Collector Club Newsletter Sneak Peek

Members got the newsletter yesterday, please excuse the delay.

Popular guesses have been Bobby Jo, Nokota, and Ashquar.
Nokota is my guess, but I haven't done any thorough digging. I guess we'll see what the reveal will be!

(Just a reminder that tomorrow is April Fools Day, which means that Breyer will likely pull something. Don't get your hopes up if you see a new reveal/model tomorrow!)

Reveals, Already!

I was expecting Breyer to keep those sneak peeks without a reveal for a while, but I was (luckily) wrong! Check out the Best Custom Contest prizes!

Kansas! A beautiful appaloosa done on the Forever Saige mold. Boy, this gal is gorgeous. Thankfully nothing I *need* though. She's LE 10

Next up:

Willamette! Oh, this guy is cool. I'd definitely buy him if he was a regular run, but he's going to be unobtainable for me. He's also LE 10

Best of luck to everyone who enters the customs contest!

One last thing to conclude this post. We know who the Premier Club Stablemate will be! A shrunken down Zafirah. In one of the three colorways for this year. Not super excited for that, since the mold is just so off-putting for me. But, hopefully she'll look nicer as a Stablemate!

That's all for now, but maybe there'll be even more news soon! 👀

Breyerfest Sneak Peeks

Well, Breyer has surprised us with a couple of previews during the past two days:

Well, it's going to be impossible to guess the mold used for the appaloosa. Looks like it's gonna be a stunner though!

For the (possibly) solid colored one, it's stumping me. Nothing quite matches up 100%, but I'm sure that I'm overlooking someone. Interested to see what mold it is!

These are likely going to be prize models, but I think raffle models might also be a possibility. We shall see! They haven't said when they will be revealed, so it might be a bit of a wait.

New Arrival

Introducing Tornado of Souls, aka Leopold:

Man, was this guy an impulse buy! Had another ISH on my radar, but when Leopold popped up on eBay- I couldn't resist. 

Inevitably, with my luck, the other ISH's price got too high in the auction, so I had to pass on that one. No, I'm not still salty about that at all...

He definitely wasn't a grail for 2+ years :')

*Found on Tenor*

Anyways- mini rant over. Super excited to get this one. He's LE 2, so I likely wouldn't have had the opportunity to purchase one of him again. His pattern is so cool, such a unique looking pintaloosa. His show name was inspired by the Megadeth song of the same name. (If you want to give it a listen, you can do so [here].)

That brings my ISH conga up to four! Hoping to grow it even more this year. I'll have to share a photo of my conga together soon. :)

A Big Ben! 👀

 ... annnnd it's a test run. Drats.

Extremely interesting color and pattern on this one. He comes with a hefty price *if* you get picked ($1,500). Safe to say, I wont be entering for the chance to purchase him, but good luck to those who do! :)

You can enter for him [here].

Celebration Photo Show!

My blog recently had its 1st anniversary after its creation/first post. I'm going to be celebrating by hosting a show on OMHPS!

(If you look closely on the show banner, you'll see some ISHs in the background. Starting to think this blog might have too many featured. 😉)

This show has been in the works for... at least 4 months? Excited to finally have it ready for entries.

There are three divisions, OF Large, OF Small, and an exciting 'Fun' division! I hope to see some of your entries. If you have any questions at all, don't hesitate to contact me.

You can find the show [here].

Lastly, I wanted to give a shout out to my wonderful judges. This show wouldn't be possible without their help. A round of applause to:

Naomithewolf and SpottedDreamsStudio

I met Naomi on the Crescent Cove Discord server, and she's also the person who hosts the shows for that lovely group. Here are her two DeviantArt accounts, one for horse photography/stock images, and one for art. You can reach her on Discord at Naomithewolf#2563

Adah, aka SpottedDreamsStudio, is pretty well known on this blog. She has her own- as many of you know. You can check that out [here].

Update: If you are new to OMHPS, check out this handy blog series that Adah made! [Link]

The blog will have updates on the show every once and a while, so be sure to check back! :)

Huh... Interesting...

The sneak peak, was indeed a Birds of a Feather release. Say hello to Magpie!

$195, enter by 11:59 PM EDT 3/16

Not the mold that I would have expected to be used, but he looks great nonetheless. Won't be entering, just because I'm not a huge fan of the sculpt. Good luck to those who enter! He's LE 500, so shouldn't be *impossible* to get hold of.

Well, that takes the Show Jumping Warmblood off of the possible Breyerfest surprise horse guesses! Do you have a guess what it will be? Let me know in the comments!

Finally, Some News!

Well, after a long dry period news-wise, we have at least a little bit of something. The blog hasn't had any news posts in two weeks!

The Easter plush has been revealed!

Cute, but nothing that I need (as usual, with these plushies). Hoping she will stay available for everyone who wants to purchase her.

Annnd... a Vintage Club release! A Classic scale Secretariat! 50 pieces made of the gold variation.

These two are awesome. I love how the gold one matches the traditional release(s).

That's it for now. Hoping I can get a post out about the photo show soon. Stay tooned!

Model Highlight

Perseus, aka Prisma!

This series is all about models from my showstring. Picking one out every once and a while, and giving a little info about them.

Today's post is all about the crystal model from Breyerfest 2021. I chose his name because of the Cap of Invisibility that the Greek demi-god, Perseus, wore to slay Medusa. I found it fitting.

This guy never fails to do well in shows. Normally placing in the top 5 every class. Proud of him!

Please bear with me now that my posts are becoming more and more spaced out. Been super busy with hobby related tasks, including planning the photo show that will be out this month (🤞). With not much time left to write.
As always, if you have any questions or post suggestions, don't hesitate to use the contact form to get in touch with me! :)

Photography for Photo Showing : Tips and Tricks!

Today's topic will be all about backgrounds.

Disclaimer: These are just my opinions, and what I've found to work. If you have different methods that you like, awesome!

BGs are a huge component to a nice photo show entry. It shouldn't be distracting, but it should complement the model's color.

Types of backgrounds:
There are two main categories, realistic and studio (best word I could come up with, lol). This post will be about the studio type, as that is what I use, and what is going to be the easiest to start out with.

For studio backgrounds, I try to use a single color. That way it isn't distracting. Dark grey has been my favorite to use so far. I would stay away from bright/strong colors, like a royal blue, because it gives the model's color a weird hue. Try not to use a white background, as the model's white markings will be very difficult to see. Even light grey has that problem.

I prefer to use matboard, but towels and blankets work just as well.

Example of a matboard BG: 

Example of a towel BG:

(Yes, I know that this is a brighter colored blue background. This model's show photo needs updating! Just wanted to show what a blanket/towel would look like.)

(I will try to update this post with real photos of my setup later, once the weather cooperates.)

The next post will be about how to position your model, so you can show off their conformation well!