Twisted Fairy Tale Swap for Texasgal

[RedLynx]

My partner for theTwisted Fairy Tale Swap as Texasgal.  I was super excited to have her as a partner because she made me a blind bag pony once and I wanted to make her a custom.  She didn't want anything scary or gory and mentioned an interest in Celtic and Bubblegoth.  I wasn't sure how to make a Celtic pony and give it any real edge, so I grabbed Bubblegoth and ran with it.

It was my first sculpted pony and I was super excited with how it was going...until, I broke it to pieces.  I had made the mistake of leaving the head on the bait and then sculpting.  So...when I wanted to put her hair in...I shattered my work to pieces.  I was -devastated-.  At first, I didn't think I could rebound, but my parents took my kids for a day and I started fresh on a new pony and had all the sculpting done by the end of the day.  Only problem...I was terrified to break it again so I agonized over the painting.  While it normally would have been a smooth process, I made it twice as stressful as it had to be.

Anyway, I called her Six while I was working on, Roogna also suggested Pen or Penelope (Pen is a female swan).  She is the princess from The Six Swans.  She has had a traumatic life.  Her evil stepmother turned her brothers into swans, so she has to give up speaking and sew them tunics out of a special flower.  It will take her many years.  She is, in the meantime, married off to a king.  She gives birth to three children...all are taken away by the evil stepmother.  So, she is quite a headcase, if you can imagine.  Six wears a bodice made of shed feathers from her brothers, a gas mask to help her remember not to speak and to hide her expressions, three skull earrings to represent her stolen babies, and she keeps her needle and thread up on her hat.

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[DaffyDilly]

I love her! She's still super cute and what a great interpretation

[Roogna]

she turned out so awesome! and I know she stressed you out, but you learned so much, so that also makes her a win!
I love this pony

[WaePonies]

very pretty <3 love her
xoxo

[kaoskat]

Very pretty! I love the colors and the design is awesome!

[cloverofmist]

she is so pretty I love her great work

[achab1984]

Very pretty!

[hathorcat]

Oh wow! That is a twisted back story and what a great interpretation of it - I love all the sculpting (in love with the skull earrings)

[MikeysGrrrl]

Very pretty

[SunPony]

Oh my, she is really adorable    Yet, tragic...
I love her boots and gas mask especially!

[tikibirds]

She is neat looking.

[StrawberryMeadow]

I *love* those BOOTS! 

[dashesndots]

Very cool!  Love the gas mask!

[Saja]

Very cool, love the idea and story behind it also!!

[sunshine29102]

Amazing job! I love the WIP pics, too. I love seeing the actual process/transformation of customs. Your attention to detail is great!