Monday, August 19, 2013

Feel free to gush in the comments

Model Blue is totally cool, huh?

Model Blue in Model Specialized Eurolight


You can see the individual hairs better in this one.




And I also finally rode real Blue again for what feels like the first time in ages. We did 6-7 miles barefoot at Willamette Mission in about an hour. It was way hot, and there was a combine harvesting oats (?) in one of the fields, which put Blue on his toes a bit.

It wasn't much, but it was a start!

12 comments:

  1. oh mah gawd that's so cool, Ruth! The first thing I thought was "a wee tiny Eurolight!"

    Geek confession time: I never did Breyers, but I used to work at a game shop (met my husband there, actually) and I loved painting Warhammer Fantasy minis. I keep threatening to get back into minis.

    Is it all sculpted, or is the tack actually made of teeny bits of rope and leather? Do you take an off-the-rack horse and fix the dimensions? SO COOL.

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    1. Finally getting around to replying to everybody. :)

      There is a website, riorondo.com, where you can order a western saddle kit for Breyers. The problem is that model blue is basically between sizes, so I had to dremel the tree down to fit. But I ordered the kit so I would have all the pieces of leather and stuff that I'd need.

      And then I basically made my own pattern. I took tons of pictures of my saddle sized them down to the correct scale and cut pieces based on them.

      My husband will attest that I basically bogarted the dining room table for all of July and some of August.

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  2. That is amazing! It really looks like him:) Good thing you got a pretty roan horse so you can show off your skills- because I imagine a plain bay might not be quite as fun to recreate! Cool stuff.

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    1. Plain bay would have saved me a lot of work! My next horse will be black, head to toe. No white markings, no shading, no nothing. :)

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  3. All I can say is: Wow! You are really talented!

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  4. OMG! Its so freaking awesome. Did you make this? How and what are the saddle and bridle made out of? Did you modify the paint on the breyer?

    I still have all of my old Breyers and dern if this didn't make me want a model of my horse Rose.

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    1. I hate to do this to you, but I'm going to send you down into the deep Internet hole of the model horse hobby. The saddles I made are NOTHING compared to what some of the hobby's top artists can do.

      Let me introduce you to one of my favorite hobby bloggers, Jennifer: http://braymere.blogspot.com/2013/06/tsii-then-and-now.html

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  5. HOLY CRAP! THAT IS CRAZY!

    Where the heck do you find a tiny, itty bitty Eurolight? Where do you find the patience to make it so perfect?

    I can't get over how beautiful of a job you did - it looks like it was printed, not made, if that makes sense - kind of like those drawings that look like photographs.

    PS: I hope your ride on real Blue was less dramatic than fancy painted Blue.

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  6. Such a treat to see the model in person! I am just amazed at all the work you put into both him and creating the tack. All your set ups were so creative. Thank you for doing all of that in time for my show, I am honored :D

    Glad to hear you are back in the saddle. Some days it can be a struggle, at least for me. But I always feel better when I am done :) Power on.

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  7. this was so amazing, i took the laptop to my husband immediately so he could see. "THAT'S MY NEW SADDLE!" he was just as perplexed as i am - how the heck does one do that? do you hire people with incredibly small hands? please share this with SS - they need to see it. they need to pay you actually - for the promotion.

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  8. Super awesome! Super, super awesome! (That's my saddle!!! Except mine has a purple seat, obviously...)

    YAY!!!!

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  9. Really sharp! You're very talented! Love it!

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