Wicked

  

WICKED IS FINALLY FINISHED!!!

This pretty girl is my second big etchie project. She started out as a Zenyatta with atrocious box rubs...what a pain. I was going to sell her, but then I got bit by the etching bug and thought "Huh, I wonder if I can turn her into a lovely Appaloosa?" 

Turns out that I could...but it took FOREVER! And just when I thought she was done, I realized that I didn't like her pattern at all. So it took even longer. Now that she's finished, here's some photos of her. 

  

She was definitely a challenge (why do the customs I'm doing keep getting harder?) but by far the hardest part was hand painting her hooves. I've always had issues with hooves, especially the "white" ones. These aren't prefect, but they are by far the best job I've done on hooves so far. 

It took a lot of reference photos (and Whiskey's white left hind) to convince me that horse feet really are kinda yellow. 

I'm really happy with how well Wicked turned out, now I've just got a few just-for-fun painting projects, one etchie Stablemate, and a three-horse commission *gasp* on my customizing plate!