Really late to the gate here with NaMoPaiMo, which stands for National Model Painting Month! A yearly event, hobbyists who participate are to paint a model horse during February and get it completed before the month ends. Started in 2017 by Jennifer Buxton of Braymere Custom Saddlery, NaMoPaiMo encourages hobbyists of all painting skill levels to participate. Considering February and NaMoPaiMo are almost over, there isn’t too much to say about it except prepare for next year! I didn’t participate this year nor have I in previous years, but I think I’ll aim for 2022.
Next up is Breyer Boot Camp (aka pseudo BreyerWest) which will take place this upcoming weekend (February 26-28). I’m hoping I can attend some of the workshop webinars I signed up for. I may try to pop into some of the Meet the Artist sessions, but who knows. I’ll attend what I can, and then watch the recorded workshops at my convenience. Hopefully they will be available for a couple of weeks.
Onto the Horse Blizzard! Due to the weather last week, I have had an influx of new horses since many of the deliveries for last week were delayed. I’m from the land of ice and snow, but Texas is unaccustomed to ice storms, snow, and the uncharacteristic cold. Here are some ice pictures from my yard, before the snow:
I think my cacti are probably goners, but I’m going to wait and see. I covered them up, but the wind had ripped the covers off so the cactus became iced overnight. We had a high of 23 degrees on February 15, and a high yesterday of 84 degrees. The cactus paddles are now soft, limp, and wilted down. Their bases look somewhat okay, but time will reveal the damage done to them.
Onward to the horses! First up is this Hartland Arabian, whom I bought off of eBay for $2.40. It is about fives inches tall, battered, scuffed, and has been branded by someone or something. Makes me think of that Sid kid from the first Toy Story movie. I don’t know much about Hartland horses, but supposedly this one dates from the 1950s:
Surprise, Julius showed up yesterday! His tracking showed him as not moving. I was starting to get worried about him, as I had ordered him on February 8th (the first day he was available). His tracking indicated that he was in Illinois (like forever, man) and somehow he magically made it to Texas. I made room and shoved him next to his conga friends:
Notice how weird Oak’s face looks with the bendy blaze. Hahahaha! Here are some Julius (not Caesar) photos:
Another arrival this week was the Pintos and Palominos SM set; here are the package photos with individual shots of the Stablemates to be featured in an upcoming blog post:
A box of the Chasing Rainbows SM BB unicorns arrived too. No suspense here-I didn’t get a chase or super chase piece. I’ll need to get individual pictures of them later as well (sun has set and the lighting is bad).
Atticus #1 is in the next city over, but there is no delivery date given (at least he’s close by). Atticus #2 is showing as fulfilled on the Breyer website, but again no delivery date is given. When I click on the tracking number he seems to still be out East. My VC and PC Stablemates are showing as unfulfilled, but it shouldn’t be too long before they head out (I hope anyway). The CC model Lafayette has not made an appearance yet, but information relayed through the grapevine indicates that Lafayette was supposed to have been released on February 18 and was delayed due to the severe weather last week. I think he may be delayed until next Thursday-really hoping it’s not tomorrow!
*Blizzard photo from free stock images and written over by me.
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