Customs!!

Hi! Sorry I've been inactive, I've been so busy recently I have sort of neglected this blog. Anyway, my friend did a lovely custom for me of the Cleveland Bay mould. He is absolutely gorgeous and I adore him! I think I'm a little too obsessed with him.... Here are some pics! I'm posting a setup tutorial soon so prepare...

She used an airbrush to customise his coat and a paintbrush for his markings. He is so gorgeous I love him so much!

What he looked like originally after she airbrushed him white first.

His adorable face and beautiful shading!

She darkened his tail, legs, shoulders and face.

I love his star and little pink snip! The detailing on his eyes is perfect too!

His gorgeous snip close up.

His cute little markings! A coronet band on his near left, and two socks on his hind legs!

I love the shading on his neck!

He has hoof striping and a lovely dark tail.

He has little ermine spots and lovely shading on his hooves (the sock was done over after the picture was taken)

 

I think he's beautiful! She's doing it for free as well which is so kind! Take a look at her blog

 

Click her for a super blog!

 

 

 

 

Comment suggestions for posts -  what do you want to see from my blog? Bye!

 

 

Four Hooves Model Saddlery and Rugs

Hi! I'm being a bit inactive at the moment, I promise I will be more active soon!

I have exciting news: My friend and I are starting a model horse tack shop! It is still being edited and isn't perfect yet as I have to get all the products up there and the images etc... Have a look at it so far, http://www.freewebstore.org/Four-Hooves-Model-Saddlery-and-Rugs

I'll post something when it is finished, I hope we will receive some orders! We are also going to apply for the Utterly Horses program where they help you gain publicity and sell your products on their website as well. Please leave a comment! See you soon!

Favourite Stone Horses

Hi! Sorry I've been so inactive... I just got a new share horse called Isaac who is absolutely gorgeous... He's a 14.1hh 7 year old Dales with lots of scope and jumping ability, just a bit green schooling and hacking. I think I will need a custom of him... Anyway!

I don't have much to post as I've been in a bit of a hobby slump and haven't had much inspiration to make anything. Please comment below if you have any kind of tack you think would look nice and I will make it and post it.

Here is a list of my favourite Stone Horses to date (17th April 2015) . These horses are very expensive and I can't afford one, but hopefully for Christmas I can get one...

 

What are your favourite stone horses? Comment below!

 

See you soon...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Worst Blogger

I'm so sorry about being sooo inactive! I haven't blogged for nearly two months....... How awful is that? Anyway.....

Yesterday, my friend and I started to work on my setup for the Utterly Horses Hullabaloo 2015. I went last year, and unfortunately only gained one ribbon, 4th place, for Totilas in the Warmblood class. My setup for this year is a cross country one.

It has a wooden platform, with realistic posts along the sides of the track. In the centre is my beautiful resin jump which my friend (I didn't really do much!) constructed (and afterwards I accidentally stepped on it but she came to the rescue!). Leading up to the jump we have used this special stuff which is liquid at first but goes solid, and you can print hoofprints into it. We are putting grass scatter around the jump and on the sides, and lichen for the brush on the fence.

My friend has it at the moment, but when I bring it home I will definitely post some photos of it!

Here is a picture of the kind of jump that I am using...



Credit: countrysideshowjumps

I will try and be more active, maybe posting every few days! Comment below what tutorials you would like to see from my blog.

Bye

HAPPY NEW YEAR! and @modelhorsetutorialsblog

Happy New Year! I hope everyone has had a fabulous start to 2015, and had a merry Christmas as well. This post today is about Model Horse Tutorials' Instagram! We are @modelhorsetutorialsblog, so look us up and make that blue button green! Thank you for all the pageviews you have given me- I am aiming for 1000 by the summer!


There are exclusive posts that haven't been revealed on this blog, and also a link directly to the blog. I will do spam for spam, follow for follow etc.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I will do another post soon on reference pictures to continue my series.

See you soon!

Be an extra organised model horse tack maker - Part 1

Hi, sorry I haven't posted for ages. I will start posting more regularly soon though. I've decided to do a little tutorial on how to keep organised as a tack maker. Recently I've realised I'm really disorganised when it comes to model horse tack making, so I thought I could do a little feature, in a few parts. This is Part 1.

Folders!
Using a little folder with pockets, or a normal file, can help so much. I often find that when I surf the internet looking for model horse tutorials, I come across some that I want to print out and keep. Use my reference pictures and other ones, like on Google Images. For example, when I made Totilas' tack, I printed out some reference pictures and used them to make sure the tack was as realistic as possible.

For this little tutorial, you will need:
A pocket folder 
Some model horse tutorials

Let's get started:

1. Find a good pocket folder. There will probably be one around your house, but if not you can usually find them in a stationary store.

2. Put your tutorials in the slots. Staple them together after you've printed them out so they don't go astray.

3. Keep it safe and make sure you don't lose it!

Thanks for seeing this tutorial - comment, etc. and keep an eye on my blog!

More apologies and a photoshoot!

I'm so sorry about the long wait - everything's so busy! However I did have time this afternoon to do a little photoshoot of random things around my model horse stable yard.

My pretty terrible Lipizzaner mare custom!

My other Lipizzaner mare - Deja Vu

Terrible photo, but it's the cart!

My Totilas in his smart red headcollar!

Random Hanoverian mare in her hand made rug

Kingsbridge Diomedes in his hand made halter

Corn on the Cob's handmade rug

I think she's outgrown him...!

3 in 1!

I made a 3 in 1 set yesterday, modeled on Gem Twist. It is a waterproof turnout set, with a detachable hood, mask and rug. Please comment! Here are the photos...

The 3 in 1 set. Complete with all features.

The hood and the mask

Close up of the hood and the mask- using velcro. 

Just the mask close up.

 

And then the complete thing.

                                  

As you can see in the photos, you can take the set apart, so you can just have the hood on its own, the mask on its own, or the rug on its own, etc! There are many different ways of putting this rug on a horse, and would make a perfect travelling set! I think this might have to be a product on my website - what do you think? Comment below if you think it is good, or comment on anything if you like! Bye!

                       

Apologies and customizing!

Hi! I'm sorry about the long wait, but I was on holiday and didn't take my model horse stuff so there wasn't anything really interesting to blog about. Tomorrow I'll post pictures and the results of the live show that I went to so keep checking my blog.

At the moment I'm customizing the retired Schleich Lipizzaner mare (not the cantering one with the plaited mane, the walking one with a darker mane). I've had her for quite a while now and whilst most of my horses are kept in beautiful stables, she's kept in an old magazine holder which look like stalls. The holder has these sliding doors which are perfect, but she's kept in the middle one so I can't access her easily. This means that every time I take her out of her stall it's impossible to not hit her on anything. She has many scratches and I've been meaning to customize her for a while now but have never got round to it - there were more scratched horses that I needed to sort out (Star Appeal and Cobba Featha, see Creativity post for more).

Today I went into an art shop empty handed, and came out with a bag of fancy paintbrushes and new acrylics! I sat down at the table and set to work. I'm going to do three white coats and I'm going to keep her grey, I love greys. Comment below if you love them too!

I almost forgot to mention that I got a new model! He's called Gem Twist, and is part of the retired Breyer Fox Hunting Set. I'm not sure how many of him were made, or if he's of any value at all, but I love him and his clip! Click on this link if you want to see a photo of him (not the one I have).

Here are the pictures:

The finished bridle of Totilas!

Halfway through the saddle (two girth straps and half the girth!)

Cloudy Day custom (the first white coat)

I saw the sign (and lots of creativity!)

Hi! I got creative yesterday, and bored, so I decided that I could make some signs for my stables. Here they are! I'll try and do a tutorial tomorrow, but I might not be able to blog at all. :( Anyway...

Horse Trail sign

Multi - Use Trail sign (my newbie Kingsbridge Diomedes photo-bombs!)

Caution - horse riding sign

I couldn't resist having a photo of the carriage I made, with Kingsbridge of course!

Directions to the arenas and yards!

STOP Are your children under control sign!

In addition to the yellow sign, this goes near the eventing yard - where all the mad horses go!

Goes outside the indoor school

Goes outside the Olympic Arena - the door must be closed!

Creativity

Hi! I kind of got creative today, and made a (model horse) new feed room. The old one was sort of dying out, and I wasn't using it much as I made some feedbags and filled them and they lived in my yard for most of the time. I also took some pictures of my yard and some things in my yard - so you can have a look at them!

This is my foal stable I made recently - it's even got clip on doors!

Tack room I made with my grandfather

One half of the saddle pegs

Other half of the saddle pegs

The martingale, harness and bridle pegs

The headcollar pegs and the saddlecloth box

The feed room in its rightful place at the yard

Sorry, I don't know how to rotate the photos

The jam jar contains a coarse mix, and the containers with the spoons have spices and things

Some of my feed bags - I'll do a tutorial on them definitely

An overview of Cool Mix and Energy Mix (and Happy Hoof)

Bullyland Trakehner mare custom

Schleich Gypsy Cob Mare custom

See you soon (I think another tutorial is in order)