Steampony update!
Got back to work on the steamponies yesterday. Not a ton of progress, but some. They are going to be friggin' adorable, and also badass. I hope the people they are meant for love them. It's all I can do right now not to spam you all with pics and ruin the surprise.
I got the rhinestones I needed in the mail today, and am working on the base coat on pony #2, the boy pony. The paint job on the #1 pony is finished except for her cutie mark, because I've been dithering over it. I used a different technique to get the color down, and am trying to decide how I feel about it. It's more textured, and not smooth. These are rough, tough, badass ponies, though, so I guess coarse fur is to be expected after a life of sky piracy. They look great, though. The girl's eyes are . . . they are just amazing. I don't think pictures will do them justice.
I also made my first set of pony goggles. A crude, undecorated prototype that will need refining, yes, but they are functional as-is, and very cute. I just need to find some clear plastic to use for lenses.
Every customizer handles accessories differently. Some sculpt things like pouches and clothes and tack with polyclay or epoxy putty, often right onto the pony. Others make them separately out of appropriate materials. There are lovely things about both approaches, but I've always strongly favored the genuine materials approach. As a child, I was always disappointed by toys that came with accessories that weren't actually usable. Purses and envelopes that wouldn't open, clothes that were sculpted on and not removable, that sort of thing. The bits and bobs I am making now are all removable and more or less totally functional.
There will be lots of pictures once they are done, CRAZY amounts of pictures, of ponies and of each individual accessory because I document the shit out of everything. You would too if you made something that fucking cute and then had to send it away from you forever.
I hope their new friends will be happy with them! They are looking forward to going to their new homes, and I am very much looking forward to sending them!
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I got the rhinestones I needed in the mail today, and am working on the base coat on pony #2, the boy pony. The paint job on the #1 pony is finished except for her cutie mark, because I've been dithering over it. I used a different technique to get the color down, and am trying to decide how I feel about it. It's more textured, and not smooth. These are rough, tough, badass ponies, though, so I guess coarse fur is to be expected after a life of sky piracy. They look great, though. The girl's eyes are . . . they are just amazing. I don't think pictures will do them justice.
I also made my first set of pony goggles. A crude, undecorated prototype that will need refining, yes, but they are functional as-is, and very cute. I just need to find some clear plastic to use for lenses.
Every customizer handles accessories differently. Some sculpt things like pouches and clothes and tack with polyclay or epoxy putty, often right onto the pony. Others make them separately out of appropriate materials. There are lovely things about both approaches, but I've always strongly favored the genuine materials approach. As a child, I was always disappointed by toys that came with accessories that weren't actually usable. Purses and envelopes that wouldn't open, clothes that were sculpted on and not removable, that sort of thing. The bits and bobs I am making now are all removable and more or less totally functional.
There will be lots of pictures once they are done, CRAZY amounts of pictures, of ponies and of each individual accessory because I document the shit out of everything. You would too if you made something that fucking cute and then had to send it away from you forever.
I hope their new friends will be happy with them! They are looking forward to going to their new homes, and I am very much looking forward to sending them!
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