Show us Your Icelandic Horses!!

Fantastic collection, Simone

That little NN icey is ever so cute , - I have never seen NN iceys before

I"m really curious that if socks are genetically impossible, how these 2 horses have them?

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Now here are a few of my icelandic horse collection

First my hard to photo somewhat crappy tattoo
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HOLY HAMSTER ! You even have a tattoo of one    

Such beautyful models, - please can you tell us somethiong about them


[quote="AlphaMareArt"]I"m really curious that if socks are genetically impossible, how these 2 horses have them?

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The black one might  be a minimal tobiano, but more likely a cross, whith those long legs, small head and short back .

The chestnut could be a heterozygote Splashed White.
Or just one of nature's way to trick us. We have even seen chestnut/black tobianos, ei chestnut tobianos where the marks are black !!!!
I have never heard of an icey which has socks that are inherited as such.

Well the black is listed as a purebred on this site [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Another example can be found here
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And here
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So I would call it extremely rare but not impossible

Love your Bjalla!

Yeah, she's the one that got me hooked on the horsing around custom glazed chinas

My first large Breyer Icelandic horse :  1754 Svalin frá Tjörn  

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Strange hole he has in the corner of his mouth in the left side only  
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Has Breyer made tack for him ?

The name Svalinn ( should really be spelled with 2 "n's" ) was a shield in front of the sun in old Norse mythology

Tjörn is the name of the place he was borne ( frá just means "from" )

That's a very recognizable Fjordey Icey , no doubts that these horses have their own distinct conformation, contrarily to several continental European breedsthat look all the same. Curiously, checking the Wikipedia article in many other languages, we find Svalin with a single N although it is evident that the correct way is with a double nn as you mentioned. Always learning with you, the Danish lady with a double NN.

Congratulations Susanne! How wonderful Icelandic horse He has lovely colour and a nice name sunny too
About the little hole in the mouth corner of this model, I think the plastic that Breyer uses must have contact with air, from both sides. I'm not sure if I'm right but I think it's to prevent the plastic from getting the "vinegar syndrome". ( [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] )

Thankyou, dear Roger and Anna

Anna, that article is very intresting, - so cold and dry storage should prolong the life time of Breyer horses.
Only...how many people have such a place ?

I will make pictures of my icey's soon

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I will make pictures of my icey's soon

Oh, he is lovely Susanne, congrats! I really like the color and shading on this one. I saw an Elska in person but the white was not overly impressive to me, at least not on this mold. This soft shaded bay seems to suit him very well.

Thankyou, dear Jessica !!! I just can believe my luck ! At long last I have a large Breyer Icey

And buckskin is one of my favorite colours

Some shown before, but I felt like showing my little, but growing  flock  

12 Icelandic horses from Schleich

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The exclusive set, where the foal is standard :
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The latest ones - the foal is from a Schleich magazine "Pferdehof":
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For the sake of good order : The wel-known, new ones :
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An "Exclusive" foal, and the ones that are last  retired
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Later this year, the re will be a new set with other colours of the mare and foal from the picture right above

I my god; i forgot!
i will put this on the ''make photos of things'' list!
When i'm moved

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I my god; i forgot!
i will put this on the ''make photos of things'' list!
When i'm moved

Here is the new family from Schleich 2017 :

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There is a little more about the mare and foal [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

The new, grey stablemate Icey from Breyer :

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Together with the previous one :
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This year they surely has not wasted too much pait on this model

A stablemate ICey? I see! This is surely a curious pair and not so usual in stablemate size. Thanks for sharing one more Icey in your collection.

Thankyou, Roger

There was 1, there was 2, and now there are 3

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The  last one, dark chestnut with dark mane, is sold  in a "mystery box", but fortunately MPV sells the iceys in boxes where there is an Icey ( and a little foal of another breed) in

Beautiful conga, Susanne.

Thankyou, Roger

I'm avoiding most of the horse topics on the 'show us yours' section, because I've got too many to post without it being an overwhelming and annoying flood of models, but Icelandics I've got just about a manageable number of!

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Julip (the mould was sculpted as a new forest, but as Julips are made as one-offs however you like them, we tend to create breeds which don't officially exist in the range by ordering a relevant colour on whatever mould matches closest!)

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CollectA

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Schleich, one of the last models I bought from this brand

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Safari

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Safari, my repaint

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Safari, my repaint

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Bullyland repaint (by someone else, not my work)

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Breyer regular run

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Breyer special run

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Breyer Stablemate (his white patches glow in the dark)

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Breyer Stablemate, regular run single

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Breyer Stablemate, mystery foal set

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Breyer Stablemate, mystery foal set

And the rest are all Breyer Stablemates repainted myself

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palomino

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smoky black tobiano

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bay tobiano

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silver dapple

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roan

I need to do some more of these whenever I can get hold of a few more bodies, they're such a fun mould to paint up!