Customs
News and Updates!! December 2007
My Books are CLOSED!
I will be taking a very limited number of commissions. I can supply the model at my cost or of course, you provide the 'victim'. Prep work IS included in these prices but I do reserve the right to add additional prep fees to resins which haven't been well cast. I am always interested in major customization of stock horses and the price can be discussed once I review what is requested.
*Please Note: Certain effects and colors that are time intensive to do as custom orders which include scratch roaning (roans will be painted by my techniques using sponged oils, brush or airbrush depending on the desired look), fleabiting, and extreme sabino or any pattern that requires individual hair detailing over much of the horse is not available as a custom order. Sorry. Effects that ARE included at no additional charge include correct paint/pinto mapping with hair detail, minor fleabiting, corn markings, small roany sabino patches, rabicano roan, and similar detailed effects which I will have to approve.
To see pictures of the currently available resins, please visit the resin gallery.
Time payments of up to a year accepted from responsible and serious hobbyists. Please ask for terms concerning this.
What Live Show Quality means here at Crazyhorse!
Live Show Quality or LSQ means that the horse (or tack) is suitable to go to a show where people meet up in person and compete with their models.
A judge or two will assess the horses on a table in their assigned appropriate classes and be placed by the judge generally first thru sixth. Photo Show Quality (or PSQ) means that the model (or tack) might have certain limits to being viewed in person. Maybe a scratch or rough paint job. Best left at home and used in photo shows, it is often still a cherished model and there is nothing wrong with that!
LSQ means that the model whether resin or OF (original finish) has a very nice paint job whether from the factory or an artist...a nice paint job is without obvious flaws visible to the naked eye. Bumps, lumps, hair, poor workmanship by the artist, unnatural details, unusual body conformation or other issues that wouldn't appear on a live horse or make you think "Hmmmmm! That doesn't fit!!"
A LSQ horse will vary in degrees of skill depending on the artist...an artist who has never been challenged by showing their work at a live show should not claim it LSQ until they have that record, perhaps with several ribbons given to several horses they have completed...You as the buyer will have to decide how much talent and skill an artist should have to earn your business. Of course you want the best but sometimes due to popularity it is hard to come by the best artists' work.
Knowing what LSQ means will save you from wasting time and money. The best way to get what you want is to go to live shows (sometimes hard to find but networking within this hobby will alert you to the events) and see what is winning and placing...Remember just because the judge likes it doesn't mean you cant find something else just as good.
BUY WHAT YOU LIKE! Often a busy artist is well worth waiting for because they want to see you win with the horse they make you..."book" with an artist you like, be patient (but it is okay to ask for an estimate on completion!!) and be very clear about what you want. The artist will be happier with you if you tell them "No blue eyes" or I don't like manes and tails like this...Communicate exactly what you want.
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