jlmiller wrote:

I went to hobby lobby today but didn't buy anything and I fount a few safari ltd. models and they were $10.99 EACH! *slowly puts horse down and runs away*

Retired breeder wrote:

Yes Fizz!

I'm getting grey paints this week! I'm going to try a dapple grey on my old Arabian mare

Retired breeder wrote:

Well, use acrylic paint or pastels.
Watercolors look like they'll work for shading but they don't.
Be careful making dapples- cotton swab things make giant dapple for Schleich, and they make 3D blobs, so maybe try a toothpick?
You can try watering down the acrylics, but I find just thin coats are better, except for the coat that you make black socks on- if you do watered down color all over, then the black socks will blend into that a little, but try using a sponge, too.
If you use a VERY slightly gray/white or cream/white, it'll look better than pure white. If you don't have one, you can try white with a touch of cream or gray. Cream would likely be better.
If you don't have the exact color you want, use reds, browns, oranges, yellows, blacks, and grays to make a color.

Retired breeder wrote:

Make sure you don't glob paint onto detailed part like the mane and tail.
If you like, oil pastels can be used for awesome shading by rubbing them on a pallet, then scrubbing a hard brush that you don't care about into the color, then wipe it on. You may have to repeat that several times.
For fleabites or teeny tiny appy markings, use a really shoved-apart crayola brush (those plastic bristled black and colored ones) or use a normal brush with a little bit of paint, hold kinda far away but not so far as to get it all over the table, then give the end of the brush a long flick. It should make speckles!
For eyes, use a toothpick for a tiny horse, or the finest tip brush you have, then do black. Then do color insie of that if you're adventurous, then another smaller black dot.
For finishing, I use mod podge, but don't use that for chalk pastels because the would smear them.
When mod podging over oil pastels, go lightly on the first coat. If you feel like to you need more, just do a second coat more normally because the oil pastel should be sealed in well enough.
Use gloss mod podge or clear nail polish overtop of hooves, eyes, and maybe even the mane and tail if you want them SUPER silky.
Finishing is NOT totally necessary, but if you don't, it has a weird texture that I personally don't like, and you have to be a little more careful not to chip them or rub them on other horses.
That's all I have for now! Hope I helped!

outback aussie girl wrote:

My local Schleich supplier has put the price for schleich up. A normal horse (paint stallion for example ) was $12 and is now $14. The bigger ones are still the same price at around $16. A foal or pony was $8 and is now $9.40

I will go count how many schlich I have (including farm animals and zebras)

Retired breeder wrote:

I might get to go to micheals! My sis needs to go for parade supplies... Which safaris should I get? I have an unspoken limit of 3 at a time so my parents don't freak out.... I'm thinking maybe the three with which I could make the revealed legendaries: mustang mare, zebra, and Arab mare. But I don't know!!!

delli7 wrote:

I have a huge collection that I can't even count

Retired breeder wrote:

anybody know how to make a schleich halter? I am bored.

Retired breeder wrote:

anybody know how to make a schleich halter? I am bored.