Tuesday, January 25, 2011

A couple of new horses and a little improvising

I got some belated Christmas money and added a couple of new horses to the herd. I've been wanting GG Valentine and Heartbreaker for awhile now, mostly for tackmaking, but also because I love Eberls and this is the only way I can afford them at the moment.

This is Cleopatra, a new body for an old ID that once belonged to a "Tara" CWP (who is now re-ID'd as one of Cleo's daughters):


And her son "Kharavanserai":



The new place offers some nice outdoor photo backdrops, unfortunately at this time of year the sun's position in the sky tends to cast tree shadows everywhere. These were taken in the driveway in about a five foot long and four foot wide patch of shadow-free sun. The foreground "snow" is simply a white bath sheet.

And since my hobby tables were still packed at the time I took these, I had to improvise the platform a bit and used a TV tray table, a keyboard tray taken off a long-gone computer desk, and perched them both somewhat precariously atop a cooler. I think it all worked out, but I also think I'll bring home those folding tables on our next trip to the storage unit...

1 comment:

dizzijoi said...

White towel makes sense. I used to have a spot set up in the back field. A stand with a board and whenever I took a winter picture I took out a sieve of baking soda or powdered sugar and put the horse on it. It blended well with the field though and looked quite real.

Your newbies are gorgeous!