My first unicorn – page 2

I had ordered a kirin, but the horn was damaged. After sorting is all out with Suzie (sending pictures of the wound, etc.), she sent me a new one and told me to keep the damaged one:

I fixed the horn, but had to repaint it, as the gold was a total goner. It’s metallic white, though the flash hides it. So here is Piki, the okapi-rin!

There are a few spots that are bugging me still, but all and all, he’s basically finished. Trust me, getting a smooth, straight line on these scales is tough!!!

I’m really happy with him, and I will be doing a unicorn with this pattern.

I included 2 links to pictures I used:
http://www.astrosurf.com/lefebvre/diaporamas/san_diego&wild-life-park/pictures/okapi.jpg
http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.wildnet.org/images/okapi_epulu.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.wildnet.org/okapi.htm&h=253&w=288&sz=57&hl=en&start=14&tbnid=-yNN9ebBLZt-jM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=115&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dokapi%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

so, is the horn in it the original horn or the second horn that susie sent you? i am confused as to why you had to paint it white.

It’s the original horn. She sent me a whole new kirin. I’m glad, because honestly, I’m not sure I would have been able to remove the horn without damaging the head.