Attention Premier Club members: Breyer is now taking selections for glossy or matte finish on Astrid! Which will you choose? For me personally I tend to like grey horses better on matte because it brings out their shading and gives them a softer look. However her coloring is actually more similar to grullo, and all my grullos are either pearly or glossy. Teton, for example, looks good in gloss, so I'm having a hard time choosing. I was hoping that Breyer would give us a hint at what glossy would look like on this horse but all they gave us was a rather awkward digital translation. I really hope those eyes aren't really cloudy. Here is the "glossy" version: I also wanted to announce that I received Hendrik today as well. When I first saw each of his sides, I thought I dodged a big bullet after so many were reporting major flaws. His coloring was beautiful and I could live with the minimal overspray. He didn't have a thumb print in the gloss like so many others reported, no bad masking, no broken ears and uniform dappling. At first I thought I had actually received one from a good batch... Then I stood him on a shelf and that's when I noticed it... Those warped front legs are awful! The left one was worse, but the right was also slightly inward more so than it should have been, and is that a hair on the left leg by the knee? I tried to straighten them, but they are still slightly warped at the top and he still leans more to his right side, making him extremely tippy. Unfortunately that's a mold flaw which would be incredibly difficult to correct unless I re-sculpted the entire leg. Not really worth the trouble on a stablemate. There's no point really in contacting Breyer since so many of these guys were reported to be flawed, and I could end up with a replacement far worse. Besides, other than the bent legs, he does have a stunning paint job. It's a true shame though that he ended up this way when this was a mold that I conga. I got lucky in that I received a nearly flawless Atticus on one of my accounts and a horrible flawed Atticus on the other, which I am currently working on customizing because he's just a body in his original condition. I'm going to keep a positive light, and hope this quality check issue is only temporary. After all, ever since the pandemic started, Breyer has been having difficulties meeting deadlines for collectors who are still expecting the models to be released at the same time as they were in previous years. Getting the models out on time while being short staffed is going to cause some delays and/or loss in quality. It shows in the regular runs as well, which I've been notified by Breyer that some aren't going to be in stock until August. While Hendrik may be the turning point in that good Breyer luck that I've been having that I figured would eventually run out, I did end up finding another chase model. Ironically it was during the Easter rush and the entire box was nearly sold out, but I figured I'd try since I needed stablemate bodies and most of the people who bought half the box were - hopefully - buying them as Easter basket fillers. Lo and behold there was a chase model left, and he was so beautifully different from my original chaser that I can't decide which one I want to keep. The new boy has a lot more gold while my first boy is nearly half and half. Gah! Variations!
Don't forget Collector Club members that the drawing for the True Blue event is tomorrow by 4 PM ET so if you entered, be sure to check your emails! Good luck to all who entered!
McKenna
4/7/2021 05:52:47 pm
My Hendrik arrived today and he has fingerprints in the paint on both sides . :( He has really dark dapples on one side and no dapples on the other side . I would have liked him better I think if he looked like the ones Breyer showed in their stock photos . Also , mine had dark brown paint in both ears and yours does not seem to have any paint in the ears ?
Alicia B.
4/7/2021 11:35:52 pm
How did you unwrap his legs? I know how to do it for matte models, but I’m curious to know how you would do it with a glossy model without ruining the model, especially the finish. Comments are closed.
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