Post by george on Apr 23, 2021 17:12:04 GMT
My gorgeous spare arrived earlier in the week, and now I've had chance to get his photographs taken, out in the glorious spring sunshine.
Look at that beautiful dappling! I love the way it fades in and out, darkest on the shoulders and quarters, blending into a nearly white face and back - a proper rocking-horse dappled grey.
I think, though, what made me want this horse so badly wasn't just his colour, but his face. The farm cob mould has such a long, noble, handsome face - a serious but gentle kind of horse, who'd be a total gentleman to ride and look after, and appreciate a good pat and treat for his polite behaviour.
Despite having accumulated quite a lot of Farm Cobs (including their close relative the adapted Feathered Cob mould), I've somehow never bought a grey one til now! There's some moulds which just don't seem to crop up in certain colours very often, but I think they're a wonderful combination
Look at that glorious mane!
I considered, while he was on his way, the possibility doing him up with a running plait and folded-up short tail braid, decorated with the traditional ribbons and flights, to show him as a percheron. But certain horses just seem to call for long flowing hair, and this was one of them, so he's just had a light trim to feather out the ends of the mane, give him a forelock, and stop his tail trailing on the ground.
He could still be a percheron in my herd, many real draft horses are allowed to grow a full long tail if their owners don't show (or only show in ridden classes), but he wouldn't be correctly turned out for model showing now I've decided to leave him unbraided
He's gained a headcollar and leadrope of his own since he arrived here. I picked a couple of colours which looked good against his pale colouring, and used the fancy leather-ended straps a lot of the more expensive headcollars are made with these days
And look, he's made a friend in my herd already : my previous Spares Night purchase, Holly Blue the dartmoor pony. The chances of getting two Julips the same colour in a row are miniscule, with how difficult it is to even grab a spare in the first place, and each batch being made up from a wide variety of colours. I promise this wasn't done on purpose, but the co-incidence did make me laugh when I realised what I'd done!
One thing he doesn't have yet, as you may have noticed reading all the way through his introduction post, is a name!
Some Julips are easy to think of something for; either a moment of inspiration, or a name which has long been on the notepad and they seem a perfect fit to take. This chap doesn't seem to want any of the names I have here waiting for a horse to suit, nor has anything sprung to mind while I waited for him to arrive, or even once I'd got him in my hands.
We'll have to wait and see what some pondering can produce!
There's plenty more photos of him on my blog post, here (I didn't paste the entire thing across to here, cos there's some explaining what spares are and how buying them works, cos most of my random blog readers find it via other brand models, and I thought they might like to learn about Julips!)
Look at that beautiful dappling! I love the way it fades in and out, darkest on the shoulders and quarters, blending into a nearly white face and back - a proper rocking-horse dappled grey.
I think, though, what made me want this horse so badly wasn't just his colour, but his face. The farm cob mould has such a long, noble, handsome face - a serious but gentle kind of horse, who'd be a total gentleman to ride and look after, and appreciate a good pat and treat for his polite behaviour.
Despite having accumulated quite a lot of Farm Cobs (including their close relative the adapted Feathered Cob mould), I've somehow never bought a grey one til now! There's some moulds which just don't seem to crop up in certain colours very often, but I think they're a wonderful combination
Look at that glorious mane!
I considered, while he was on his way, the possibility doing him up with a running plait and folded-up short tail braid, decorated with the traditional ribbons and flights, to show him as a percheron. But certain horses just seem to call for long flowing hair, and this was one of them, so he's just had a light trim to feather out the ends of the mane, give him a forelock, and stop his tail trailing on the ground.
He could still be a percheron in my herd, many real draft horses are allowed to grow a full long tail if their owners don't show (or only show in ridden classes), but he wouldn't be correctly turned out for model showing now I've decided to leave him unbraided
He's gained a headcollar and leadrope of his own since he arrived here. I picked a couple of colours which looked good against his pale colouring, and used the fancy leather-ended straps a lot of the more expensive headcollars are made with these days
And look, he's made a friend in my herd already : my previous Spares Night purchase, Holly Blue the dartmoor pony. The chances of getting two Julips the same colour in a row are miniscule, with how difficult it is to even grab a spare in the first place, and each batch being made up from a wide variety of colours. I promise this wasn't done on purpose, but the co-incidence did make me laugh when I realised what I'd done!
One thing he doesn't have yet, as you may have noticed reading all the way through his introduction post, is a name!
Some Julips are easy to think of something for; either a moment of inspiration, or a name which has long been on the notepad and they seem a perfect fit to take. This chap doesn't seem to want any of the names I have here waiting for a horse to suit, nor has anything sprung to mind while I waited for him to arrive, or even once I'd got him in my hands.
We'll have to wait and see what some pondering can produce!
There's plenty more photos of him on my blog post, here (I didn't paste the entire thing across to here, cos there's some explaining what spares are and how buying them works, cos most of my random blog readers find it via other brand models, and I thought they might like to learn about Julips!)
