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dapple grey horse
June 10, 2024

I made this horse for my babushka. she likes horses.
always asks me to change the tv onto horse videos.
I hope she can get joy on having this little one around.
... thats all the reason here.

ive decided to go for a dapple grey coat because theres a handful of wool that gotten these little tangles
which would be perfect for being the little white snowflake dots of that coat type.
and also just more visual interest than if just a solid color. yknow how it is.

WIPS

 w1. fluff lump w2. shape lump w3. lump bulk

w4. body lump w5. skin tile w6. skin hang

alright got some dirty wool to act as the filler and then build up the basic horsey shape of body
layer and layer, curve after curve.
then wet felt the skin, just a couple layers to hold it all together, then delicately put that afermentioned tangled stuff on top.
then let it air dry as i go constructing other parts of the horsey.

w7. leg base w8. leg on w9. leg stand

legs. 4.

w10. leg skin w11. sock skin w12. upside leg

decided to put socks on some of the legs, so i had to be careful of blending the colors together and then wind it around the leg as i stab it in place.
sure it might have been easier to put the skin on the leg and then attach the leg to body, but sometimes i just wanna see if i can to the opposite of attaching first then skin. probably easier when i gotta put the tile on later.

w13. leg sit w14. hoof fluff w15. back hoof

w16. rock leg w17. hoofs on

theres a general rule that hoof colors are determined by surrounding fur, so for the legs with the white socks, they got light hoof. as black legs get dark hoof.
ending the day by making a stone sit on the back legs so that they can remain straight. shrugs probably completely unnecessary.. but juuuust to make sure the fibers dont curve out awkawrdly.

w18. cheek skin w19. head skin w20. tile over

w21. tile rear w22. open belly w23. skin on

finally able to put the skin on. theres stages to it rather than just plopping in on all at once. and gotta make sure its secured in one area before diving onto the next area. how else is it to be done?

w24. gradient w25. hair wet

making a gradient of grey. ... greydiant. of that would be mane and tail. as the dapple grays also got some mechanics to how those hairs work in regards to color. i quite like how theyre blonde like that. gives good contrast.

w26. head bald w27. ears off w28. ears on

ears. 2.

w29. hair tile w30. hair refine

gotta refine the shape of the hair tiles.

w31. mane on w32. mane side w33. mane clip

putting a binder clip on the mane to make it go down. looking like a chicken comb.

w34. tail off w35. tail on w36. eyes

putting tail and eyes on.

w37. hand hold w38. desk stand w39. band clip

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand done. putting broken rubber and clip back on the mane to keep its shape until i do later photos.

w40. stab count

93 stabs for 2 days. not bad..

GALLERY

g1. left g2. front g3. right

g4. back g5. side g6. belly

g7. spine g8. hand sit g9. leg bend

getting at all the different angles and views. despite not having bone supports, the legs can hold a bend somewhat.

g10. takhi front g11. takhi side

g12. ruler height g13. ruler side

about 8 centimeters tall and 13 centimeters long.

g14. flower pile g15. cup sit g16. stool stand

g17. chair sit g18. chair close g19. tube

g20. bed1 g21. bed2 g22. bed3

sleepy bye bye

g23. beam stand g24. beam corner g25. pillar base

g26. foot statue g27. fish eye g28. brick corner

g29. fish face g30. blueberrybush g31. pot sit

g32. table front g33. table side g34. table chair

g35. pot hide g36. boulderf g37. grass

g38. rock left g39. rock right g40. rock top

g41. rock above g42. brick left g43. brick right

g44. brick front g45. brick side

g46. bestfriend

gave the horse to her when i was done with the photos.
babushka was very happy.
gave a kiss on the nose.

of course one day cosmo decided to take the chance and use horsey like a toy. had to fix up, though wasnt too damaged.