Central Coast Live

So about a week ago I attended the Central Coast Live Show up in Tuggerah. 

I did well in performance, as expected because i put a lot of love and effort into my entrys. 

That's the best part about performance, making the props beforehand. 

I HATE the stress on the day, and I HATE the stress of tacking up on the day and i just HATE it all together when it comes to being at the show, but i'm in complete and utter LOVE with prop and making.

Oh and i love coming up with new and interesting ideas for performance entries that aren't usually seen in the australian performance scene. 

One thing i liked about this show was that the CM's and AR's were separated so customs didn't have to compete against resins, i think that worked out quite nicely. 

I didn't buy anything and i didn't really bother to enter the raffle because there wasn't anything i wanted or needed, it was just an average raffle and well I'd rather spend my money on prop making things. 

The next show is in June? July? In dubbo, which is a 5 hour drive and is a 2 day show meaning i would have to take time off work to go, but the performance division :O It's just filled with so many opportunities! I can't wait to see what i'll come up with!

Here are my winnings from the day. 

One Last kiss: 

1st English Jumping 

Champion English Performance

3rd Thoroughbred AR

 Two Shoes

2nd Heavy Breed AR

1st Scene 

Reserve Champion Other English

 

Silver Bullet 

3rd Pony Games

Show Me Your Burlesque 

3rd English Jumping

Hollywood

3rd Other Performance (along with HollyHill)

Hershey's Kiss

5th Other English 

Hot to Trot

2nd Pony Club Games (sit a buck)

Ebony Rose

1st Feral AR

Victory Dance

2nd Warmblood/Spothorse CM

Tinseltown

2nd Other Purebred OF 

Snap Dragon 

2nd Feral OF 

Paper Crane

1st Other Youngstock CM 

Optimus Prime 

1st Warmblood/Sporthorse CM

Russian Navy

2nd Heavy Breed CM

Shadowfax

1st Heavy breed AR

Kameo

1st Part Arabian CM

Copy Cat

4th Youngstock OF

Alpine Snow

2nd Appaloosa CM

Makers Mark

2nd Warmblood AR

Thinking Of You

3rd Thoroughbred CM 

Nanooska

3rd Pony Bred OF 

Voss

3rd Part Arabian CM

Curtain Calls On Walkabouts

5th Spanish OF 

New Years Resolution

5th Arabian OF 

Victoria's Secret 

4th Gaited OF

Cherry Ripe

4th Arabian CM

     

                                                 

Live Show Progress

Next week I'll be attending Central Coast Live and i have to admit it'll be my first show in months and i'm rather excited.
I have 11 Entries in performance this time so that'll mean being rather stressed out for the first half of the day. But it's totally worth it, i'm slowly turning into a performance freak! It's just so.. exhilarating!
Which is why I've turned to making my own tack and props to save my paying big money for something i can make myself just as good.
So today since it is cold and rainy, i ditched my plans to go and see friends to stay at home and work on these guys

They mostly all need repainting, because it was quickly done before my last show, so i could show them.  Although the white one which is actually a palomino paint (sorry for the computer picture, i couldn't be bothered to find my camera and take pictures) which just needs a few touch ups because his last paint job is like ancient years old and is a little dodgy in some places.

The poor apply lost his ear the other day so i'll be re-sculpting him a new one, along with another horse who's tail i'm fixing for a friend. (not pictured)

I've also made a few pieces of tack the other day while mucking around with some new ideas. 

I made, 

 a fleece lined girth for my Egg and Spoon set up

And a new seeing eye guide pony harness also with a fleece lined girth.
Next week (which is the last week of holidays D:) i will be very busy Preparing a LOT of props and i still have a bunch of tack to make!
Not to mention i have assignments to finish for school and have to study for exams the first week i go back.
Busy maddie is busy.  and stressed :S

I'll be sure to post pictures of how everything goes at the show next week!
Now i'm off to put on my all time favourite movie and make some ponies!

Another new project

So about 12 months ago i purchased a whole conga of OF and Cm'd Succession and Le fires.
I had a lot of complications with the purchase and in the end the seller refused to send the horses and started to ignore my emails, so i started to seek some advise.
I came across a lady who had the same problem as me so i contacted her about it and she gave me some good tips. I contacted the seller again, mentioned some of the things I'd been told to mention and well after some debate and some legal talk she decided to send me my horses. (and because she'd messed me around for 12+ months i didn't have to pay postage which was like us $150!!)

My horses arrived in two boxes two days before Christmas which was a pleasant surprise, but what was a bigger surprise was that the seller had sent me extra horses that i hadn't actually purchased, so i ended up with a few free ponies and foals, one of which is this gal,

She's my first ever haired model and well I love her! although i don't love her paint job..

I was talking to a friend i have the UK and she mentioned how she's just finished painting her Vincenzo into a beautiful cremello. I had a lightbulb moment! I did some research and it turns out the cremello is permitted in Arabians. So i'm going to paint her something like this

Prepping and priming her is proving to be a royal pain in the ass because i don't know what medium was used to paint her so i don't know what to use to take it off and the fact that she's haired and i don't want to have to re-hair her.

Hope you all had a merry christmas, wish me luck!