Never Have I Ever, Model Horse Edition

I saw this new fun challenge on Facebook in the last day or two and thought it would be fun to go back to do it at some point.  Well, I just saw it turned into a blog post at Braymere Custom Saddlery and I though, "what a great idea!" 

So, I'm gonna do it, too!

Let's gooooo! 

Owned a Lady Phase model:  Yes, I have two of them currently.  Funny thing, the first one was bought as a body, but I fell in love with her.  She's in rough shape, but there was just something about her color.  So she's been a tack model, I've thought about trying to restore her someday.  

The other one is a body, I did a pretty drastic custom job on her a number of years ago, turning her into a gallop, just before all four off the ground.  I named her Pre-Flight.  I did paint and hair her, but during the move from Japan she got pretty messed up, so I plan to strip her, redo her sculpting, which was rushed and rough, and go again.  Here's a picture partway through her creation:

Gone to Breyerfest: I've only been to one Breyerfest.  My very first, and only time - so far, was in 2019, almost immediately after moving back from Japan.  I had SO much fun and declared I'd be planning to go every year...  Yeah, about that (2020, etc...)  I attended virtually in 2020, 21, and 22, but skipped last year altogether.  I'm hoping to go this year.  

Here's Appa, my truck, in his sweet parking spot, right out front, at the CHIN, haha:

Touched a vintage decorator: No, I haven't done that one.  One point!


Owned a run of < 100: Surprisingly (to me) I have two of them.  

Lionesse, 2014 Live Show Benefit model, run of approximately 35:

Golden Sunset, from the Ponies and Palm Trees collector club event, run of 60:

Customized a model:  I've done a bunch of them.  For fun, here was my custom crew at a live show in early 2015.  I didn't paint the classic Arabian mare, but did everyone else:

Squeezed a blind bag: I've squeezed many blind bags!  But don't seem to have a picture handy for this one.


Owned an Adios model:  You know...  I *think* I have one in one of my body boxes.  Pretty sure...  


Sold all my models:  No!  Second point!


Gone to Breyerwest: I've been to one Breyerwest in Oregon in 2017 (which I flew to from Japan) and one in Denver in 2022.  I was supposed to go in 2023 but a bad winter storm said no.  Will be trying again this year...  

At BW 2017, I entered my old guy, Reckless, in the A Good Vintage Show and he won a ceramic tile.

At BW 2022, my world traveling Chewie visited with The Badger and... friends?  

Stood in the SR tent line:  Yep, just the once, in 2019.

Spent too much money at CHIN room sales:  I've only been able to witness that whole spectacle once and I don't think I spent too much.  So...  one point?  Half a point?  I guess it's one point.  Third point!

Requested a sales list via snail mail: I'm not sure if I did this, but I did request s/d lists - remember those?  Does that count?  I think it should count...


Owned a decorator: I haven't own an OG decorator, from back in the day, but I have a handful of... "modern" ones.  One of my favorites is this guy.  He has his own blog post:

Conga-ed a mold: My biggest conga, outside of Smoky (haha) is Halla/Bolya.  I added several of them to my collection at that BF in 2019:

Owned a traditional Alborozo: I have not ever owned one of them.  Fourth point! 


Talked to my models: All the time.  Don't judge me!  Move along, move along...


Gone to a live show:  Yeah!  I've been to a handful of them, but not nearly as many as I'd like.  Four years in Japan, followed by a few years of pandemic.  I'm hoping to possibly make it to a few shows this year. 

My favorite of the shows I've been to was The Jennifer Show in 2019.  Here's Reckless again, still winning stuff as a decrepit old man (it was a fun class for tack made by Jennifer Buxton.  She had made his halter for me as a Christmas present - which made me cry - and this also made me cry.  She's so mean!  *wink* hahaha) 

Also memorable at that Jennifer Show was the "Big Dreams" class, where I trotted out my Epic Stagecoach project in all its ridiculous glory.

Shown in a photo show: Yes, many times!  Like this banger of a bad performance entry...  

Met the real horse that inspired the model:  You know, it seems if I went to a Breyerfest, this should have happened, but I don't remember it.  So I'm going to say no.  Fifth point!


Collected mini whinnies:  I do have several of these.  Most of them are intended to be customized, but we won't talk about that.  It's still a "collection", right?

Accidentally bought a model I already owned:  Yes...  I did this, once.  I bought another Laag (dapple grey Pacer) because he was labeled as a Before The Wind (similar, but not, and different halter color) so now I have two of Laag... that was years ago and I'm still not sure what to do with him.   *eyes the dremel*

Owned a Khemosabi model:  Breyer = no.  Sarah Rose traditional = no.  Sarah Rose mini = yes!  I have two of them.  One was my 2020 NaMoPaiMo horse, who I named Sound the Bugle, the other is still unpainted.  

Referred to Khemosabi as "Khemosausage":  I think I did this once, yes.  Poor guy!  


Won a Breyerfest raffle model:  Nope!  Sixth point!


Collected variations of the same model:  Listen, I have 3 Danis and all of them are different, okay??  I did finally decide the whole thing was ridiculous and spray primer one of them.  But then I won one (signed by Morgen!) and I was back to 3 OFs. 

Bought a model I didn't like because it was rare: Hmmm, I feel like I've done this.  For a brief time I bought every club model and such that I could.  Remember when the collector club models would sell out in a half hour?  Pepperidge Farm remembers and so do I and I bought some of those and now I seem to be stuck with them.  Then I started being a bit more selective.  I'm gonna say yes, I've done this.   

It's getting late and I'm getting loopy, must keep going!


Let my model horse "fight":  So, my mom told me stories about how she and her friends had the Fighting stallions back in the day and would actually bash them into each other to have them fight like real stallions.  I haven't ever done that.  I feel like this might be a point.  Seventh point?


Witnessed the aftermath of model horse "dominoes":  Yep, been there, done that.  


Owned a Proud Arabian stallion mold:  Yes!  I have one and his name is Devil In Disguise.  He's the light dapple grey and he was a childhood favorite.  The only pictures I have handy are when the poor guy modeled some of my old duct tape tack - which is almost as old as he is.

Owned a resist dapple grey: Okay, I'm feeling kinda dumb right now...  Maybe I have one?  Is this one?  Is my PAS above one?   I'll say this point is in limbo.

I bought this PAM at an antique store for $35 a long, long time ago.

Owned a run of < 25: That's a no.  Eighth point!


Met "Bloaty": Another no.  Ninth point!  Jeez, I'm racking them up all of a sudden.  That's fine, less picture hunting, I gotta go to bed!


Owned a Vintage Club model:  No, not yet...  there are a few I want: Quinn, Starlight, and of course, Sandman.  I'd like to get Licorice and Jellybean and the Gold Charm Native Dancer, too.  But I don't collect OFs...  (ha)  Oh yeah, Tenth point!


Taken a model on vacation:  Whoooo, have I!  I really would like to go to bed, so I'll try to rein in the story telling and pictures (maybe I should do an updated post or three about his travels anyway).  But my Chewie resin has been with me to numerous countries on 4 continents, first unpainted and later painted.  Here's a favorite picture of him at Hirosaki castle, in Japan: 

Owned a blue model: I have several of them, blue is my favorite color.  I'm going to cheat (?) a bit for a picture and use one I recently shared on here of a blue bay custom I painted:

Read this whole list:  Yes, I did!!


Whew!  This was an undertaking, but FUN!  Let's see, my total was apparently ten points, with a wiggle of a point or two either way, I think.  Some potentially sketchy answers along the way, but, I made it through!  

Thanks to Sputter Moo Productions for the fun list and to Jennifer Buxton of Braymere Custom Saddlery for the inspiration to turn my answers into this novel.  I hyper focused on this, starting at about 9:30pm and it's 12:10am right now.

I need a long nap.  It's (past) time for bed!