Sonsela-Mid States Distributing Model

Hello everyone!! Sorry (how many times will I say that?) that I haven't posted! I have been on vacation in Florida then I started school again. Yay.

On the other hand, I haven't bought many model horses this year. I don't have much room for them left, so I am only choosing the ones I really like and am quite selective about the model quality now.

Until I saw Sonsela.

Yeah.....she did have some flaws, but she was so pretty....forget about the quality control.

Sonsela is a 2015 Mid-States Distributing model. The swishy tail version of the Lady Phase molds, in a beautiful bay appaloosa blanket. She also has a star, small stripe, and socks on three of her legs. 

Next to my long tail Lady Phase version mare, Sheza Autumn Storm. 

Because this is a intricate appy pattern, I knew she would have flaws (true to Breyer's quality control..though it has gotten better. Kudos to them on that!). Still, a pattern like this is not typical of "normal" runs. 

I will get better pictures when I can...

 My Sonsela has some masking problems, a minor ear rub, and a weird bit of striped shading on her stomach on her left side (picture above). But besides that, she is beautiful, and I am so happy to have her!!

More posts to come soon. 

~CBL

TLC

One day I offered to redo a friend-of-mine's Breyer horse. It was in a Breyer painting kit. Breyer doesn't offer very good paints to do the job of a stunning horse, though, so she readily handed the mold over to me to do some fixing up. I brought it home, and started to work on it the very next day.

First, I ripped off the mohair that was glued on the horse. Then, I started to prep. I looked over the body of the mold, and scraped off the old paint job. It was very tough. I bought some acrylic paints, paint brushes, an x-acto knife, and some matte sealant. I remade another mane and tail with a special kind of epoxy just for crafting and model horses, and I put some feathers in the legs. I wanted the horse to be a mustang.

I used many paints to achieve the color I wanted. I mainly used the color Burnt sienna for the project. Then I finished off with lots of sanding, more painting, and then many coats of sealant.

TA DA!!! Meet Royal Blood. I love the paint job that I did on this horse, and I hope that I can do something like this again!!