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Wow, that is amazing, whippet 🙂 I’ve never been a huge fan of koi or the Oriental dragons, but I really like this one. Can’t wait to see the finished piece.
Great job
Art Slinger wrote:Please tell me that you already knew about “The Dead”.
But good going on the research.Well of course I did, but was never a Deadhead. Sad to say I only recognize two of their songs. I grew up having to listen to what my oldest brother wanted to hear 😉 Which meant Pink Floyd, ELP, Hendrix, etc
Romeodanny wrote:Ah, well you got farther than I did. That was slightly before my time. And with my fever right now nothing is making scence to me right now. I probably would have gotten the vague reference if I wasn’t so sick.
Sorta before my time too, I didn’t get it at all, but once my curiosity is aroused, I have to know.
Hope you feel better soon
Art Slinger wrote:SPark wrote:I’m not even sure what SG is. Enlighten me?
It’s a you know ;.. don’t know thing,” on or off the Bus.” so to speak,( Merry Pranksters). No offence, be carefull what you ask for.
gah, never make a cat curious… I just had to do a little searching.
(bare bones info) Merry Pranksters were a group of people on an extended “road trip” party driving around the country on a psychedelic bus named Further, using marijuana and LSD and often ‘introduced’ it to others. Apparently their trip lasted from the 64 World’s Fair until 69 Woodstock. They often had music at their gatherings, house band was The Grateful Dead.
no offense whatsoever intended, my impression is that SG is somewhat of an alternative culture forum. 8)
thanks, star.
grr, probably the stupid spam filters at my ISP. I set the filters to always accept, though.
or… (off to check something else)
😥 I didn’t get a message, and I’m on the list. At least I was long enough to get the one from Snap. I had my email set to always accept.. hmm.. did the message come from windstone-ebay or a different user name in front of the @ ?
help anyone ? thanks
Congratulations, Nam !
and, congratulations to everyone who got white curlies. sigh. I guess I won’t have to worry about spending money since they keep putting them up while I’m at work. 😥
I forget, are the curlies ever supposed to come out as regular production pieces ? I guess they’ll probably only come out as “limited” for the retired colors, though.
Nambroth wrote:Hey guys! In case you missed it, this is in the Ask Melody part of the forum:
Melody wrote:We are working on samples of the
*White curlies BIN
…more em. pea. curlies , and we have more of the red flame ones coming up too. (or russet flame, or whatever we called them)❗ white curlies …
oh please, oh please 😯 I really really want a white dragon, but can’t afford the retired ones. I’ve asked to be signed up for the list, but I’ll probably miss them anyway. These things always seem to come up while I’m at work 😥
info sent, would you please use the address that’s in the message, that one I can check from anywhere 8)
thanks
thanks Ski. His head shot looks closer to other browns I’ve seen, which is why I wonder if he might just be ‘unfinished’ LOL
I can try to get some pictures from my brown Emperor if you’d like. I haven’t tried real close-up pictures on him, so don’t know what the detail would be. Here’s a pic from when I got him. As I posted before, I don’t know if he’s original, possibly unfinished, repaint or what.You want back, left, right, and… upper underneath ? Where specifically ?
Yes you can use a heat gun, in fact I much prefer it to the boiling water method. Just make sure that there is an airhole somewhere so that you don’t bloat the body. Make a small hole (with a small drillbit in a Dremel, or some people use a hot needle held with a pliers) somewhere where it won’t be obvious like under the tail or between the hind legs 😆 Start with a low heat first, don’t get too close, and keep trying carefully to bend it. After you heat and move the leg, hold it in cool water to “set” the change.
It’s best to practice a bit first, if you have one that’s in real “body” condition. Or, start with simple changes before moving on to more drastic. Use a soft cloth or something to hold the leg so that you don’t burn yourself, the thicker more solid legs can get awfully hot before you can move them. If you are doing simple bends, heat the leg and try to bend at the top of the joint, so that the “bones” stay straight and you don’t end up with “spaghetti legs”.
If you want to make much more drastic changes in the legs, you’ll need to cut and then heat/bend. Depending on what you want to do, you might just make small cuts or you might remove the leg completely. If you do remove the leg, you’ll need to put pins in to make a secure joint when you re-attach it. Of course, if you’re changing a standing horse to a galloping horse, you’ll need to do a lot of cutting and resculpting on the whole body.
I don’t know what size you intend to work with, but a heads up on the newer Stablemate (smallest) scale horses : the plastic that they are made from has a “memory” so if you heat a leg and then move it, then try to heat and move another leg, that first leg might get warm enough to return to its original position.
I tried to find a couple of the sites I knew about, but they no longer exist 😯 There is a forum called Model Horse Blab, but to get to the subforums on customizing you need to be a paid member. There is a Beginners Corner that might be of some help.
http://www.modelhorseblab.com/forums/I haven’t tried the Magic Sculp stuff, I use Aves Apoxie Sculpt – available through Aves Studio and a few other places.
I know Lady Brooklyn does painting and pasteling, I don’t know how much resculpting she does ??
thanks ski – actually joined a while ago, just hadn’t been around for a while. Came back at the right time, I guess. I got one of these 8)
SilverArrow wrote:I do agree for the size of this current dragon the price is steep, but at least those on smaller budgets should be able to afford a limited production (rather than $200+).
Yes, it’s more than I really should be buying right now, but at least for once I’ll have gotten a limited something. I usually miss out.
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