's summer and summer means hanging out with ponies and friend.
I started to ride Jet again, we're trying some new stuff. And I'm pretty busy taking em to the river, because they absolutely love it.

Me and Gullie.

Buuuut yeah. I'm customizing. Sometimes but still, I'm doing it. Here's one of my current WIPs, a Newsworthy freshly started.

And there is a halter I made a few days ago. It fits bigger horses, like Palouse.

Amazing Gulliverte

It's been a while I haven't posted here... I've been busy with horses, ponies, family and stuff and well, the heatwave was tiring. Instead of working on figurines I went swimming at the river, riding at the river and even swimming with... Gulliverte. Which I have in double now. I received this cutie painted by x-Amazing Schleich and she is... GORGEOUS. Seems like I have my pony in my bedroom now. Couldn't resist to picture her this afternoon...

Holidays reporter!

Well. Okay. Holidays and I'm not very active right now.

First because there's a heatwave in France. And it's so hot I can't think properly from 10 am to 5 pm. Pretty hard to work. So I sleep instead. 

Anyway. The weather tends to be a bit colder these days. I went to an attelage show today, I'm starting to do sport... but tomorrow I promise, I'm going back to Model Horse. Yay.

Canicule

Oi ! Already more than a week that I haven't posted. Well, I finished school, an exam (I'm now waiting for the results), and now I'm in holidays!! 

I started it by a car racing last Sunday. It was so cool !! In my favorite things was this car, a Ford Mustang.

Also we broke the law and walked on the speedway to see the cars before the race started. This beautiful Audi R8 was great.

Anyway. These days I took a few pictures, and made a few things for my stable.

ES Arcadian Zippo is... beautiful. Seriously I love him.

ES Vera Lynn - saddle pad by x-Amazing Schleich

ES Ballad of Grimaldi and a few things I made for her. Each door has its now.

ES Arcadian Zippo

TA-DAAA ! I finally finished this boy ! And I'm like... VERY happy of how he turned.

He's named Arcadian Zippo, he's flaxen chestnut overo sabino, with a blue eye and a brown one and presented as a Paint-Horse Stallion.

(I think he's now one of my favorites horses in my collection...)

Isn't he gorgeous ? Feelin so proud of myself. Even if he's far from perfect.

How to not going nuts with the hair-by-hair

Hair-by-hair detailing can freak out more than one hobbyist. I was freaking out. But then I decided to paint an overo sabino. 

Anyway. You'll need a few things to paint this coat on your model horse.

First, a horse in base coat. Second, paintbrush and white paint. I use a white pastel pencil, too. And of course... REFERENCES ! Look at real horses. You want your custom to look real. I picked up two pictures on the internet to inspire me while painting.

First step : marking. Mark the base.

Then, paint it in white.

And the funnier part... hairing ! Paint slowly, take breaks, and be patient.

In one hour, I almost completed one side. Isn't it funny ? Plus, the result is great.

It's my first hair-by-hair custom, but I think it turned out quite well.

(I'm supposed to study right now but... nope eheh. Still four days and a half of school and then Model Horse, reals horses, and Concerts !)