Supernova--done and available for preorder!

Well, after a long time, a lot of work, and just a little cursing, Supernova is finally finished and in the mail to Tennessee, where Mountain View Studios will be casting him! It's always a bit of a relief to get them in the mail, as I generally keep adjusting things right up until I send them off! In Nova's case, I was smoothing out some imperfections and had just set him down after a coat of primer when I knocked him over onto the concrete--DOH! But I *almost* managed to catch him, so the only damage was a ding on his hip and a cracked tail, both easily repaired. And then I took final pictures (these pictures) and he was packed and almost ready to go...when the mailman came! I had to run down the street after him to give him the package, but he did make it!

I love the shot of his head (above). I think it does a good job of showing the facial detailing! He's a bit hard to photograph because of how much his head is turned.

Supernova is available for preorder now. I'm offering 15 resins for preorder and will sell the remainder of the two-to-three mold run once the first mold has been made, which should be within 6-8 weeks. He is $240+$15 shipping/handling within the USA or $30 s/h internationally. Please email me at maggie@maggiebennett.com if you'd like to order yours!

Oh, and there are lots more photos up at http://maggiebennett.com/supernova.htm

Supernova--nearing completion!

At long last I think Nova is getting very close to being finished. I spent quite a lot of time lately working on corrections after the massive critique that Sarah Minkiewicz-Breunig did for the Wind Ward column of the RESS publication, The Boat (and for any other equine artists reading this I highly recommend joining RESS, http://ress.org/). It won't appear in the magazine for a while since there were other pieces in line ahead of Supernova, but it will be showing up there eventually, and in the meantime I was able to use it to fix him up! 

I still have most of his "skin" to do--wrinkles, veins, little stretchy bits of skin--although I've started on some of each (facial veins, some neck wrinkles, stretchy skin on his butt). 

And some of his hooves still need a touch of reshaping...

And there are some nicks and such that needs filling and smoothing...

But he's definitely getting close! Funny mouth and all (top lip going to his right, bottom to the left):

More pictures at http://maggiebennett.com/supernova.htm.


I'm not taking pre-orders on him just yet but I will take some once he is finished (which hopefully will be within a week or so)! I need to discuss him with the casters and run some more numbers before I can commit to a price but he will probably be less expensive than Zim (who is $315) and more expensive than Cooper ($195).


I have some finishwork that I'm wrapping up too, but I want the horses' owners to see them first so that shall be another post!

Khonsu's Auction

Gah! I totally forgot to post the link to his auction here, sorry about that! It's here. He's ending Sunday night.

Also...

I just changed my eBay ID. If I had known it was so easy I would have done it ages ago! It's now Maggie_Bennett. I'll post a link to Khonsu's auction when it goes live!

Computer problems

This evening my computer was giving me a "hard drive not found"-type of error. Tech support wasn't able to help since it's a hardware problem, but after I got off the phone with them I kept messing with it and was able to get it to work again. But I have a feeling it could fail any minute, so just in case it does please be aware that I'm not intentionally ignoring anything! I will do my best to keep up with email etc. if it does go out again. Khonsu's auction is already scheduled for Tuesday night so that should go live regardless of my computer issues. Hopefully when I talk to tech support again tomorrow they will help me get the computer fixed so this won't happen again!

"Khonsu"--CM Sham

That custom Sham from my last post is finally finished and named! He is "Khonsu", and I am quite pleased with him. I'm going to put the information from the page I'm working on for him here. He'll be going up on eBay next week--starting March 16.

Introducing "Khonsu"

Khonsu is a customized Breyer "Sham". Every inch of this sculpture has been resculpted by me, Maggie Bennett, leaving him entirely new--a true drastic custom. While he still maintains Sham's original pose, I have corrected flaws such as Sham's wildly differing leg lengths and odd proportions. I've also made him into a gelding, which I felt better fit his feel.


After completing the sculpture I have finished him to a softly dappled rose grey (bay gone grey). He is delicately detailed all over with his dapples following hair patterns. Also note his detailed mane and tail, showing the long lines of individual hairs. His finishwork includes acrylics (airbrushed and handpainted), archival ink, and colored pencil. He has been thoroughly sealed for durability.


Since he is a customized Breyer he is eligible to show at Breyer-only shows such BreyerFest Live. I would consider him LSQ (live show quality), but he has not been shown.


I have included many pictures of him; click on any of them to view them larger. If you'd like more pictures just contact me!

Supernova, and general "stuff"

Most of my time lately has been spent working on commissions, and I need to organize those photos and post them, but tonight is not going to be the night for that. In between I've been working on a few other projects--Supernova and a couple of customs. Nova is approaching completion and I'm currently waiting for a critique on him.

On the CM front... I am working on a drastic CM Sham and a CM PAM. The PAM is my NAN donation (enough acronyms?) and is still in the early stages; the Sham is finished being resculpted and is in the painting stage. He's going to be some shade of gray but I'm going with the flow and seeing what he says he wants to be.

 

  

I have been posting smaller and more frequent updates on my new Facebook page, which you should be able to get to here, assuming I can manage a link. You can subscribe to that page and see my little updates!