Hello!

[Artemesia's Garden]

Hi everyone, I'm Claire from England and I've just started collecting ponies. I like the idea of restoration and customisation (I draw, craft and sculpt) but at the moment I'm re-discovering my little pony history and buying a few favorite characters.

Need to get my avatar and sig sorted out very soon! It's good to be here!

[himmie]

Welcome to the Arena!

[achab1984]

Welcome to the arena

[kirei_na_sakura]

Welcome! Who are some of the favorite characters that you are buying?

[kiwimlp]

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I love seeing over-loved G1 ponies restored to their former glory too.  I'm sure you will fit right in here

[LunaDehligt]

Hi and welcome to Arena

[Diamond]

and welcome to the Arena.

[Artemesia's Garden]

Hi everyone! Wow, what a lovely welcome! 

From a restoration point of view, I'm really keen on learning to use rit-dye to restore fading pink. I hope to use it to cheer up some Posey and Bow Tie dolls since they seem to turn up a lot in the UK in need of some love. But I love my faded Wind Whistler so much with her silky white hair, I can't change her!

So far in my collection I have:
Wind Whistler
Snowflake
Buttons
Bubbles
Heart Throb

I'm waiting to receive (in various states of disarray, eek!)
Cascade
Tootsie
Moon Dancer
Peppermint Crunch
Waverunner
Bowtie
Cherry Sweet
Majesty

I'm finding it really hard to find Year 2 and 3 Rainbow ponies, in spite of the Y2 repro's! I think I'm going to wait a while and make the effort to look at car-boot sales over the summer before I buy any more online.

I'm off to frolic in the forums for answers to these questions:
1. Rit-dye to restore fading pink?
2. Italian and UK Heart Throb - any difference?
3. Anniversary reproduction ponies - are they exactly the same?

Happy days!

[Stiletto]

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We have fantastic customizers here and I would love to see some of your work!

[Tiella]

Welcome, good luck growing your herd!

[Artemesia's Garden]

OK here are two of my new ladies, Tootsie and Buttons. When they arrived I used Listerine and a soft toothbrush to wash them followed by a sponge bath, shampoo and conditioner.

This photo made me notice that Tootsie's head is a more yellow shade of chartreuse than her body! Is this a factory flaw? I could get a bow or scarf to tie around her neck but it's not really bothering me because she is so damn pretty. I love her pose and I'm just pleased she's such a bright colour.  Her tail is pinned into a bun; I'm looking into plastic pins and combs to use with the ponies to avoid danger of rust.

Buttons is still sporting quite a bit of original factory curl so I decided to ignore the frizz and try to preserve it as much as possible after her bath. I used hairpins, then my fingers and gentle heat from a hairdryer, here is the result. noticed the end of her horn might still be a little grubby!

My plan is to paint backgrounds for these ladies and photograph them again soon. Need to pick up my acrylic paints from storage!

Excite!

[Artemesia's Garden]

It's taken me a while but here is a link to snapshots of some of my ladies.  Please click the drop down menu next to 'Present' and choose 'from the beginning'. Click the usual icon for full screen =)


https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1U-Sb1pPoZU6MINtxWaYHKHRvFcyoBeJzooK5bjYWwkc/edit?usp=sharing

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