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Ehetere — Dreaming of Spots
Published: 2011-06-15 17:50:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 1996; Favourites: 72; Downloads: 13
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Stellar and Strange x RubaaOnce again Rubaa finds herself with an unusual looking stallion, this time covered in spots! *SnowglobeDragon has kindly leased us her gorgeous stud Goose so Willowglen will be receving its first cross breed: and Ara-Appaloosa (or Araloosa as I prefer). With parents like these the baby is sure to be a stunner!
I also apologize for the ragged edges on Goose's spots: my tablet appears to be spazzing for no apparent reason and I have no idea what's going on there
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Noop: gotta get through my work experience (tomorrow and Friday) and then I'm FREEEEEEEE for two weeks
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Can't wait to see all your artwork then!
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You've already heard it several times, but it looks just like Goose 
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At first, before all the spots were on him it looked nothing like him, so thankfully I stuck with it 
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Wow. This is gorgeous. You have done the colour and markings perfectly! These guys are absolutely stunning!
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Thanks! Goose was time consuming but rewarding I think. Rubaa was much easier
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Totally agreed! Now I just have to decide on a design x.x
Its torture I tell you!
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Haha, don't make it have to many spots...you will regret it 
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Haha, my newly discovered way of painting means I could have as many as I wanted and it'd still take the same amount of work to colour... I'm going to try and pick the best looking design I come up with though
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I will never understand your mad, mad skills 
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I know right? I just need to decide where these spots will go... I can't choose!
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You'll never get them identical in every pic, may as well pick a pattern that is easy to replicate and still look like the same horse
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Yup! I noticed Goose never has the same spots and I'm not surprised. The fantastic thing about Appys is that they do change, quite a lot, as they age so I can get away with stuff. I've actually seen very, very minimal babies grow up to be near leopard adults, so changing the design as I go along is definitely on the cards
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I didn't know that the spots could change like that, how interesting. I thought it was just the amount of speckling and roaning that tended to change. Since I want to breed Nez Perce in the future, I better get my act together and learn how appy genetics work. I always avoided it because it seemed so complicated.
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Yup! The changes can be quite dramatic: here's a good example.
This foal was born looking like this: [link] [link] [link]
Sheds out like this as a yearling: [link]
Before going back to normal in winter: [link] [link]
Spots begin to appear again after the winter coat starts shedding (2 years) [link]
Fully shed 2 years: [link]
Winter Coat again: [link]
And 3 years fully shed: [link]
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I started clicking the links and they look nothing alike from a baby bay to a 3 yo, wonder if our friends appy babies will do that...(They got 3 mini mares and 1 appy stallion. 1 mini mare is what I believe is a sooty buckskin, maybe with silver, other is silver bay pinto(she came from the same place as the buckskin, thats why I think the buckskin may have silver) and then the 3rd mare is the studs daughter, a little frosted chestnut 
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Whoah that's wacky! You'd honestly think it was a different horse. Thanks for the example
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You're welcome: appy genes are wacky 
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Ahh! I cannot wait to see the foal from these two! xD
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This is gorgeous! I love the soft background colouring, and the spots. THE SPOTS.
And Ru looks stunning as per usual.
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Aww, thanks hon! Glad you like the background: I quite liked it myself
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DANG that is going to be a seriously stunning baby!!!
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Exactly! 
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OHH god that is going to be like teh holy grail of foals
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Oh My God.
And.... appy markings look so good in your style!
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ikr? Glad you like the markings: usually mine are better, for some reason my tablet's acting up
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you makes me want to have a spotted arabian too now, thought I had choosen the dun buckskin over the spotted >w< so tempting now *fail*
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ara-appaloosas have got to be one of my favorite crosses, everrrr!
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Yus: I love how elegant they all seem to be! I can't wait
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Oh, they are both so gorgeous, their babies will look so cute! I love how the sky looks, and Rubaa looks stunning.
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I love the complete opposite faces XD Dished right next to a roman!
Gonna have some sexy spotty babies!
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Haha, I thought it was amusing as well 
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