Author Topic: Beaded 'koi' style pony more pics added (Read 1425 times)

daisyd · « **on:** January 08, 2013, 03:45:07 AM »

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I have here the as-yet unnamed (working title of KikiKoikoi) koi style beady pony that I've been making as a Christmas present. Naturally, it wasn't finished on time *g* but she now is done, and delivered, so I decided to post her here.

I've been making beady ponies for a while now, improving my technique a little each time, and I think with Kiki here I finally reached the best way to do it.

Each bead is on a thread (or more than one, in some cases), so no more loose beads to drop off and get lost in transit. Theere are three different colours of beads, the orange ones were bought from a specialist bead and embroidery shop to match as close as possible to the orange hair. The design is part of the threaded bead strings - before, I would do the design separately and then weave the base body colour strings around it. The design is *almost* symmetrical, as are all good koi fish ^^ and was done freehand, hence the *almost* symmetricalness of it all.

The hair is MLP nylon - Black Magick and Satsuma - from My Little Customs. One whole line of plugs was done with one colour, and the other line with the other, giving it a slightly layered look. The eyes were painted using an eye painting guide from here, as I wanted them to look more like real G3 eyes - eyes are one of my weak points, and my usual approach is to just go over them with one single colour. but this is a special lady and so I wanted her to have a little more ZING.

More photos for those who requested them ^^

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4Lindy · « **Reply #1 on:** January 08, 2013, 04:32:37 AM »

Are you interested in commissions? This is awesome! What would you charge for one? Love it!

Izrabeth · « **Reply #2 on:** January 08, 2013, 04:33:49 AM »

Holy ponies, what a patience you have!

She's beautiful and so cool, love her

HorsingAround · « **Reply #3 on:** January 08, 2013, 06:03:37 AM »

WOW!!! She is really incredible!!! You are super creative!

kaoskat · « **Reply #4 on:** January 08, 2013, 07:23:39 AM »

Wow! Very cool! That must have taken forever!

WaePonies · « **Reply #5 on:** January 08, 2013, 07:32:57 AM »

so cool

xoxo

MoonHawke · « **Reply #6 on:** January 08, 2013, 08:59:51 AM »

Wow, just wow.

She looks amazing. I would have loved to have seen some close ups of her, but she's beautiful.

Colorscapesart · « **Reply #7 on:** January 08, 2013, 09:11:59 AM »

Wow, she is gorgeous! I love the color coordinating! Lovely work!

Pheasant · « **Reply #8 on:** January 08, 2013, 11:21:13 AM »

I've never heard of using small beads on ponies; that's a great idea! I love her colors, koi are my favorite breed of fish next to seahorses.

Wonderful job!

CarnationTwirl · « **Reply #9 on:** January 08, 2013, 11:31:37 AM »

You did an amazing job! I can only imagine how fantastic she looks in real life.
If I had a beaded pony I would never want to put it down, I love tactile things like that.

sheila79 · « **Reply #10 on:** January 08, 2013, 11:38:19 AM »

Quote from: daisyd on January 08, 2013, 03:45:07 AM

Hope this photo is going to work!
visitors can't see pics , please register or login

I have here the as-yet unnamed (working title of KikiKoikoi) koi style beady pony that I've been making as a Christmas present. Naturally, it wasn't finished on time *g* but she now is done, and delivered, so I decided to post her here.

I've been making beady ponies for a while now, improving my technique a little each time, and I think with Kiki here I finally reached the best way to do it.

Each bead is on a thread (or more than one, in some cases), so no more loose beads to drop off and get lost in transit. Theere are three different colours of beads, the orange ones were bought from a specialist bead and embroidery shop to match as close as possible to the orange hair. The design is part of the threaded bead strings - before, I would do the design separately and then weave the base body colour strings around it. The design is *almost* symmetrical, as are all good koi fish ^^ and was done freehand, hence the *almost* symmetricalness of it all.

The hair is MLP nylon - Black Magick and Satsuma - from My Little Customs. One whole line of plugs was done with one colour, and the other line with the other, giving it a slightly layered look. The eyes were painted using an eye painting guide from here, as I wanted them to look more like real G3 eyes - eyes are one of my weak points, and my usual approach is to just go over them with one single colour. but this is a special lady and so I wanted her to have a little more ZING.

That. Is. Amazing.

daisyd · « **Reply #11 on:** January 08, 2013, 04:14:21 PM »

Thank you everyone!

The quickest I've ever made a beady was in ten days - but that was an absolute emergency situation LOL The pony was for an online charity auction, and no matter what things I tried, the paint just wouldn't dry. So I slapped on some glue and threaded beads like a fool until she was done.

I'd say, given that I work 4 evenings per week, and that I have a not-quite-one-year-old child bumbling about the house, I could *probably* get one finished in 2-3 weeks. Stupidly, I've never timed myself making one - the very next one I do, I will count the hours and see how loong it really does take me.

Saja · « **Reply #12 on:** January 08, 2013, 05:50:51 PM »

Very cool!

reyl · « **Reply #13 on:** January 08, 2013, 05:55:59 PM »

Wow that's really unique and pretty!

Diamond · « **Reply #14 on:** January 08, 2013, 06:24:44 PM »

That is just super cool, the next one you do you should show some in progress and close up shots.

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