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Update:Thanks everyone who helped me think of names for him! I chose a combination of ~EternalStarTrail 's suggestions!This is my 2nd custom Breyer stablemate and like my first, also had many issues. The most disappointing being he fell off my shelf above my sink into a drain full of drying dishes, which of course has many hard and pointy things in it. So his beautiful face is ruined and he has a chip on one of his back hocks.
His color came out nice enough-but another problem I was having was once I put the Matte Finish on after the black pastel layers, it lightened the back some how and made it seem a dull black or grey instead of a nice lustrous black.
Would he be considered a liver chestnut? Maybe?
I still have issues with white markings too, they look rather sloppy and I need to figure out how to get them smooth looking. I was using layers, started out with a grey and then got lighter with each layer. But it's still not a nice even white. Bleh. O well, on to the next model! I'm thinking a blue roan? It will be on one like this: [link]
Also, while I'm here, another update. I'm still doing finishing touches around the house and new room so that explains my absence. For a few days there it looked like we just moved in! Crazy stuff. But it's slowly being put back together-but now I'm behind on laundry and very tired.
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Comments: 37
AccaliaRose [2012-07-20 00:39:30 +0000 UTC]
Very nice, his coat came out beautiful. He could definitely be a liver chestnut, and maybe there's some sooty thrown in there too
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byrch [2012-07-18 21:33:02 +0000 UTC]
He looks great! I love his white markings, I think they look very nice. Makes me want to get back into painting!
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Kryptic-Memories [2012-07-18 01:36:28 +0000 UTC]
i really like the colour of this one, and i think the chip is cute, even if it shouldent be there. :3
but your will get better as you continue. <3 i know that for a fact.
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sVa-BinaryStar In reply to Kryptic-Memories [2012-07-18 03:22:13 +0000 UTC]
I plan to! I want to get pretty decent before I try to do Braydan.
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Kryptic-Memories In reply to sVa-BinaryStar [2012-07-18 03:23:33 +0000 UTC]
:3
braydan will look amazing when you do him.
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Feathersun [2012-07-17 23:00:37 +0000 UTC]
So you just bought one of the ones that was already painted and re-painted it? I have always wanted to try something like that! Yours looks so awesome though, I could never do something as amazing as that! <3
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sVa-BinaryStar In reply to Feathersun [2012-07-18 03:20:22 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, well it was an old model I had from when I was younger. You take the model, prime it, and use chalk pastels to brush the colors over it in layers. If you would like to read about it, here's a great tutorial: [link]
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Feathersun In reply to sVa-BinaryStar [2012-07-20 21:06:27 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for the link!!! I will be sure to save it somewhere so I can try it out some time :3
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qannekke [2012-07-17 20:42:45 +0000 UTC]
You should make a tutorial on some of these guys, I just bought a bunch of unpainted stablemates bases and I'd like to paint or pastel them nicely like this ^^
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sVa-BinaryStar In reply to qannekke [2012-07-18 03:18:53 +0000 UTC]
I will! Maybe though once I stop making mistakes with them. But for now, here's a few of the tutorials I looked at the help me get started: [link]
[link]
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hartandhind [2012-07-17 20:13:13 +0000 UTC]
what sort of medium did you use for him? pastels? oil or chalk?
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sVa-BinaryStar In reply to hartandhind [2012-07-17 20:23:34 +0000 UTC]
Pastels and acrylic paint for the white markings.
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hartandhind In reply to sVa-BinaryStar [2012-07-17 20:26:14 +0000 UTC]
what type of pastels? chalk or oil?
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sVa-BinaryStar In reply to hartandhind [2012-07-18 03:13:31 +0000 UTC]
Oh, chalk. Scraped them into powdered and applied them in layers.
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hartandhind In reply to sVa-BinaryStar [2012-07-18 13:44:28 +0000 UTC]
try doing your blaze/whites in chalk first then go ontop with a very fine brush with the paint and feather out the marking ontop of the chalk to get a more realistic edge. go look at some close ups of blazes and such... you can usually see the hairs "fanning out". might help.
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SilverBB [2012-07-17 18:37:03 +0000 UTC]
did you just paint him? Or did you mold him as well?
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sVa-BinaryStar In reply to SilverBB [2012-07-17 19:42:18 +0000 UTC]
Just painted-I don't mold or sculpt. He's a Breyer stablemate
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SilverBB In reply to sVa-BinaryStar [2012-07-17 21:50:05 +0000 UTC]
oh right well the painting is really good
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KonaKinz [2012-07-17 17:22:45 +0000 UTC]
I like him even more. I thought the chip on his nose was just a white marking on his lip.
He's so beautiful, and his texture looks a bit smoother than the other one. I love his markings too! Did you see the trick to doing roans and fleabitten greys?
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sVa-BinaryStar In reply to KonaKinz [2012-07-17 17:37:13 +0000 UTC]
No I haven't other than doing tiny dots? Inform me!
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KonaKinz In reply to sVa-BinaryStar [2012-07-17 18:01:23 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, I heard of using a tooth brush, putting your color of acrylic on it, and snapping/flicking the bristols.
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sVa-BinaryStar In reply to KonaKinz [2012-07-17 19:45:42 +0000 UTC]
Oooh I've done that with pottery before! Maybe I'll give it a try, it would have to be really fine though since it's another stablemate. Can't wait to see the next one you started!
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cobra-farms [2012-07-17 17:11:53 +0000 UTC]
i think it looks awesome! are you using acrylics for the white? i've heard you have to water them down a lot and then just put layer after layer of VERY watery white paint (so no greys or anything, just white).
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sVa-BinaryStar In reply to cobra-farms [2012-07-17 17:37:45 +0000 UTC]
Thanks! Yeah acrylics. Ok I will try that next time, even though I did have it fairly watered down, but will water down even more!
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EternalStarTrail [2012-07-17 16:40:20 +0000 UTC]
I think his color looks sooo gorgeous Liver chestnut definately fits it ^^
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sVa-BinaryStar In reply to EternalStarTrail [2012-07-17 17:37:59 +0000 UTC]
Awesome, Thanks!
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adoettei [2012-07-17 16:37:43 +0000 UTC]
I really like it! It's a very nice job and I did at first think he was a liver chestnut. Maybe you can pass him off as one. I think it's great!
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