Category Archives: Morgan

Philosophers’ Stone

Posted on December 27, 2011 at 6:00 am
Philosophers Stone

Philosophers Stone

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Morgan (G2)
Color: Green-Black-Gold Faux-Stone
Gallery: Other Color
Medium: Acrylics, Liquitex Phthalocyanine Green
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This odd little guy was an attempt to recreate the look of Gold Digger, except starting from a primed body instead of using the original finish. As you can see, it didn’t work as well as intended, but I still think it looks pretty cool (and I used the same technique on Blaustein later). 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 →

Lo Flyby

Posted on August 15, 2011 at 6:00 am
Lo Flyby

Lo Flyby

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

This little guy was one of my favorite fantasy customs, both in terms of overall color and name. I was looking for a sky-themed name to match his white a blue coloring and ‘Lo Flyby’ popped into my head as I pondered random Top Gun references. Continue reading →

Storm Rising

Posted on August 7, 2011 at 10:00 am
Storm Rising

Storm Rising

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Morgan (G2)
Color: Gray
Gallery: Dilutes
Medium: Acrylics and Embroidery Floss
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

Storm was my first, but not last, attempt at hairing a model using embroidery floss. As you can see, I didn’t paint the floss like I did with the unicorns, but instead tried to use the original colors. It was sort of a hit-or-miss result. 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 →

Pyrite Prince

Posted on June 12, 2011 at 10:00 am
Pyrite Prince

Pyrite Prince

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Morgan (G2)
Color: Dappled Yellow-gold Bay
Medium: Acrylics
Gallery: Other Color
Status: Painted 2005 and Sold Aug 2005

This little guy was quite an adventure to paint. The Gold interacted very oddly with the yellow, giving it an almost burnished look. I was expecting the contrast between the two colors to be starker, but it worked out wonderfully. 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 →

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 →

Bit o’ Luck

Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:00 am
Bit o' Luck

Bit o' Luck

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Morgan (G2)
Color: Green-bay
Gallery: Solid Colors
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little guy is a nice basic green-bay with black points. Actually most of the black is actually Phthalocyanine Green and not black. You can see some of this in the last photo in the list, which was taken by Luck’s new owner (whose name is lost to the mists of time.) Continue reading →

Effervescence Jazz

Posted on January 4, 2011 at 8:00 am
Effervescence Jazz

Effervescence Jazz

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Morgan (G2)
Color: Blue Bubbles
Gallery: OtherMedium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little fella was an absolute blast to paint and I love how he turned out! I can’t for the life of me remember for certain if he was a custom order, but I think he was part of a dual-order with Corporeal Twist. Must. Find. Notes!

Effervescence Jazz

Effervescence Jazz

Not really much else I can say about this guy that isn’t readily apparent. He’s just a flat blue and white and was finished in matte since I didn’t have any glossy spray handy at the time (I think it would have made him pop a little more, but hindsight is ever perfect!)

Effervescence Jazz

Effervescence Jazz

Sierra

Posted on August 2, 2010 at 8:00 am
Sierra

Sierra

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

This was a custom ordered portrait horse, one of the few I’ve done. I’ve always been very nervous about doing portraits since I know it’s very easy for folks to pick out the flaws in the patterns. Sort of like the uncanny valley folks fall into when they look at portraits of themselves, or people they know. They never match quite right… Continue reading →

Florentine Flip

Posted on July 29, 2010 at 8:13 am
Florentine Flip

Florentine Flip

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Morgan (G2)
Color: Faux-decorator Gold Florentine (Gold and White)
Gallery: Other
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This horse was painted for an article I wrote on how to paint faux-decorators for The Model Horse Magazine. At some point I’ll dig it up and post it here– but I’ll have to find it first. I wrote it quite some time ago, but I’m pretty sure I kept my contributors’ copy. Continue reading →