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Great job, RiverMeadows! He's beautiful.
Keep painting, make more mistakes, and end up with gorgeous models!
I got into this a couple of years ago too and I also learn by making mistakes.

Looks great!

@Haltanny ohh I can't even imagine, this guy was so small. I would love to see some of them!

I feel like most people here would have some Breyers at least, I have like 75 at this point, some inherited from my mom. More now that I paint old ones off ebay.

All of the customizers (on Facebook) swear by Liquitex or Golden. After I did those sea ponies last year, one of the customizers said that even if all I get is a high-quality white, I'll see a marked difference in the ease of application and of the final product. I've been using cheap craft paints from the fabric store, but as I run out of them I'll be replacing them with more expensive paints, as I feel that I am ready to work my way up.
RiverMeadows asked to see some of Haltanny's horses, I'll post a couple of mine.
All hand-brushed acrylic.

Lille Regnbue: this is the first one I ever completed, a Stablemate Draft Mare.


Reed Before the Wind: This was a commission piece, on the Stablemate Standing ASB mold.


Amphitrite and Triton (Sea Ponies): Inspired partly by ChevalStables (aka MamaMiaStables) and partly by last June's Sea Pony create spree. Formerly a mare and foal from the Pony Gals collection, as far as I know. I never did get them positively identified.

The foal's mane is cotton ball, shredded, then saturated with the green paint and left to dry. The mare is strips of plastic garbage bag (yellow, entirely by accident, but I love the color effect I ended up with) cut into strips and then gently stretched. Holding the strip with the length parallel to my spine, I pinched each side of the strip and gently stretched in a direction parallel to the floor.
Since this photo was taken, I've gone back and added a gloss overcoat to the manes and tails, and they look much better (wetter LOL).

I have these guys in progress, I was hoping to have them ready to paint for NaReViMo in August, but now that I'm back to work I'm exhausted, so not sure if I'll meet my goal. They are traditional-scale Clydesdale foals, transitioning into pegasi. On the first, I am just adding wings, but I got really ambitious with the second, and am going for "scratching foal with wing awkwardly outstretched."

I can't seem to find pictures of my stablemate pieces, but i also do schleich tack. My favorite piece being a pack saddle and harness. I hand carved popsicle sticks to the size and shape for the wooden pack saddle parts. I believe i have posted it and a few other things in the FB group before, but i'll see if i can find any pics to share.