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Breyer G2 Stablemate Saddlebred

Lady of the Lamp

Posted on April 26, 2011 at 10:00 am

Lady of the Lamp

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Saddlebred (G2)
Color: Faux-Stained Glass (Red, Orange, Yellow)
Gallery: Other Color
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 2005 and Sold January 2005

The best thing about fantasy horses is that anything goes!

The bad thing is that after two hundred some horses… the Muses get a little grumpy at times. This little gal sat on the shelf prepped and waiting to go for quite a while before I got the idea to turn her into a fake window hanger. Continue reading →

Dance Away

Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:00 am

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 →

ROL Primavera

Posted on April 13, 2011 at 8:00 am

ROL Primavera

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Saddlebred (G2)
Color: Blue-green Snow-cap Blanket Appaloosa
Gallery: Fantasy Appaloosa
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This was a custom order of Neverland Flyboy‘s color and pattern on the saddlebred mold. While I try not to do the same color and pattern on the same mold more than once (it seems like cheating since I was selling them to the highest bidder), I did a few customs where it was a similar color on a different mold. Continue reading →

Unnamed Hackney Pony Custom

Posted on March 4, 2011 at 8:00 am

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 →

All Night Long

Posted on February 22, 2011 at 8:00 am

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 →

MacArthur Park

Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:00 am

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

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 →

Unnamed Custom Draft Cross

Posted on February 4, 2011 at 8:00 am

Unnamed Saddlebred Resculpt

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

Have I mentioned I did a lot of custom orders that focused on turning the Saddlebred mold into a draft cross? Because, zomg… Continue reading →

Unnamed Saddlebred Draft Resculpt

Posted on January 18, 2011 at 8:00 am

Unnamed Custom Model Horse

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

This little gal was a custom order for Nancy (last name lost to the mists of time… and my file cabinet) and one of the many draft-cross customs that I did from the Saddlebred G2 mold.

While I’m not as happy with the tobinao pattern on this one as I am with the some of the others, this one was done about the time I was getting the hang of sculpting hair that didn’t look horrible. Continue reading →

Coin of the Realm

Posted on December 27, 2010 at 6:00 am

Coin of the Realm

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Saddlebred (G2)
Color: Golden Chestnut Minimal Sabino
Gallery: Sabino
Medium: Acrylics and Pastels
Status: Painted 200? and Home Herd

Every so often I paint a horse that I know I will never sell. (More often I sell horses I later regret, so it’s nice to have the flip side of the coin once in a while!) Continue reading →

Fire Eater

Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:00 am

Fire Eater

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

I know that this little gal was a custom order and that she was one of my later customs, but that’s all I have on her right now. I’m pretty sure she was sold as a pair with Scoville’s Ghost, but I’m not sure to whom or when. Continue reading →

Leanaí Dóiteáin

Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:00 am

Leanaí Dóiteáin

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

Leanaí Dóiteáin means Fire Child in Gaelic, if Google Translate is to be believed and she was one of my later custom orders (as you can tell by the photos). Continue reading →

Fancy Alibi

Posted on July 22, 2010 at 5:45 pm

Fancy Alibi

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Saddlebred (G2)
Color: Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Acrylics and Pastels
Status: Painted 2005 and Sold Feb 2005

This is one of the many many Saddlebred resculpts I did. It’s one of the simpler ones, all I did here was removed the mane and crop the tail. The ribbons are done in layers of paint rather than sculpting, which is sort of the lazy way, I supposed, but I think it came out well. I never really did master the art of sculpting little tiny things in epoxy– something to work on in the future! Continue reading →