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Another repair I finally uploaded photos of. This was Maple a Stray Flap Cat from ebay painted by Melody
These were her before photos I was provided.
Unfortunately, Maple suffered much more damage in shipping.
and this was the repair process… Maple took many passes before he/she was completed.
And all fixed ^_^
Got a busted Windstone?
drag0nfeathersdesign@gmail.com
*OPEN for repairs**SEEKING GRAILS*
Arc-en-ciel Emperor
Siphlophis Male Dragon
Calypso Hatching Empress
Ivory Moss Sitting Baby Kirin
Tattoo Mother Kirin
Emerald Tabby Male Griffin
Tie Dye + Orion Hatching Royalty
Indigo Rockfish + Flame Tabby Little Rock Dragons
Dragon Quail + Obsidian Frost Old Warriors
Betta Sun Dragon + Male Dragon
Dreamscape, Orion, Poison Dart, Fireberry, Spangler + Tigerberry DragonsVery nice job Drag0n….you are a miracle worker!! 🙂 I cannot believe how broken some of these come to you and how brilliantly you put them back together. BRAVO!!
As often happens when I see descruction like this – I think one of two things -“Yikes! What’s wrong with people – why can’t they pack properly” OR “Poor thing – you had a very bad fall” 🙁
Regardless of the cause, you have shown your talent once again. Sad as these breaks are, your repairs are impeccable in quality, flawlessly executed, timely, and faithful reproductions of the original work.
I hope that you are as proud of your work as the owners are of their now display-worthy pieces. As I certainly am with the work you have done for me.
I hope, too, that the repair work is extending to your own health and that you are on the mend.
Congratulations on yet another succeccful restoration.
Life is beautiful.
WOW!! I like looking at your before and after pictures…..you have an awesome talent!!!!
Author of “Moonlight Walkers” book and artist for the Trail of Painted Ponies Co.
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Website: courtneymooreauthor.comI am in awe of your craftmanship! I hope you can help me.
I’m new to collecting and bought a unicorn family (father, mother, baby) on ebay almost immediately. They arrived yesterday. I did not insist on double boxing the family which came without boxes or tags. Obviously, since I’m writing you, there was damages. The mother unicorn has a bent horn (it was straight in the pics on ebay). The shipping box has dented, mashed in corners. I’m going to get back with the seller and USPS but I’d like to know if it would be possible to straighten the horn without breaking it and what you would charge for such a repair?
Thank you for your help.
Horns are one of the few things that are near impossible to repair. They are made from pewter, and while it does bend a little bit, it’s real gold lacquer on the horn that can easily flake off when the horn gets damaged. There is no way to fix it so it looks like brand new again. You can sand it and paint it gold, but it’s just never the same as the factory finish. All the gold plated windstone horns are this way.
Honestly, the BEST fix I have found is kindly asking Melody if you could get a replacement horn. I always offer to buy one, but they always seem to be way too nice to make me do that! LOL! I of course would not make a habit of asking for things like that, but if you send a photo of the damage to service@windstoneeditions they might be able to help you. I do know they are quite low on horns at the moment though, so you may need to wait a bit to receive one, but that’s my best advice.
If you need help replacing the horn, I can do that no problem. They are fairly easy to remove with a LOT of patience.
Got a busted Windstone?
drag0nfeathersdesign@gmail.com
*OPEN for repairs**SEEKING GRAILS*
Arc-en-ciel Emperor
Siphlophis Male Dragon
Calypso Hatching Empress
Ivory Moss Sitting Baby Kirin
Tattoo Mother Kirin
Emerald Tabby Male Griffin
Tie Dye + Orion Hatching Royalty
Indigo Rockfish + Flame Tabby Little Rock Dragons
Dragon Quail + Obsidian Frost Old Warriors
Betta Sun Dragon + Male Dragon
Dreamscape, Orion, Poison Dart, Fireberry, Spangler + Tigerberry DragonsThank you, dragOnfeathers. After I left the note above for you I went further into the Repair Forum and read other previous posts on horn repair. Nothing I read (except replacement) seemed encouraging. I will do as you said and send pictures to service@windstoneeditions of the damage and request a new horn. I have no problem with paying for a replacement horn (and to have it replaced) – the seller refunded the cost of the Mother Unicorn immediately and even asked me to apologize to the Mother Unicorn. I assured her that I would keep it with the rest of the family whether it got repaired or not. However, a replacement horn sounds like a good idea, even if I have to wait awhile.
I am very glad that there are people like you with the talent and patience to repair our Windstones. Bless you.
Awe shucks ^_^ Thanks!
Let me know if you need help with the replacing once you get a horn. I can either do it for you, or talk you through it.
Got a busted Windstone?
drag0nfeathersdesign@gmail.com
*OPEN for repairs**SEEKING GRAILS*
Arc-en-ciel Emperor
Siphlophis Male Dragon
Calypso Hatching Empress
Ivory Moss Sitting Baby Kirin
Tattoo Mother Kirin
Emerald Tabby Male Griffin
Tie Dye + Orion Hatching Royalty
Indigo Rockfish + Flame Tabby Little Rock Dragons
Dragon Quail + Obsidian Frost Old Warriors
Betta Sun Dragon + Male Dragon
Dreamscape, Orion, Poison Dart, Fireberry, Spangler + Tigerberry DragonsI will definately take you up on your offer to replace the horn (and I’ll double box the unicorn when I send her to you!) I’m sure you could talk a newbie through the replacement but I am unable to do fine work with my hands so I doubly appreciate your skill. I’ll contact you when I get the horn. Thanks again.
It’s been a while since I updated this. I had a few people approach me on repairs, commissions, etc that I took on so I figured I may as well keep this updated.
Got a busted Windstone?
drag0nfeathersdesign@gmail.com
*OPEN for repairs**SEEKING GRAILS*
Arc-en-ciel Emperor
Siphlophis Male Dragon
Calypso Hatching Empress
Ivory Moss Sitting Baby Kirin
Tattoo Mother Kirin
Emerald Tabby Male Griffin
Tie Dye + Orion Hatching Royalty
Indigo Rockfish + Flame Tabby Little Rock Dragons
Dragon Quail + Obsidian Frost Old Warriors
Betta Sun Dragon + Male Dragon
Dreamscape, Orion, Poison Dart, Fireberry, Spangler + Tigerberry DragonsThanks so much pawpad <3
Finished up repairs and have an empty list once again so I can take a couple now. Also, just finishing up THREE, count 'em THREE Pyos! OMG! ^_^ A Foo Mom for a commission and a Foo Mom for ebay and also a new Keeper <3
Got a busted Windstone?
drag0nfeathersdesign@gmail.com
*OPEN for repairs**SEEKING GRAILS*
Arc-en-ciel Emperor
Siphlophis Male Dragon
Calypso Hatching Empress
Ivory Moss Sitting Baby Kirin
Tattoo Mother Kirin
Emerald Tabby Male Griffin
Tie Dye + Orion Hatching Royalty
Indigo Rockfish + Flame Tabby Little Rock Dragons
Dragon Quail + Obsidian Frost Old Warriors
Betta Sun Dragon + Male Dragon
Dreamscape, Orion, Poison Dart, Fireberry, Spangler + Tigerberry DragonsOnce again… I forgot to take before photos *oops*
Anywho, This fella had a busted up face along the nose and eye ridges on the display side. This is him now..
Got a busted Windstone?
drag0nfeathersdesign@gmail.com
*OPEN for repairs**SEEKING GRAILS*
Arc-en-ciel Emperor
Siphlophis Male Dragon
Calypso Hatching Empress
Ivory Moss Sitting Baby Kirin
Tattoo Mother Kirin
Emerald Tabby Male Griffin
Tie Dye + Orion Hatching Royalty
Indigo Rockfish + Flame Tabby Little Rock Dragons
Dragon Quail + Obsidian Frost Old Warriors
Betta Sun Dragon + Male Dragon
Dreamscape, Orion, Poison Dart, Fireberry, Spangler + Tigerberry DragonsJust wanted to say I got my foo mom and I love her! drag0n did a GREAT job. You’re welcome to post photos if you want, drag0n, I won’t be home for a few days to take my own. 🙂
Oh sure, I can post photos if you like…
This was a Foo mom I painted to match Melody’s Foo baby from the FooP Swap. Not a repair, but I did have to match the paint ^_^
Got a busted Windstone?
drag0nfeathersdesign@gmail.com
*OPEN for repairs**SEEKING GRAILS*
Arc-en-ciel Emperor
Siphlophis Male Dragon
Calypso Hatching Empress
Ivory Moss Sitting Baby Kirin
Tattoo Mother Kirin
Emerald Tabby Male Griffin
Tie Dye + Orion Hatching Royalty
Indigo Rockfish + Flame Tabby Little Rock Dragons
Dragon Quail + Obsidian Frost Old Warriors
Betta Sun Dragon + Male Dragon
Dreamscape, Orion, Poison Dart, Fireberry, Spangler + Tigerberry Dragons
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