Yellow Native Halter in the Works

A few days ago, I started work on a new yellow native-style halter. I enjoyed making this one so much, that progress was really fast! Below are some (bad) photos that I took in a hurry between making cowrie shells.

And after sculpting and painting the decorations, the halter looked like this:

I'm just sculpting some additional cowrie shells to add to this halter while working on this blog post, so I expect to have this halter done and for sale soon :) 

Thanks for reading!

New Blue Halter Finished!

A few days ago I finished this beautiful light blue Hollywood style halter. It features the usual braided headcollar, but instead of a nosechain, the noseband was braided in the same style as the other headcollar parts. The noseband is also decorated with little beads in black and pearl. I've seen this style of noseband done on several modern show halters, and I really liked the effect that it has! It's something a little different than the ususal sharks teeth and coin charms that you often see on Arabian halters :)

 

The sides and the noseband also have a silver braid decoration for extra flair. The ends of the braid are decorated more with silver microbeads for a polished look. The sides of the halter also feature a large silver and blue star-shaped charm, as well as a single light blue tassel on each side.
The halter's throat latch is also in light blue, and it is decorated with two tassels and black & pearl beads. It is adjustable with a black sliding bead.

The set is made to fit the Peter Stone Arabian, but it will size up or down a bit with a sliding silver buckle. It also fits the Breyer PAM model, and should fit models with a similar sized head. This set also comes with a simple lead rope, that attaches to the halter's chain with a small hook.

This halter will be for sale soon on MH$P. I have another one in the works - a black one with red, blue and silver details - which will be for sale too once I finish it.

Thanks for looking and have a nice day everyone :)

Presentation set progress

Yesterday I worked on a new presentation set in black and white. It has a nice zigzag pattern and it's three-tiered! The set features red, yellow and turqoise details, and will likely be for sale once I finish it.

After this first photo it occured to me that photographing a black and white set against a black background was not a great idea...hehe

The model showing the tack is a Peter Stone Arabian that came in the mail a week ago. He's so pretty!

The tassels need some taming still, but after going over them with a damp (clean) toothbrush, they sit much nicer already.

The collar is fastened behind the horse's neck with two longer ties that feature some special tassels. On each side, there are two ropes that drape down for a more dramatic effect. All ropes were twisted, not braided for a more authentic look.

I'm off sculpting the cowries that go on this collar, and making a matching halter of course! :)