More Progress

And once more, it's born of procrastination. Joy. One of these days I'm going to crack down and just do my homework... but that day is not today. It might be tomorrow or Saturday though, because I have no certain plans to do anything and they might be good days for self-reform. Hah.

So. Yes. We have progress. Now that all the details of the first-place raffle halter are cleared up, some solid progress has been made on actually putting it together. Lady Phase might hate me forever after for getting glue even near her, but so what. (I can't stand Lady Phase, I dunno about you. She photographs badly for me...) Anyway.
The halter is black nylon with a bright blue nylon overlay on noseband and cheek-pieces. So far the noseband is finished, but I'm alternating writing this post and working on the halter. And homework. But the point is that by the end of this post it could well be finished. Okay, never mind. I have to finish my History.

I'm a little scattered this evening because it feels like a Friday and that's just not fair. So please bear with me and the brevity of this post... blargh.

Visible Progress by One Procrastinating Eva

Remarkable how much you can procrastinate when you don't put your mind to your work, eh? I've been doing that almost the entire time since I got home and I'm really not too pleased about it. At least I've made a little progress on halters.

I have not started with the first place raffle halter per se, but I have started experimenting with the style. I'd hate to send a first attempt at something to someone. That would not be pretty. So instead of making a black and green halter for a Stone ISH, I started making a black and red halter for a Breyer Strapless. I'll probably do the cheek-pieces and then drop it until my backlog is canceled.
Progress so far:

That's the noseband. I think it looks pretty snazzy--you?

I also found that Lady Phase's head is almost exactly the same as the ISH's, so I don't have to worry about going off measurements. Thank goodness!

Finally, halter talk.

I've been working a bit on the halters for the raffle. It's been sort of all over the place; so far I've progressed most on BeccaG's third-place halter.

It's in bright blue and for the ASB clock horse, which thankfully I have. I'm not thrilled to work with the blue because my thread is annoyingly a few shades too dark. Nonetheless, it's been sort of coming along with the use of glue instead of double-stitching. It saves a lot of time but so far I'm not certain I like the effect. Since I triple most of the straps, they're pretty thick (and stiff) with the sewing. Gluing is a bit worse, though. The glue kind of  cakes and makes everything a bit unsightly.
This calls for one of three possible changes. One, stop tripling the halters and make them a bit thinner (and perhaps a tad less realistic. Two, find the right color thread and keep sewing. And three, make the pieces meet in the middle and glue.
I'm leaning towards either the first or the third option right now because sewing is so time consuming and doesn't lend that much authenticity to the piece.

I have also "started" the first-place raffle halter--at least, ideas for it. Mary asked for a black and lime green one, which gave me an idea. Now, to preface this I'll say that I cannot stand halters whose cheekpieces are a different color than the noseband, etc. It just doesn't look right. Some like them... but not me. So I was thinking... maybe a halter with black as the main body with lime green highlights on the cheekpieces and noseband? I think I could pull it off and it would look cool.
The main issue with this halter is that it'll be used on a Stone ISH, and I don't have that mold. I wish I did, I really do... but I don't. (Probably for the good though, because apparently they, like everything else in this hobby, are like potato chips--can't have just one.)
If anyone knows of a Breyer mold with a comparable head, please leave a note in the comments. Alternately, you could post in this thread on Blab. I'd be much obliged.

Other than that, nothing much going on in the studio. Hopefully I'll be able to order some Rio Rondo hardware tonight because snipping up old (and crappy) halters won't do it forever. (Though it is wonderfully fun to snip up!)

On the model horse side--I hope to be adding a matte Valentine and Heartbreaker to my collection soon. Fingers crossed.