Calypso, Lemon and Collector's Horse

Calypso and Lemon are finished, and Untitled Name just needs three or four more white coats of paint and detailing then she will be completed. I have four Classic's, two SM's, and one Traditional also in need of paint. I may not get to them for a while, however. :)

Calypso has pinking, mapping everywhere, glossed hooves, ears, eyes and nostrils, plus a custom tail. She is done in acrylic's. She is sealed in a special Acrylic sealant. 

Lemon is a simple custom. She had some marks, so I painted white over them. I also glossed her ears, hooves, eyes, and nose. She has some pinking. I love her little snip! 

She is also sealed. 

By the way, "Lemon" isn't an official name for this filly. Any suggestions? I would love them!

On to another topic of interest.....

 Meet.....

Tesoro De Oro

Today I found the next Collector Club model, to be shipped in late November. He is in the Laredo mold, and limited to 1000. Tesoro De Oro is supposed to be a Lusitano. Beautiful coloring! I am finding him on MH$P for pre-order for 80-140 dollars. I have to keep reminding myself that I am saving for another horse!


 May all of you have the best of luck in getting him!



~CBL

Lead Ropes!

Hello everybody! I am very excited to show you some beautiful lead ropes that match the rope halters......four of them will be in the giveaway!

I am very sorry that the lighting isn't best. I was taking these at 9:00 p.m. yesterday evening. 

The lead ropes are made out of the very same thread as the lead rope. 

Random picture of Phoenix. I also took this photo last night. 

I am sorry this post is so short....but I am very busy today. Have a nice day, everybody!  Right now the giveaway includes four lead ropes, and seven rope halters, so don't forget to enter!

Good luck!
~CBL

A Portrait: Gunner

I am sure many of you know have heard of Gunner, one of the flashiest reiners of all time. Last year he died, and I decided to do a Stablemate portrait of him. CM Gunner was finished last August. I have decided to post pictures about him today because I completed him today one year ago.

The portrait Gunner, despite many imperfections and painting issues, came out very nice. He was finished in glossy sealant. I added a new mane, and male parts to him. The only thing I left out from him looking just like the actual Gunner was a blue eye. I didn't have the paint colors for it.

Here is the actual Gunner. I used these pictures as reference photos.





~CBL

P.S. The stack of rope halters just keeps growing.......make sure to enter the contest, and thank you to everybody who already has!

DIY Rope Halter Tutorial

I told you yesterday that I would make a tutorial on how to make rope halters. They are pretty easy to make, but be warned: it is really hard to knot a piece of embroidery floss with large hands!

You need:
Embroidery floss or a small piece of cord, thread, twine, nylon thread, or whatever kind of string is in scale to the horse's face.
Scissors
The model you want the halter to fit.

While you can make rope halters for any scale, I chose to use a Classic for this tutorial because Dexter (the Classic) needed a rope halter. 

STEP ONE:  Measure out about 22 inches worth of embroidery thread for Classics. For small Traditional's use 28 inches, for large models, such as Trooper or SBH Phoenix, use 32 inches. make one end about 3 1/2 inches shorter than the other (don't be afraid to eyeball it). 

STEP TWO: Take a small piece of light colored thread and tie a simple knot in the middle of the loop that is created if you put it like the picture above. That knot will help to get a good start on your rope halter. 

STEP THREE: Make sure that the longer end of the thread is on the horse's left side. Put the knot as pictured below:

STEP FOUR: Make two knots on either side of the horse's head. It should look like this:

Do the same on both sides. 

STEP FIVE: Now we will tie a simple knot with BOTH THREADS to create a little loop down below the muzzle. Then do another knot over the loop knot you just created with BOTH THREADS so that you can secure it. This is important. 

STEP SIX: Do a simple knot again with both threads underneath the cheek.

STEP SEVEN: Now we are going to put the short section of thread away, we are going to use the long one now. Take the thread that you are using and make a simple knot with a loop. 

Note the loop. 

Secure the loop with another simple knot.

STEP EIGHT: Now bring the thread that you just did the loop with across the face to the nose band. Tie a knot over the small knot that you did in the fourth step. Take off the light colored thread. 

Cross the face to the other knot on the muzzle and do it again so that it looks like this:

STEP NINE: Take the strand we put away on the right side earlier and the strand we just worked on and tie them together.  Put both strands over the poll and tie to the loop on the left side. It should look something like this:

Now tie the two strands on the loop that you made in step seven. 

FINISHED PRODUCT:

Now Dexter has one like his big friend, Ashleigh!

I LOVE this picture. They are so cute!

All done! 

So there you have it, a tutorial I thought would be much easier to do. It may be a little hard to understand, so just comment if you have a problem and I will answer it as fast as possible. 

I am sorry if the pictures are blurry, my little sister took them and so I had to delete some and use photos from yesterday's halter making session. 

Have a great day, and have fun making your halters!

~CBL