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Thanks, fatalbeauty. I appreciate the information and yes, I was curious about the mother unicorn on ebay. Again, thanks!
I love the Momma Meercat! I also think the pink dalmation is interesting (but it is too dark to be rhodochrosite).
I can’t believe I got my favorite GBB uni! I’m still trying to post pictures (which don’t do him justice!) with the help of Hannah’s Tips but I will say now that he is very similar to Hannah’s baby. The only differences I can see is that my baby has less green/gold on the mane and a narrower blaze. In the sunlight, he is stunning. This is my first exposure to magic sparkle paint and interference paints – BEAUTIFUL!
Will post pictures when I can get it right…
Thank you, Melody and all the kind folks at Windstone!!!!
I think they are outstanding as well but they are probably way too complex for a regular production color. However, we can encourage P.S. to do more for the Special section or for eBay. I don’t know if it would devalue the ones already sold but I know if would make a number of forum members happy.
I’m so sorry about your father. My best wishes to you all.
On a happier note, thank you for the pictures from the factory. I would love to see more – I am curious about all the steps involved in creating the statues and delighted to see so many of them in-progress.
I bought my first Windstones in the 80’s right after I saw then in a tobacco shop – a green mother dragon, a green emperor dragon, a brown male dragon and a brown young dragon. I was in my 20’s. I told my family about them and received a brown hatchling, a green hatchling and a peacock hatchling as gifts almost immediately. Over the years my sister has sent me Puffin, Tiger and the Large Cat Circle Candle Lamp. I got nothing more until I discovered the Psychic Eye in Torrance, CA. in 2000. My sister, who was visiting from Texas (I live in Southern California) bought me the baby ki-rin. Well, I couldn’t leave the rest of its family on the shelf in the Psychic Eye, now could I? I bought the stallion and mare ki-rin while we were still in the store. Since then, I have been been mostly housebound and haven’t seen Windstones anywhere (I didn’t surf the net or ebay). Two months ago I had to find out what my Windstones were worth (for legal reasons). Imagine my delight when I found the Windstone site and eBay! I’ve made a few purchases since then but I’ve got to admit my greatest pleasure is wandering through the site, finding pictures of the LP, Artist Editons and Special Editions. There are so many more types of statues than before and the colors!!! I am in awe of the talent that is displayed here – not only Melody Pena (who is spectacular in all she does!) but all the painters at Windstone and the PYO artists!
My collection is small but my admiration and enjoyment is great. I am 56 and will be 57 in April.
Thank you for the heads up. I thought they were real Penas and I was surprised at the quality of three of the pieces. I also see that someone has made a bid of $499 on the Trio of Dragons (which I liked but couldn’t afford). Actually I am relieved that Melody didn’t do those four….I hope John can prevent anyone from buying a repaint that they think is the real thing.
I will definately take you up on your offer to replace the horn (and I’ll double box the unicorn when I send her to you!) I’m sure you could talk a newbie through the replacement but I am unable to do fine work with my hands so I doubly appreciate your skill. I’ll contact you when I get the horn. Thanks again.
Thank you, dragOnfeathers. After I left the note above for you I went further into the Repair Forum and read other previous posts on horn repair. Nothing I read (except replacement) seemed encouraging. I will do as you said and send pictures to service@windstoneeditions of the damage and request a new horn. I have no problem with paying for a replacement horn (and to have it replaced) – the seller refunded the cost of the Mother Unicorn immediately and even asked me to apologize to the Mother Unicorn. I assured her that I would keep it with the rest of the family whether it got repaired or not. However, a replacement horn sounds like a good idea, even if I have to wait awhile.
I am very glad that there are people like you with the talent and patience to repair our Windstones. Bless you.
I am in awe of your craftmanship! I hope you can help me.
I’m new to collecting and bought a unicorn family (father, mother, baby) on ebay almost immediately. They arrived yesterday. I did not insist on double boxing the family which came without boxes or tags. Obviously, since I’m writing you, there was damages. The mother unicorn has a bent horn (it was straight in the pics on ebay). The shipping box has dented, mashed in corners. I’m going to get back with the seller and USPS but I’d like to know if it would be possible to straighten the horn without breaking it and what you would charge for such a repair?
Thank you for your help.
About those horn molds…is there any way to take the current molds and use them to cast horns in some other metal that has significantly less shrinkage than pewter? Don’t different substances have different shrinkage rates? The new material casts only have to last long enough to create the new formated molds, right? Just asking…
This is my first time in the forum. I want to say how much I appreciate all the information available here! I’ve been reading everything – you people have very interesting and enlightening conversations. Thank you, Windstone, for hosting all this on your website!
