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Production young griffin,
Those adorable mice,
I second the idea of a Poad on her haunches (what a sweet pear shape that would make! And we could coo over a plump Poad belly!)
PYO pegasus (the unicorn’s lovely, but a pegasus would be perfect for memorial paints)
PYO large hippogriff,
PYO dragon with a long, slinky shape, (folded or curled however needed, they’d be great to paint with snake markings)
And whatever Melody actually comes up with, as it will be lovely.
Hi Valdata,
It won’t be a cakewalk, but because gypsum is soft, if you can find a very small sharp steel blade that lets you get the right angle, you can carefully carve it down till it fits.
A hobby store should have something, but in a pinch, a pocketknife or a small cheap screwdriver ground down to a chisel point might work. A quick and dirty sharpening method if needed, is to sand each flat side of the blade with extremely fine sandpaper. (a sharp edge is nothing more than the meeting point between two polished surfaces)
Just take off tiny bits the width of a hair at a time, testing the jewel for fit as you go. The blade’s sharpness should do all the work. If it’s sharp enough to handle safely and accurately, it should take absolutely no muscle or force whatsoever, and leave behind a slightly shiny surface.
Hope this helps, and let us know how it goes. 🙂
They are airbrushed on the bottoms first. They roll away. Then the ones that are still on my wheel need to be taken off set aside and allowed to dry for a day or two. Then they get put back on my wheel and the tops airbrushed. They don’t roll as much sitting right-side up, but the bottom invariably gets goofed up. Each one needs a perfectly clean, dry thing to sit on to have their tops painted, which means placing a new thing of some kind under each one, each time they are painted. I tried post it notes, but those didn’t work too well. They would take off WITH the fox. I could try taping down a separate square of fresh plastic sheet under each one, I guess. It isn’t impossible to solve this problem , its just much more complicated than I wanted it to be.
We have made little holders to cradle them upside down, but those get loaded with paint and then the tops get marred. !@#$%^&Would double-sided masking tape work? It can come 2″ wide, I believe. That way you get a clean painting surface and a weak, reversible adhesive at the same time. Even to prepare a full wheel, I’d be surprised if it adds more than five minutes setup, and five minutes removal.
Edit: And oh, yes, I would love a Zen Pebble GB batch!
I had one in my cart, but I just traveled and made a few big purchases, (teeny tiny violin time…) …and I couldn’t justify it, no matter how lovely.
So whoever nabbed one late, please do enjoy. 🙂
When I was younger, (teen) a friend with a handier income collected the white dragons and I drooled. And collected the catalogs. And never forgot.
When Ebay got established (and I joined,) I bid on a Peacock Mother Dragon, got her for hmm, I think $50 plus shipping? and she survived the journey to me packed in a very small box with shredded paper for packing material. (gotta love that sculpt, they seem more resilient than average to crude packing.) She has a few rubs, and is one of the most common pieces out there, but frankly, those Peacock Mothers are common for a reason. They’re downright lovely.
A hatchling joined shortly after, along with the male dragon, and the male and female unicorns. Things have expanded since then, to some complete families and a handful of personal Grail pieces, but that’s my start.
Edit: @ Stormbreeze, if you go to the Community tab on the top of the page, and click on Blog, that’s where Melody holds a monthly raffle.
Wild grey fuzzies establish colonies under furniture, with a distinct preference for heavy furniture where the shy creatures face less disturbance. There appears to be no distinct pupping season, but continual habituation throughout the entire year, save for a dip in population in the springtime, when they migrate. Some Phuzziologists hypothesize that the migration is caused by habitat disruption due to spring cleaning, and eviction by territorial humans. Other Phuzziologists have a more optimistic take, hypothesizing that the fuzzies migrate in response to the increased chocolate around Valentines Day and Easter. Some believe it is a combination of the two factors. But it is generally agreed that whether disrupted or not, wild grey fuzzies prosper and reproduce in impressive numbers year round.
Pipsxlch, I assume your fuzzy is a bolder domestic type and not a wild grey, but perhaps he’s trying to attract a migrating female? 😉
Beautiful list. If I may add…
Do (politely) inquire about price negotiation if it’s the only way you can afford something.
However,
Don’t try to negotiate price for fun. Unless, of course, you want someone who works sixty-hour weeks to make McDonalds-wages with no job security despite their outrageously high levels of skill and training, to think very uncharitable thoughts indeed…
Agreed! Susie’s given a great deal of help to me in the past, everything from sending a replacement gem for a needy dragon fledgling (way back when), to walking me through unicorn repair logistics, and it’s immensely appreciated.
There’s a bit of everything down there, it really depends on what you’re looking for.
They do have some world class museums and as a Northern California resident, it galls me to admit theirs easily match, and are arguably better than ours…
There’s the Getty Center which has a great collection of European art, (free)
Less known, there’s the Getty Villa which is very pretty and has an incredible collection of Greek and Roman art. For less well known stuff, I’d recommend this. (but you need to get a timed ticket in advance) (also free)
Then there’s the La Brea Tarpits with the nearby Page museum. (the Natural History museum is bigger with flashier displays, but the Page museum has a charm of its own, and is like a pilgrimage for nerds)
Then (if you want to get all sort of nerdy) there’s the Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation where you can take a tour of the late furniture maker Sam Maloof’s house. They (last I checked) let you touch the furniture, and in their small museum, have a specific chair made by him you can sit in. It’s a pilgrimage for woodworkers, but it’s small, not-flashy, and even though I adored it, I’d only recommend it for woodworkers, people inclined to enjoy a ‘classy cultural educational historic art exhibit’, or people watchers. The people-watchers might even have more fun than the woodworkers, telling apart the very divergent groups of visitors. The difference is the most obvious (and entertaining) when the tour guide swings by the wood storage shed, where the art folks take a polite peek and then wait outside for the tour guide to drag out the woodworkers who would otherwise drool over the completely mindboggling selection of wood for hours.
And then Olvera Street has a lovely Mexican market, and some fairly-priced and tasty restaurants. Touristy, but fun.
Hope this helps.
For some odd reason, I can’t tell if they are adorable or frightening… Guess I’ll find out.
By the way, I love that they’re such a modestly priced GB, so my compliments and thanks to the Windstone team for making such a budget friendly GB. It’s a lovely gesture, and one that will be appreciated by many.
My immediate thought is, “Goodbye Earl” by the Dixie Chicks. Which may be a bit stabbier and less erm, respectable than what you’re thinking of…
“Uprising” by Muse,
and
“Seven Nation Army” by The White Stripes
are plenty good as fight music but aren’t really support music.Personally I like “Shake it out” by Florence and the Machine.
Wish I could think of more for you. I like everyone else’s recommendations.
