My first Breyer and other newcomers

Congratulations

widukind wrote:

Congratulations

Thank you

Hello,
around half of March, I've passed the philosophy exam, so I reward myself with new SM:
Best of British set, thanks to it I have G1 SM mold, Pony Gals Hanoverian, another LE for WEG '14 and mini Valegro. He is tiny compared to the other warmbloods. I'm so excited, I will add some unpacked photos later.
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I don't collect horse figurines anymore, but that Best of British boxset is really tempting.. Congratulations with your additions! And of course congratulations as well for passing your exam

Tarunyada wrote:

I don't collect horse figurines anymore, but that Best of British boxset is really tempting.. Congratulations with your additions! And of course congratulations as well for passing your exam

Thank you very much, Julie. The British set is definitely tempting, I'm happy I have it. And I'm also happy I've passed the exam ;-)

They are lovely, congratulations!

Congrats on passing the exam as well

Passing an exam is a really good thing to buy yourself a present
And what a present!

I lie the one in the green packing
Congrats

Thank you very much, LeeAnn, Karin and Andreas. :-)

thanks to your photo's, i now see how beautiful stablemates actually are!
makes me consider getting some stablemates for myself...

AkaiHawke wrote:

thanks to your photo's, i now see how beautiful stablemates actually are!
makes me consider getting some stablemates for myself...

They are really beautiful. Good luck with getting some, I'm sure you won't regret

I'm too busy and lazy to get photos of the unpacked SM, so here are at least my April additions:
My first CM, I bought it on model horse show, it's repainted by the organizator of the show. She is one of the best Czech CM makers. I chose this micro mini cause I love the mold, it has nice head-shape and dynamic pose. I also like palominos. (I know they aren't supposed to have blue eyes, but the girl is famous with the blue-eyed CM and the tiny pupil is adorable):
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And I found one Czech eshop, with Cozmic One on Gilen mold... I was thinking of him about a month..cause "I don't have enough space for big horses" and I'm not a fan of race horses. But it's one of the Breyer's best foals and I want to have my first Traditional horse by Eberl. So I bought him. And he was the last in the eshop, so it was such a luck. He is stunning dark bay (in real like a chocolate, he is a bit purple on my photo) and stands perfectly despite only three tips of his hooves are touching the ground. I really love him.
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WOW ! That Cozmic One is wonderful !  Eberl is a unique artist

I love that palomino foal also !

SUSANNE wrote:

WOW ! That Cozmic One is wonderful !  Eberl is a unique artist

I love that palomino foal also !

Thank you Susanne, yes, he is wonderful :-) And Brigitte Eberl is definitely amazing artist, I love her sculpts.

Hurray, I got new camera, so I finally forced myself to take photos of unpacked SM. I hope I will be able to take qualite photos now
Here we go.

First, my most wanted SM from the haul: "Mini Blueberry" - Valegro. New mold by Jeniffer Scott, there were walkaround by LeeAnn, so let me just share impressions from personal meeting. I really like they released him on new mold, which is detailed and nicely sculpted, but as everything has pros and cons.
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I like how his head, neck and hidquarters are sculpted, the movement of piaffe is very well done, also the tail is elegant. They didn't forget to add his belly spot. He is smaller with thiner legs compared to other warmblood SM. But his legs is what I dislike on him. They seem way too small, mostly the hoofs, they just aren't developed. Also the right fore leg (the flexed one) looks short from the left side of view. Here is comparison with my other dressage SM. He is more detailed than the Hanoverian by Jane Lunger, but not as beautiful as Andalusian by Brigitte Eberl:
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Second is the Holsteiner mare on Driving mold by Jane Lunger, it's my second LE for WEG 2014.
Big framed mare (actually bigger than Clydesdale) with strong legs. She's a bit schematic, but I really like her colours, the markings on legs are done more properly than on
most of SM. And she has golden undertones, so she is shiny. I called her Radiance. Compared to the first LE black Hanoverian mare.
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Last warmblood, pony gals Hanoverian on G2 SM mold by Kathleen Moody. Well, I'm not a fan of Moody's schematic molds, I just bought him because he is Hanoverian and because I haven't grey SM before. This colour fits to the mold in my opinion. Compared with other Hanoverians.
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And now, the tempting British set.
First is Suffolk Punch mare on G1 mold by Maureen Love. I'm really happy I have at least one G1 mold. It was sclupted in 1976, so the mold is even older than me! It is of course very schematic, or even plain, but definitely with vintage charm. I called her Apricot, cause she is so rounded and orange
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Second draught horse is the Clydesdale by Kathleen Moody. Another schematic mold, I like him least from the set. He should be bigger, and his head could be more convex and massive. But this dark bay colour really fits to the mold.
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The Shetland pony is also made by Kathleen Moody, her style is recognizable, but this little guy trotting with proudly raised head is really cute, especially in this skewbald/bay tobiano colour:
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Last, but not least is the Highland pony by Jane Lunger, dapple rose grey variant in set. I really like this mold, she is tiny but still nicely sculpted. I already had a dun one on this mold, but I sold it. Now, I don't understand why. This dapple one is also nice, she looks very gentle, but she has overfilled eyes.
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And just two better photos of Coz, one with halter I made for him:
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Congrats

Congrats!

So many beautiful horses and gorgeous photos!

Thank you very much, Andreas, Laura and LeeAnn, I'm happy you like my photos

Hi,
June was pretty hectic (because of school) and not very positive, but I successfully finished first year of my studies. So I gave a big reward to myself. Really big, as it's a Foalzilla! And SM painting kit.
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She is my first glossy, and I really love the sculpt by Kity Cantrell. And also first overo in my collection.
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And she is really huge, she can wear halters made for adult traditionals. I will make a walkaround and size comparison of these unique big little girl
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Your photos are really fantastic! And the "Foalzilla" is too cute. Is she really so big? A comparison photo would be great if you find the time

sortepletter wrote:

Your photos are really fantastic!   And the "Foalzilla" is too cute. Is she really so big? A comparison photo would be great if you find the time

Thank you There will be walkaround and size comparison tomorrow, I had to adjust photos.

Great photos of your collection!!

Shanti wrote:

Great photos of your collection!!

Oh, thank you very much Shanti.

Hi,
after I've gone crazy and bought a Foalzilla, I'm back with my favourite scale - Stablemates (and few Mini Whinnies).
Around the half of August, I visited Prague, our capital, where new huge toy store called Hamleys was open. It is REALLY huge, two floors with atractions such as a carousel and a tobogan. I went there cause I've heard they're selling Breyers. They had them, but I was quite dissapointed as they were expensive. They mostly had Classics, and Traditional Best of British series (as it is a British store). I thought they could have Blueberry, he is kinda "best of British" isn't he? I would really like to handpick him. But no Valegro or any other Eberl's mold.
I hope at least for some SM sets with mystery foals, mostly for those with Dungaree or Indigo. Unfortunately they had only some of 2015 singles. So I bought dun Highland pony, which I allready had, and selled (much cheaper than I bought at Hamleys'). But it was a year ago, before I've decided to start a SM collection. At least I could handpick one with nice painting. And I got also two blindbags with Mini Whinnies:
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In the first bag, there was a chestnut blanket Appaloosa on cantering Morgan mare:
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I like the mold as well as the colour, though she has some tiny flaws. She will stay OF.

In the other one, there was a palomino QH:
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Mold is nice, but his painting is awful, one eye overfilled, the other one is much smaller with a rub, so he will be repainted to a buttermilk buckskin overo.
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And now the dun pony:
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She is just gorgeous! Mold is beautiful (but it could be heavier for a Highland pony) and I absolutely love the typical dun colour.
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I hope she will be succesful in show ring. Here she is compared to my other Highland pony. I love them both, the grey one looks gentle, but the new one has better eyes and paintjob in general.
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And at the end of August, together with Bullyland El Santo, Safari Arabian mare and some CollectAs I got this gentle giants set from MPV:
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I purchased it mostly because of Friesian and the drafter in upper line:
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I'm happy I finally have the Friesian mold by Jane Lunger. He has the typical long head of Friesians and is sculpted in a characteristic long trot. Thanks to the tail which is touching a ground, he has even two legs in the air. He is the fifth Friesian in my collection, but the first of a heavy type.

Second horse I really love is this sorrel Belgian on a drafter (aka vaulting) mold:
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He has a beautiful massive head, typical for a drafter, with lot of details. On IDYB there is a question mark with Kathleen Moody as a sculptor. If he is really sculpted by Moody, he is her best SM mold I guess.

The only lady in a set: a dark dapple grey Percheron on a Belgian mold:
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At first, I didn't like the painting, but I got used to it very quickly, it reminds me of a marble, and it gives her an old-fashioned look. I allready have a pinto on this mold:
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Aren't they divas? But as the pinto one has scratches and broken ear, only the Percheron can be my show-girl in a drafter class.

Last horse is Moody's clydesdale in red roan. I'm not a fan of this mold and colour, the dark bay variant fits to the mold better in my opinion. But they look nice playing together:
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And finally, my very first Peter Stone horse, Chip (similar to SM) Jade Morgan from gem stone series:
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I like the sculpt, he has really nice head with realistic expression, and thin legs (which could be thicker actually). He was sculpted by Kitty Cantrell, who sculpted most of Stones, and also some Breyers - for example my Foalzilla. As for the colour...well it's interesting in a way, and the idea of gem stones is nice, as these horses are kinda jewels. But I'm not a fan of decorators. I bought him because he was the only one for reasonable price, and he will be repainted to a bay.

Thanks for your attention, I hope you're not exhausted by this long post