Category Archives: Bay

This category covers everything from the dark black-bays all the way up to the flashy red-bay colorings.

D’Lembrança

Posted on January 29, 2012 at 6:00 am
D’Lembrança

D’Lembrança

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Paso Fino (G2)
Color: Golden Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Liquitex Artist’s Color Acrylics (Ivory Black, Gesso, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna), Sargent Art Chalk Pastels (Earthtone), and Prismacolor Pencils (964, 1056, 1052, 1074)
Status: Painted January 2012 and For Sale

D’Lembrança means Of Memory in Portuguese and she’s one of the few fully prepped bodies pulled from my old body box. It’s amazing how well gesso holds up over the years! Continue reading →

Poptop

Posted on January 22, 2012 at 6:00 pm
Poptop

Poptop

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Shetland Pony (G2)
Color: Dark (Black) Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Liquitex Artist Color Acrylics (Gesso, Neutral gray, Brunt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Ivory Black), Folkart (662), Sargent Art Earthtone Chalk Pastels, and Prismacolor Pencils (964, 1056, 1052, 1074)
Status: Painted January 2012 and For Sale

This little guy beat out Suicide Kings by a nose to be my first finished custom for 2012! Not a bad way to start the year off, even if I’m running a little behind schedule… (doh!) Continue reading →

Landshark’s Shadow

Posted on December 29, 2011 at 6:00 am
Landshark's Shadow

Landshark's Shadow

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Warmblood (G2)
Color: Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Acrylics, Pastels, Prismacolor Pencils
Status: Painted 200? and Home Herd

This little guy was one of my favorite customs and I regretted selling him almost as soon as I’d put him in the mail. Amazingly I stumbled across him on MH$P a few years later and was able to bring him home again! He’s now safly ensconced in the Home Herd and won’t be going anywhere (except a photo show or two). Continue reading →

Scoville’s Ghost

Posted on December 21, 2011 at 6:00 am
Scoville's Ghost

Scoville's Ghost

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Trotting Foal (G2)
Color: Bay Tobiano
Gallery: Tobiano
Medium: Acrylics and Pastels
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little guy is quite the show-off! He’s got a rich bay base, complex tobiano pattern, and a Sculpy base that has been covered in sand and train grass. It’s models like Ghost that remind me I might possibly know what I’m doing… and there’s nothing like sharp looking foal to kick in the ego. Continue reading →

Senza Sordina

Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:00 am
Senza Sordina

Senza Sordina

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Andalusian (G2)
Color: Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Acrylics and Pastels
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little guy was a basic custom order along with the Add-a-Foal, Baby Grand. Not a whole lot else to be said for this little guy, since he’s a very simple bay. Always nice to paint something sans-chrome now and again! Continue reading →

Nachtlied

Posted on November 28, 2011 at 6:00 am
Nachtlied

Nachtlied

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Paso Fino (G2)
Color: Dark Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

Nachtlied Is German for ‘Night Song’ and this started the dark bay German silliness that followed in Nachtmaus and Nachtkatze. I know that these little guys are probably renamed as soon as they head out the door to their new owners, but coming up with names is one of my favorite parts of the process. Continue reading →

Nobody’s Fool

Posted on November 24, 2011 at 6:00 am
Nobody's Fool

Nobody's Fool

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Trotting Foal (G2)
Color: Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Acrylics and Pastels
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

Nobody is a simple resculpt, with some added feathering and smidge of epoxy added to his face to change the profile. He was created as part of a custom order– yet another unnamed foal that got a moniker post-sale (I just got bored of all the ‘Unnamed’ showing up in the galleries). Continue reading →

Elmhurst

Posted on November 17, 2011 at 6:00 am
Elmhurst - Thumbnail

Elmhurst Donation

Make: Morgen Kilbourn (Artist’s Website)
Scale: Medallion
Mold: Elmhurst Medallion
Color: Dark Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Acrylics (Liquitex Gesso, Ivory Black, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber, Green, Turquoise, Blue, FolkArt 662 Metallic Silver Sterling) and Pastels (Sargent Art Earthtone Chalk Pastels)
Status: Painted October 2011 and Donated

This little guy was painted as a portrait of Elmhurst as a fundraising donation to Our Mims Retirement Haven. You can see the WiP posts for him here: Part 1, Part 2.

Right now the plan is for Old Mims to auction them off sometime around Thanksgiving, but I’ll keep everyone in the loop! Continue reading →

Epona’s Chimera

Posted on October 28, 2011 at 6:00 am
Epona's Chimera

Epona's Chimera

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Morgan (G2)
Color: Bay Brindle
Gallery: Other Color
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little guy was a custom order for a color I had never painted before… and to be fair I’m not sure that he really counts as having painted one now. *pokes horse* I ended up with something that looks a little too much like a tiger and not enough like an actual brindle pattern. Continue reading →

Baby Grand

Posted on October 26, 2011 at 6:00 am
Baby Grand

Baby Grand

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Trotting Foal (G2)
Color: Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Acrylics and Pastels
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little guy was an Add-a-Foal for an Andalusian custom order (Senza Sordina) and is a nice plain bay without any chrome. As soon as I can track down my notes I’ll come back and add in more information, but for now—he’s just a Baby Grand struttin’ his stuff in the pasture. Continue reading →

Smokey’s Shadow

Posted on October 13, 2011 at 6:00 am
Smokey's Shadow

Smokey's Shadow

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Quarter Horse (G2)
Color: Dark Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

I’m pretty fond of the way this little guy came out. He’s a simple dark bay with just the slightest bit of a resculpt to make him stand out from the crowd (the flipped tail). He was named in homage of titular horse from Smoky the Cow Horse by Will James. Continue reading →

Piano Adagio

Posted on October 6, 2011 at 6:00 am
Piano Adagio

Piano Adagio

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Andalusian (G2)
Color: Dark Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

Most of my Andalusian customs have a musical bent and this little guy is no different. Piano means ‘softly’ and Adagio means ‘at ease’ so this fella is dancing to a soft, slow melody. Continue reading →

Indigo Dancer

Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:00 am
Indigo Dancer

Indigo Dancer

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Warmblood (G2)
Color: Dark Bay Tobiano
Gallery: Tobiano
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little guy’s name came from the fact that he started out life as a deep purple tobiano– you could still see a little bit of the tint left, once I went back in and modified the color, but only if you were looking for it. Continue reading →

Holly

Posted on September 8, 2011 at 6:00 am
Holly

Holly

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Scrambling Foal (G2)
Color: Bay Minimal Tobiano
Gallery: Tobiano
Medium: Acrylics and Pastels
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

I did this same pose, first with Jumpin’ Jehosaphat and then Squishy. This little guy was the last custom order I did with this reculpt, but I’m thinking of giving it one more try… this time with the correct resculpting done. Continue reading →

Subtle Magic

Posted on September 1, 2011 at 6:00 am
Subtle Magic

Subtle Magic

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Saddlebred (G2)
Color: Dark Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

Magic was the result of another round of ‘every color on every mold’ and is the dark bay entry in said contest. It might not be the most creative way to expand my galleries, but it was good for getting over ‘painter’s block’ and using up bodies. Continue reading →

Scatcat

Posted on August 28, 2011 at 6:00 am
Scatcat

Scatcat

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Arabian (G2)
Color: Bay Tovero
Gallery: Other
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

In theory this little guy could exist, but there’s a high probability that he’s closer to the fantasy side of the house (like Corporeal Twist). With two blue eyes, one dark leg, and the requisite cat-tracks—he’s ready to light up a shelf and I’m hoping he’s still dancing the night away. Continue reading →

Flashdance

Posted on August 23, 2011 at 6:00 am
Flashdance

Flashdance

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Morgan Mare (G1)
Color: Bay Tobiano
Gallery: Tobiano
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little gal was one of my earlier customs than I ended up selling later on down the road. For a while I was building my own little show string, but quickly discovered that I had more fun hosting shows (Hampton Roads Classic) than I did participating in them. Continue reading →

Mulligans Wild

Posted on August 11, 2011 at 10:00 am
Mulligans Wild

Mulligans Wild

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Thoroughbred (G2)
Color: Dark Bay
Gallery: Realistic Bay
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

Mulligan was painted to help round out the thoroughbred gallery and is a nice basic dark bay without any white markings. He’s been very minorly resculpted to add male bits and forelock, or (more accurately) a male bump and a forelock. Equine sex changes are a little more complicated that I had anticipated. Continue reading →

Shadow Dancer

Posted on August 4, 2011 at 10:00 am
Shadow Dancer

Shadow Dancer

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Cantering Foal (G2)
Color: Dark Bay Tobiano
Gallery: Tobiano
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

Not sure if you can tell from these pictures, but this little guy is actually a very dark bay, not black! I always found it amusing that my realistic foals tended to turn out superior to the realistic adults… one of the reasons I ended up swapping to micro minis on down the line. Continue reading →

Magic’s Promise

Posted on July 10, 2011 at 10:00 am
Magics Promise

Magics Promise

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Morgan (G2)
Color: Dark Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

I’m sure there’s a perfectly good reason why I took sales photos of this guy without having his eyes finished… but darned if I can think of what is was. *pokes horse* Continue reading →

Blood Money

Posted on May 19, 2011 at 10:00 am
Blood Money

Blood Money

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Warmblood (G2)
Color: Blood Bay
Gallery: Realistic Bay
Medium: Acrylics and Prismacolor pencils
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little guy was in my tiny live showstring along with Easy Does It and Stone Sister. He also went to Midwest Minis Live! in 2001, but I can’t find his show results– Most likely he didn’t win anything, most of my little guys were wildly outclassed. Continue reading →

Jumpin’ Jehosaphat

Posted on May 10, 2011 at 10:00 am
Jumpin' Jehosaphat

Jumpin' Jehosaphat

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Scrambling Foal (G2)
Color: Bay Tobiano
Gallery: Tobiano
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little gal was the first of the Scrambling Foal molds that I turned into a bucking bronco– but certainly not the last!

This mold absolutely refused to stand upright without some sort of base and I really got tired of customizing them because of it. I had some luck gluing Hell’s Little Angel to her base, but I wanted to see what else I could do with the mold. Continue reading →

Tornado Alley

Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:00 am
Tornado Alley

Tornado Alley

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Warmblood (G2)
Color: Dark Bay
Gallery: Realistic Bay
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little guy was a nice solid dark bay without a lot of chrome. He was one of the few horses I painted based on a reference photo, and I think he turned out rather well. The non-black nose does look a little odd, but it was on the real horse… an example of life not imitating art trends, I suppose. Continue reading →

Corporeal Twist

Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:00 am
Corporeal Twist

Corporeal Twist

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Morgan (G2)
Color: Sabino Tovero (Tobiano + Overo)
Gallery: Other
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold

I am pretty sure this guy couldn’t exist in nature, but I wanted to see if I could fit every non-appaloosa white pattern onto one horse. I was tempted to list him in the fantasy section, but he’s theoretically possible– unlike a green appaloosa. Continue reading →

Whistling in the Dark

Posted on April 12, 2011 at 8:00 am
Whistling in the Dark

Whistling in the Dark

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Standardbred/Pacer (G2)
Color: Dark Bay (Black-bay)
Gallery: Realistic Bay
Medium: Acrylics, Pastels
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

Whistling is a nice deep dark bay with just a tiny touch of chrome (the cornet sock and a small star that I didn’t get a photo of). The black isn’t as monochrome as it looks, but this was in-between my camera upgrades and he was snapped up off eBay before I could get better photos. Continue reading →

Bailar Oscuro

Posted on April 10, 2011 at 8:00 am
Bailar Oscuro

Bailar Oscuro

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Paso Fino (G2)
Color: Dark Bay Tobiano
Gallery: Tobiano
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

Yet another Bablefish horse, Bailar Oscuro means ‘Darkly Dancing’ in Spanish (more or less). A nice basic dark bay with an extensive tobiano pattern, this little gal was quite the shelf piece even stuck in amoung her fantasy kinfolk. Continue reading →

Everyday Joe

Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:00 am
Everyday Joe

Everyday Joe

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Standardbred/Pacer (G2)
Color: Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Acrylics, Pastels
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little guy was part of a set of three (bay-chestnut-black) models that I painted in order to bulk up the Standardbred section of my gallery (Cajun Cooking and Whistling in the Dark were the other two horses). Continue reading →

Sakes Alive

Posted on April 7, 2011 at 10:00 am
Sakes Alive

Sakes Alive

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Thoroughbred (G2)
Color: Bay Splash Overo
Gallery: Overo
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

Sakes Alive was my first attempt at adding mapping to a pinto pattern. It didn’t come out quite as well as I had hoped, but this was still pretty early in my learning curve, so it’s not horrible for a first try. Continue reading →