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I only started paying close attention to the site in the last two months, so I have no clue. But it seems like it would possibly be popular. The grab bag for the curly dragons went really fast, and I think so did the unicorns before that? I could be wrong.
How about it Melody, grab bag baby kirins? Pretty pretty please?
I’d also love LOVE to have a GBB Kirin run, or any production run of Baby Kirins, we just need more Kirins!
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Not currently open for PYO commissions.I only started paying close attention to the site in the last two months, so I have no clue. But it seems like it would possibly be popular. The grab bag for the curly dragons went really fast, and I think so did the unicorns before that? I could be wrong.
How about it Melody, grab bag baby kirins? Pretty pretty please?
The grab bag curlies weren’t really meant to be grab bags – I think they take too long to paint in general (Melody had been working on these for at least 6-7 months and there were only 42.) She was doing test paints to see if she liked anything for a new production color and ended up with so many she just did a small grab bag. I’d be surprised if we ever see grab bag curlies again unless a similar situation comes up. Usually a grab bag has to be fast to paint. Unicorns and poads are, but other sculpts not so much.
I think the mini-keepers were also fairly quick because Brandi was helping and they didn’t have to worry too much about the colors overlapping clear transitions in the sculpt.
Kirins are tricky because the fur and scales need to be painted separately. Melody did say she MIGHT do a small batch of the new standing kirin colts as a grab bag once they get the pad issue sorted out.
There’s also the problem with trying to keep a grab bag from looking too much like a test paint or production color. For a new sculpt like the mini-keepers or standing kirins that’s not a problem, but for something like baby kirins which have been painted in large numbers, it’s hard to avoid an overlap.
Melody also tends to like things that have large smooth-ish areas so she can paint patterns or wings and such on them.
The only production color for kirin right now is the albino with pink or blue eyes. The brown/white color is retired and would probably only come back on new sculpts. I don’t think Windstone un-retires production colors general.
I only started paying close attention to the site in the last two months, so I have no clue. But it seems like it would possibly be popular. The grab bag for the curly dragons went really fast, and I think so did the unicorns before that? I could be wrong.
How about it Melody, grab bag baby kirins? Pretty pretty please?
The grab bag curlies weren’t really meant to be grab bags – I think they take too long to paint in general (Melody had been working on these for at least 6-7 months and there were only 42.) She was doing test paints to see if she liked anything for a new production color and ended up with so many she just did a small grab bag. I’d be surprised if we ever see grab bag curlies again unless a similar situation comes up. Usually a grab bag has to be fast to paint. Unicorns and poads are, but other sculpts not so much.
I think the mini-keepers were also fairly quick because Brandi was helping and they didn’t have to worry too much about the colors overlapping clear transitions in the sculpt.
Kirins are tricky because the fur and scales need to be painted separately. Melody did say she MIGHT do a small batch of the new standing kirin colts as a grab bag once they get the pad issue sorted out.
There’s also the problem with trying to keep a grab bag from looking too much like a test paint or production color. For a new sculpt like the mini-keepers or standing kirins that’s not a problem, but for something like baby kirins which have been painted in large numbers, it’s hard to avoid an overlap.
Melody also tends to like things that have large smooth-ish areas so she can paint patterns or wings and such on them.
The only production color for kirin right now is the albino with pink or blue eyes. The brown/white color is retired and would probably only come back on new sculpts. I don’t think Windstone un-retires production colors general.
No more GB curlies? 🙁 Oh, I am so sad to hear that I missed a chance. I can see I’m going to have to start stalking this website, because otherwise I’m going to miss out on lots of one-of-a-kind opportunities.
Thanks for all the info on why some things do and don’t get grab bags made for them. I guess I’ll need to stalk / advertise for a brown and white kirin then if that color is retired and never coming back.
But I think when I was talking more natural colors, I meant things that have colorations/patterns from normal horses like the GB unis (ex:palamino, stockings and starbursts, paint, dappling, etc) or even like the ziger where it’s a pattern taken from another animal. A kirin with a giraffe pattern would be really neat I think. But even just seeing some more fantastical colors used like with the oriental dragons (ex: red and gold, green and gold, blue and silver) would be really neat. Although I guess like you say, that tends to start sounding more like a test paint. Guess I need to stalk those, too (I can see this is going to become an expensive hobby for me >_>)
First time ever to squeak! Hopefully I’m doing it right.
More baby kirin in natural color themes
GB Kirin – babies, mamas, whatever, with natural horse or deer or big cat or bird or butterfly inspirations
Blue Morpho Kirin !!!
Koi Baby Kirin
Blue Morpho oriental dragons
Green Jay inspired dragons
More wolves with wings with brindle or harlequin patterns or maybe shiba-inu influence
Armadillos!!
Dragons doing cute things (trying to catch its tail, back wiggling, crouching, maybe two pieces, a brother and a sister baby, that when combined appear to be rough-housing/play-fighting?)Yep,you are doing it right!
I like the idea for the Blue Morpho Kirins and Orientals. No wings to put the actual butterfly markings on though with those sculpts. Hmmm… on Orientals maybe white tips going down the spine? … but I’m not sure on the kirins. That’s a tough one, but I’m sure the color would be lovely.
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Dreamscape, Orion, Poison Dart, Fireberry, Spangler + Tigerberry DragonsNo more GB curlies? 🙁 Oh, I am so sad to hear that I missed a chance. I can see I’m going to have to start stalking this website, because otherwise I’m going to miss out on lots of one-of-a-kind opportunities.
Thanks for all the info on why some things do and don’t get grab bags made for them. I guess I’ll need to stalk / advertise for a brown and white kirin then if that color is retired and never coming back.
But I think when I was talking more natural colors, I meant things that have colorations/patterns from normal horses like the GB unis (ex:palamino, stockings and starbursts, paint, dappling, etc) or even like the ziger where it’s a pattern taken from another animal. A kirin with a giraffe pattern would be really neat I think. But even just seeing some more fantastical colors used like with the oriental dragons (ex: red and gold, green and gold, blue and silver) would be really neat. Although I guess like you say, that tends to start sounding more like a test paint. Guess I need to stalk those, too (I can see this is going to become an expensive hobby for me >_>)
It’s not impossible that there will be more grab bag curlies. I just wouldn’t expect them to be a regular thing. 🙂 Unis and poads tend to come up every few months (probably unicorns will be more regular now since horns are in production again too). Curlies are just more likely to go to ebay due to the time it takes to paint them. My guess is that these didn’t go to ebay because 42 would have taken so long to photograph and post! 🙂
Almost all the kirin colors you mentioned have been done on ebay pieces at one time or another (though not giraffe I don’t think). Giraffe would probably be pretty hard to do on a baby kirin – they are very tiny and don’t have much room for spots, but I can see them doing it as an ebay piece on the adults.
There’s a sign up for “new items” in the store that will mean you get an email and you can also sign up for restock notices. 🙂
Fair enough! I thought that grab-bags came around maybe once a year, actually, so hearing that grab bag unis and poads are actually pretty frequent is heartening actually. Maybe I’ll just have to keep a small bit of extra cash around just-in-case gb curlies ever do pop up again. But I’ll definitely be hunting down this sign-up for new items; I don’t want to miss a thing. And it seems like I have a lot of catching up and learning to do about what kinds of pieces have already been done; I imagine there’s bound to be a list out there somewhere.
Also, I’m not sure if it’s okay to ask or not, but you mentioned that the horns are in production again. Is that just for unis, or is that also for kirin and the oriental dragons as well?
@dragonfeathers – I imagine that if they did blue morpho, they’d use the scale pattern to make the scales look like wings folded to the back by following edges of certain scales with the black and silver. At least, I can kind of picture it in my head; I’m kind of failing to put it into words. The colors would be stunning, though, especially with a pewter horn.
And oh my gosh I got a response from Melody herself. Wow. That’s kind of amazing; like somebody famous acknowledging my existence…
Yes, horns for everything are at least being made in small batches – they’re just all silver at the moment. I think someone (Pam?) said they aren’t going to send them out to plate until they have a large quantity so it’s cost effective.
The oriental dragons (sun and moon at least) have some general challenges with casting so not sure if we’ll see them in the store any time soon, but I think there’s been mention of blue morpho old warriors and laps. Restocks of older colors probably won’t happen until plating is done since the production/LP pieces have gold horns.
There’s a big button that says “sign up for notifications” on the main page and main store page. Just click that, put in your email address, and you’re in business.
Grab bag colts are due out next I believe. You should click the “notify when back in stock” button if you’d like one – http://windstoneeditions.com/products/unicorn-colt-grab-bag-edition
Grab bag tad poads are still in stock.
I think Melody said something something about grab bag young poads after colts. 🙂
Fair enough! I thought that grab-bags came around maybe once a year, actually, so hearing that grab bag unis and poads are actually pretty frequent is heartening actually. Maybe I’ll just have to keep a small bit of extra cash around just-in-case gb curlies ever do pop up again. But I’ll definitely be hunting down this sign-up for new items; I don’t want to miss a thing. And it seems like I have a lot of catching up and learning to do about what kinds of pieces have already been done; I imagine there’s bound to be a list out there somewhere.
There are helpful “stickys” at the top of most of the Forum sections. This one under “General Windstone” is especially useful, though I don’t think anything has a complete “up to date” list. They are excellent starting points:
http://windstoneeditions.com/forum/links-live-helpful-links-windstone-collectors
Oh yes … you can see when past Grab Bags came out by scrolling back through Melody’s Blog, though the spacing of Grab Bags is pretty random. When they come out depends on how long it takes to get a batch together and that depends on what else is going on at the factory. Melody is the main Painter of Grab Bags, and she is a busy lady!
@Kiya:
I had read that the oriental dragons (sun and moon) had some casting issues–bubbling feet, was it? It’s a pity, they’re gorgeous. And I guess there might have been some issues with the babies as well, since the young ones in patina apparently had some casting goofs? But at least it sounds like the kirin are unaffected by all that, so hopefully soon it will be cost effective enough to get stuff plated for unicorns and ki-rin if nothing else.I saw a picture of the blue morpho lap dragon on Melody’s blog and was just in awe. I really hope that I don’t miss it–and that if/when it comes out, it’s in a price range I can afford. I’d really like one to match my fledgling.
I found the button for notifications, so I am on the list. I’m excited; I’d really like a grab bag colt. I’m not sure if I want a tadpad or not, personally, as they seem to be super tiny, but a young poad would be both within my budget and a little bit bigger I think. More to enjoy 🙂
Thanks so much for your ever informative replies.
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Hmm. The lists seem to be mostly for dragons and grab bags. Any chance that there’s something like that for ki-rin as well (and I’m just missing it somehow)?Also, I know we’re only supposed to squeak once and edit said squeak, but it’s so far back now I’m afraid it’s buried. Is there any chance we might be able to get PYOs of baby kirin, mother kirin, and father kirin? I know we have the general kirin but it would be awesome to be able to paint whole families, like with the foo dogs.
@etruscan
Hmm. The lists seem to be mostly for dragons and grab bags. Any chance that there’s something like that for ki-rin as well (and I’m just missing it somehow)?You may be the person to compile a list for the kirins. 🙂 The kirin universe is small (relatively speaking) and it looks as though most of the data is readily available.
There are only two production colors for the Male, Mother and Baby – the brown and the albino, though the albino has two eye colors.
Now there are two PYO styles.
The older Ravnheart database of special pieces has them as ki-rins: http://ravnheart.com/windstone/index.php.
The recent test paint and special store pieces can be found here if you look under each painter’s name for baby kirins, male kirins and mother kirins: http://windstoneeditions.com/category/image-galleries/windstone-products-gallery/ebay-galleryThere may be some older test paints that aren’t in Ravnheart or the ebay galleries. If you do compile a list, you can always ask the Forum for comments and additions. Have fun!
And oh my gosh I got a response from Melody herself. Wow. That’s kind of amazing; like somebody famous acknowledging my existence…
Yea she’s pretty awesome like that huh? ^_^
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Dreamscape, Orion, Poison Dart, Fireberry, Spangler + Tigerberry DragonsLasohaney, sometimes if you have specific questions for Melody, you can just start a thread with the question under Ask Melody. I get the feeling squeaks are wishes that my take a while to complete. Also, if you are interested in grab bags that have come out in the past you will not get an e-mail notification for a new release when they come out again so the way you would know when say grab bag colts come out or others is go into the store and under each piece you are interested in, click ‘Notify when back in stock’ so you get an e-mail saying they are back in stock. I would guess they would be coming out maybe this month or next depending on the size of the batch and how long they take to paint.
Looking for rainbow or pink & teal grab bags!
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