pastels, clay, plaster, and sculpey

Though I haven't been able to devote my days to horses (if only...) I have been able to work on a few customs. Well, one in particular - this CWP. When I first got the body, I was planning to paint her a palomino or buckskin, but I decided she'd look better in bay. I'm not quite done with her yet, I still need to add a bit more shading and of course paint the eyes.

Also, I decided to try my hand at sculpting. Since I didn't think I was ready to do a full horse, I did a medallion instead. I quite astonished myself with how it looked, seeing as I can barely draw a horse. I tried making a plaster mold, which went alright. I made a copy in sculpey, as that was the only thing I had on hand that would make a permanent copy. It's far from perfect, but for a first try, I don't think it's that bad!

Finally! A finished custom!

I actually finished this guy a while ago, but since I've been putting up so many pictures of works in progress, I decided to put one up of a finished horse. He is a SM seabiscuit with a slightly arab profile. Although you can't see it in the picture, he has a star and a snip. As always, he is painted in pastels.

latest project - blankets

Well, my latest project has not been a custom. Although I've been working a bit on priming a CL arab stallion, I've been mainly working on blankets. Here is a picture of one I just finished tonight. It is made for the lonesome glory mold, and is embroidered with the horse's name.

more from my workbench

Okay, so here's the semi-rearing mustang I mentioned in an earlier post. His neck is going to need major changes, and pretty much every leg is being moved. I'm planning on raising the front legs even higher, and bringing the back legs together more. He will probably get a new tail to help support him.

Custom pics

I said I'd post some pictures once I figured it out, so here they are. This is Morganglanz before the head swap. Note the extremely short neck that needs major fixing. The interesting colored horse on the left is the jumper with Morganglanz's head. It took lots of fingers glued together before I got his head on straight. He doesn't have a mane, and I'll probably be hacking the tail off. I'll be posting more pictures in the future, hopefully of a few completed horses.

Latest news on CMs

I know I haven't posted anything for a while, but in case anyone's interested, here's the latest news from my workbench. I have recently been working on a head swap custom. I'm putting the morganglanz head on a jumper body, with the jumper's head going to the morganglanz. I've already lowered the neck on morganglanz, which severely shortened it. I'll need to build it up more then attach the head. The jumper is looking great, just putting the new head on has helped him lose his blocky appearance. I'll also be putting a braided mane and possibly a new tail on the jumper.
Also, I am working on another crazily drastic cm. I am attempting to turn the semi-rearing mustang into a lipizzaner doing a levade. It isn't going so well. . .
I'd have pictures of these, but I haven't quite figured out how to upload them.

CM horses

This is a CM that I did about a year ago. He's not my best, and I've definitely improved since him, but he's still PSQ. Originally he was a light bay with no facial markings and brown eyes, but I redid him by putting another layer of pastels on him. I might redo him entirely some day. . .

Welcome to Lightfoot Ranch!

Hi! First, thanks for reading Lightfoot Ranch's blog. Eventually I'll have pictures of my customs on here. Besides creating photo show quality customs, I also make model blankets and am beginning to do drastic (very drastic) customs. If you're interested, contact me for more information on my creations at bexterroundey@gmail.com. Or check out my ads on Model Horse Sales Pages under vendor name Roundey.