Category Archives: Chestnut

This category covers all chestnut variations including flaxen and black chestnut.

Suicide Kings

Posted on January 23, 2012 at 10:00 am
Suicide Kings

Suicide Kings

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Andalusian (G3)
Color: Liver Chestnut Minimal Splash Overo
Gallery: Overo
Medium: Liquitex Artist Color Acrylics (Gesso, Brunt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Ivory Black, Raw Sienna, Venetian Rose, Light Portrait Pink), Sargent Art Earthtone Chalk Pastels
Status: Painted January 2012 and For Sale

Poptop may have beat this little guy through the finish gate, but Kings is the first Third Generation mold that I’ve finished to date (as the Druid Horse is still a WiP). Continue reading →

Checkerbox Tequila

Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:00 am
Checkerbox Tequila

Checkerbox Tequila

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Saddlebred (G2)
Color: Red Chestnut
Gallery: Chestnut
Medium: Prismacolor Pencils, Acrylics
Status: Painted 2001? and Home Herd

Ah Checkerbox, my very first attempt at a Hackney Pony custom of the Saddlebred mold (but certainly not my last!) Continue reading →

Night Life

Posted on September 15, 2011 at 6:00 am
Night Life

Night Life

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

This little gal is one of my many Hackney Pony resculpts from the saddlebred mold. It was one of my favorite customizing options (after the draft crosses) because it made such a visual jump from the original model. Continue reading →

Cumulus

Posted on July 28, 2011 at 10:10 am
Cumulus

Cumulus

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Scratching Foal (G2)
Color: Flaxen Chestnut Sabino Overo
Gallery: Other
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

While I’m not sure if this little guy’s coat pattern could actually appear in nature, it was a lot of fun to paint! He was order as a pair with Cirrus (another chestnut overo scratching foal) and the two were named after cloud formations. Continue reading →

Bandit

Posted on July 7, 2011 at 10:00 am
Bandit

Bandit

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

This little gal was a custom portrait horse, part of a set of three as I remember, and I think she turned out rather well. There isn’t much shading, but there also isn’t a lot of chestnut, so I think it was a happy compromise between pattern and color. (The photos are yellow-tinged, but I think the white was also just flat painted, without pinking.) Continue reading →

Shenandoah

Posted on June 5, 2011 at 10:00 am
Shenandoah

Shenandoah

Make: Unknown
Scale: Stablemate-ish
Mold: Shetland Mare
Color: Chestnut Tobiano
Gallery: Tobiano
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little gal came in a set with Splatterpaint and signals the point at which I gave up on oil painting. She’s a horse of a lot of firsts and I don’t think she came out too badly in retrospect. Continue reading →

Black Tie Affair

Posted on May 6, 2011 at 8:00 am
Black Tie Affair

Black Tie Affair

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

Black chestnut is such a wonderfully odd color and it’s a lot of fun to paint! As you can tell by the fact I have several of them… (This little gal came after Nachtkatze, but before Night Life). Continue reading →

Vento D’Verao

Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:00 am
Vento D'Verao

Vento D'Verao

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

This little gal’s name translates into ‘Wind of Summer’ from my rather mangled Portuguese. Nothing like ambushing an unsuspecting language and riffling through it’s pockets for names via Bablefish! Continue reading →

Dance Away

Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:00 am
Dance Away

Dance Away

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Saddlebred (G2)
Color: Red Chestnut Tobiano
Gallery: Tobiano
Medium: Acrylic
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

As you can tell from the photos (and the bonus head scan) this little gal was one of my earlier customs.

She one of my first attempts at altering the Saddlebred mold into something a little more interesting. I got in a lot of this mold in from the dealer (I ordered in quantities and she’d send me whatever wasn’t selling well) and I was trying to find new things to do with them. Continue reading →

Slip ‘n Slide

Posted on April 17, 2011 at 10:00 am
Slip 'n Slide

Slip 'n Slide

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Cantering Foal (G2)
Color: Chestnut Splash Overo
Gallery: Overo
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted in 200? and Sold 200?

This little guy (gal?) was painted on a lazy summer day, whilst chilling and watching kids playing in the pool at our apartment complex (hence the name). Continue reading →

Cirrus

Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:00 am
Cirrus

Cirrus

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Scratching Foal (G2)
Color: Chestnut Overo
Gallery: Overo
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little guy painted was part of a custom order (paired up with Cumulus, a flaxen chestnut sabino overo foal). The cloud motive fit nicely with the paint patterns… now I’m tempted to break out my old Earth Science textbook and do it again! Continue reading →

Flash in the Pan

Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:00 am
Flash in the Pan

Flash in the Pan

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Thoroughbred (G2)
Color: Flaxen Red Chestnut
Gallery: Chestnut
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

Ah, the infamous ‘no really, pretend this is sky’ backdrop! (That’s how you can tell this is a very old custom.) I’m not sure why I decided that painting haphazzrdly was better than just putting down a solid coat of blue-gray, but I’m sure it made sense at the time. Continue reading →

Sudden Flurries

Posted on March 28, 2011 at 8:00 am
Sudden Flurries

Sudden Flurries

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

This little gal was a blast to paint and I loved the way she turned out! Unfortunately the paint-job didn’t past muster for the person who bought her (One of the few times a buyer thought less of a horse than I did). Continue reading →

Unnamed Custom Foal

Posted on March 21, 2011 at 10:00 am
Unnamed Custom Foal

Unnamed Custom Foal

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

This little guy was either an Add-a-Foal or a I’m-Really-Sorry-For-The-Delay foal… not sure which.

I did a bunch of Apology Foals whenever custom orders ran long and from my recollection this was one of them. Foals only took me a couple of hours to paint and they made a better impression than offering a partial refund. Continue reading →

King’s Ransom

Posted on March 17, 2011 at 8:00 am
King's Ransom

King's Ransom

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Warmblood (G2)
Color: Red Chestnut Frame Overo
Gallery: Overo
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted in 200? and Sold 200?

This fella was a custom order based on a horse from a poster provided by the customer. He doesn’t have a lot of shading in the coat, simply because the horses in the photo didn’t and I was trying to match it as close as I could. Continue reading →

Fluffy

Posted on March 16, 2011 at 8:00 am
Fluffy

Fluffy

Make/Artist: Mandi Hickman (No Artist Website)
Scale: Micro Mini
Mold: MH Goliath
Color: Flaxen Chestnut Splash Overo
Gallery: Overo
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Home Herd

This little guy was the third micro I ever painted, and you can tell! Thankfully this little guy is still on my shelf, so he’s on the list to go back under the brush for an update as soon as my skills are back up to par. Continue reading →

Nachtkatze

Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:00 am
Nachtkatze

Nachtkatze

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

Nachtkatze should translate into Night Cat, if Bablefish’s German is to be believed. Why I seem to have developed and addiction to naming models in languages I don’t speak is beyond me… but it sure is fun! Continue reading →

Unnamed Hackney Pony Custom

Posted on March 4, 2011 at 8:00 am
Unnamed Hackney Pony Custom

Unnamed Hackney Pony Custom

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

This was a custom order which included straightening the neck, which I hadn’t done before on the mold.

It was an interesting move, since it required lifting and turning of the head and it didn’t quite even out. The problem was that in order to soften the neck enough to move the head, the head started getting mailable. Continue reading →

Maker’s Mark

Posted on February 23, 2011 at 8:00 am
Maker's Mark

Maker's Mark

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Warmblood (G2)
Color: Red Chestnut
Gallery: Chestnut
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 2005? and Sold Oct 2005

This little guy was one of my old photo show string that I ended up selling when I started to move away from the hobby. I know he wasn’t first painted in 2005, but I did some touch-ups before selling him so I’m going to list him there anyways. Continue reading →

All Night Long

Posted on February 22, 2011 at 8:00 am
All Night Long

All Night Long

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

The G2 Saddlebred had a lot going for it when it came to customizing. It was easy to turn it into an Arabian, a Morgan (which is what I was trying here), a Hackney, even a light draft cross (Friesians were a popular choice). I ended up doing a lot of these and this little gal had the dubious honor of being my first attempt. Continue reading →

Forever Young

Posted on February 18, 2011 at 8:00 am
Forever Young

Forever Young

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Thoroughbred (G2)
Color: Red Chestnut Minimal Splash Overo
Gallery: Overo
Medium: Acrylics and Colored Pencils
Status: Painted in 200? and Sold 200?

This little gal was one of my earlier customs, painted one bored summer afternoon while watching kids playing in the apartment complex’s pool. She was sold as a pair on eBay with the splash overo foal Slip ‘n Slide, since I was feeling theme-ish that week. Continue reading →

MacArthur Park

Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:00 am
MacArthur Park

MacArthur Park

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

This hackney pony custom was a custom order (hence the fact that it is an ornament). I only did a few ornaments, mostly because the molds are a pain and a half to find balance points for… that and the high-tech eyebolt was hard to camouflage well. Continue reading →

Foxtrot Echo

Posted on February 10, 2011 at 8:00 am
Foxtrot Echo

Foxtrot Echo

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

This fella was an experiment in using metallic colors with realistic coat patterns. It was an idea I had picked up from various model painting tips and tricks articles, but I think I might have overdone the mixture a tad. Still it’s an interesting effect and I might try it again sometime, although much more carefully. Continue reading →

Gingerbread Man

Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:00 am
Gingerbread Man

Gingerbread Man

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Shetland Pony (G2)
Color: Flaxen Golden Chestnut
Gallery: Chestnut
Medium: Acrylics and Pastels
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little guy is part of a trio that I painted to round out the colors I had painted the Pony mold in. For the most part I tended to pick fantasy colors for this little guy, so this guy, Gumi Bear, and Nachtmaus were meant to bring a little reality back to the mold. Continue reading →

Easy Does It

Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:00 am
Easy Does It

Easy Does It

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Quarter Horse (G2)
Color: Chestnut
Gallery: Chestnut
Medium: Acrylics, Colored Pencils
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little guy was one of my first ever customs, back when I was using Primacolor pencils to add depth to the coloring instead of pastels. Sadly the photos are too washed out to pick up any of the detail, but he really was a wonderful little horse in person. Continue reading →

Piano Morendo

Posted on January 30, 2011 at 8:00 am
Piano Morendo

Piano Morendo

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

Named in the musical theme of my Andalusian customs, Piano means ‘softly’ and Morendo means ‘gradually dying away.’ Which seemed to fit the soft and slow beats of the Piaffe that the mold is performing. Continue reading →

Squishy

Posted on January 28, 2011 at 8:00 am
Squishy

Squishy

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

This little guy was a custom order, as I remember it was done for the person who lost out on the auction for Jumpin’ Jehosaphat. I loved the name they picked for the model, even if it’s not as flamboyantly poetic as I tend to lean. Continue reading →

Rose is a Rose

Posted on January 26, 2011 at 8:00 am
Rose is a Rose

Rose is a Rose

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Arabian Mare (G1)
Color: Flaxen Chestnut
Gallery: Chestnut
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

I’ve always loved the bratty look of the G1 Arabian Mare, so much personality in such a little package!

She started out as an original finish bay, but I finished her off as a nice flaxen chestnut. This was back when I was still learning how to shade, so there isn’t as much contrast within the body color as I’d like, but she came out pretty well. Continue reading →