Post by astudyinscarlet on Apr 9, 2020 20:15:07 GMT
These aren't my actual birthday Julips (with the coronavirus lockdown who knows when I'll get my actual birthday Julips) but they did come in time for my birthday.
vintage CJP. I put a bid on him hoping I'd get him since that was the only way I would be able to get a Julip for my birthday but with absolutely no expectation of actually getting him what with the prices for vintages going sky high lately, went offline for ages and then came back to find I'd won him. I don't know why he didn't spark a major bidding war like the rest cos I fell for him straight away, I thought he was super cute and friendly looking.
I think his name is going to be Easter. He has two slightly squashed feet, a rub to one foot and glue discolouration in the roots of his mane but for an older CJP he's in really nice condition.
Then 4 more Julips turned up shortly after this. Unfortunately none of these is in good condition so these pictures may not be for the faint-hearted.
The Highland pony currently known as Crackle
The New Forest currently known as Blobby
The donkey currently known as Mr Brown
and a foal currently known as Tripod. I couldn't work out the colour of this one originally, the legs have gone really dark and the mane and tail paint are badly discoloured but now I'm sure it was pale palomino.
These are probably the oldest Julips I now have, the New Forest and donkey are letter D, the Highland is ES (did we ever find out for sure what that S meant?) and I would guess the foal is similarly aged but it has no letter. As you can see, Tripod was missing a foot, plus there was a dent across its face and surface paint cracking, Mr Brown was extremely close to missing a leg with it held on only by a tiny bit of latex, Blobby was very badly damaged with what looks like a terrible skin disease and Crackle was cracked all over (hence the name, cos he looked like crackle glazed paint), and all had very badly perished and cracked legs in addition to the body damage. Plus even the hair on Blobby and Crackle wasn't salvageable (Blobby's mane was already hogged though), it looked like it was still thick and intact but it was all broken at the roots and fell off in chunks as soon as I touched it.
They do seem to have gone through both a dry perishing and a gummy stage, the legs look more like they've dried out and cracked that way but the bodies on Crackle and Blobby look more like they've perished through turning gummy. The latex under the cracks still seems slightly tacky but I think it's crossed through the worst of that into starting to turn solid. Tripod and Mr Brown have far less body damage than the other two and their bodies do feel quite solid (I suspect they've aged differently because they're solid with sculpted hair, not hollow) so I hope once I fix their legs and Mr Brown's ear and tail tips I'm not going to have to do more than repaint their bodies but Blobby and Crackle have both had to have major work done to them (both of them are basically being entirely encased in milliput).
Since Blobby is a common mould and colour and was in such awful condition anyway, I've decided to modify that one a lot more so it looks less New Foresty and that one will possibly end up as a portrait model of a pony I knew.
Crackle is the first Highland I've ever had. His body was so badly cracked and worn I can't tell if he was fleabitten/speckled grey or dappled grey but I think I'm leaning towards fleabitten grey when I repaint him. Despite the damage I thought he was one of the nicest Highlands I've seen.
Unfortunately though while I have done extensive repair work already to all of them (Tripod is no longer a tripod!), I've nearly run out of milliput now and with postal delays anyway and then the easter bank holidays I doubt the new lot I've ordered will arrive soon so Mr Brown and Tripod at least may be stuck in the 'vets' for much longer than I'd like, although I hope I may be able to get Crackle and Blobby finished sooner.
vintage CJP. I put a bid on him hoping I'd get him since that was the only way I would be able to get a Julip for my birthday but with absolutely no expectation of actually getting him what with the prices for vintages going sky high lately, went offline for ages and then came back to find I'd won him. I don't know why he didn't spark a major bidding war like the rest cos I fell for him straight away, I thought he was super cute and friendly looking.
I think his name is going to be Easter. He has two slightly squashed feet, a rub to one foot and glue discolouration in the roots of his mane but for an older CJP he's in really nice condition.
Then 4 more Julips turned up shortly after this. Unfortunately none of these is in good condition so these pictures may not be for the faint-hearted.
The Highland pony currently known as Crackle
The New Forest currently known as Blobby
The donkey currently known as Mr Brown
and a foal currently known as Tripod. I couldn't work out the colour of this one originally, the legs have gone really dark and the mane and tail paint are badly discoloured but now I'm sure it was pale palomino.
These are probably the oldest Julips I now have, the New Forest and donkey are letter D, the Highland is ES (did we ever find out for sure what that S meant?) and I would guess the foal is similarly aged but it has no letter. As you can see, Tripod was missing a foot, plus there was a dent across its face and surface paint cracking, Mr Brown was extremely close to missing a leg with it held on only by a tiny bit of latex, Blobby was very badly damaged with what looks like a terrible skin disease and Crackle was cracked all over (hence the name, cos he looked like crackle glazed paint), and all had very badly perished and cracked legs in addition to the body damage. Plus even the hair on Blobby and Crackle wasn't salvageable (Blobby's mane was already hogged though), it looked like it was still thick and intact but it was all broken at the roots and fell off in chunks as soon as I touched it.
They do seem to have gone through both a dry perishing and a gummy stage, the legs look more like they've dried out and cracked that way but the bodies on Crackle and Blobby look more like they've perished through turning gummy. The latex under the cracks still seems slightly tacky but I think it's crossed through the worst of that into starting to turn solid. Tripod and Mr Brown have far less body damage than the other two and their bodies do feel quite solid (I suspect they've aged differently because they're solid with sculpted hair, not hollow) so I hope once I fix their legs and Mr Brown's ear and tail tips I'm not going to have to do more than repaint their bodies but Blobby and Crackle have both had to have major work done to them (both of them are basically being entirely encased in milliput).
Since Blobby is a common mould and colour and was in such awful condition anyway, I've decided to modify that one a lot more so it looks less New Foresty and that one will possibly end up as a portrait model of a pony I knew.
Crackle is the first Highland I've ever had. His body was so badly cracked and worn I can't tell if he was fleabitten/speckled grey or dappled grey but I think I'm leaning towards fleabitten grey when I repaint him. Despite the damage I thought he was one of the nicest Highlands I've seen.
Unfortunately though while I have done extensive repair work already to all of them (Tripod is no longer a tripod!), I've nearly run out of milliput now and with postal delays anyway and then the easter bank holidays I doubt the new lot I've ordered will arrive soon so Mr Brown and Tripod at least may be stuck in the 'vets' for much longer than I'd like, although I hope I may be able to get Crackle and Blobby finished sooner.
