My first Breyer and other newcomers

LeeAnn wrote:

That's okay! It's hard to tell if you're not really familiar with it - if it's basecoated white the model will have a chalky appearance, very stark, bright white. Bare plastic will look like any of the markings on other models, duller, shinier, and will yellow with time - now it's very bright white but I'm sure you've seen on your older models they're not super bright white anymore

I'm stopping by my dealer today so I'll have to check her out in person!

Thank you for informatiins. Well, she has a bit chalky appearance, so I hope she is basecoated white. I don't want her to become yellow
I've just check her again and it seems to me like the under side of the tail is more similar to the white markings on the others, more shinier and creamish.
I'm curious what will you find out.
Is there any way to prevent turning yellow?

Hi there, finally managed myself to take and upload photos of unpacked Fantasia and foal.
I took them out ox the box the day they came, and few days later I took them outside for photo session. It was quite a challange to take photos a very light grey horse on a snowy background:
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But I must say I'm happy with the photo, I called it "White Purity Eleganza".
My fingers were freezing and when I tried to take photos of both, the camera suddenly didn't work.
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So I have only one picture of them togehter and not very well focused.

Inside, we didn't have good condition to photograph big horses (small space, lack of daylight). I only took the picture of the foal with a book which inspired me to give him a name - El Principito, Spanish title of The Little Prince.
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Cause he is such a little royal boy. The book is for my sister, she kinda collects them and has several in various languages. So we both, me and my sister, have our own El Principitos

Luckily we moved to a new appartament, with more space and better light condition. My horses have enough space to be taken for a walk(around) Here they are, in the joy of movement:
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My three Andalusians by Eberl (now I have 10 horses by her):
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And my second mare and foal set, both from January, ponies from 2016:
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I'm going to post a walkaround of them.

Hello,
here is a very special addition from the end of February. (Not exactly, as it came unpainted with Creamsicle in November) My first repaint:
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I've painted him thanks to National Model Paint Month challenge, it was amazing experience, I will post separate topic about it. I was able to paint tiny spots on him and even horizontal pupil. Not really sure if it is visible, but I swear in the middle of the dark brown iris there is a tiny horizontal pupil
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Last week I got beautfiul handmade dressage set for my Toto, and yesterday a package with 3 Stablemates and Bouncer arrived! Photos coming soon

That was you!! This is great, I'm finding so many STS members in this group who I didn't know it was them

I was absolutely blown away by your sketch, absolutely stunning!! And your pony is absolutely gorgeous as well, he is one of my favorites in the group (And that's saying a lot honestly, I don't give huge compliments often ) Really really nice work!

LeeAnn wrote:

That was you!! This is great, I'm finding so many STS members in this group who I didn't know it was them

I was absolutely blown away by your sketch, absolutely stunning!! And your pony is absolutely gorgeous as well, he is one of my favorites in the group (And that's saying a lot honestly, I don't give huge compliments often ) Really really nice work!

Oh, thank you very much, LeeAnn, those words mean a lot to me
The whole challange was amazing, inspirating and thanks to it I finally managed myself to try to paint a model. And of course as a person, who makes mostly drawings I had to start with a sketch. So happy that you like it so much I got positive feedback in that group and it motivates me to continue in model painting.
Btw your leopard Bouncer was also very beautiful!
I've noticed you in that group and also Anna, but were there more poeple from here?

widukind wrote:

Thank you!

You're very welcome! He is really great and I hope you keep painting

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] also participated, as did [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] I feel like there's someone else I'm missing and I feel bad I can't think of their name!

Great newcomers! And I like the pony you painted, it's wonderful!
Breyer Andalusian mare and foal are really amazing Very nice photos too

LeeAnn wrote:

You're very welcome! He is really great and I hope you keep painting

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] also participated, as did [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] I feel like there's someone else I'm missing and I feel bad I can't think of their name!

That's interesting, thanks for the info.
This weekend, I'm going to start repaint of another blank SM

Ana wrote:

Great newcomers! And I like the pony you painted, it's wonderful!
Breyer Andalusian mare and foal are really amazing Very nice photos too  

Thank you very much, Anna

Hi,
at the end of March, few horses purchased from a collector arrived.
I'm in a facebook group dedicated to Schleich sales and trades, but sometimes somebody offers models by another companies. There was a girl selling Breyer Brookside Pink Magnum. I said he was nice, but I would rather have Bouncer, who was first on this mold. So I just checked the biggest Czech advertisement site, I went to a Collecting section and put keyword "Breyer" there. And first advertisement that popped up was with Bouncer! So I immediately contacted the seller. But she was asking more than I was willing to pay for him. It seemed that I would end only with few SM from her, but I made her an offer and she's accepted it!
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I must say I'm not a fan of Moody's sculpts, I don't like the way how she defines features (way too plain areas with very visible lines, instead of smooth transitions). But I like ponies, dark bay is probably my favourite equine colour and I hadn't had a Welsh pony in my collection. I like Welsh ponies, they're noble, with slightly dished face and there is definitely something about Bouncer, I like the arc of his neck and the way how his head is turned backwards.
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He has very subtle dapples on his off-side:
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I was quite suprise by his size, he is really a pony, not much bigger than Classic pony "Gretel/Haflinger" by Eberl:
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He is a portrait of Cefnoakpark Bouncer, driving champion, welsh pony section C (that's why I expected him to be bigger). He should be a gelding, but is a stallion.

Here just two photos of him standing on a cliff in "Wales":
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Together with him, I purchased 3 SM - two adults and a foal.
First is G3 Cantering Warmblood in beautiful shades of chestnut with one blue eye, what is very interesting:
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It's supposed to be Bandit - one horse of Graceland Stable owned by Elvis Presley and his family. The real Bandit is rescued male Quarter horse, but the mold is a mare and I don't consider her to be a Quarter, so I show her as an American Warmblood.
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She is my third horse on one of my favourite molds by Jane Lunger. The middle one is still waiting for her coat:
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I really appreciate the shading, hoof stripes and the stenciled leg markings, it looks better than airbrushed markings on SM from recent years.

The others are mare on G3 Stock horse and G3 standing colt, both by Jane Lunger, in lovely metallic bay:
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The colt is really cute, curious and proud, and very tiny with long thin legs.
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His loving mother is also beautiful, she has real expression in her eyes.
I allready have Paint horse on that mold.
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All four newcomers are in very good condition, SM in perfect I would say, and I showed them on the Live Show last Saturday, and all of them placed - mostly 2nd or 4th places in their classes.

Congratulations, lovely additions! I conga the Bouncer mold, I have all the obtainable releases, just none of the super rare prize models. I just love him!

LeeAnn wrote:

Congratulations, lovely additions! I conga the Bouncer mold, I have all the obtainable releases, just none of the super rare prize models. I just love him!

Thank you very much LeeAnn. Actually, your photos of your Bouncer conga made me think about one on his mold. As I love dark bay, I wanted Bouncer the most (Sanddollar and Icicle are also very nice, but these SR aren' t available here). He is small, but sturdy (he seems to me not so fragile as my other Breyers), I like his neck and with the head turned backwards he looks like he's listening his master's voice.

widukind wrote:

Thanks

All wonderful models

Also I enjoy very much to read your comments and explanations.

SUSANNE wrote:

All wonderful models

Also I enjoy very much to read your comments and explanations.  

Thank you very much Susanne, nice to hear you find the time to read the not very short comments

Model horse hobby is not only about collecting horses, and repainting them, but also about realistic tack (making). So I got some accessories for my ponies.
First piece I've commissioned even last summer, by the artist who has repainted some horses for me.
It was western show halter for my Foalzilla:
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But I "managed" to broke the fragile decorative buckle, so I had to sent it back to the artist, she repaired it and it came back in February with two repainted horses.
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It has real tiny halter rings with slots for nosepiece and cheekpieces, metal cheek and nose plates and two functional buckles - one on a crown piece and one under the chin, so you can fit it properly. It also has leadrope made from chain and leather. I absolutely love it on my Foalzilla.

A real masterpiece has arrived at the end of March - hand made dressage set for Toto:
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It's made by another Czech model hobby artist, originally commissioned by a Dutch customer (that's why there is the Dutch tricolor on the saddle pad), who hasn't purchased it in the end, so when I asked the tack-maker to create a set for Toto, she offered me this. As he is a Dutch warmblood and he competed under the Dutch tricolor in his famous era, I accepted the offer. And when it came, I though that this was destiny and it was predetermined for my Toto from the beginning, as the set fits him perfectly.
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The bridle is very detailed, with double reins and 15 (!) functional buckles, so you can really fit it to your horse (it was quite a challenge to fit these tiny straps), but for putting off/on you need to open only the buckle under the chin.
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The saddle is also very detailed, with perfect shape of the seat and with padded panel under the seat.
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I think he looks gorgeous in it, his dressage pose makes more sense together with this beautiful set, it was pleasure for me to take pictures of him with the set. And he won 2nd place in English Performance on a Live show.

The seller let me choose two halters for free as a bonus, so I got one pink nylon halter as a stable halter for Foalzilla and one white stable halter for Fantasia:
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But I've also commissioned a show halter for her by another tack-maker.
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It's based on real Fantasia's halter and I think the tack-maker did good job, she looks great in it and on a recent Live show she won her Baroque class beating even two horses from last year Breyer Fest and won 3rd place in all Breyer Traditional classes.
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I also purchased some original Breyer blankets for foals/ponies, so they can travel to shows in warm and safety  
Thank you for your attention

Wonderful!
Toto looks like a million bucks with that saddle and halter.
Really really really nice.
Congratulations!

Bloodrayne wrote:

Wonderful!
Toto looks like a million bucks with that saddle and halter.
Really really really nice.
Congratulations!

Thank you very much!

Hi there,
in April and May, two "high steppers" trotted into my herd:
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In April, it was micro mini "draftaloosa", a leopard hand painted on MW high stepping draft horse.[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
It is my fifth MW and is painted by the same artist as the other repaints in my collection. I bought him on a model horse show the artist hosted. I thought he could be a Sugarbush Harlequin Draft, but they haven't thick feathers, so probably some Appaloosa/Clydesdale cross?

In May, I got this stunner from a another collector. It is Cloud Nine - Collectors' Choice for fall 2010 (he was in production half a year).
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He is on Salinero mold - first mold that Brigitte Eberl sculpted for Breyer. I was really happy to add this mold to my herd. He is my 11th horse by Eberl.
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He is captured in passage, high elevated trot, I think the caption of movement is perfect, though he is quite wobbly even despite the disc in his hoof.
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As the original model on this mold - Keltec Salinero - is a portrait of the dresage champion Hanoverian gelding he even has Hanoverian brandmarking: H with two horse heads on top. But Hanoverians can be only solid, not pintos, so I will show him as a Dutch Warmblood (KWPN). I used to be quite conservative about extravagant colours of warmbloods and prefer common solid horses, but I definitely fell in love with his pattern and I'm even thinking about "founding own line" of dressage pintos - mostly etched and repainted SM.
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His head is beautiful with melancholic eyes typical for Eberl's horses:
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I gave him a blue halter.
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He came with this beautiful rosette he won back in 2011. It was a show hosted by the only one official Czech seller of Breyers. I hope he will continue in succesful show career with me, but his white isn't that bright as it looks on photos, he is yellow, even more than my Creamsicle. It's a risk of buying pintos from second hand.
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OMG !!! This is beauty beyond compare

If it is possible to have stars in the eyes, I have it when looking at your wonderful photos  

Congratulations

I love Cloud Nine, I have one myself He does decently well as an American Warmblood, if you'd like to give that a try. As for the micro, how about Sugarbush? They can have feathering and are mostly leopard app like yours Noriker might also work but they don't usually have heavily feathered legs.