Any eventers, jumpers, or dressage riders on this forum?

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Originally Posted by Daybreaker

And a shameless plug for myself...I paint model horse sculptures and always like to share them with fellow horse lovers. Here's my website: http://www.freewebs.com/elkhornstablesstudios/

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Wow, those are amazing! :bow: Do you buy breyers that are already painted and paint over them, or do you buy unpainted ones?

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Originally Posted by SeeTheCityLights

Wow, those are amazing! :bow: Do you buy breyers that are already painted and paint over them, or do you buy unpainted ones?

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Thanks! I mainly do commissions for people, so they send me Breyers, Peter Stones, or artist resin sculptures that I paint - have them be unpainted or "original finish" (already painted) from the factory that I prep, primer, and re-paint.

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Originally Posted by Daybreaker

Thanks! I mainly do commissions for people, so they send me Breyers, Peter Stones, or artist resin sculptures that I paint - have them be unpainted or "original finish" (already painted) from the factory that I prep, primer, and re-paint.

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That's really cool! Do you make good money from it?

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Originally Posted by SeeTheCityLights

That's really cool! Do you make good money from it?

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Good enough to keep buying snakes :D

She does a pretty good volume of them too, I can't open a door in our house without hearing "Careful I have a horse in there" lol.

haha sweet! I have a friend who paints them, but nothing like yours!

I rode/showed/competed in western events growing up and my family had Quarter Horses. My last horse was a double registered Palomino Quarter Horse out of Skipper W and Ms. Helen lines. I had some great ones growing up and my grandpa was big on the AQHA foundation animals: Easy Jet, Wimpy, Driftwood, etc. My gelding died three years ago at 26 and I haven't gotten another and right now I don't have the time or space, money aside. He was foaled the same year I was (ha! sorry, mom!) and was an awesome horse. Versatile as could be and could have gone a lot further with a more accomplished rider than what I was/am. Horses and dogs...if I could only pick two animals to have the rest of my life, those would be the two. Snakes would be a close third but those two would take the top spots. I tried hunt seat once...and that was the end of that, lol! Jodphurs and posting...never could make sense of either of those things, lol! I still have my saddle and if circumstances ever allow for it, I'll absolutely get another horse, even if it's just one to plod around the pasture on.

Nope, I'm western

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Originally Posted by Bellatrix_LeSnake

Former eventer here. I still mess around at unaffiliated shows occasionally, but at the moment, I can only afford one horse and mine has turned 18 and started to slow down.

I can't wait until I can get competing again. I do miss it but I'm glad I'm still able to ride all the time, albeit with fewer shows

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So what are you waiting for? I guess it will happen soon in the favor of yours..

I'm clearly super late to this thread (I usually never manage to scroll past BPs on the forum list), but I'm a jumper (none of that boring hunter stuff)! Hopefully I will grow enough self control to stop depleting my new horse fund every time I see a nice axanthic, and be able pick up a nice OTTB soon... It's depressing how many of them are broken down as four year olds, but I've seen enough 4-5k horses that turn out to be capable of grand prix that I want to go for it (plus I don't exactly make enough to go shopping in Germany!).