Bluebird Studio

DUN is held ever second year, and is the Aussie equivalent to the US's NAN (though not nearly as large!) Each DUN I have donated a custom Breyer. Last time it was the classic scale Marigold, you may remember her . I donated her blank and she was painted up by Sommer Prosser Well she ended up in the hands of an Aussie, and has since gone onto live show success This time around I have customised a Breyer Clydesdale foal. Though every single surface has been resculpted, I hesitate to call him 'drastic', so I shall call him 'tweaked' instead. He is still a Clydie foal, but he has had a growth spurt, gained a new face, a few pounds and an awful lot of hair. Phineas ('cause I am huge fan of the kids cartoon Phineas & Ferb ) raffle tickets are now available through the DUN Website, which can be found here They are only $2! You could potentially own the fellow for less then I paid for his body ... BARGAIN !!! So jump in a grab some, I know I wil...

Wow, time really does fly when you are having fun! I have come home from the live, re-invigorated, inspired and ready to hack, melt and sculpt every plastic pony in the house. I also came home to NAN. Live streamed on the web, I was glued to it, as this was the very first time any of my CMs were going to be there. I was so very glad I did as Komos got a Top 10 in Light/Gaited/Spanish Foals http://nan.cgi101.com/results13/results.cgi?5000 With many thanks to Jaime Baker for his finishwork, Liz Cassel for tirelessly Proxy showing him for me, and Beth Patterson for taking him to NAN and the photo Komos is now on his way home where he will do the show circuit here, then onto a special new home. I adore Live show photos, pounce on them like a kid onto lollies. So I feel a little guilty I have not shared these before now. I arrived at the show early, in fact I was the very first one there, which is not very conducive to rattly nerves, but I had nothing to worry abut, the ponies ...

I am not going to call this a tutorial, as it isn't, it is more of a show and tell. This is how I do it, there are many different ways, cutting and pinning, warming and slow bending etc, but this is the way that works for me. Before we start though, I do want to say, Dremels and heat guns are not for the faint hearted, they are dangerous tools in the wrong hands, please be careful and protect yourself. As mentioned in the previous post, I am CMing a Zenyetta to an ASB. A rather drastic CM, but the theory is the same for all my CMing, wether it is simple or drastic. Firstly, I mark the joints. This gives me the bending points, and I can also measure making sure the OF is even. Always, always, always ...starting form the highest joint (shoulder, hip) moving down the limbs comparing to the reference photos work out what needs moving. Sometimes, on a simple CM shoulders and rump joints don't need moving, but rarely. Once I think I know where I am heading, I mark out the...

This fellow is a little more drastic then the first three. I have CM'ed him to a Lipizzaner stallion performing Capriole. This fellow is the very first idea that popped into my mind when I first saw the Totilas mould. I have finally finished his sculpting and begun his painting. Do you know how hard it is to paint inside a mouth! Sheesh! I am contemplating taking him to Melbourne Live, as I will be there with Hermes, and helping out with some judging. It would be nice to actually have something on the table :) Of course it will be absolutely terrifying, but oh so fun! He will have an acrylic rod once he is finished, most likely set onto an acrylic base as well to be as unobtrusive as possible. More on the studio bench, all edging closer to being done... More soon ...

Life has been hectic the last month (Month! Where did the weeks go!?) Live shows, flu, school holidays, commissions and this brilliant little time waster ... Scarlett In two weeks time Equitana equitana.com.au/  . I am going to be fluffing on the Breyer stall over the 4 days, with my Cm work, and generally talking model horses. Yay! Coming with me will be these 5 CMs for display Bluebell CM FAM CM Clydie Stallion CM Classic Arab Stallion CM Weather Girl CM All need to be finished and painted, with the exception of Weather girl, she is coming in primer as she is crossing the pond for her clothes. Very very excited about her destination. Did I mention it was in less then 2 weeks? More soon ...