[Shawna]

minxlette wrote:

I’m also looking forward to unicorns in standard horse markings in odd colors. The Quaga would be really awesome though, no matter what color. It’s a really intriguing pattern.

Stand by, I plan to start one tonight. If I decide to do the dapple, then I will also be posting WIP pics.

Kyrin

[Shawna]

Here’s a pic of GryphonDreamer’s new kirin she commissioned from me. I was happy the sun allowed me to catch some of the interference paints in her mane and tail.

I hope she is happy with her.

Comments welcome.

Kyrin

[Shawna]

Where the heck do you get your broken Windstones, is what I’d like to know!

I can’t seem to get one off of eBay for a good price to save my life.

Kyrin

[Shawna]

Wow! He’s bitchin!

I like him alot! Too bad I can’t afford him, especially once he hits EBay, but damn he looks good.

Kyrin

[Shawna]

I think you did a wonderful job. That coat pattern is not easy, and you really brought it out, it is very obvious that this is a representation of Suki.

We should ask Melody to do a flapcat PYO and perhaps to do a flapdog PYO so people can have their pets memorialized.

Though I do know that the dog one would be tough, since there are soooo many different breeds and they all look so different. So perhaps we should just stick to cats, unless Melody wants to do 50 kinds of flapdogs, which I doubt.

Kyrin

[Shawna]

Would anyone be interested in an unpainted mama dragon bisque?

She’s really cute, and I know a few of you were looking for test painting figures. She’s about 7 inches tall, holding a hatched egg, baby and mama are smiling at each other. It’s really cute. And I can post pics in a little while.

But first I wanted to know if anyone would be interested.

If you are, PM me…cost including shipping would be about $25. $15 for the dragon and $10 for the shipping with insurance.

Here’s a pic.

Thanks.

Kyrin

[Shawna]

asinnamon wrote:

Thanks! When you say ah and drill, what do you mean? Like a dremel type drill? I thought about it but figured I would try it out on one that wasn’t nearly finished. I did just slap some on a kirin today w/ apoxie sculpt, but now I’m wondering how I’ll paint it because I can’t spray the wings. Rules out pastels, which is a big deal for me because I really like using them on the furry guys….

I have a really old hand drill, it has a little hand crank on it, and I position the drill and turn the crank. Gives me lots of control and does it slowly so that if the gypsum shows any sign of a problem, I can stop immediately.

A dremel might work, if you can go slow. I suspect a big build up of friction heat could cause cracks, which is why I don’t suggest a power drill for this.

If you do use a dremel, do it in stages, so it doesn’t get too warm while you drill.

What kind of wings are you using?

Kyrin

[Shawna]

Try to get some sleep hon. I know you don’t think you can, but you aren’t helping your husband or the baby by not trying to rest. Stress can affect your pregnancy, and I don’t want you to lose the baby because of it, so please try to rest and not worry too much.

I know you may not succeed in either, but please try anyway.

As for when he gets to leave the hospital, hopefully the bleeding will stop reoccuring and it won’t delay his coming home more than a day or so.

I see what you mean about your Mom, that is not the thing to be saying to your daughter when these things are happening. I suspect that part of her attitude is that she feels she failed to protect you from getting hurt, because in this situation, it is only a matter of time and you are going to be hurting. And perhaps she is mad about that, and it’s why she is so unsupportive.

She may be mean sometimes, and she may say hurtful things, but deep down she loves you, I’m sure. She just isn’t good at displaying it. Some people aren’t, and it speaks a little of some emotional abuse to her when she was a child, the things she’s said to you in the past. But I know it hurts to not be able to lean on her a bit for emotional support.

That’s what you have us for. I wish I lived closer to you, so I could be there in person. It really sounds like you need someone there to keep you eating and sleeping and paying attention to your needs during this. Do you have any local friends who could spend the weekend with you, and go with you to visit hubby, so you aren’t driving alone?

Anyway, hang in there, hubby will get through this, and he will be coming home soon. Keep thinking it, and if he needs a transplant, then let’s all hope it is soon, and that it succeeds and that his quality of life improves from it. I would hope that he can hold on for needing it until after the baby is born though.

But asking for another 8 months with no complications or problems is unrealistic, I know. But I would hope for it anyway.

Sorry this turned into an epic…

Kyrin

[Shawna]

All I could think of when you mentioned a request for input, was ,”Input, more input!” from Johnny5 on Short Circuit. 😆 😆

Kyrin

[Shawna]

dragonessjade wrote:

Sure, anything would help now and in the future. 😀

I’ll see if I can manage it, so far the inside pics haven’t turned out, they show up really fuzzy, but I’ll try again tomorrow.

Kyrin

[Shawna]

SPark wrote:

*hugs Quill* Commission work really isn’t for everybody. (I don’t take drawing commissions any more because I can’t handle it. Although for some reason I’m fine with painting commissions and of course sewing commissions…) Some people are just better when they work at their own pace, rather than having to work to a customer’s schedule. That’s how I am with drawing. I let a friend talk me into agreeing to draw her a commmission piece, and, well… guess she’s regretting talking me into it, because it’s been about six months and it’s still not done.

I resemble that! I tend to need a strong deadline, and a bit of free rein when doing art commissions, or the poor person who commissioned me will be waiting forever.

I don’t usually take commissions for artwork anymore, because it was so hard for me to get it done, mostly due to feeling too hemmed in and my muse rather strangled by the restrictions of the requests.

Kyrin

[Shawna]

PhoenixTears wrote:

Little new to this but I did a search for author “emerald” and came up empty. How do I find her so I can PM her? Thank you for the advice by the way.

http://www.windstoneeditions.com/forums/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=122

There you go, that should set you up.

Also, she does layaway…how cool is that?

Kyrin

[Shawna]

Hang in there Purple, you guys will get through this, and he’ll get to come home soon.

If you need us, just holler.

Kyrin

[Shawna]

Talk to Emerald…she is able to order them from Windstone, I’ll be getting one from her soon.

Kyrin

[Shawna]

You might want to consider ceramics…look up dinosaur bisque on eBay, see if that turns up anything.

I’ve seen some really nice dino ceramics, so you might get lucky.

Kyrin

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