A Collection of Almost Congas

 Hey y'all! So I haven't posted for a few days, and that's mainly because I'm waiting for NaMo to start so I can start posting my progress photos, plus also just generally worrying about the weather--I'm in the southern part of the United States and while my state has mercifully been spared by the huge ice storm bombarding the other Southern states, we are still having super low temps and rain, so it's been a whole lot of prepping to stay warm in my house! I really want to stay in the groove of posting here though, so I thought I would showcase a part of my collection that's pretty common: the half-conga, or almost conga. Generally, due to not having a lot of space, I tend to collect more Stablemates than any other scale, so I have quite a lot of full-fledged SM congas. Classics I have a few 3 and 4 model congas, but Traditionals, I seem to have a whole lot of half-congas. This actually isn't even all of them, I just ran out of steam going back and forth from my bedroom to the kitchen!

Cantering Welsh Ponies Tally Ho & Plain Pixie

Proud Arabian Stallions in liver chestnut & bloody shoulder grey. I believe the liver is a pretty rare, low run model, and of course the bloody shoulder is Freedom.

Indian Ponies! I included her SM version because I feel like it doesn't really count to the Traditional IP conga, but also, it is technically the same mold...isn't it funny that I have a conga of her in SM form but not Traditional?

Trads: The classic bay blanket IP, and TSC Sayen.

SMs: They have no official names, so I'll just give you their show names! Anniversary pinto is Merveilles, buckskin is Alessa, and black frame is Night Maiden.

Sadly, these are my only two Lady Phases...I desperately need more, but especially Silky Keno! Don't get me wrong, though, I adore these girls. Left to right: BF Surrey & TSC Jolene.

Like I said, these aren't all of my almost-congas...I also have: two Cleveland Bays, two Semi-Rearing Mustangs, two Foundation Stallions, two vintage Ideal QHs, two Buckshots, two Smokies, two Astrids, two Action Stock Foals...good lord! Actually, that's enough to make a part two of this post. Tune in at a later date I suppose? 

See you guys soon with some NaMo posts hopefully!

Models I Got for Christmas

 Hey again! Time for my first "real" post on this blog. I wanted to start off simple, so here's the horses I got for Christmas.

Sadly, my mom declined to get me any models for Christmas, just on account of me running low on shelf space...but that didn't stop me from buying some for myself (or my friends from being generous)! Let's start from the top and go in order, because the last horse I received has the best story.

First up is the WIA release of Birdie & Boone in buckskin roan and palomino. These were the first models I purchased for the holiday season and were my early present. These guys are LITERALLY stunning. Jake Heaps is an amazing sculptor and I was SO HAPPY when I found out these two were coming out in plastic! I remember seeing them back when they were first released as resins and going crazy because I generally can't afford resins (unless they're micros/charms/second quality) and I wanted them so badly. I absolutely love mustangs, and the more rough and tumble they look, the better! Birdie is literally my ideal mustang, and Boone is so small and delicate I'm so afraid I'll break him every time I pick him up, but he's adorable. Another thing you'll learn about me as time goes on is that I'm a roan freak, and Birdie's color on this release is absolutely stunning--not to mention, she's a dilute roan! It's just a feast for the eyes. There's also a pinto Birdie/buckskin Boone from WIA on these sculpts, but I'm not as crazy about them as I am these...so perhaps I'll save up and get them to customize!

Secondly we have a Breyer Classic Mustang Mare in old style chestnut pinto. I'll admit, I'm not the best with money...but when I saw this girl for sale on Facebook for a steal, I decided to jump, and call her part of my Christmas presents. She's definitely been well loved and is not in the best condition, but I've wanted a Love mustang mare for quite a while, and she seems harder to come by in the colors that appeal to me the most. I just think she's so cute! I decided to name her Blossom.

Third up is Arapaho on the Phar Lap mold. This one was a doozy...Arapaho has been a grail of mine for literal years, but I've never been in the position to spend upwards to $40-$60 dollars on him. So when he came up in a Facebook sales post for about $15, I knew I had to get him. The catch? His tail was broken. Recently I had fixed a broken leg on a G1 Stablemate using the acetone method so I thought, no problem, I've got this. And then when I received him, acetone proceeded not to work! It ended up being okay though, because it gave me a chance to try out the baking soda + superglue method, which worked like a charm, and from his left side, you can hardly see the break. His right side was less lucky, because there's a pretty big chunk of plastic missing from the base of his tail...good thing I'm not picky at all. Despite his break and being rubbed and scuffed, I had my grail, and I love him! Except there were two variations of Arapaho released: a very speckled one and a not so speckled one. You can see that this is the not so speckled one, and my actual grail is the very speckled one. I'm thinking he needs a brother...one day.

And last but not least, I received A Class Act, a 1998 Fall Show Special on the Five Gaiter mold, as my final Christmas horse. The story here is simple but sweet...my friend Bree and I had gone to the mall theater to see Avatar: Fire and Ash and afterwards I wanted to go into this store that's directly outside the theater, inside of the mall, because I had seen Breyers in there--in particular, this Five Gaiter. Like I said, I'm bad with money (working on that for New Years!), and I after haggling the price a little bit I decided to splurge on him for $33. But when I went to pay, my card declined...and it turns out I had only $32 in my PayPal account. While I was standing there, dejected, Bree suddenly stepped up and bought the Five Gaiter for me and said, Merry Christmas! I honestly don't know what I've done in my life to have such awesome, kind, generous friends, but I love these people a ton and they clearly love me. For obvious reasons this Five Gaiter is my favorite to date and in my conga. As you can probably tell, I love vintage molds a lot, and the Five Gaiter is slowly making his way to the top of my list.

And that's it for my Christmas horses! I think soon I'll make a post about the BreyerFest reveals so far and my opinions, as well as some art updates, and of course NaMo registration is coming up so I'll be posting about that too and revealing my selfie with Huso. I'm also still getting used to this platform and planning out some series I'd like to start, like conga highlights and whatnot. Anyways, see you later!