Cutting Horse

Because it's got a papercut-inspired design, see, and it's...cutting horse...see, like with cattle...okay, nevermind. <XD I'm a big horse geek and y'all know that already.

I ran across this guy and a bunch of other old, beaten-up Breyers at the Peddler's Fair a couple weekends ago. Really nothing more special than toy quality, and I'd seen some folks on various model horse forums talk about etching, so I thought I'd give it a try.

This is NOT painted. Etching involves taking something sharp (in my case, an Exacto blade) and scratching tiny lines through the painted layer of the plastic to reveal the blank plastic color underneath. The design was actually laid out to incorporate/hide the scratches and rubs. Took about a week or so.

The "running stallion" is not my favorite Breyer mold, but for a first try I think he came out pretty nice.