Anna's customs and repaints, yet AGAIN more horses

Stunning models!!!!

wonderful repaint on so little replicas!

Love the tiny Shetland and looking forward to see other cats after the hhorses.

Roger wrote:

Now the rest of the story once I want you to know how sophisticated macaque’s jokes are. Harriet, the tortoise, was supposedly collected by the famous English Naturalist Charles Darwin, the man who was brave enough to say that humans and macaques have a common ancestor. The funny part is that the boat Darwin used for his expedictions, was a boat called Beagle!

Crocopedia spoke I agree you can take more popcorn

Ana wrote:

So, it's time to add horse and ponies repaints to this thread. I've repainted a bunch of them in the last two years.
It was hard to decide in what order to present them here, so I decided it would be by scale, starting from the smallest - the so called Micro Minis. Micro minis are usually between 1/64 and 1/50. I don't even collect this scale but somehow they keep appearing in my collection

Small but gorgeous those aren’t huge or spectacular but absolutely delicate and exquisite I love your work. Those two tiny jewels give me the same feeling than your Nyala: Happiness

Thank you so much for your kind comments Bonnie, Kosta, Taylor, Christophe, Alain, and Roger!

Kosta, thanks so much! I don't know what to say, you're too kind! I'm happy to be back, this forum is just the kindest and most supportive place on the internet

Christophe, I'm happy to hear you like the small horses

Roger, yes, the cats will come too Any color ideas? I was considering calico for one of them. I think maybe I'd be able to paint them during Christmas or just after, I usually have time for fun projects then! As for now, I'll continue with showing my horses

Calico calico like my cat Melodie

Kikimalou wrote:

Calico calico like my cat Melodie

Okay, one will be calico And yay, I didn't know you have a cat!

The next bunch of photos are horse models in scales SM (1:32), LB (1:18), and anything in between

The first one is Lola, a quarter horse mare sculpted by Josine Vingerling. I painted her in a grulla color (black based dun). In my collection her name is Jenny be Goode    
The scale is around 1/25, so smaller than schleich horses but bigger than brayer stablemates.
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Here in a western tack set made by Julia of Silver Stallion Saddlery.  
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The next one is in real stablemates scale (1/32) it's a resin called Mini Cromwell. I think I might have shown him already in the past but I'm not sure? In my collection his name is Old Man of Hoy. It's a CLydesdale horse I painted black sabino.
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Another one is a welsh pony called Auron sculpted by Kim Murray of Capital Equestrian studio. He's around 1/20 scale, like schleich horses. I painted mine in bay color. In my collection his name is Freak Magnet.
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I've also painted one Auron for Noemi This one is a buckskin.
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Oh WOW what beauties!!
Not only are the sculpts amazing, but your painting brings them to life- I'm sure I've just scrolled through some photos of real horses!
You are so unbelievably talented, I would love to be able to paint like that!

They are all very beautiful with nice colors and perfectly painted.

I don’t know what is the best here, models, paintings or pictures ? Ok everything is the best

I have a special bias for Jenny be goode and Freak Magnet

Wonderful little horse, and photo's that do them justice

Though I have to say that the kitty is my favourite

Amazing models and pictures!

All are beautiful but the shire is a cut above the rest. Splendid job!

Thanks so much Bonnie, Lucky Luke, Andreas, Paige, Christophe, Alain, Roger, and Anne-Joke!
I'm happy to hear that you like them

Paige, thank you! I'm happy to hear that you like the Shire! And that's also quite funny because he's the oldest from this group His face marking, by the way, were painted by Aleksander (Dark Pegasus studio). And he also encouraged me to try sabino markings. I usually avoid sabino markings as they seem so complicated to paint.

A-J, I only have a few horses to add to this topic and then I'll make some space for cats again I can see why the obsession about horses may not be everyone's thing

All 3 sculptures look`s amazing !
And with your paint work , all 3 of them (actually 4) look`s just gorgeous !
Like Paige, first the favorite for me , was the CLydesdale horse, because I love heavy horses and this one, with these markings , look`s so beautiful.
But then, watching also the other 2 ... this welsh pony is also so beautiful model and both colours are great.
And the quarter horse is so elegant , with beautiful colours ...
So, I don`t have a favorite anymore.... I love all 3 of them !

Ohhh, Anna ! I can't stop looking

Awesome models, fantastic paintworkk, and stunning colours !!!
I LOVE blue duns ( = Grullos in American, Móalott in Icelandic), and Lola is ever so gorgeous

Auron could easily be a so called "minimal" splashed white , - the kind of pinto where the white is on the lower parts, and face markings cover the eyes ...a colour which makes me think of eagle for some strange reason
"Minimal", because most often the belly is white too.

Thanks so much, Kosta, and Susanne! I'm happy to hear that you like the horsies!
Susanne, I'm happy to hear you like blue duns so much! It's for sure one of my favorite colors on real horses too! It must be because of Koniks which, I love, haha. I hope you'll like the next blue dun I'm showing today. It's much darker than Lola.
And, thank you for the extra information about the bay Auron. I think you must be right! I've based this one on photos, but I couldn't be sure if there were no white hair on the belly on another side, for example.

Kosta, it seems I forgot to answer your question from your previous comment. Yes, I'll take more pictures of the cat, probably as soon as I have two other cats finished. From the upper angle, for sure. The underside is nothing special. I didn't bother to paint the pattern on that side because there's no way to display this cat upside down There's just the base color on that side and my initials.

Now it's time for the last part about horses. The scale 1/12 and 1/9, known as Classic and Traditional in the model horse hobby. I might have shown some of them before, but I think at least some of them are new here.

First the big boy, traditional sized horse (originally Friesian) sculpted by Josine Vingerling. The mold name is Jools. I called mine Mr Sandman. And it's a Baroque Pinto in my collection.
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The ponies, both made from the same resin mold - Horst by Nikola Behr. The palomino one is just like the original, and the leopard-spotted one is customized (with permission from the artist). I call the palomino one Candy Boy and the spotted one Ponpon. They are also Traditional sized (1/9)
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This is Dartanian, sculpted by Sarah Minkiewicz, it's a Classic sized (1/12) model. I painted him dark grullo and he represents a Sorraia horse in my collection. He needs a new name.
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And, the last one I painted recently is Bleikur! Bleikur is an Icelandic yearling sculpted by our friend Lea of Koniminiatures studio! He's around 1/9 or 1/10 scale (small Traditional). He is in need of a new name too! If you have any suggestions they are very much welcome
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These are all just too beautiful for words!
The way you paint them just looks so realistic- I can see the direction of fur, and all the different shades- and they're all blended so naturally! You have so much talent with horses- it's unbelievable!
And I love the Breyer corgi too, it's gorgeous!

More amazing models, - WOW !!!!!

About a new name for the icelandic yearling, - what about Tjaldur , - the name in icelandic of the Eurasian oystercatcher ?
The colours remind me of these lovely, lively birds
It is not an unusual name for a tobiano in Iceland.

I adore his blue eye, - we see that sometimes if a pinto has much white

Thank you, Jean Luc, Andreas, Bonnie, and Susanne!

Susanne, wow, Tjaldur is a PERFECT name for this model! Thanks so much! I love bird-related names, I like oystercatchers a lot too (several couples were living in the neighborhood of my previous home, I liked their funny voices). And the colors are matching indeed! I'm so happy with this idea! Thank you, thank you, dear Susanne!

Ana wrote:

A-J, I only have a few horses to add to this topic and then I'll make some space for cats again I can see why the obsession about horses may not be everyone's thing

the horses are really great too I just happen to be a fan of animals with an intricate pattern, and that's something you see more in predators then horses I suppose

The ponies are just too cute and the Icelandic (Tjaldur :) ) you can really see Lea's signature in the sculpting style