Pony Express: Packing, Shipping, and Moving Your Models

I’m in the middle of a move, so my plastic pony making time is considerably limited this week. There's also the back issues, which I'll post a summary of on Monday. However, I’m hoping to make lemons into lemon drops out of my current predicament. Today, I’m going to talk about my packing and shipping techniques.

Express Yourself

I’ve gotten a couple requests for this topic, but been a bit slow getting around to it. I had to get through a few topics first to provide a background, but better late than never? Right?...right?

Dress(age) for Success

I’d love to take credit for this entire technique, but the very basic idea has been around in the hobby for years and years. I discovered it in old edition of JAH, way back in the days when it was pocket sized and printed in black and white. If I can find it during the course of my packing, I’ll post the edition number and author’s name for y’all. I don’t own the copyright to the article, so I can’t post the whole thing here. I’m getting rid of my collection of back issues of JAH as soon as I can find them all, so keep an eye out for them on MH$Ps if you're interested.

Over the years, I’ve seen some really amazing sculpted braids. My hat goes off to those artists as they are far braver and/or more patient than I am. I’ve tried it, but the strands always break on me or get blobby or turn into a giant mushy mess.

So I prefer the floss technique:

The Easiest Way To Make Muzzle Wrinkles Ever

Or your money back.

Before I talk about the how-to, I'd like to give y'all a little background on how Breyers are made.

The Famous Eohippus

The Better to Hear You With (My Dear)

I get asked how I sculpt ears a lot. My standard answers is:

1) Flatten a ball of clay
2) Cut into a triangle
3) Fold
4) Shape

That’s overly simplistic and it hits on why I chose to write this blog the way I do. The devil is in the details.

Late Night Sale

These guys will get nice formal photos tomorrow afternoon and proper MH$P ads, but I thought I'd give y'all a shot at them first. Hit me up here or on Facebook.

SM Candace Liddy Resin who's exact name escapes me at the moment. Shown as "Oops" - $200

CM Color Changing Half-Passing WB - $200

Drastic CM LG "Leviathan" - $750

Custom Cleveland Bay, Roan Mule "CBGB" - $450

Rabicano Dinky Duke "Liberty Valance" - $300