Abby's Customs! - Small Update 1st October p3

In the past few weeks, I have decided to try and customise some of my schleich horses, here are the results and the process in picture form:

First is the TWH stallion, I did his first coat of white paint a week or so ago
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Then I did a second white coating of paint.

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I thought a dark colour would be best for my first complete custom (though he looked like he belonged on top of a trophy! )
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Then another coat of black
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I then used a mixture of black and brown to create this and the next several layers of paint
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I also gave him a sock
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You can almost see his blaze on his face in this photo
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Then after painting his hooves, he was free to roam around
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And what a handsome boy he is!
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As always, thank you for reading and I hope to be updating this thread soon

After the successful customisation of the TWH, I decided to do it again, this time with one of my favourite models-the Hanoverian stallion. (I already think I'm addicted! )

Here he is after the first layer of paint:
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Then of course his second and third layers:
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Now the more exciting part! The first layer of colour-I believe this was several different shades of brown combined with a little black:
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Another layer..
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A darker mix of the above colours (a little more black added, I believe)
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Now some (hard to see) shading and his mane & tail
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After some gloss, socks and hoof painting, here he is:
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And a close up of his sweet face:
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I would say this was a successful custom, let's hope there's more to come in the future

Very nice work!!

Great customs

Abby I love them! Black for the TWH is a great choice. I really like him, but would like even more without the blaze if you don't mind me saying this. Great!
The hanoverian has such a nice color as well, the brown color is looking very delicious on him

Thnak you for showing!

Beautiful repaints! You chose some amazing colours and the effect is very lovely.

What kind of lens or camera do you use? I see the pictures seems to be distorted but I don't know if it is untypical lens or maybe you resized them in graphic program and something unexpected happens to them?

Anyway, great work on the repaints!!

Thank you everyone for your advice and compliments
And Anna, I don't edit my photos, I think it's just me trying to workout what size is best when posting them on the forum (I'm assuming this is causing the distortion you're seeing).

Hopefully I will figure out the correct size soon and it will prevent the distortion issues in the future

If it helps, I use GIMP for photo editing/resizing. You can enter the size for one side (typically we go with 500px on the longest side around here), hit enter, and the other side will automatically resize proportionally with the first side. No fiddling around with numbers. And then of course there is the added benefit of editing.

Thank you for the advice LeeAnn! When I was experimenting earlier, I accidentally turned my TWH into a sausage!

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That reminds me of the Breyer mold Khemosabi, better known as "Khemosausage"

You can see why...
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Animal_Figures_4U wrote:

better known as "Khemosausage"

I've resized the pictures in my first post to 500px x 375px so hopefully it's better for everyone to see now

Yes, it seems better!
Beautiful horses! !

Wonderful horses
I hope to see more

My latest custom is the schleich Palomino Stallion (13618)

Like usual, I started with two white base coats of paint.
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Then I added a layer of burnt sienna (he looks like he's smothered in ketchup    )
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Then after another layer of burnt sienna, I used several different shades of brown mixed with a little black
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This is him with his base colour finished
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Then I painted some detailing on his legs, muzzle and mane and tail (though it's hard too see in this picture).
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Here he is outside and almost finished (he still needs his hooves and glossing to be completed)
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And here is his other side
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Overall, I think I am improving and have impressed myself with his shading (the pictures don't necessarily do him justice )

Some bonus pictures I found of one of my dogs on my camera from last week
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As always, thank you for reading and have a wonderful day

Very nice horses

Thank you

Aw cute doggie! XD
The new bay looks very nice. I think the palomino is such a nice model and you just gave him a new life
My favorite of all your horses is the hanoverian! I love him x3

Nice customs! I like the "in-progress-pictures"!

It's great to see you're having fun with this! Nice work!

Veru nice work!
They are so nicely shaded
Where do you juse the glossy you refure to?
They don't look so glossy :) i like that !\

Greetz

I usually use the gloss on the eyes, nose and sometimes the hooves to make the model slightly more realistic

Gorgeous customs. You have a great job with all of them!

great paint work