My package arrived today with Troubadour and his shipping companions. However, I plan to review Troubadour in a different post, which I will write on the weekend, because he is truly spectacular. The other two were the mare/foal unicorns Bellatrix and Spice, and the winter Classics, Christoff. First, I would like to talk about Bellatrix and Spica. Although I love that same blue/black color that Eclipse from Tractor Supply has however I'm a bit disappointed with the dappling on the mare. It is very subtle, and dappling was one of the reasons why I bought this pair. The foal has more blue in her than her mother, who is more black than blue or purple. The purple interference, by the way, is also more noticeable on the foal than the mare. They are in excellent condition overall and still my favorite of the unicorn sets but I do hope that next year they use a real horse set. I'm honestly expecting Rhian and Cadell to be used. My other tag-along, Christoff, was actually more impressive than I thought he'd be. Granted, he did arrive with a creaky mane (might be common for this mold though since the mane is slightly lifted - to be honest I've never had one on this mold) and what looks like one of his hooves was filed down a bit too much that it left a scrape mark, but otherwise he's beautiful. His snowflake patterns are nice and crisp with no overspray. My job has been ramping up the hours the past few weeks due to having early Black Friday (will Breyer follow suit or will they have it on time this year?) so I've been slacking on my painting. I still have a few traditional Halloween horses that I still haven't finished, but all my Halloween stablemates are done and all but one have found new homes. I've started working on Christmas stablemates, with my first three already on the market right now. One is a nativity scene, one is a Christmas night scene and the mare/foal pair are cute little tree bulb decorators. I have brought back my beloved metallic silver and gold paint that I used for Christmas customs years back. I will get my traditional Halloween horses completed by Christmas, I promise. I will be using the Emerson, Bristol and Bouncer molds for these customs. I'm excited to share them, so long as I can find the time to finish them.
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