Another mule painted!

I finished him last week, but I just photographed Artist's Choice mule #2. Here he is:





If you want to take him home, all the gory details are on his Model Horse Sales Pages ad:

http://modelhorsesalespages.com/sales/view_details.asp?path=Gallery&id=768420

Painting slot available

Sorry for the late notice on this. I'm making one customizing slot available through ebay and the auction ends tonight. Here's the link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230429974603

Hey Mule is up for grabs again!

The handsome Hey Mule resin that some of you may have seen on my website is up for sale again! You can contact his current owner through her MH$P ad:

http://modelhorsesalespages.com/sales/view_details.asp?id=763576

The new medallion version 1 is finished!

The new medallion is finished! I've decided to name him Fiore. (I think the sound of it fits him as long as you don't look up the Italian translation, which really does not fit a big, bad stallion at all, but nevermind that.)

I'm taking pre-orders on version one (no tack) starting right now. The tacked up version should be close behind. Anyone who purchases version one will get a few days advance opportunity to get version two with the tradtional repujada tack before I release it to the rest of the world as well as a discount on the price of #2.

More pictures, pricing, and purchasing information can be found on Fiore's web page:

http://eponastudio.com/Fiore.html

Two medallions it is.

Every single person who has replied to me about the tack or no tack question has wanted to see the big guy offered both ways, so that's how I'll do it. The only down side I see to this is that I won't be able to finish our little follow-along here on the blog until after the first version is cast. Oh well, I guess that will just have to be something to look forward to for later.

I'll start pre-sales on version number one sometime this week. I just want to add a little bit more detail before I call him done. I'll be casting this first version in-house. Further information will be posted here soon.

Thanks for all the great input!

Ready for tack

I've now reworked some problem areas on the new medallion and added in some detail. Of course, he also has his mane now. That took several tries as I was getting carried away at the beginning and he had hair all over the place. Dramatic, but also a little silly. With some advice from another artist friend, I managed to get the 'do under control. I'll be adding some veining still, but he's pretty much ready to start tacking up. I'm toying with the idea of casting him without tack first and offering two different versions, one with repujada tack and one with none. Any opinions on that idea?

Inching forward

Yesterday was a little busy, so I apologize for not posting any progress. Today may prove to be much the same. The medallion now has a stone textured background which doesn't quite contain the entire horse. The fact that his forelegs come out of the frame adds a sense of motion and drama. I'm planning to accentuate that further by taking his mane out the other side. In fact, the mane should be our next step. Look for that to appear later tonight or in the morning.