A traditional scale finnhorse

This blog haven't been abandoned; I just have realised how less non-Finns read it. I already have two blogs in Finnish of this hobby, and they're my best way to tell about model horses for Finnish people. This is not 'meant for' them but for those who don't read/talk/write Finnish. So I feel a bit stupid hwen knowing that non-Finns don't seem to know that this blog exists.

Anyway, I just had a pause. I have published things to those other blogs, but right now I need to update here too.

Straight to the thing: I have finished two traditional scale customs. From them the earlier one is the star for this text... It's a big, red chestnut finnhorse gelding with flaxen mane. Just typical finnhorse except that he is so huge. Clay was some airdry clay (good enough for me), painted with acrylics. To mention, I resculpted the eyes, because that is a thing I want to try make better... In my opinion (and knowledge of what horses look like) eyes are a thing what should always resculpt if they're originally badly shaped (some toy horses have human-like eyes), to give the horse more believable look and expression. This time the eyes are not best ever, but they are better than without resculpting.

His flaws are in anatomy, in a way I can't fix. And he wasn't meant to become a finnhorse at all, but something happened and yes, I have one.

Called him Raaskis Ratketa, nicknamed as Raaste. Raaskia means "have the heart to"... And ratketa is "resolving" or "ripping apart" (when meaning physically). Mostly I choosed the name because it matches the horse's color and sounds interesting (I like my language).

Finally... So that's just a nice thingy. Bla bla. Photos!

If anyone is wondering, why his 'muscles' look so weird... I said he has anatomy flaws. I once tried to add him better muscles, but then realised that the horse is too large for me to sculpt... How stupid it feels, but that's what it is. Trads are too large for me to customize; I still don't mean ti couldn't do that. But I have already known that I'm not good with too toy-like victims who have no details, as everything needs to be done with own hands. They are too smooth for my skill. (Schleichs are easier to resculpt muscles for.)

But because I also want to add tints to horses when I paint, I painted the pangares as they are forced to go in this model. I hate that messiness in toy horses, but can do nothing right now.

The head is the most photogenic part in this horse. Although his ears are stupid (toy horses... whyyyy). here you also see his face markings, what I painted with some artist's freedom. 

I wanted the horse to be tack friendly, so the forelock had very little possibilities...

I see, my way to sculpt and paint seems to be really rough, sometimes. I have no patience. Same problem is on paper too, so I can't paint or draw anything for example hair-by-hair (when drawing or painting animals who have clear fur texture, like long fur). That's rare when it happens because I get crazy if I try. And that patience is a thing I can't learn to have more, so, do not claim that it's only about practice...

I also already photograped Raaste with his rider, a rat dude called as Hupi. Sorry from the fact that he has nothing understandable on... And the halter Raaste is wearing is made ages ago. It works but doesn't look that good. Rope is new. The horse gets his personal halter made later when I have right mood.

Raaste looks good in this kind of photos.

Next time I show the second finished custom. That's a TWH, but more about it later.