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Laurel

Padfoot Returns
Padfoot Returns by @magenta (Laurel)

Ok.. I just decided to post one of my average model horse customs. What I do is I take a normal Breyer horse stablemate (stablemate meaning that they are around 3" tall) which I buy at petco for around $3 each. Then, I sand the seams and the logo off, spray primer, and then apply my colors. I do all of my horses with many, MANY layers of alphacolor chalk pastels. This one is a bay, so I started out with soft layers of yellow, then to orange, then a bit of red, and then brought it down with some browns and lastly black. Then after that I added all of the details with acrylic paints, including the socks, hooves, eyes, and face markings.

I particularly liked this one.. it is a dappled bay, who I call Padfoot, which of course is dedicated to the amazing Sirius Black. (may he rest in peace!) But anyway.. you can see more photos of this guy at his little page on my little webiste, "sweetbriar equestrian." http://www.geocities.com/sweetbriarequestrian/customs/bays/padfoot/padfoot.html This one was done in the summer, and I'd say it took me about 16 hours total. This one was sculpted by Kathleen Moody. I did not sculpt him.

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Posted: Monday, 05 April, 2004 @ 01:47 PM

wow, you are very good at painting, and the detail is extraordinarily good. keep it up!! thumbs up ^^

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