The last you'll see of this pony!

The spotted portrait pony is DONNEE! (Well not really.. still haven't finished her tail... and her coronet area still needs a bit of clean up)
But I'm going to call her 'done'. AND I'm going to call her a success. I'm not going to lie, I'm super dooper proud of her. The colours all came out better than expected, and lines are sharp and she's SMOOTH. And I guess she looks mostly like the reference pony too, which is always a bonus.




The REAL pony has a lot of roaning... and after some experimentation I threw that idea in the bucket. I couldn't get the hairing to mesh nicely... so lets use out imagination, eh?

Have some more (blurry) photos:







Did I mention that I was proud of the forelock? 'Coz... I am. Really, really proud.





Hoof detail. Also something I'm proud of. (note: coronet still needs clean-up- dead bugs there to add mystery- at least that's the story I'm sticking to)



So there you have it. My second EVER finished model re-paint, and my first ever finished mane/tail sculpt.  *dances*

I even got a little reckless this week. The resin in my banner (jumper pony 'Zim') I was planning to send off to a professional painter, because I'm retarded and would probably mess it up. I've had him for a good 5 months, and have spent the time painstakingly prepping and priming him.
Do you see where this is going??



Oops. Basecoat.
He wants to be a palomino welsh with chrome. I have never ever painted this colour. Not even on paper/canvas. Should be interesting.....
I guess if I mess him up I can always strip the paint and start again, right?

It can only get better.....