Best Customs Contest Stablemate Reveal!

 

Lol, still behind and still trying to get caught here. A few days behind, but the Breyerfest Blog gave another black and white Sneak Peek Square.

This Sneak Peek Square was revealed as Blanca, the Stablemate prize for the second and third place winners in the Best Customs Contest. Blanca is on the SM Cantering Morgan/Charleston mold as a black pinto. Blanco’s pinto pattern is the same as Charleston’s, differing only in color. Charleston debuted in 2019 as the Premier Club bonus Stablemate in bay pinto. I actually like him better as a black pinto. 

Here is Blanco alongside Noir, the Best Customs Contest Grand Prize:

I love the two of them together!

*Photos of Blanco and Blanco with Noir are from Breyer’s website*

Noir: Breyerfest 2021 Best Customs Contest Grand Prize Model

 

Breyer gave us a sneak peek square of  black with white, which was revealed to be Noir, a black sabino pinto on the Emerson/Standing Thoroughbred mold. 

Noir was inspired by the filmmaking genre of Film Noir (French, dark film). Shot in black and white, film noir used light and dark elements to emphasize purposeful contrast, and plots often revolved around crime drama. Film noir popularity spans from the 1930s-1950s, although some prefer to classify the 1930s as pre-noir. The 1940s-1950s is considered the heyday of film noir, and films after 1959 are considered neo-noir. One of the best known films of this genre is The Maltese Falcon (1941), based on the novel written by Dashiell Hammett. Notice the fuzzy horse picture above the mantle in the background, because HORSE. 

Noir models will be awarded to the five winners of the Best Customs Contest; the deadline to submit entries is June 11, 2021. Good luck to all who are entering! 

*Noir photos taken from Breyer’s website*

*Movie stills are from The Maltese Falcon (1941)*