NaMoPaiMo Prep: Part IV

There has been a lot going on these past couple weeks with Equine Empowerment Inc's open house as well as my Year of the Pig Project items going up for sale  I've been kept pretty busy!

Progress has been slow on my Kirin as I wait for separate Apoxie parts to dry. I have gotten the hooves to appear cloven, and the antlers are currently drying. All the needs to happen is attachment of the antlers and then final rounds of sanding & priming.

In the meantime, I worked on four horses this month with several others in their prep phases too. I am not the type to let paint dry, nor am I (typically) the type to get up and walk away from my designated studio space once I'm in it. Instead, I work on multiple projects at a time. Originally, I tried to work on multiples of the same color, but with the addition of a palette with a lid to my tools, I am able to work on multiple, different color projects without issue.

Prime example are the three Maggie Bennett micro minis I finished this month. It should be noted that they have similar colors used for shading (mostly) between purples, blues and greens, but base colors and some shading were done differently (Flaxen chestnut Arabian has yellows, reds and oranges; black Belgian was done with purples and greens and gra Fjord was done with silver and a cooler grey-not as much color experimentation on him).

(Maggie Bennett's Jessie to black Belgian-no shoes)

(Maggie Bennett's Bangles to flaxen chestnut Arabian)

(Maggie Bennett's Viking to gra Fjord)

There was one straggler from last year who was completed this month, and that was a clear ware SM that I started at a Christmas get together and only just finished. Rather than one layer of each color, this little guy has two layers that added a nice depth to his color compared to the single layer that, I believe, Breyer intends you to do with these little guys. I hope to get my own set sometime in the future as they are fun even if the paint is slow to dry. 

(Fun little sun catcher SM from Breyer's set dubbed Calcifer after the character from Howl's Moving Castle)

I intend to have all my prep work done BEFORE February this time, and I see that I'm starting to run out of time, so wish me luck!

Till the next time!