Feeding the Addiction, again

Its no secret I have a slight tack addiction problem.....and another goal this year is to expand my tack collection. Scary as that may be...First off is I did need one horse for myself to wear some of this new tack. This is Khemonahari, the counterpart to Naharasabi. He will be a sooty buckskin Morab and will be wearing some of my new pretties......
I am happy to say that despite being busy with the Scholastic Bowl season, I am working away on getting these trade pieces done to start off the year!


This little drafter was traded for a super cool trad sized plow. I don't know who made it, but the detail is incredible.

This pebbles mule got a bit of a neck lift and some smoothing, and she is feeding my new mini tack addiction, hope you like her Rachel!

This big walking mule was a tricky one. Somebody had a Duncan buckboard I really wanted, and she wanted a walking mule, but I didn't want to copy the custom one I have done before....so this guy is the RESIN version! That way they would never compete with each other, and they will be in totally different areas of the country. The PS TWH resin has some differences to the plastic, and this guy is a more pleasure type. lower action than the custom plastic version. The buckboard is stunning by the way!

You know, Schmitterling, the warmblood mare, isn't sold, any body got some stuff to trade????

This guy is going to Jen for,,,,,uh,,,,,hmmmm, oh who am I kidding I have totally lost track at this point!

This eberl was a nightmare to prep and sports a new tail. He an another paint job are going to get a Paso set that I have always wanted....if only I had a Paso horse...oh well, so I put the tack before the horse, tack happens!

And finally a baby update. This is the colt, at 3 months he is 12.2 hands, only about 2 hands smaller than mom! He is a total sweetheart and looks like a polar bear doesn't he?

Working Like Mad!

Sorry I haven't posted, but I have been working like crazy for a very good reason! With a lot of extra work, I am finally going to get my 100+ year old house redone, that means a master bedroom and bath away from the children, and a real studio!!!!! No more working in the dungeon of my basement sculpting and painting in my dining room!!! So for the next few months I will be doing my best to get cool sales stuff done to help pay for the remodel. Now this first one is the only one for me, this is Lady Liberty's husband, Freedom Generator! He won't get his block straps and hind shoes till the very end, but here he finally is!


This is what happens when you don't have a real studio, you need to hang the work out to dry....

But here is a Dutch Harness horse, complete with correct little plaits that stand away from the neck, top of tail is pulled and bottom is banged...but since his base isn't done he is being held up my diet coke cans for now....dappled bay with socks I think....

This little mare is going to get shown in every performance event I can at Cookeville Classic in TN in a couple of weeks. This mold with a new headset should be fantastic in everything! I am thinking a cute morgan/paint cross in buckskin tobiano

And I rarely do all halter horses, but how bout this snarky Esprit???? Not only did I lift and turn the head, but I totally redid that scary shoulder and cleaned up the raised front leg. Apricot dun going grey anyone?

Best of all, in this studio I will have a real place to take pictures! Can you imagine, no more dark basement overflashed pictures!!! We are looking to start at the end of this month, and I will post all kinds of pictures for all to see the transformation, WHOO HOOO

Other than the Big Lick Walker, these horses will all be sales pieces, email for info and more pictures will be coming this week.

Showstring 2010

My model year goes from Breyerfest to Breyerfest, and I often sell much of my showstring at the end of the show year. But this one is just for me. Three years ago my oldest daughter wanted this poster book. While much of it was kinda corny, this one picture jumped out at me. I thought this was make a really neat model horse. When the Breyer Wintersong model came out, I knew I had my victim! It just took me a while to get to her


Many people ask how I do drastic repositions, the key is to know when to cut. If leg has to be moved drastically from the stifle/hip area, its usually easier to cut it off completely and replace with wire. If you don't, you end up with really bulky joints and my pet peeve, rubber band legs (legs without joints)

So here is the body minus the head, and you can see the one hind leg was okay to move, but the other had to be cut off. I use soft aluminum wire for this.

Here is a butt shot of the finished Cornelia Marie. Named in honor of the late Captain Phil from Deadliest Catch (a favorite show)

I added some cute flowers and butterflies to the base, I wanted her to look like a mare just out having fun in the pasture

Her face, I only did minor remaking of the nostrils and eye sockets to make her look feminine. She won her class at the Breyer show...still want to do some more details in her feathers but look forward to showing her for a long time!

I have very few pieces left that I am doing "on orders" and can't wait to have the time to do more pieces that I come up with. Some will be for sale, but some like her will stay at the Purdy Farm.

More NAN pics tomorrow!