My "Dead Horse" was such a hit and I've always enjoyed sculpting that I decided to attack another one......
This guy was a Breyer Old timer that I bought years ago with this idea in mind. I have always wanted to chop him apart to use a very famous Native American scene called "End of the Trail". The "End of the Trail" is just that a symbol, of things gone by. A lone warrior on a hill top, tired on top of his exhausted pony. It is supposed to represent that spirit of freedom.
So here we go. I'll continue to work on him and show folks how hes going. He got his head lopped off so I can better work on that huge neck of his and bring his shoulders back in so they are not so big as the Old Timer model is supposed to represent an old pulling horse. My standing War pony needs to get his belly tucked yet and his head re-attached. I had some epoxy left from my diorama so I decided it was a good use of some of that extra that I had mixed up. Instead of wasting it.
His neck was a smushed up mess (yes I went to college to say "smushed") so I just decided instead of trying to save it to just rebuild it. I attacked it vicariously with my husbands band saw and belt sander. let me just say those things are AWESOME for doing this stuff quickly! I also removed his years. Not sure what position I will re-sculpt them in but I'll worry about that down the road. Poor guy.....
