The on-going horn shortage…

[96037 – Weasels on Easels]

I was just curious, if there is a shortage of the plated horns, what about the kyrin horns? If they are gold plated and you guys can no longer get them, does that mean that eventually thy will be gone? Will you have to do PYO horns on the kyrin pyo’s too?

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[Tara]

Could we get a list of the horn statuses if it’s not to much to ask? Or atleast the ones you know off the top of you head.
-Out
-Low
-Unplated
-Lots

Thanks for everything you all do.

[Melody]

This is a question for Pam, she is the one who knows what horns we have.
I do know that we still have quite a few female, pyo and baby kirin horns left, but no male kirin horns.
We also have a good supply of Gothic unicorn and baby unicorn horns.
Everything else is being rationed.
Eventually we will run out of all of them, yes.

[Falcolf]

Sadness 🙁 I really hope you guys find a solution soon! The plain pewter is nice…

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Excellent!

[Kiya]

I don’t think the problem is just the plating – I believe they don’t have an abundance of unplated horns either and no way to make more at this time.

[Pam]

We have lots of plated horns for:
– Gothic Unicorns
– Baby Kirins
– Mother Kirins
– PYO Kirins
– Young Oriental Dragons
– Old Warrior Dragons

We are low on plated horns for:
– Baby Unicorns
– Young Unicorns
– Unicorn Gargoyles
– Adult, Moon, and Sun Oriental Dragons

We are out of plated horns for:
– Male and Grand Unicorns
– Mother and PYO Unicorns
– Male Kirins
– Lap and Scratching Dragons
– Eggs for Mother Coiled Dragons
– Wings for Hatching Pegasi

We have unplated horns for:
– Baby Unicorns
– Male/Grand Unicorns
– Gothic Unicorns
– Unicorn Gargoyles
– Baby Kirins
– Male Kirins
– Young Orientals
– Eggs for Mother Coiled Dragons

[Misty]

I have high hopes for male blue eyed albino kirins! And I wouldn’t mind a mother coiled and a grand unicorn too. I don’t have any of those in my collection yet and would love to add them =)

[Dandr13]

I have high hopes for male blue eyed albino kirins! And I wouldn’t mind a mother coiled and a grand unicorn too. I don’t have any of those in my collection yet and would love to add them =)

Took the words right out of my mouth. I assume unplated means they could be done in any acrylic color available. That would be nice. Silver or dark shiny black horns/ colored eggs would be interesting to see. ( I do like gold, but it’s definitely not my favorite color)

[dragonshoard]

We are out of plated horns for:
– Wings for Hatching Pegasi

??? I don’t have any hatching pegasi, but I thought the wings were part of the sculpture (gypsum) not painted pewter???

[Adaneth]

The wing on that sculpture is pewter. Hence those nifty gaps between the feather shafts. 🙂

[Sarah]

I hope this means more gothic unicorns in our future! 😀 I’m curious if the unplated horns/eggs could be painted to be really pretty instead of being plated. I’m imagining some really pretty white glossy horns, for example. Like a narwhale!

[fatalbeauty]

this makes me sad, this needs to be fixed! I love all the unicorns! and how will people get new laps, scratchers, etc?

4 things I'm looking for:
1. Mother Meerkat
2. production color Sitting Young Oriental dragons to be made in more colors besides VF, Brimstone would be awesome!
3. Female Griffin – Siamese with White
4. September Raffle Prize 2022 AHD Male Griffin

[Scathach]

We have unplated horns for:
– Baby Unicorns
– Male/Grand Unicorns
– Gothic Unicorns
– Unicorn Gargoyles
– Baby Kirins
– Male Kirins
– Young Orientals
– Eggs for Mother Coiled Dragons

That sounds promising for some Albino Male Ki-Rins (Blue eyes, please) which are my main squeak from this list. With Mother Coiled Dragons (in a colour not already done – BVP perhaps?) coming in at a screechingly close second.

Thanks for the update Pam, it’s very much appreciated. 🙂

Life is beautiful.

[Kalandra]

Can someone please explain why the horn problem hasn’t been corrected….. Are there no companies that will do the plateing? What happened to the company that was doing it?

I’ve never has a clear understanding of what happen with the horns, if anyone can help.

thank you.

Kalandra

[Tara]

Can someone please explain why the horn problem hasn’t been corrected….. Are there no companies that will do the plateing? What happened to the company that was doing it?

I’ve never has a clear understanding of what happen with the horns, if anyone can help.

thank you.

The way I understand it is:
They where having problems with quality from the old company so stopped using them. The new company uses different molds so the old ones can’t be used. However the can’t find the masters to make new molds. They can’t simply use cast horns to make molds because pewter shrinks alot so the molds have to be oversize.

Soloutions:
-Find masters (crosses fingers)
-Melody sculpt new ones (last resort)
-Find a feasible way to make masters from cast horns? (3d printing is the only way I can think of to enlarge them but I don’t know feasiblity)

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