You just don't see a lot of customs on the Breyer Traditional Black Stallion these days, which is a shame because I think he has such personality (I LOVE his head tilt!) I'm honestly surprised this is the first time I've customized him, but I'm glad I took a chance with a little more complicated dapple gray this time because I'm loving how he turned out.
He's available on my Etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/listing/1613788090/martel-custom-dapple-gray-arabian-on-the
'Can you cook dinner?' shouted a heckler. 'Yes! Can you drive a coach and four?' replied Constance Markievicz (1868-1927) on her campaign for women's votes driving her carriage with four matched grey horses. The daughter of an Arctic explorer in an Anglo-Irish family, she fought against the British occupation of Ireland and was sentenced to death, though released in 1917 under a general amnesty. Arrested again the following year for protesting conscription in the First World War, she stood for Sinn Féin and took 66 per cent of the vote from prison, and refused to take her seat – then she was in any case, still imprisoned.
"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory
Hero managed to accumulate a whopping case of dandruff over winter, while he had his extra-fluffy coat on. Right now he is getting a bath and a good scrub. I’d imagine that the brush they’re using on him feels wonderful, but he HATES baths and is standing there looking like 1,000 pounds of “No tuch me i angy!!”
He will, however, be prettier, less itchy, and better-smelling when they’re finished. Nutmeg wants no part of any of this, but goats don’t get baths. She got her hooves trimmed yesterday, and is likely still plotting revenge.
Drew a whole bunch of pretty ponies for people on Twitter today and I will be drawing more soon. ❤️
Commissions are always open, (via my Ko-fi,) and I just added some more types of commissions to my Ko-fi shop if anyone is interested. 🥰 Any help is appreciated! (Student loans hurrrrt.)
I finally came up with a good "recipe" for mulberry gray that I really like. My model this time is Breyer's Classic Johar from the Black Stallion Returns gift set. Her back right leg was broken off when I got her, so I repaired that, and I also made her facial profile less "dishy" and extreme. She's painted in earth pigments and acrylics, and the photos don't show all the subtleties in her coloration, especially on the mane and tail. She's available at http://thegreenwolf.etsy.com.