Post by george on Oct 7, 2022 13:43:57 GMT
Meet my 2022 spare, plus his little travelling companions...
Here he is straight from the wrapping, with his mane and tail all fluffy. With just a little mousse to tame it he would've looked fine, and I was really tempted to do exactly that and leave it, but that keeps on happening : I have ideas for plaiting a new Julip I'm waiting for, then can't go through with it cos the loose mane is so nice. So I decided to at least try this time! After all, I could always undo it if it didn't look like I hoped, and cos the style I had in mind didn't need any cutting, or gluing, the long hair would all still be in there - there's nothing stopping me unpicking the braid in years to come if I ever do decide to go back to loose again.
And here he is! I think it looks fine, just like I'd hoped and the braids are really firm and tight so they lie nicely on the neck, and shouldn't ever start coming undone. The bows are silk ribbon I had left over from another project, it's very fine and thin, and looks less plasticky against the natural hair than synthetic satin ribbon.
The tail went curly on it's own, all I did was comb it through, add some mouse to stop the flyaway fluffiness, and left it it dry.
This is my first time seeing the new recast Lipizzaner mould in person, because I already have my vintage version in white-grey I didn't feel a need to get one by ordering a brand new copy in the returning mould, and for some reason I never really thought about the possibility of wanting it in any colour other than grey
I think it makes a lovely historical/Iberian horse, and would even work as a dressage warmblood cos it's a bit chunkier than the Dressage Horse mould. The face shape is lovely too, it reminds me a lot of the Connemara, I think those two moulds must've been by the same sculptor originally.
I didn't notice in his Spares photo that he's got a star and snip marking on his face. I haven't decided on a name for him yet, but I also haven't decided if I'll have his breed as Andalusian, Lusitano, or something else, so I don't think I'll manage to choose a name til I've chosen the nationality. Unless I just name him in English
Here's the other side, you can see how his forelock's tucked to one side, I tied it to the mane braid to keep it from hanging down in front of him, in real life they're usually tucked into the bridle or halter. I was planning to make a bridle, but I got halfway then had all sorts of issues - my glue wouldn't stick unless I held each join together for ages, the paperclip I'd found to make the bit cheeks with was too hard to bend properly, the beaded tassel idea I'd got for the browband wouldn't work when I tried it, and I couldn't even touch the horse to try for size cos his mousse wasn't dry yet - so that hasn't happened!
My dachshund I've named Henry, after one this colour I only met once - he started chasing me up the lane while I was biking home, and it took quite some effort and multiple attempts to return him cos he was so determined the cyclist had to be thoroughly chased off (in the end a neighbour picked him up and held him til I was out of sight, so he wouldn't wriggle out under the fence again, and they were going to Henry-proof the gap once the owner got home! )
A second photo cos I made him a little collar. Even though all the dachshunds in the group were slightly different anyway (he has more brown than some, less than others, and little anxious eyebrows!) I like to give my dogs collars for a bit of extra individuality. It's like all the black'n'tan ones in this first batch are a litter of brothers and sisters, so I put a collar on my one to tell them apart
My second cockerel - I remember saying on here a little while ago that now I had plenty of hens, and two henhouses, I could split the flock in two and add another cockerel, cos in real life once they think they have 'enough' girls each, they'll live happily without fighting. And I even said this was the exact colour I had in mind, the bright multi-coloured sort, to contrast with my original grey one. So when he came up in the spares I decided to ignore all the other chickens this time, and focus on trying for this one, so I was delighted to get him!
No group photos just yet, cos it's really really windy today and it would've been chicken chaos trying to set up the cardboard houses and wobbly hens And I haven't thought of a name yet. My original is Basil, so I've given him all the herb-named hens for his own group (Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme), plus he gets to keep Sybil cos she's named to match him. This new boy gets to claim the rest of them : Una, May and June, Sally and Susan. So there's no real ongoing theme there to give me a clue what name would go well with them.
Here he is straight from the wrapping, with his mane and tail all fluffy. With just a little mousse to tame it he would've looked fine, and I was really tempted to do exactly that and leave it, but that keeps on happening : I have ideas for plaiting a new Julip I'm waiting for, then can't go through with it cos the loose mane is so nice. So I decided to at least try this time! After all, I could always undo it if it didn't look like I hoped, and cos the style I had in mind didn't need any cutting, or gluing, the long hair would all still be in there - there's nothing stopping me unpicking the braid in years to come if I ever do decide to go back to loose again.
And here he is! I think it looks fine, just like I'd hoped and the braids are really firm and tight so they lie nicely on the neck, and shouldn't ever start coming undone. The bows are silk ribbon I had left over from another project, it's very fine and thin, and looks less plasticky against the natural hair than synthetic satin ribbon.
The tail went curly on it's own, all I did was comb it through, add some mouse to stop the flyaway fluffiness, and left it it dry.
This is my first time seeing the new recast Lipizzaner mould in person, because I already have my vintage version in white-grey I didn't feel a need to get one by ordering a brand new copy in the returning mould, and for some reason I never really thought about the possibility of wanting it in any colour other than grey
I think it makes a lovely historical/Iberian horse, and would even work as a dressage warmblood cos it's a bit chunkier than the Dressage Horse mould. The face shape is lovely too, it reminds me a lot of the Connemara, I think those two moulds must've been by the same sculptor originally.I didn't notice in his Spares photo that he's got a star and snip marking on his face. I haven't decided on a name for him yet, but I also haven't decided if I'll have his breed as Andalusian, Lusitano, or something else, so I don't think I'll manage to choose a name til I've chosen the nationality. Unless I just name him in English
Here's the other side, you can see how his forelock's tucked to one side, I tied it to the mane braid to keep it from hanging down in front of him, in real life they're usually tucked into the bridle or halter. I was planning to make a bridle, but I got halfway then had all sorts of issues - my glue wouldn't stick unless I held each join together for ages, the paperclip I'd found to make the bit cheeks with was too hard to bend properly, the beaded tassel idea I'd got for the browband wouldn't work when I tried it, and I couldn't even touch the horse to try for size cos his mousse wasn't dry yet - so that hasn't happened!
My dachshund I've named Henry, after one this colour I only met once - he started chasing me up the lane while I was biking home, and it took quite some effort and multiple attempts to return him cos he was so determined the cyclist had to be thoroughly chased off (in the end a neighbour picked him up and held him til I was out of sight, so he wouldn't wriggle out under the fence again, and they were going to Henry-proof the gap once the owner got home!
)A second photo cos I made him a little collar. Even though all the dachshunds in the group were slightly different anyway (he has more brown than some, less than others, and little anxious eyebrows!) I like to give my dogs collars for a bit of extra individuality. It's like all the black'n'tan ones in this first batch are a litter of brothers and sisters, so I put a collar on my one to tell them apart
My second cockerel - I remember saying on here a little while ago that now I had plenty of hens, and two henhouses, I could split the flock in two and add another cockerel, cos in real life once they think they have 'enough' girls each, they'll live happily without fighting. And I even said this was the exact colour I had in mind, the bright multi-coloured sort, to contrast with my original grey one. So when he came up in the spares I decided to ignore all the other chickens this time, and focus on trying for this one, so I was delighted to get him!
No group photos just yet, cos it's really really windy today and it would've been chicken chaos trying to set up the cardboard houses and wobbly hens
And I haven't thought of a name yet. My original is Basil, so I've given him all the herb-named hens for his own group (Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme), plus he gets to keep Sybil cos she's named to match him. This new boy gets to claim the rest of them : Una, May and June, Sally and Susan. So there's no real ongoing theme there to give me a clue what name would go well with them.
And Henry looks so smart in his collar 
