2017 Web Special - Rainier

I'm a big fan of drafters; I'm also a big fan of pintos and roans. So when it was announced that Breyer's first web special of the year was a blue roan pinto drafter, my jaw just about dropped! 

Look at this hunk! <3

Breyer has definitely outdone themselves with this one, and congratulations to those lucky enough to be drawn for him... which includes my mother. He's not a sales piece at this time, and because the both of us are splitting the cost, his show name is "Joint Custody."

Because we really love humorous horse names, and this was just too good of an opportunity. Here's a list of some of the other names we came up with but didn't decide to use:

• Collaboration
• Double Vision
• Two-Steppin'
• Joint Effort
• ...and their were others that I cannot for the life of me remember.

(I asked my mother, too. She wasn't much help.)

After getting lucky enough to be chosen for one of these boys, it takes Breyer a week if not longer to ship to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, so I have been anxiously awaiting his arrival for quite some time now. And here he is! 

The video below is of me unboxing our Rainier, which I did promptly as soon as I got back from class just the other day. Enjoy, and look for more YouTube videos from Paint Pony Studios in the future!

Unboxing - Bourbon

Once you're old enough that you stop making Christmas lists, a lot of your friends and relatives just end up sending you money for Christmas. I'm sure some of you out there have been experiencing this for years, or maybe that time's just now starting for you. Either way, it opens up a lot of exciting opportunities.

So, to preface this whole thing, I'd like to thank my grandparents for helping fund my Christmas present for this year- a beautiful rolling resin by the name of Bourbon.

Picture from Seunta LLC

I had been watching the Seunta (pronounced "shane-ta" for anyone who's curious) website for quite some time after they had announced their 2016 Holiday Sale because I have been wanting one of these bad boys for a while. But being a broke college student (art student, no less, which means I have even less money,) I could never afford to splurge on a resin, especially for myself.

Fortunately for me, after Christmas came around, I had enough money to buy myself one! I'll leave how he'll be painted a surprise for now until I start working on him and showing you all pictures.

I guess I can give you a hint - it'll be one of my "specialties." (*cough* Pinto *cough*)

First off, Bourbon arrived in a box inside of a box, which is always fun. I'm pretty much in love with Seunta's logo, to be honest. It's absolutely lovely.

Opening up the box left me confronted by one of my worst packing enemies... foam peanuts! Don't get me wrong, they're great packing material, buuuut they stick to anyone and everything in their path. 

I don't have any pictures of before Bourbon was unwrapped, but he came absolutely mummified. Most often, to protect resins, you will wrap their heads, tails, legs, and sometimes even their entire bodies in tissue paper. Bourbon came with only his head, neck, and tail wrapped, but it did it's job well. No cracks or breaks!

And isn't he something?

There's so much personality in this resin - I cannot wait to get started on him! I'll be sure to update you all on his progress as he's being worked on, so stick around and stay tuned; this rolling boy needs to be prepped, primed, and painted for NaMoPaiMo!

More Surprises!

We have two more horsey surprises for everyone! Now I know you may be asking: "But... why?" Well, long story short, Breyer opened up a special section on their website for those who were BreyerFest three-day ticket holders from this year. In this section was an absolute goldmine of special runs from not only this year but previous years.

Seeing as we had already come home with one of almost every special run (minus the Pegasus), I scanned the list for things that I didn't figure anybody in our area would already have. I had to do a lot of thinking about that, though. Back before we started running more complex shows and taking in models to sell, my mom and I were still attending BreyerFest every year. In those days, we were only able to bring models home for ourselves, and sometimes we didn't even get every model we wanted. (No extra tickets, no extra models.)

I took this as an opportunity to see if I could snag some models from 2014 and earlier, and guess what?

I did.

So there you have it. A "Dances with Wolves" from 2010 and a "Champagne Toast" from 2014, but Dances with Wolves will not be for sale. Let me offer a little bit of explanation.

BreyerFest 2010 was my first BreyerFest. I was able to come home with every single model except for two- Beethoven and Dances with Wolves. As a kid who was seriously into collecting and showing my models, I really, REALLY wanted a porcelain piece. But also, as a kid, I did not have the money to afford a $155 porcelain horse- no matter how pretty she was an how much I loved her. My mother told me "Absolutely not. You're not getting that horse. She's too breakable and too expensive." And though miffed, I thought it was a good enough argument.

However, now that I am a legal adult with a job and money of my own, spending money on a horse that was discounted from $155 to something more affordable to me was a no-brainer. So she's mine now, after six years of searching and hoping that I would actually find her at some room sale of on eBay.

Don't give up on your dreams, kids. Eventually, you WILL end up with that expensive grail your parents originally said "no" to.

I hope you enjoyed today's motivational blog. Stick around- I've been making some halters, and I might just to a little tutorial on them.

~Emma

Surprise!

I'm finally able to put videos together now that I have a decent program to do so (thank you for the new computer, NMU), so when I got a couple packages today, I figured that I could do a bit of an unboxing video for everyone.

Ignore the terrible lighting and the camera not focusing. I'm still working out the kinks of using this camera for videos.

So, there you have it!

Two new horses that I'll be bringing to our show in October, and a surprise for all of you on the way. Pictures of these two newbies are coming soon. Hopefully none of you were extremely scarred for life seeing my face, either. If that's the case, maybe I'll do some other vlog-type deals and post them here for all of you.

Stay tuned!

~Emma