Last week I told y’all all about my favorite aspect of model horse showing, performance classes. After showing all the pictures of my miniature kingdom and how much I loved it, today I’ll be touching on why I stopped showing and collecting as a hobby. Most adventures that were met with such enthusiasm don’t end abruptly, but I remember sitting in my house when we first moved to Texas after Breyerfest and staring at my shelves of models and props….
Last week we talked about resins and customs and the week before we talked about OF halter, but this week we get to talk about my favorite part of model showing… performance! What is Performance showing? What is performance in a nutshell? Well, remember how you played with your Breyer horses as a kid and had them jump over little jumps or run around little barrels and squealed with delight with the little saddles they wore? It’s pretty much that,…
Last week in model horse mania 2013, we went over original finish halter showing. Today we’re still in halter land, but instead of factory finish plastic ponies I’m going to introduce to the beautiful world of customs and resins. Get ready to be wowed by a lot of amazing photos by Jennifer Buxton who has a beautiful collection of these horses. Today’s post will be photo heavy, because I think the beauty of these pieces can be explained best by…
So last week in my model horse series, I told you how I got into the hobby and became obsessed with little plastic horses. This week, I’m going to explain a bit about a huge part of the model horse showing and collecting hobby – original finish halter. That doesn’t make sense now, but it will soon! What does Original Finish mean? Models come in all shapes and sizes. Some are sculpted and painted by individuals, but most are factory…