Alborozo is finally done...

And this will be my last project from the studio for sometime as I have comissions coming in and more knocking on the door, so that will be the main focus for me for a little while.

He is at auction on ebay, please check him out :) His Ebay Auction here!





Off to bed and onto more prepping in the morning! haha! Need to keep my mind off some things which are happening of late, prepping is good therapy amazingly enough...

Oh, and a HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY to all our US friends!

~Sam

Melb Live Write-Up;

I haven't had a chance to update you all on Melbourne Live, so I'll keep it quick and short, but I have to say, it was a great show and very well run by everyone! The journey was... interesting! LOL Got to the airport on Friday afternoon here in Perth and our plane ended up running around 45 minutes late because one of the flight attendants got sick and they needed a replacement to fill the legal amount of staff on the plane, but we got going! The hire car pick up was an ultimate drama!! So we ended up hiking across the airport to head to the Holiday Inn where we were staying on the Friday night (or what was now Saturday morning!) before heading down to Mentone where the show was being held. Yes, we got the car the next morning thank god!

So we shopped in Melbourne CBD and I GOT MY STARBUCKS COFFEE!!! woo hoo!! Missed that stuff since I went to the US in September/October 2007 - not fun when you fall in love with it and can't have it! I brought a new jacket and scarf because both myself and my grandmother who made the trip with me were freezing over there! We got to Mentone just fine, unpacked the performance nags and saddled them up and just crashed!

The show itself was great - meeting everyone I think was the best part of the whole day, it was great talking to people face to face especially when I've talked to some of them for close to 14 months now. I think going also boosted people seeing my work in person which was fantastic, the comments were definately lovely - and I don't care who you say you are, but a compliment on your work is definately thrilling and gives you some confidence!

The plastic CM's done well against the resins - "Okie Dokie" pulled a second in a big draft class which I was stoked about for his new owner! I know he's currently jet setting across the ocean now with all his ribbons from LITW and Melb Live. Best of luck in the US to Okie and his new Mum! "Manhattan Mistress" also pulled a 6th out of a HUGE Gaited Class... I was shocked she placed against resins like 2 Strawberry Jams, Lord of the Rings, Standing Ovation and all those hunk o' spunk gaited boys! "Kenhurst Kilimanjaro" won his breed class as well which I was very happy about! "Fuerst Rendition" (my Eberl Absinth repaint) placed in both a massive Warmblood class and Bay color class which I was happy about, the comments about the depth of his color were definately a high moment as well.

Although this girl is my pride and my joy - not only did she win all her classes at Live in the West and pull me a Reserve Champion and a Champion, but she won both her breed and color class at Melb Live and then went on to become Reserve Champion Color with high acolades from the judge in both Champion events. Definately a proud mother! Appaludes to "Hehewuti"!





Photo is copyright to Souix Whitefeather (thank you for taking that shot!).

Other than that, I will have a repainted Breyer Alborozo up for sale very shortly. And I want to let you know that "Kenhurst Kilimanjaro" has being reduced to $200 USD plus postage - if he doesn't sell, he'll simply stay with me and show with me for a bit longer until NAN and Breyerfest are over. "Manhattan Mistress" is also set at $185 USD plus postage as well, and the same applies for her not selling - these are my lowest reduced prizes on these two.

Current comissions I'm working on:
CM Flash - into grey with 'bling' (waiting for primming to set)
CM Goffert - into bay appy (primmed and has first coat on him)
Pebbles Saddlebred - detailing him, updates coming to his Mum very soon!

Enjoy the oncoming weekend!
~Sam

Offers on LSQ Proven CM Bluegrass Bandit

Up for offers on Model Horse $ales Pages!

Show winner & Reserve Champion in Breed - this girl has even won against resins in Workmanship and placed against them in CM/AR divisions at another show - definately proving herself a tough girl against the big guns!

Her MH$P Advert: http://www.modelhorsesalespages.com/sales/view_details.asp?id=703662

I know I'm advertising in US dollars which is a pain in the butt - but if you want to put an offer in in AU dollars, I'll work out the conversion and put it up as well, just let me know, or check out this site to help you:
http://www.xe.com/ucc





Contact me through the MH$P advert!

Cheers guys

Up for sale;

I've offered this guy on my Yahoo Group to my mailing list members first, so if you are interested in him, then please head on over to: DMD Yahoo Group and join up to be apart of that offer.

If no-one from my group takes him home, then he'll be heading to MH$P in 48 hours, but I'll update the blog on that as well.

I will also update with some major pics from Melbourne Live which I attended over the weekend - still need to grab my camera and upload them all, but I will update you soon!

~Sam

I need to learn to update this more often!

Wow has it really being 4 months since my last update?!?! That's horrendeous! Well a LOT has happened - so I'll just stick to the model-related stuff as not to over load you all.

Live in the West 2009 was on and was a raging success - we even had an eastern-states visitor which was fantastic to see! Of course, a huge congrates has to be given to all the Champion & Reserve winners, and the Overall Grand Champion who was owned by Shannon Farn who made the journey over from Victoria.

I had new and old faces - all of them done well, everyone placed and I believe everyone apart from one or two actually won a class between them, so I was super pleased. Some the new faces include these guys:

"Makhpia-Sha" - CM Nokota into a bay roan, shown as a Quarter Horse





"Midnight Marathon" - CM Stone Pebbles, shown as an Appendix





"Renata" - Danzante resin fresh back from America and placing highly against some stiff competition; she was also my Overall Supreme Exhibit from last year's LITW show





"Flash 4 Cash" - CM Flash into a buckskin, shown as an American Sport Pony. This guy also was shown at a Live Show in QLD for a first and a second, seems he likes those two places!





"Rayne on Me" - Rayne resin into a dappled grey, shown as a Thoroughbred. He also went to Vic for Mini Mania and picked up a 2nd and 5th.





"Manhattan Mistress" - CM Bluegrass Bandit into a bay roan sabino, shown as a Tennesse Walking Horse, also got a Reserve Champion in the Custom division





"Hehewuti" - Calamity Jane resin into a blue roan, shown as a Mustang. This girl picked me up a Reserve Champion and a Champion in the Artist Resin and Workmanship Divisions





Phew - what an update huh? Have to say I'm very proud of those guys and how they done!

Another new face which will be following me to Melbourne Live in just 19 days (ACK!) is this new face, a customised Huckleberry Bey body into a high stepping Hackney Horse - he's had quite a bit of rescuplting done which has made some very subtle but striking changes to this guy. And yes, that is a Gem Twist tail he is sporting.

"Kenhurst Kilimanjaro"





Like him? I am taking pre-sale offers on this guy through my Yahoo Group, so if you are a member, all the details will be posted up there shortly.

Other than that - working on comissions, new works and other such things - also putting together a full performance set up in memory of the late "Theodore O'Connor" which has being in the works for around 9 months now - there are a lot of artists involved in this one, which is very exciting. And yes, the full setup will be for sale once I've had a chance to show it off! LOL More information will come soon I promise.

Stay safe all!
~Sam

Valiant on ebay;

Just a quick note while I'm in the house and steering clear of the insane heat and humidity we are having, to say that I have painted the newly released "Valiant" medallion into a gorgeous dappled buckskin! I had a heap of fun painting this guy!



He is also on ebay currently - feel free to check him out here:

http://tinyurl.com/azpds6

Stay safe everyone!

~Sam

Shows, Sales & Showjumping (well the beginning again!)

Slowly keeping with New Year Resolutions - I am back riding, and I feel as if the lacking in tone I've suffered from having two years out of the saddle is beginning to tone back up again! I have two in work at the moment with a greenly broken mare ready on the sidelines; the two in work are Jerry and Wog (yes, he was named 'Wog' because his brand reads W0G and he was nameless when I picked him up from one of those backyard sales where the meat man lurks), both he and Jerry came from there.

Although 'coming back' hasn't being without it's challenges. Both Jerry and Wog got themselves some nice cuts in the new paddock (goodness knows how they done it, you know what horse's are like) - but their fine, and of course, the stallion wanted more attention than he was getting and obviously kicked out in his yard, got caught and has done something to his hock and leg. It's being blown up something cruel for a good three weeks now, he's walking on it though, so that's the best sign.

Back to studio news though - I heard wonderful news about a show in QLD over the weekend as I was proxying two horse's there. The new Flash repaint: "Flash 4 Cash" done me proud:

CM/AR American Pony Breed - 1st
CM/AR Buckskin Color - 2nd

And my Nokota custom ("Tashunke Witko") who is being paid off by his happy owner, done me proud as well:

CM/AR Other Breed - 1st
Champion 'Other Breed'

Looks like he missed his color class as well which was a shame, but he would have being the only one in the Cremello class, so it wasn't a huge loss that he wasn't in the class.

As far as sales, I currently have my first dappled grey on eBay Australia on the Peter Stone Cantering Pebbles (I believe he's a WB/TB/Hunter type of horse) - any critques on this guy are more than welcome, I love hearing feedback!

See the eBay Australia auction here



Hope you all have a great weekend once Friday is over!

~Sam