Little taste of Rein...

Just started blocking in dapples on part of Mr. November, and I have a looooong way to go, but I thought I would share anyways! But now, it's time for me to hit the hay!

Waiting, sweating, etc.

So it's stinking hot, again!

Mr. November Rein has a few coats of oils on him, but has been giving me little fits. This resin is just fighting me every step of the way, it seems! Ah well, it will turn out eventually, with patience, and work.

Since I've had some off time between oil coats, I have been tinkering with Obcecado lately. He practically melted in my hands while sculpting on him earlier! I don't even know how hot it got today, but it's definitely hotter in my craft/computer room with my computer running all day, and not the best circulation due to plastic on the window outside (the house is being painted!). He's hanging out in my mini-fridge with a few bottles of beer for the night haha! Hope he doesn't wake up with a hangover...

I'll post a few pics, but they really aren't great. The lighting made him look quite strange and lumpish in a few areas. His lower legs are just hardly blocked in, and his upper legs just barely tied into his body so far. His muscles are scratchy and crazy with tool marks, and unfinished. He is still in the stage where things may change drastically, so he looks a real mess. But it's still fun to share!

And it starts!

I have finally busted out the oils, and have started blocking in color on the Reiner!

I decided to go with a lighter dapple gray. I figure it's a fun color to paint, it will look striking on him, and I haven't seen one in that color, or not yet anyways. So he has begun, and I will post pictures when I have something worth posting...I'm starting out a little different than I usually do, since grays are really difficult to basecoat in acrylic, like I normally do, so I'm trying to do the entire thing in oils. We will see how that goes! It might take me a while haha...

He was going to be light, and not terribly warm, but I put a little bit more brown in some of the mixes than I realized, and I was actually pleased with the warmth.

I don't generally name horses I paint, but I think I'll call him November Rein for now...

Still working on it...

There's no update on the sculpture currently, I'm afraid. I haven't had time to touch him in at least a month :( As soon as this big dance show thing is over with, I'll dive back into clay activities. Or so I hope!

The Reiner has been giving me prepping fits. Every time I think I'm done, and set him down to dry a few days, I find something else to fix! It's been a really long time since I've prepped, and I guess I forgot how trying it can be at times. I had everything filled from my last nit-picking session, only to get my darn fingerprint on the fresh primer I had just applied! Dagnabbit!!!

On top of all that, I live in an area that's SERIOUSLY lacking in places that sell art supplies. All I have to pick from locally is Michaels, Jo-Anns, and a very small independent place, that didn't even have precisely what I was looking for. Blick and Dan Smith are an hour ferry ride (not to mention a long up-hill walk, or having to pay to drive on) away. There's a smaller store somewhere in Tacoma, which is about a 40min drive, along with a bridge toll. I would very much like to live elsewhere, anyone have a closet I could sleep in?

But all the griping aside, I am getting a LITTLE closer to having pictures to share, I hope!

Aaaand it's STILL hot...

I'm still plugging away at dance costuming, and shooting primer/fixing minor things on the poor Reiner in between.

Soon, he shall be started soon...or so I hope. I'm going to give him one more thorough looking over, then he gets to sit for a day or two before I try to tackle basecoating, just so he has plenty of time to dry in this weather. I'm paranoid about humidity after hearing some horror stories from a hobby friend. Yipe!

I sure wish my neighbors lovely little conure-parrot-beast would stop squawking, as it's quite irritating.

There still isn't a concrete decision on his color, but concrete might not be a bad direction, if you know what I mean ;)

Back to the sewing machine/serger!

So it's a little warm...

I have been working on prepping the Reiner since the box showed up, but I'm still not quite finished. Almost there, but a few more days. Washington got hit with some sudden hot weather, and it's rather oppressive and not making for the best drying time on my primer it seems.

I also haven't had time to touch my sculpture, unfortunately...

I have a dance show, my first ever real 'performance' the end of July, and I have to finish costuming in less than a week. That stuff has been taking most of my spare moments, but at least it's still a creative endeavor, right? I did say this blog was for my general creative activities, not just model horses ;)

I might go into more detail on the fun costume stuff later, but right now I have to go to work!

I have him...now what?!

So my first copy of the glorious new Rose Reiner was sitting on my porch when I got home from work today! EXCITEMENT! The very first thing I did was bring him in, bust open the box, and bust out my prepping supplies.

But there's always a catch, no?

I can't decide what color this beast wants to be yet. He will be a sale piece, my first in a VERY long time, and I want something fitting, but not just generic, as this resin is really wonderful.

My first thoughts were stock horse standards, shades of dun, buckskin, but no. I thought maybe something more traditional, and classy, a light dappled, livery chestnut, lighter m/t, with little or no chrome? I love painting such colors, but is that special enough for this guy? I'm bouncing around some other thoughts, but I still haven't made up my mind. I guess maybe I'll see what he says to me while I continue to scrape, fill, and sand.