My Brigitte Eberl(?) Stablemates

I love Brigitte Eberl's work and of course I needed some of her stablemate scale work in my collection. And I originally thought that little Valegro was Eberl's work but turns out he is Jennifer's Scott's... and I must say that now she's also my favourite after Eberl's now!

Both are stallions and their detail (especially for a stablemate that's OF) is beautiful!

Breyer OF Valegro Stablemate

This is Kaiser Bismarck, and he looks incredibly dusty... The question is when is he NOT dusty. Despite his love for dust, he placed 1st (and NAN'ed!) in the Toronto Live April 2016 show in a very large warmblood mini OF warmblood class!

Breyer OF Andalusian Stablemate

and this is Tarantallegra who is also a dust lover but not as much as Kaiser. He placed 2nd (NAN'ed!) in the Toronto Live April 2016 show in the Spanish/Lusitano/Andalusian class. 

I definitely want to get another copy of these two for customization, and if my customization will go well then I will probably be customizing like crazy! 

I bought a airbrush kit and now all I need to buy are thinners and finishing coats and my very first victim is that Peter Stone Raffle weanling that I won at the Live Show! I hope everything will go well :)

Trying to recreate Wild horse running scene

Too bad I don't have any "moving" paint horses and appaloosas that are in the Stablemate scale.

I will be painting my Toronto Live Raffle weanling soon!

Marina's Aragorn

Hello everybody!
I think you already met this guy but he's so pretty I had to share more pictures of him!

Marina's Aragorn, Peter Stone DAH 2014

When I look at him I am so thankful that I got him last year & the wait for him was worth it!

Marina's Aragorn, Peter Stone DAH 2014, Headshot

Freezing

Hello everybody!
The weather here has been painfully cold, I'm not really used to this kind of cold, and it started snowing when my boyfriend left for university and the cold came with it.
I was going to do some winter photography (outside) but it's so cold and I got swamped with projects, tests and exam prep.

My flat-screen TV also broke and doesn't work anymore. What a great start to this new year, huh?

But these are the photos that I took during the holiday break.

That's all for this post!
~Marina

Absent

Hello viewers, readers, and fellow bloggers!
I know I have been absent for a very long time and I'll be honest... I have been sick since Halloween (looks like getting sick on Halloween has become a tradition, as it is my 4th time).
Then my boyfriend's and mine anniversary came up and I have been unmotivated to blog or do anything since September.

But here are the pictures of Halloween "diorama":

I did a little bit of editing with the photos to make them more fun looking :)

I bought some Halloween carved pumpkin lights from the Dollar Store and they are coming quite handy...

I had to use my mom's camera and it's also a FujiFilm but of a newer model... And Guess what? The Pictures SUCK! Too bad at the time my camera was charging (takes 10 hours to charge)!

A little Horsey Trick-or-Treating is nice too :)

How about the whole foal crew?

Oh and that blue splatter was supposed to be "blood" but because of the blue it turned blue... OH WELL! The SM scale Border Collie is soo cuteee!

Foals out and about! I used the gluegun residue to create "spider webs" 

Mmm... Spider Webs

And used my chinese statues for a little fun! They are all so dusty!

The whole idea I was like a "Haunted House" except Meadow... or Forest...

And a few dragons to scare the foalies :)

That's all I ended up taking on Halloween... Because on November first we had our first snow!

Autumn Photography

Hi everyone!
It was finally sunny over here and I took out some of the stablemate. I swear, I haven't taken out my traditionals in a while... But they are just such a hassle to carry around!

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving everyone!

Marshall munching on his hay

 It was a beautiful day outside, especially in the park. All the leaves are changing their colours and it is quite breath taking!

Of course I brought a long a few stablemates, but I ended up only taking photos of one... 

I was pretty tired, and I'll be honest I haven't gotten that much sleep either... 

Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day for photography!!

Anyway, 

I am thankful for all the good stuff that has happened to me this year, and the people I got to meet and know, and a bunch of personal stuff! :)

That's all for this post!

Thanks for reading :)

~Marina

Another Diorama?

Hello everybody!

I made a hedge! Yes you can see those two wooden dowels sticking out, but that will be covered once I get my supply of moss.
But for now,  I must say it looks like a "wild" hedge...A hedge that hasn't been trimmed for a while and became rather unruly.
But this is a basically the view of what is behind of where I work.

My boyfriend also got me this awesome horse poster, it's a mare and a foal, and it looks so cute! I can't wait to actually see it in person and hang it up in my room!

Rummaging through old photographs

Hello everybody!
Since, I haven't taken any new photography, I decided to rummage through my photos folder on my computer...

Breyer OF Totilas, aka "The Dark Knight"

The Dark Knight (or Batman) here is pictured with the view from my window. I took this photo during the Ice Storm that was happening in Toronto. Oh boy, it was beautiful outside! To see more pictures please go here: Ice Storm Photography .

And then there is my photography from 2011-2012 era, 

Then there's my first realistic photography tries... Which are pretty good, except the grass is too tall.

I feel so bad for this model (Breyer OF Marabella), she is so pretty and cute but I never do photography with her. I love her, but at the same time I never actually take her outside. 

The one thing I don't like about Traditional scale photography is that travelling with them sometimes is a mission (especially when you have more than one). I feel like the maximum number of Traditionals I could bring (if I travel somewhere) is 2. While with stablemates, because they are so small and fit ANYWHERE is an unlimited amount! (I exaggerate).

And then came Lakeshore photography. I unfortunately didn't go in the last 2 years there and couldn't do any recent photography... But next summer, I have to go!

Then I took a big break during 2013-2014 and then I restarted again!

Lack of inspiration sure does kill the mood for photography or anything creative!

That's all for this post!

~Marina