Zien - Fantasy Swap pony for Karma

[Jennifer2004]

Karma was my partner for the Fantasy Swap. She had a lot of awesome ideas on her list but my favorite was this guy. As soon as I saw him, I knew I wanted to bring him to life, so to speak.

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I started out with a super baity Quarterback. I drilled holes behind his ears and inserted the wires that would become the framework for his horns. I used apoxy to sculpt his horns. I drilled holes down the middle of his back to act as hair plugs.

His body was airbrushed a dark grey color. His muzzle was aibrushed white, I brush-painted little wisps of fur in his ears, and hand-painted his eyes and horns with acrylics.

He was rehaired using red yarn. Many thanks to those of you who shared your yarn rehairing tutorials, I watched quite a few of them! His mohawk was styled to give a poofy look and his tail was flat-ironed to give a sleek look.

This pony marked a lot of firsts for me. First time using wire to anchor in horns, first time sculpting horns, first time drilling holes in a pony, and first time working with yarn. I am super happy with how he turned out. He was hard to send off, I got pretty attached to him! Anyway, here he is:

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~Jennifer

[Galactica]

He looks really cool!

[Roogna]

love the paint job and eyes! very creative

[Diamond]

Very cool, always great when first come out good.

[RedLynx]

He's awesome!

[dashesndots]

Very cool! Love the eyes!

[SunPony]

Like everyone is saying:  the eyes are amazing!  They are kind of mesmorizing!  Also the mane of fur is pretty cool idea - is that rooted all the way down the back?

[Jennifer2004]

Like everyone is saying:  the eyes are amazing!  They are kind of mesmorizing!  Also the mane of fur is pretty cool idea - is that rooted all the way down the back?

Yes it is. I drilled small holes down the middle of his back, just like the plugs in his head, so I could root the hair in a stripe down his back.

~Jennifer

[Uninu]

He is great in every way but those eyes really finish the kind of intimidating look! Cool results, one wouldn't guess they were your first tries.

[WaePonies]

this is amazing <3
xoxo

[SunPony]

Like everyone is saying:  the eyes are amazing!  They are kind of mesmorizing!  Also the mane of fur is pretty cool idea - is that rooted all the way down the back?

Yes it is. I drilled small holes down the middle of his back, just like the plugs in his head, so I could root the hair in a stripe down his back.

~Jennifer

OOOooo, that's so hardcore.  I'd be too worried that I'd mess up to do that 

(btw, some relatives were over last weekend and admired the Nausicaa you made for me!)

[archidraca]

Love those eyes!

[pineapplecupcake]

I would have never thought about rehairing with yarn (side note, as a forum newbie I'm learning something new everyday!). It looks really cool and adds such fun texture to this guy!

[Saja]

EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kaoskat]

Very cool! He turned out really neat!