Playing Catch Up

Well that was an interesting week. Ran my tail off yet I feel like I got nothing accomplished. My family member is home and doing extremely well. Thank you all for your prayers, you have no idea how much it means. 🥹 Things are starting to return to normal, but there still some things to catch up on.

I don't have too much to blog on, since I wasn't "horsing around" this week. I know AJ asked for a customizing post, so here is a rundown of most of my current WIP models. :)

This little lady seems bent on making me throw a tantrum. Every time I feel like I'm nearly finished, she goes and either has an accident or decides she wants another layer of white. I think she only needs one more coat and then edges cleaned. And details, and tail. Oh, and her legs need more blending.

This one makes me so so so sad. I had this guy all the way to this point of his black, one layer away from markings, and I decided to give him a quick coat of sealant. I forgot to double check the heater in the room (I prime in a basement which is only about 20 degrees F above outside temp). It turns out the heater failed to actually start, so when I came back down to check on him, the sealant had crackled. I sanded and sanded, but you can still see some faint little textural differences. *Sigh* When will I learn to always double check that the heater turned on??

The same thing happened to this little guy. He was in his base layer (that's masking tape on his back to help outline his snowcap blanket) when I gave him a shot of sealant with the black model. Crackles for him too, but I haven't started his sanding.

This little flaxen is actually last year's NaMoPaiMo model that I was just never really happy with. I grabbed him off my shelf and started to re-do him. I smoothed his original color and will be starting his re-shading soon. Yikes! His mane really needs re-done too!!

I'm also experimenting with new temporary lighting arrangements. This time of year, my porch receives little to no sufficient lighting for photos. My back patio receives too much, so I'm stuck with a long spell of bad pics when I need them. I'm not terribly happy with the results of this experiment, so I will be trying again this coming week with a new set-up.

The model shown is SDS Spiked Punch. I show him as a Selle Francais.

Thank you again for your patience during this trying week, and for your prayers. Things should be back to normal now. :)