A new laptop that doesn't make me tear my hair out in frustration has finally been acquired, which, along with a renewed interest for the model horse hobby, has made me finally resurrect this poor old blog. Maybe this time I will actually be able to keep to regular posts... (Ha!)
I have hidden the old posts as they were honestly a bit embarrassing. I might bring them back later on, but I'll have to give it some thought first.
Moving to the UK means buying new models is suddenly much easier and much cheaper - so I've managed to acquire a good amount of vintage Breyer bodies. Not too many, but enough for me to promise myself not to buy any more until I have these painted up. So here is the first, a shaded bay with very faint dapples on the beautiful Duchess mold.
I tried a different painting technique in this model and it's been very effective. I work with acrylics, so blending is always quite difficult without leaving brush strokes. Here, I used a hard 1" brush and buffed the paint on instead of brushing it. It has the added bonus of helping the paint dry, which is helpful as my acrylics are quite slow drying. Good for blending, not so good for impatient people 😂
I'm quite happy with her. I work evenings and sleep for most of the daylight hours, so I usually only have decent painting light on my days off. It's frustrating but it is a good way to keep my hands occupied when I have nothing to do.
Even though I had promised myself to not buy more models for a while, a week or so ago I decided to search for Julips on the Facebook marketplace. I don't know why I did it - there never is anything interesting there, and there was no reason for this time to be different. Except it was - among a bundle of My Beautiful Horses and a few other older models, there was this guy.
I messaged the seller straight away, asking if she was willing to ship - most Facebook sellers only accept collection - and she replied that yes, she did, and the bundle was still available! I paid a whopping £20 for the lot, postage included, and a few days later a very heavy box arrived.
He was sitting right at the bottom, under 40 other horses and absolutely no bubblewrap or protection of any kind! I'm amazed he survived. And he is in really good nick as well, only minimal cracking on his white sock and a bit of deterioration on his eartips.
His name is now Spud 😀 According to his mouth letters, he was a Special Order completed in 1975. I wish I knew more about him!
I am currently working on a grullo appy Stud Spider. No pictures of him yet, so instead, have Duchess among the pansies, and until next time :)
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