Macro Monday and some photos from my model horse days. Since the largest of these is about 10″ high, most of the photos end up being macro photos. In fact, documenting my model work got me more seriously into macro photography, as I had to collect equipment, set up a small ‘studio’ and arrange lighting. Click for a larger view.
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Entirely new sculpted neck on a Breyer Lonesome Glory.
Breyer and Stone model heads on sticks - waiting to be attached to their new bodies, often not the one that they came from.
The Lonesome Glory - finished as a mare. All resculpting and painting by myself
Details of a Marlena resin airbrushed and hand painted by me to a dapple bay appaloosa half Arab.
Here is one of her striped hooves.
And the whole resin (sculpted by Carol Gasper)
Face detail on a Miss Kitty resin sculpted by Laurie Jo Jensen
Another eye on a Nocturno resin sculpted by Kitty Cantrell
Sabino Arab mare that I did early on in oils. I believe that she is in Europe now. Resin by Pamela DeMuth.
Alzubra resin by Debbi LerMond. A little stylized for my taste, but I loved the color she came out as.
She had a cool skinny blaze too.
And last, because it is one of the few Stablemate scale resins that I ever painted, a Spinnaker, sculpted by Sarah Minkiewicz Breunig. He is 3.25 inches tall.
And that may be one of the reasons that I wear reading glasses now. I no longer customize and paint models or resins. There is a possibility that I will go back to sculpting some day. Only time will tell. Well, how much time I have that is.
You’re one great sculptor, they look so realistic.
Thanks, but most of them were sculpted by others. I painted them and did some resculpting on some. Basically taking a Breyer plastic model, cutting it up and putting it back together in a different position, while sculpting some new parts.
Some people do it as a business. There is a whole model horse showing world that is all about accuracry in miniature, including tack and performance setups with props like jumps and cattle. It can be a lot of fun! And these horses don’t need to be fed. They also don’t end up with vet bills.
Pretty incredible! Thanks for sharing…
What great detailed work, both in the painting and photographing. Very interesting.
Looks like a time consuming hobby but tons of fun if your patient and good with your hands.
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Beautiful!
Someone (and I can’t remember who), did a Breyer model of my stallion, Windsong’s Justa Firestorm.
I don’t know if I can post photos in YOUR blog, but I”m going to try.
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I had no idea you sculpted and painted model horses, also, Simrat. I think you need to start a Surprise Saturday for us so the layers of beautiful you can unfold all in their own grace and glory. I am blown away. Of course, Lonesome Glory is my favorite. What a gorgeous bay mare (who does not eat or have a vet bill). Again, you have shocked me! Your talents abound. (Yes, I am plotting even more heavily than ever on how to create a situation where you can flourish – physically, spiritually, mentally, and financially – with your art. The world, not to mention you, misses so much when you cannot work more on your art.
So we will get Lily up here … then Vinnie. Baron is roofing the longhouse for the SMR meeting, and then we will finish it for an art studio (my original plan). You can live in the yurt, work on your art, play with your ponies … your family will come, too. Promise.
I love the photo of the eye. Very realistic.
Yep, I tried to do it as a business, but I got so consumed in the details and making each model better than the last, that there was no way that I could have made a living at it. And my body got tweaked from hunching over models, squinting at single hair brush strokes. It was fun, but can get a bit obsessive.
I do like the idea of going back to the sculpting end, but I’m not sure that it will be for the hobby. I would rather not have to be constrained by the details, but work more expressively. I have two sculptures in progress that have been sitting around for years….
The care you took with your models really shows in these photos. Thanks for sharing.
Lovin’ Macro Monday,
Cameo @–>–>—
You really must have been zoned this weekend… no Macro Monday?
Nope… I was too wiped out from the weekend AND last week. Couldn’t get my mind around any post at all….
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Wow what beautiful work! Thanks for sharing
Thanks, Foxie!
You forgot this one
http://www.flickr.com/photos/appaloosa/3461172786/
FOR SALE: Okie Too (Appaloosa colt) by appaIoosa, on Flickr
Hey, cool! Thanks for posting his photos.
You are right, I didn’t include all that I had painted. I just picked out a few that I had good macro pics of.
I loved these models when I was a kid – and I still get a warm feeling when I see them. You really are wonderful with your hands – It must be very fun for you to create such beautiful things.
Thank you, Lisa. I gave up the model work when I started to need reading glasses. I wasn’t up to the detailing and the concentrated hours tweaked by body too. It was a lot of fun for the time that I did it.
Now I am planning to get back in the studio this fall. I think that I’ll be doing printmaking and oils on panel. I’m looking forward to it!