Saturday, January 7, 2012

New Projects for a New Year

Now that the holidays are over, hopefully I will have time to work on horsy projects again!  Here are a few upcoming projects I will be detailing on this blog - stay tuned for more!

First: finish Nirvana - customize and paint/pastel
Part of the reason for this blog is so I actually finish him.  Poor Brego has been under construction since 1999, and remains at the bottom of the list...

2012 Traditional Scale Projects:
- 1905 fire department harness (and pumper engine)  This is coming up next!
- Brekka - custom trotting Fjord
- Pleasure harness for Brekka
- pony size English saddle and bridle
My workspace on the coffee table.

2012 Stablemate Scale Projects:
- farm harness and forecart for G4 drafters
- 4 in hand circus parade harness and copy of Ringling Bell Wagon for G3 Belgians
- western saddle and bridle
- Fjord team, work harnesses, and hayride wagon
- Tandem harness
Checking the scale of tires for the forecart and farm wagon!  Also, a half-finished Fjord.

2012 Other Projects/Topics
- sleigh bells
- scenery
- photo showing

Other Future Projects - these are all on "the want list" of things to do, subject to time and money.  If they happen, I'll post the progress here:
Trad Scale:
- pony size Albany cutter - this will include a tutorial on bending wood
- marathon brollar harness, cart, and water hazard
- forest trail scene base
- pony collar harness and wagon
- customize Stormy to Fjord foal, possibly a custom Alborozo

Classic Scale
- pony harness and cart
- working western saddle and bridle
- possible custom Gretel - silver bay, or Fjord?

Stablemate Scale
- racing sulky sleigh and harness
- sleigh or cutter
- gig or cart
- Fire harness and engine
- English saddle and bridle
- 1905 street scene with shops, street lamps, and Macadam road
- ramshackle barn
- Possible customs: chestnut Friesian, G3 Andalusian to mini Alborozo, jumper to diving horse, G2 and G3 ponies to Fjords, G4 trotting horse with new mane and tail to fit my gig, and several others.

So, those are a few projects I have in mind!  I hope they will be entertaining at least, and maybe even some useful tips for you.  Thanks and stay tuned for more!

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