Category Archives: Mini Whinnies

Mini Whinnies are a size of plastic model horses made by the Breyer modeling company. They are normally roughly one inch tall and 1:64 scale, but there is some variation between the molds.

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Cryptoquine

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Make: Breyer
Scale: Mini Whinnie
Mold: Cantering Tennessee Walking Horse Gelding
Color: Pearl and Black Doodle Pony
Gallery: Doodle Pony
Medium: Liquitex Artist Color Acrylics (Gesso, Mars Black), Golden Acrylics (Iridescent Pearl (Fine)), Pigma Micron 02 black pen
Status: Painted February 2013 and For Sale

I might, possibly, maybe, have an addition to Doodle Ponies. …Maybe.

Once again proving to myself that full-body doodles horses TAKE FOREVER, this little guy spent many an hour with me on the couch zoning out to whatever random reality ‘war’ was on the TV (cake, storage, duck, etc.). Continue reading

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Slowroad’s Silver

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Make: Breyer
Scale: Mini Whinnie
Mold: Jog Trot Quarter Horse Mare
Color: Silver-Bay
Gallery: Dilutes
Medium: Liquitex Artist Color Acrylics (Gesso, Mars Black, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Oxide, Light Portrait Pink) and Sargent Art Chalk Pastels (Earthtone)
Status: Painted February 2013 and SOLD

This little gal has been a long time coming… as in almost a year’s wait. Which is pretty sad considering she was an apology horse painted because of shipping problems with one of the stablemates. *sighs* Continue reading

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Spin Cycle

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Make: Breyer
Scale: Mini Whinnies
Mold: Reining Stock Mare
Color: Rose Splash Overo
Gallery: Overo
Medium: Liquitex Acrylics (Venetian Rose, Yellow Oxide, Light Blue Violet, Phthalocyanine Blue, Gesso)
Status: Painted February 2013 and FOR SALE

A rose by any other name, this little gal’s got her mind on the cows and is raring to lay down the law (of a calf), whichever comes first! Continue reading

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Lil’Red Dress

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Make: Breyer
Scale: Mini Whinnie
Mold: Cutting Stock Mare
Color: Red-bay Blanket Appaloosa
Gallery: Fantasy Appaloosa
Medium: Liquitex Artist Color Acrylics (Gesso, Mars Black, Naphthol Crimon, Neutral Gray, Yellow Oxide)
Status: Painted February 2013 and For Sale

Alamode looked like she needed a dancing partner, so I painted her a sister to kick up her heels with! Continue reading

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Doodlebug

Doodlebug

Doodlebug

Make: Breyer
Scale: Mini Whinnie
Mold: Walking Arabian Mare
Color: Metallic Flaxen Blue-chestnut Doodle Blanket Appaloosa
Gallery: Doodlepony
Medium: Liquitex Artist Color Acrylics (Gesso, Mars Black, Light Portrait Pink), FolkArt Acrylics (670 Metallic Blue Pearl), Unknown Acrylics (Dark Metallic Blue), Pigma Micron 02 black pen
Status: Painted June 2012 and SOLD

This little gal is an inch tall… and she took forever to doodle! (Time well spent, but she’s certainly put me off of doing full-body doodles using the micron pens.) Continue reading

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Sunnycide Up

Sunnycide Up

Sunnycide Up

Make: Breyer
Scale: Mini Whinnie
Mold: Cantering Tennessee Walking Horse Gelding
Color: Metallic Blue-bay Overo
Gallery: Fantasy Overo
Medium: Liquitex Artist Color Acrylics (Gesso, Mars Black, Light Portrait Pink), FolkArt Acrylics (670 Metallic Blue Pearl)
Status: Painted June 2012 and For Sale

This little guy has been hanging out in my body box for quite a while now, just waiting for the Muses to notice him. His sunny disposition finally caught their eye and now he’s sporting blue skies with only a tiny cloud to weight him down. Continue reading

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Partly Cloudy

Partly Cloudy

Partly Cloudy

Make: Breyer
Scale: Mini Whinnie
Mold: Jog Trot Quarter Horse Mare
Color: Blue-bay Tobiano
Gallery: Fantasy Tobiano
Medium: Gesso, Liquitex Artist Color Acrylics (Gesso, Mars Black, Light Blue Violet, Yellow Oxide, Ultramarine Blue), FolkArt (720 Cobalt Blue)
Status: Painted June 2012 and SOLD

This little gal is a laid back soul, having wandered my body box for almost a decade looking for a new paint job. After cleaning up some minor scrapes she’s better than new and ready to find new pastures to roam! Continue reading

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Alamode

Alamode

Alamode

Make: Breyer
Scale: Mini Whinnie
Mold: Cutting Stock Mare
Color: Green-bay Frame Overo
Gallery: Fantasy Overo
Medium: Gesso, Liquitex Artist Color Acrylics (Gesso, Mars Black, Emerald Green, Green Light Permanent, Yellow Oxide)
Status: Painted May 2012 and For Sale

This little gal was painted in-between work on the show donations and turned out pretty darned nifty! Her working name was Lil’Apple Tart, but I figured Alamode (à la mode) was more accurate once the chrome appeared. Continue reading

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Mayflower

Mayflower

Mayflower

Make: Breyer
Scale: Mini Whinnies
Mold: Big Lick Tennessee Walking Horse Stallion
Color: Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Liquitex Artist Color Acrylics (Gesso, Neutral Gray, Brunt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Ivory Black), Sargent Art Earthtone Chalk Pastels
Status: Painted 2010 and For Sale

This little guy has been hanging out at the back of my shelf for well over a year now. He was the first horse I painted when I started to get back into the hobby in 2010 and my very first stab at a realistic Mini Whinnie! Continue reading

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Gesundheit

Gesundheit

Gesundheit

Make: Breyer
Scale: Mini Whinnies
Mold: Running Walk Tennessee Walking Horse Mare
Color: Metallic Purple Pintaloosa (Tobiano, Appaloosa)
Gallery: Other Color
Medium: Folk Art 668 Metallic Plum, Liquitex Gesso, Artist Color Ivory Black and Burnt Sienna
Status: Painted 2011 and SOLD

This little gal is the first horse painted from scratch for sale in the new year. Now I just need to get the rest of these guys polished off and onto the shelves as well! Continue reading