I picked today's model because he just arrived this afternoon! He was a special run at Breyerfest in 2011, and Identify Your Breyer says that there were 375 matte, and 375 glossy made. He is on mold #579, the show jumping warmblood, which was sculpted by Susan Carlton Sifton in 2004.
He is in great shape, minus a couple minor marks under the gloss, and some faint yellowing on his blanket. I've been a real sucker for this mold ever since I got an Ideal as a kid. He was one of my favorite in the carpet herd, and was played with frequently. I've been searching for a mint Ideal and Mon Gamin for a while, but haven't found the right one at the right time yet. This pretty guy will just have to hold me over until I do.
Today I ordered $140 worth of paint from Dick Blick because my imagination won't stop :o more on that when it arrives, and I did get some time in my studio space, and made some progress on the rainbow halters:
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| Nosebands and some prepped hardware. You can see just a little bit of in-progress girth buckles in the lower right corner. |
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| Nosebands assembled and cheekpieces cut |
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| I was starting to get tired at this point, but I just had to get some of the orange on there tonight! |
I also tried my "medium" sizing halter on a Carrick mold, and voila, a perfect fit!
This halter was sized on a Victrix, and I need to take some time to try it on a lot of models, as I think it will fit a wide variety of heads. So I'll make at least a couple of my geometric print halters in this size.
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| "Medium" halter on Cortes C. |
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