Happy New Year! Here's hoping for health and prosperity for all of my readers in 2015! I rang in the New Year relatively quietly with some cleaning and organizing in preparation for serious downsizing of my collection in the coming months. The number of horses, especially in the body box (now a body shelf), has gotten completely out of hand. I've been meaning to do this for quite a while, but finding the time has always been a challenge.
Happily, I closed out 2014 with a flurry of activity in my studio. I finished up and mailed out a number of commissions (pix of those soon!), and in between, I worked on a small herd of stocking stuffer models to sell. I had a great time painting these guys, and now that they all have gone off to new homes, I have room for more. Although that would defeat the point of emptying the body shelf. But they're all roughly Pebbles scale or a bit smaller, so they won't take up much space. Right?
Seriously though, working in this scale was hugely fun for me. The models are just big enough to not strain my eyes, but small enough to be able to paint easily while working on batches of larger scale models. All of them were sculpted by artists familiar to hobbyists, too, so they have a great deal of detail packed into a tiny package while also having excellent ABCs.
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| CollectA Hanoverian (sculpted by Deb McDermott) in flaxen chestnut |
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| Safari Percheron (sculpted by Jane Lunger of G3 and G4 SM fame) in bay roan |
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| CollectA Fjord (sculpted by Deb McDermott) in bay dun skjevet (tobiano) |
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| CollectA Fjord in grullo |
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| G1 SM ASB (Maureen Love mold) in flaxen chestnut |
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| Safari Icelandic (sculpted by Jane Lunger) in bay minimal tobiano |
I can't wait to paint more of these guys! Stay tuned!
