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so now the baby unicorn horns seem to be nearly gone, now can the problem be worked on? it’s getting really bad now and I don’t think anyone wants to see all the horned animals going basically extinct for a long time….and it makes no sense to me that we’re finally going to get the unicorn colt mold but only as a GB then who know when we’ll see them again?
fatal, Windstone has been working on the horns. John has been working with finding a method to make the horns themselves. However, the molds required are pocket molds. There is also more than that, which has been discussed in another thread already, regarding such things as the masters used for the horns. It’s not a simple cut and dry solution, but Windstone has been working on it.
fatal, Windstone has been working on the horns. John has been working with finding a method to make the horns themselves. However, the molds required are pocket molds. There is also more than that, which has been discussed in another thread already, regarding such things as the masters used for the horns. It’s not a simple cut and dry solution, but Windstone has been working on it.
haven’t seen any talks of them working on it lately or for awhile to be honest, I just keep hearing the horn amounts getting lower and nothing said of fixes…
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haven’t seen any talks of them working on it lately or for awhile to be honest, I just keep hearing the horn amounts getting lower and nothing said of fixes…
Fatalbeauty, when push comes to shove, Windstones is a business. We forum members have made our opinions known (both with words and with $$) so now we just have to trust that John, Melody and the crew make the most of their time and resources to supply us with what we want. I find it hard not to try to second guess them and try to solve their problems for them when they do write about them – boy, am I a schmutz! To think that I know their business better than they do and how to solve their problems!! (They have been very tolerant and kind with me) We need to be patient; Windstone is the most customer responsive company I’ve ever known and I’m sure they are working on the horn shortage with the proper priority.
Sorry if I come off a little pompus; I’m as frustrated as you are by the situation and I hate trying to be reasonable.
When conditons are right we will have horns again. We need adequate TIME (Melody and John’s) and that annoying thing called FUNDS. Windstone doesn’t necessarily do things fast, we try to do them well, and if we listed everything on Melody and John’s “To Do List” it would be mind boggling. Please be patient, the Horn Delimma is on that list. Melody would not have sculpted a unicorn if she didn’t plan to have horns for it. Hang in there!
fatal, Windstone has been working on the horns. John has been working with finding a method to make the horns themselves. However, the molds required are pocket molds. There is also more than that, which has been discussed in another thread already, regarding such things as the masters used for the horns. It’s not a simple cut and dry solution, but Windstone has been working on it.
haven’t seen any talks of them working on it lately or for awhile to be honest, I just keep hearing the horn amounts getting lower and nothing said of fixes…
Just because they aren’t talking about it here doesn’t mean they aren’t working on it. Have a little faith, and patience.
I know how frustrating it must be. The horn shortage and making new ones… well, it’s complicated! Trust me, though– Windstone is very keen on fixing it. Not only to appease the unicorn and horned dragon collectors, but because gosh they sure would like to sell them! It’s how they pay the bills! 🙂
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My art: featherdust.comI’m just throwing this out here. I think glass/crystal horns would look pretty nifty. Maybe I’m just weird.
I’m just throwing this out here. I think glass/crystal horns would look pretty nifty. Maybe I’m just weird.
On the right piece I bet those would look amazing, but they’d probably be harder to make than the metal ones. And much more fragile 🙂
I’m just throwing this out here. I think glass/crystal horns would look pretty nifty. Maybe I’m just weird.
On the right piece I bet those would look amazing, but they’d probably be harder to make than the metal ones. And much more fragile 🙂
Yeah, I figured it wouldn’t be very doable. Still, the thought of different colored translucent horns makes me all tingly.
When conditons are right we will have horns again. We need adequate TIME (Melody and John’s) and that annoying thing called FUNDS. Windstone doesn’t necessarily do things fast, we try to do them well, and if we listed everything on Melody and John’s “To Do List” it would be mind boggling. Please be patient, the Horn Delimma is on that list. Melody would not have sculpted a unicorn if she didn’t plan to have horns for it. Hang in there!
Time, can’t be helped (by us) I guess. But for funds, perhaps kickstarter could help? I’d be happy to forward funds for the purchase of say… the new baby unicorn, and am sure others would be too.
Whenever I see the word “kickstarter” I picture a large Boot! (I know that’s not helpful, but I had to share!) :p
I was wondering if you guys have ever considered casting horns in something other than pewter? Other materials might be less fussy and easier to work with. If it is an issue of the gold plating sticking to other materials I know I personally don’t mind the gold being paint or leaf instead of actual gold. I would adore seeing clear horns made of that stuff they encase things in (crystal horns!) Supposedly it’s very easy to work with. You could probably even mix coloring agents in the stuff itself and not have to paint or plate.
This was what I was actually thinking about – I know that pewter is a “nice”/”decorative quality” metal, but I’m not sure it’s worth all the expenses and difficulties that have gradually added themselves to it. What about aluminum horns? Aluminum’s lighter weight, but durable, and it’s not like it’s cheap potmetal; it’s fairly expensive/”nice”. It should be possible to gold-plate them, right? And it seems like it might be easier to find people able to work/cast aluminum (with its thousands of commercial uses) than pewter, which is pretty firmly stuck in the ‘decorative’ category…
In another vein: probably wildly impractical, but: picture, if you will, a Gothic unicorn in a dark color scheme with a blackened cast-iron horn spiraling from his brow. O.O
Which brings me, roundabout-ly, to something else I was thinking: I think a well-plated or well-coated junk-metal horn would also be beautiful and durable enough to adorn a Windstone! Honestly, I was thinking about some of the darker color schemes today (e.g. my BVP Warrior) and it occurred to me: imagine a glossy BLACK set of horns on a dragon like that! Not only would it look a little “more natural” (no animal I know of can produce a gold body part!), but it would look really nice in a collection that mixes older sculpts with natural horns (e.g. original family, whose horns were sculpted as part of the body) with newer, plated-horn sculpts!
Just a bunch of thoughts, in case anything like these ideas are currently under consideration and everyone’s wondering ‘but will the fans go for it?’ 😀 😀 😀
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Pewter is, by far, the easiest metal to produce the horns with and some other metals, like aluminum, are hard to plate as well. We have simply had other priorities, but we did finally set up our casting equipment again and cast some small batches of horns. They still have to be finished and plated, so don’t expect much of anything until after Christmas.
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