Well, I had my first BreyerFest nightmare in ages last night. That was… unexpected. Can’t say that’s something I missed from the normal BreyerFest experience.
I mean, other than the Sampler, everything else is a go: the computer has been updated, the VIP purchases have been paid, the time off has been approved. All I have to do is log on, pay for my other SR selections (whatever they are), and do five minutes of shopping (pick up the Stablemate and maybe a t-shirt or mug). After that, it’s just videos and live feeds, and maybe a couple of the VIP exclusive workshops.
I might participate in an NPOD component if it’s there, but I doubt it. That was not fun last year. At all. I thought about about doing a live feed or Zoom meeting, but my work/schedule is hella weird and the times that would be good for me would probably not be good for anybody else in the continental U.S.
I suppose I could clean the office up in case anyone wants to come over at any point during that weekend, but that has to wait until other projects are wrapped up and packed up, and there’s nothing I can do to speed up that timetable.
Oh, I’ve also decided that instead of baking a cake, I’ll try to make hot pretzels that weekend instead. I planned on buying a box of frozen lemonades to simulate the BreyerFest experience anyway, might as well go all in and add pretzels to the mix, too.
Since I’m currently in picture taking mode for other projects, I decided to put this little piece in the queue since it’s somewhat on topic:
Several years ago I bought a big bag of body-quality Mini Whinnies to keep them on hand for various projects. This is something I did with one batch of them because I had some epoxy that was getting old and I wanted to use it up. I thought I’d make it into something “artsy” just using the materials I had on hand, and I was pretty pleased with the result.
As I’ve mentioned before, I think way too much emphasis is put on realism in the hobby, and it dissuades a lot of people from even trying at all. This was something I did purely as a creative challenge: not only did I enjoy doing it, I learned a lot from the experience.
Anyway, off the soapbox. My Tobias arrived, and he’s neat!
The shipping box he came in was kind of terrifying, but all of the contents inside were fine. And I have to admit, I like this fellow a lot more than I thought I would: all those tiny little spots, all so nicely masked!
The first semi-leopard Appaloosa, of course, was the #99 Appaloosa Performance Horse all the way back in 1974; it was a radical change from Breyer’s appaloosas of the past, and enough of a technical challenge that it would be several years more before they’d try it again.
And now we’re at a point where they’re releasing Stablemates with a few hundred masked spots as not-outrageously priced club pieces.
2 comments:
That's gorgeous, and what an amazing idea. As popular as horses are in decor right now, you could probably create an industry selling high-end items like that outside the hobby.
Your plans for BreyerFest sound good to me. I don't have enough data to watch video, so will be satisfied if I can just get the SRs I want and order the store specials without the three days of fruitless refreshing that cost me so much in overage fees last year. My goal is to get it over with and otherwise have a normal weekend without the trauma of thinking about what I'm missing. The best thing is that afterward we can begin counting down to what will hopefully be a return to normal next year.
I love your Mini Whinny creation! It's really elegant, and inspires me! A while back I purchased half a dozen Mini Whinnies unicorn blind bags on eBay, and every. single. one. was the green Morgan. I've been trying to think of a way to turn them into Christmas ornaments ever since.
Also, I would love it if you did a Zoom during BF!
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