Category Archives: Saddlebred

Following Seas

Posted on January 14, 2011 at 8:00 am
Following Seas

Following Seas

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Saddlebred (G1)
Color: Turquoise Minimal Sabino
Gallery: Fantasy Sabino
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little gal is a shaded turquoise, with a very minimal sabino pattern. I do like the old molds, but the ears are a pain an a half to carve out if you don’t have any epoxy to tweak them with.

This was one of the more recent horses, so the cameras caught errors that I couldn’t see when I was painting them. I’m itching to go back and correct the flaws now… arg. Continue reading →

Magpie Summer

Posted on August 16, 2010 at 8:00 am
Magpie Summer

Magpie Summer

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Saddlebred (G1)
Color: Dark Bay
Gallery: Realistic Bay
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little lady was my first shot at painting this older mold. You’d think by the time I got to her that I would have done one already… but I always feel odd customizing the older molds. There’s something sort of wasteful about customizing things you can’t replace. At least she was body quality, so I didn’t feel as guilty! Continue reading →