Author Topic: DotD Raven girl for NoD - Halloween Custom swap Many Pics (Read 992 times)

StrawberryMeadow · « **on:** October 29, 2014, 04:53:25 PM »

Soooooooooooo Many pics in spoilers below <3

No D specified Day of the Dead ponies, skulls and Ravens, and because I can never pick one thing I picked those things. Originally the mask was supposed to be all black gems but they didn't arrive on time, so it's just a raven face :p
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I made a Day of the Dead pony, with a painted face and then I used pastels for her shading. I found some gorgeous artwork/ face paint with pink and red round the eyes and I knew I had to try and emanate that. This meant I didn't go for the traditional flowery eye socket, because I felt that would be too cluttered.

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I kept to a simple colour palette, and matched it up with some dip-dyed hair which is very subtly peach to orange.

Because I'm silly, I decided to do black on black for her main body. Yep. Black. on Black. So her body is matte, and then up her forelegs she has a flock of ravens painted in deep black and blue and green 2-tone pearl ex pigments mixed with gloss. She also has a single feather painted on her back NDS leg in the same mixture, both for the ravens and because NoD has a beautiful persona with a feather.

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Her cutie mark is a black raven standing on a skull, which is quite an iconic thing with Ravens and Skulls. I had wanted to try and include a pony skull but skills> me so I went with human instead. Again this raven has highlights of the sparkle mix.

I made this girl a mourning veil hairclip, out of black lace, beads and and some fabric flowers I had in my box of stuff, and I embellished with Swarovski's because...BLING. This gives her that pretty DotD look. It's just a normal hairclip so I suppose it could be used on anything.

Then, I decided she needed a Halloween outfit. Because spooky ponies need to dress up too! So I made her a raven outfit! She has a raven mask which has a magnet in the beak (I'll be honest it's a little clunky but it's okay) which joins to a magnet inside her face (lol). (Thanks to Roogna for the heads up about using pony hoof magnets - genius)
And she has a set of spread forward wings which just balance on her back. They're both lined with craft foam to try to prevent paint damage with removal. They are made from Steel armature, 2 part epoxy clay and Sculpey/Super Sculpey 50/50 blend. They're painted black, then drybrushed highlights and accented with more of the blue and green iridescent sparkle on the feathers near the body, to mimic that beautiful shine the crow family have on their black feathers. I tried to do "real" bird feathers but I'm going to need a bajillion years more practice!

So there you go.

All the words.

~SM x

Roogna · « **Reply #1 on:** October 29, 2014, 05:40:02 PM »

I have no adequate words for how amazing and awesome this is
the paint job on her face and eyes is gorgeous
the symbol and "hidden" symbol (black on black) are great
love the lighter hair up front
the wings/tail/headdress are killer! and OMG removable wings!?!?!?! so insanely amazing
I'm wicked jealous - this pony is beyond praise

Saja · « **Reply #2 on:** October 29, 2014, 06:53:27 PM »

OMG that's friggen epic

Midnight_Dream · « **Reply #3 on:** October 29, 2014, 07:16:22 PM »

NoDy showed me some pictures of this beauty on FB and I was blown away by the detail! She is absolutely breathtaking and I am totally jealous of NoDy for getting to own her.

NoDivision · « **Reply #4 on:** October 29, 2014, 07:31:45 PM »

Man, you guys have no idea. This pony.. just... I just can't even. She is so utterly stunning. The attention to detail is just phenomenal. Absolutely breathtaking.

MikeysGrrrl · « **Reply #5 on:** October 29, 2014, 08:47:43 PM »

This pony is absolutely stunning! I love all of the details, StrawberryMeadow did an amazing job on this!

kaoskat · « **Reply #6 on:** October 29, 2014, 09:40:34 PM »

She is breathtakingly amazing! And I'm so so glad she finally it made it!

Uninu · « **Reply #7 on:** October 30, 2014, 03:41:51 AM »

WOW. That pony is incredible in every way! The sculpting, painting, details and design are all phenomenal!

little.fox · « **Reply #8 on:** October 30, 2014, 04:36:22 AM »

I think this is the most beautiful custom I have ever seen. I am beyond impressed!

Griffin · « **Reply #9 on:** October 30, 2014, 04:42:32 AM »

That face paint is so stunning and wow, the raven outfit left me totally speechless, I'm just opening my mouth here in awe! Breathtaking!

amazonarabian · « **Reply #10 on:** October 30, 2014, 05:26:38 AM »

Wow! Well done! She is just gorgeous!

LadySatine · « **Reply #11 on:** October 30, 2014, 07:58:52 AM »

Another beauty! I love her!

dashesndots · « **Reply #12 on:** October 30, 2014, 09:38:12 AM »

She is amazing! Beautiful work!

StrawberryMeadow · « **Reply #13 on:** October 30, 2014, 11:24:19 AM »

Thank you all <3

I was pretty happy with her

Marigold · « **Reply #14 on:** October 30, 2014, 11:35:14 AM »

I've never seen something quite like this with a full detachable costum. It is amazing!

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