Sneak peek of "bitty bosco" prototype ...

He's been more or less wrapped up like this for a while. (small voice here - hahaha) Most of my hemming and hawing has been about the financial risks of fronting the chunk of capital into the scanning and then needing a lot of time afterwards to refine the miniaturized product to be as exciting as the original (one hopes!). Sooooo... since they are rather big changes to some of his "look" I do think I ought to throw him out for input before I rush him off to the scanning company. I could do that as early as next week so please, if you spot something really awry please lmk asap tx! ;)

What's going on??? Why is he different at all???

Here's my thoughts & reasonings on that:

Point #1 every scale has it's pro's and con's from the aesthetic to the technical. Aesthetically 'in theory' something should look identical small as to big (if you are skilled enough to recreate the detail at that particular scale). That being said, in reality, on a shelf or on a table, the two have very different looks strangely sometimes. Human real life depth perception is simply going to relay to the brain "it looks a little different!" even if it's not... just like the statue of liberty model in your hand might look different when standing close to the real life statue.. hopefully that made some sense?

Moreso however I was thinking of lighting... In this case I have a horse who's already tilting his head into shadow on his "show" side. So when you look at this in a mini version, (especially in a dimly lit area), you'll have an even harder time seeing anything of coloration about the face. So I made about 8 different cuts into the neck around the poll area to tilt the head back to a more upright position. :) As I say in the comments, personally I like it or I wouldn't have done it.. although it might VASTLY change the "look" of the sculpture in other folk's eyes. Now would be the time for me to know this I guess... ;)

Point #2 real world technical issues. Lazer scanning tucked away areas is a very tricky matter. This is actually why I picked Duke first - his legs are apart and the tail doesn't create hidden zones like the original El Embosco's tail does. The tail really is tricky there, the fact that his hind feet are pretty close in his prancing also compounds the complications to be overcome. Lastly, in the mini version casting resins with tricky tails is simply hard.. it could require a whole nother mold section.. and the more mold sections you need the more shifting and distortion of the final product you introduce (nevermind seams!!). Oh, and of course last lastly - lol! - I have prepped more than a few large Bosco's tails and thighs and lemme tell ya, I wasn't thinking it would be a great idea to do it in a fraction of the size (hard to get at!).

So there you go. Some of my reasons.

I'm going to present everything in a little set of pictures with comments on them to clarify better I hope. I would REALLY like to hear of any dire reactions/concerns people have before I proceed forward. I've been hearing cries for "bitty bosco" since before there was a "dinky duke".. ;) All the same, I'm not one to rush fwd on this sort of thing without really addressing known and anticipated technical issues as thoroughly as possible first.

And on to the show. :D
(click to see enlargements)














I have the comments turned on now but they are "moderated" so I have to approve of them to come through. If you want to say something privately - just ask that I not post it. You can submit thoughts anonymously too. And of course I can be written at morgen@one-horse.net.

Thanks for looking and wish me a trouble-free journey through the rest of this! :) It get's exciting (in a nerve wracking way sometimes!!) from here...! (8-o
;)

Congrats to the 2008 NAN winners!! :)

Ok whew! I think I've gotten most of them linked up to the right pictures. That's most of the fun right? :) I'm so tickled to see such a variety of winners this year (in divisions) and a variety of painters. What a surprise this was for me to stumble across the names I recognized from photos sent to me and just by word of mouth getting back to me. I may not have everyone so please don't be offended - I also may have something mixed up here too. I decided to just link to webshots albums rather than try to credit photographer's names. Plus they are user names for a reason (not everyone wants their full name there). If you'd like credit I'd be happy to stick that in too.Please send any corrections on and I'll try to get to them asap (mind you it took me since Tues to get this up so... mmm.. I'll try to be fast anyhow!) ;)

Sincerely though, kudos to everyone and thank you so much for bringing my works to the Nationals!!!! And on to the fun horsies (with links to pics!!)....

[update Thurs July 24th - I've added 2 more on to the bottom now & thank you SO MUCH to those sending along these results!!] :)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Performance Winners

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Toby (#2927) owned by Barbara DiAnnibella
Painted by Sommer Prosser (view horse)
Class 20029: Champ Natural Trail
Class 20107: Res Champ CM Hunter Over Fences - Stock/Other Types


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Satanic Panic (#5469) owned by Robin Smith
Painted by Beth Hoffert (view horse)

Class 20121: CM Dressage - 3rd Level and Above

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Clever Hans (#3976) owned by Ann Harris
Painted by Ann Harris (view horse)
Class 20121: CM Dressage - 3rd Level and Above

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Goldiva (#4167) owned by Jody Hollenbeck
Painted by Carol Williams (view horse)
Class 20032: CM Western Pleasure - Other Type

Class 20091: CM Non-Speed Game - Other

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Halter Winners

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ahote (#1748) owned by Jody Hollenbeck
Painted by Sonya Johnson (view horse)

Class 6026: Mustang - TRAD

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Bounty Hunter (#1665), owned by Gail Aspinwall
Painted by Billie Campbell (view horse)
Class 6037: Spanish TRAD/CL


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sikon (#2554), owned by Nicole Reid Painted by ??? (view horse)
He's FOR SALE TOO on Auction Barn now!! (click here)
Class 6037: Spanish TRAD/CL

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Tris (#1112) owned by Vicky Norris
Painted by Kathy McKenzie (view horse)
Class 6047: AR/OS Breed Halter - British pony

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Inside Information (#2717), owned by Tracy Helling
Painted by Caroline Boydston (view horse)
Class 6074: AR/OS Breed Halter - German Warmblood

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Anika (#1073), customized and painted by Joanna Inman (view horse)
Class 6071: Champion Pure/Part Heavy/Stock/Spanish Pony

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Tic Tac (#1754) owned by Jody Hollenbeck
Sculpted by Ann Harris, painted by Morgen Kilbourn (view horse)
Class 6072: Part/Grade Pony

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Figaro's Hot Spot (#5442) owned by Heather Visser
Painted by Kathy Mackenzie (view horse)

Class: 6051: Reserve Champion European Warmblood

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Flick and Swish (#3054) owned by Leesa Miller
Painted by Morgen (view horse) [my second artist's proof to show at NAN, yay!]
Class 6070: Other Purebred Pony

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Fairlane's Juniper (#4035) owned by Melissa Hart
Painted by Carolyn Smith (view horse)
Class 6047: AR/OS Breed Halter - British pony


~~~~~~~~~~ & Deputed Duke's Debute in OF China Halter! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Style In Stereo (#3579), owned by Lisa Sents
(view horse and a gratuitous head pic for fun too)

Class 3016: OFC Breed Halter - Other Pure/Part/Grade Sport/Carriage

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Workmanship Winners

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Felix Felicis (#1126) owned by Kellye Bussey
Painted by Karen Beeson (view horse)
Class 615: LB/SM Paint Pattern

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Flame (#1890) owned by Corrie McDermott
Painted by Danelle Gatcombe (view horse)
Class 622: SM/LB Black/Bay/Chestnut

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Rio Bravo (#7272), owned & painted by Laura Skillern (view horse)

Class 601: Champion SM/LB Appaloosa Pattern

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Calico Jack (#7273), owned and painted by Laura Skillern (view horse)

Class 615: LB/SM Paint Pattern

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Anika (#1073), customized and painted by Joanna Inman (view horse)
Class 619: SM/LB Solid/Other Color

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[edit/add on 7:26am Mon July 12th]
Someone directed my attention to this cute little fellow winning too. No idea who he is however!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[edit/add on 1:45pm Mon July 12th] another add on :)
in halter:
Back For More (#6593) owned by Lori Hageman
Painted by Sheila Anderson (view horse)
Class 6014: AR/OS Breed Halter - Sport Type
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[edit/add on 1:20pm Tues July 12th] another add on :)
in halter:
Dawson (#3492), owned by Diana Parker
Painted by by Rita Baker (view horse)
Class 6014: AR/OS Breed Halter - Sport Type
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[edit/add on 1:20pm Thurs July 24th] another add on :)
in halter:
Midsummer Knights Dream (#7431), owned & painted by Liesl Dalpe (view horse)
Class 6070: AR/OS Breed Halter - Other Purebred Pony
in workmanship:
Class 6070: AR/OS Breed Halter - Other Purebred Pony
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[edit/add on 9:04 pm Sunday July 27th]
Another add on :) also an artist's proof who's show name I never knew. Congrats Melissa and I'm thrilled to see you still own him! :D (Melissa won him in a silent auction at my Artisan's Gallery booth sale two years ago)
in workmanship:
Skogsruss (#4227) owned by Melissa Hart
(view horse) from my website AP galleries
Class 619: AR/OS Workmanship Champion SM/LB Solid/Other Color

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[edit/add on 5:42 pm Tues July 29th] another add on :)
in halter:
Almost Illegal (#5123), owned by Bobbi Devine
Painted by by Jessica Fry (view horse)
Class 6037: Spanish TRAD/CL
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[it's kinda like winning myself so it's been a very exciting week for me in between jobs when I've gotten chances to check & look things up!]

Congrats again everyone! :)