Custom Breyer Horse- King

Meet King! Let me just tell you, I had my work cut out for me on this one. I know his coat pattern looks simple, but that wasn't the issue. It was his mane. King's one of those quirky horses that has mane on both sides. Well this breyer model had the majority of the mane on the wrong side. So I had to use my hand dandy dremel tool to take off most of the mane. I then used modeling expoxy to smooth it out, then sand, and prime and sand and prime and sand....and prime, until it was smooth and matched with his body. I then took epoxy and recreated his mane on the correct side.

What do you think?

These kinds of small details are why I have a job doing custom models. Not to mention, king has a "wild eye". His right eye has the whites showing, where his left eye doesn't. :-)

If you want your own custom, please contact me!

Meet Montana - Black and White Paint Custom Breyer Horse

Montana is a gorgeous paint with roan markings on some of her patches.

My favorite part of her was the fact she has white eyelashes on her right eye.

When doing my customs, first I sand and prime the model.

Then I airbrush the base coat (in this case white).

I then handpaint any special markings in acrylics.

Then varnish the model with numerous layers.

Interested in a custom model? Please go to my website for contact information.

meet Roxie - Bay Roan Custom Breyer

Roxie is a lovely bay roan draft cross. This is my first time doing a roan...and I had alot of fun with it! She was airbrushed in acrylics and has handpainted details.

Red Roan Appaloosa Custom Breyer Horse

LOVE how this guy came out. I am not sure what his name is, but to me it looks like it should be "Wildfire" or something like that :-) He belongs to Julia in Georgia.

He is painted on the Mon Gamin Breyer model. His body was airbrushed in acrylic and all his details/spots are painted by hand. :-)

Here's a little horse painting secret- To get the vibrant red brown I use Liquitex Basics "Red Oxide".

I also painted horseshoes on this guy, he's such a stud! Well-- a gelding *wink*

Do you have a horse you would like turned into a custom model? Please email me for a price list at kcampbellartist@hotmail.com
Models start at $65

Meet Bling- Custom Breyer Foal

Bling is the offspring of Mystic and Chic (His grandfather is Smart Chic Olena). Isn't he handsome? I also had the pleasure of doing two models of his dad Chic, and a model of his mother Mystic to complete the custom breyer set. I loved painting this little foal!

Bling's mother, Mystic:

Bling's father, Chic:

To see what goes into my customs, please see my older blog post: http://ofnaturedesignsjewelry.blogspot.com/2008/10/latest-breyer-creation.html

Chic- Traditional Custom Breyer Horse

I did another custom breyer of Chic below, here is the traditional model of him done on the Breyer Legends Smart Chic Olena model.

Even though my Christmas commissions are through, I still have another gorgeous appaloosa breyer custom I'm doing on the Smarty Jones model. Pictures will be posted soon!

Latest Custom Breyer Creation

Meet "Easy".

Unfortunately, alot of my customs are in memory of a dear equine friend. I feel honored whenever I am asked to recreate someone's precious pal so they can have a lasting image of them.

Curious to know what goes into my custom breyers? I wrote a whole blog about it-- check it out: http://ofnaturedesignsjewelry.blogspot.com/2008/10/latest-breyer-creation.html

If you are interested in purchasing a custom painted Breyer horse to look just like YOUR horse, please visit my etsy site at: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5290743&section_id=5273173

Meet my "World Champion"

I am happy to say that one of my most recent customs acheived the title "World Champion" in the PtHA Model Horse Show.

I can only hope I have more opportunities to create live show quality models for other people interested in model horse shows!

Here are some photos of the champion.

I will be posting a blog soon on the progress of customizing a model.

Latest Breyer Creation

Even though I am an artist in the northern VA area, I have had the priviledge of creating breyers for people all over the US.

This pretty grey gelding's name is Hundred. :-) I hope you like him! I think he's my favorite so far.

Man, That Horse is Ugly!

Here is my newest breyer custom in progress-- the family arabian stallion mold. I will be updating pictures as he now turned she comes along! This is a picture of what the mold kinda looked like before I started re-sculpting it and sanding it down. The model I had was in less-than mint condition with lots of scuffs, and an ear chip.
I took off his tail, took off his stallion parts, gave him--now her-- anatomically correct mare parts, re-sculpted the tail to make it look more arabian like, added more to the mane to make it more flowing, sanded all the seams and removed the logo, carved out the ears, gave her a new ear, carved out the nostrils, and carved out the hooves. I also bent the front leg more.
You can see she looks really ugly right now, but I see potential in her silhouette.

My Newest Hobby-- Custom Breyer Horses

So I have always loved and collected breyer model horses, but my latest hobby has been repainting them and trying my hand at customization. I have my latest model for sale on ebay, and so far it's gotten almost 300 views and alot of attention from people interested in having models repainted to look like their horse. I would love to be able to do this more often and do well at it...