Breyer people

[justanothercowgirl]

I was wondering who on the forum paints Breyers and what kind of paints you use??? Also I would love to see pics of your work!!

 

[Field-of-Dreams]

When I had time I used to paint all the time. I used Liquitex acrylic paints thinned enough to run through an airbrush. My guys do OK, I even have several National Top Tens that I did!

Lucy

 

[justanothercowgirl]

So it that what most people do is airbrush??? Do you have any pics of your work Lucy??? I would love to see!!

 

[wishful]

How do you get the black scuffs of the breyers that have been played with?

 

[Field-of-Dreams]

How do you get the black scuffs of the breyers that have been played with?

Toothpaste. Not gel. GENTLY rub with a soft cloth. You can take paint off, so go slow and carefully. Also, rubbing alchohol works, but that takes paint off even easier.

Give them a bath with hot, soapy water first (lemon Dawn dishwashing liquid is best) then while they are still warm and wet use your toothpaste. You can gently use a fingernail to scrape, too. Too hard and your scratch them. I've "saved" many a flea market find this way. Some I resold, others are still here!

I need to get pix of my guys....

Lucy

 

[AppyLover2]

Please do post pictures Lucy. I'd love to do some of them myself. Don't expect to win any prizes but think it would be a fun thing to do; and if they're good enough maybe to do them like my friends horses and give them as gifts.

 

[hobbyhorse23]

I paint them (or models, in any case.) I also use the Liquitex acrylics as they have a reputation for being high quality, but I handpaint. Artists generally use acrylics in any brand that suits them to airbrush or handpaint, or handpaint with oils or even use mixed media. Pastel dust is currently a major trend in the hobby. Colored pencils are another one. Both pastels and pencils are used to do detail work and achieve particular affects on top of an acrylic basecoat.

I don't do many horses and those I do are all in a tiny scale, but I have several live show championships, a Regional Top 5, and some NAN cards to show for my limited efforts.

Leia

 

[justanothercowgirl]

Leia, thanks for your reply! I would love to see pics of some of your work!!!

 

[FairytailGlennMinis]

I just started customizing Breyers this past year (after collecting for 22 years). I am mostly using pastels, colored pencils and charcoals and then doing my detail work and markings in acrylics. I have really gotten into doing resculpting the past couple of months too. None of my stablemate models are safe from having their manes and tails whacked off, ears remade or legs/heads being repositioned. Doing really good customs takes a LOT of time and I am enjoying the learning process so far.

-Amy

This one was for minimomnc of a horse that she had at the time--Honeysuckle Knoll Regencys Rafael

These belong to Jim and Maryann of Blue Blazes and are of their filly Jane and their stallion Slash.

One for Rhapsody of AppyHollow of her colt Legend

and a few of my works in progress that are not quite finished...

 

[AppyLover2]

Great work Amy. Those are gorgeous!! Thanks for posting pictures for us wannabe painters.

 

[FairytailGlennMinis]

Thanks Appylover. I am a newbie at this and though I have a very creative mind I have a lot of trouble making what I see in my head happen on paper--or in this case on a model. I am hoping that Tammie of C-Spots will post. She does AMAZING work!

-Amy

 

[justanothercowgirl]

Wow, thanks for the pics!! I didn't know that you could actually change the shape of them!!! Way cool!!

 

[FairytailGlennMinis]

you CAN change their position, but it is a real pain in the neck. You basicly cut them at the joints then warm up the plastic with a heat gun just enough to make the area pliable, but overdo it and they blow up, blister or just plain melt. Then after you get all the pieces where you want them you go back over the rough areas with gapoxio or apoxie sculpt and resculpt the joints. This is when you make your new manes and tails, etc. as well. I have a Peter Stone chip (stablemate size) drafter that I basicly cut his lower jaw off and remade it tiny layer by tiny layer so that he now has bared teeth and his ears laid back. He still has a looong way to go before I am ready to show him off. Adding new manes and tails isn't very hard, but again, it takes a lot of time and tiny layers at a time in my experience. I know the pros can get through things pretty quickly, but for a newbie like me it takes a ton of time and patience. You don't even want to see the poor model that was my first attempt at repositioning....yikes!

-Amy

Here is a model that I carved out his ears and nostrils (as well as heel bulbs and made the frogs and bars). I also gave him a new mane and forlock as well as a thicker tail since he is going to represent a mini stallion. This is the stablemates warmblood mold, btw.

Here he is with color...still needs hooves and eyes done and the matt finish sealer to kill the glossy effect of my fixative spray.

Here is a shetland pony mold that had a TON of mane. I carved into that mess with my dremel and gave him a bridlepath and defined his ears. Little things like this are easy to do. (This is my almost finished representation of my good ol' pal Horse Heaven Acres Platinum Playboy...aka Coco Puffs)

and here are the pony and warmbloods as they originaly came: