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mistressofmuses) wrote2023-02-24 08:10 pm
mistressofmuses) wrote2023-02-24 08:10 pm
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BreyerWest Open Show:
It was a successful day at the model show! Alex did very well. This particular show only allows each competitor to have 50 total models they bring, and Alex had 21 of his place (for this show, ribbons are awarded 1-6 in each class), which is honestly nearly absurdly good. This is a competitive enough show that having anything place is pretty good, so near *half* of them doing so? Some of the classes were enormous, and it was a LOT of high-quality competition. He also had two division reserve champions, which is even more impressive!
Two horses I was particularly proud of:
One was a horse I did a "restoration" on... someone had taken a very lovely old vintage model and blobbed whiteout onto it to give it face markings. I was able to remove the whiteout without damaging the rest of it, and it wound up winning a rosette (and a pair of prize models!) as the reserve champ of its division. :)
The other was my little NaMoPaiMo model from last year, which came in 4th in the fantasy class. That's not an amazing placement, but there was some REALLY nice stuff it was competing against, and as a very amateur artist that still made me feel quite warm and fuzzy. (And again, any placement at a show like this is worth being glad for.)
My back was surprisingly unhorrible for most of the day... until about the the last hour and a half when I could barely stand up (yet sitting was actually more painful.) It's lightened up a little bit since, which is a relief. It's definitely some sort of pinched nerve, because the wrong angle makes the entire leg go numb, and both the hip and knee joint *hurt*.
I didn't sleep terribly well - combo of my back and the "pre-event" excitement. I'm always like that - a show, a vacation, a holiday... any of the above tend to make it hard for me to sleep. I wake up constantly both because I'm excited and because I'm afraid of oversleeping.
So... I think tonight is a fall right into bed night. I am VERY tired.
Tomorrow we plan to go back to the Horse Expo and try to catch a couple of the demos or training clinics. While it won't be as early a morning, it could very well be another all-day thing. We'll see!
Two horses I was particularly proud of:
One was a horse I did a "restoration" on... someone had taken a very lovely old vintage model and blobbed whiteout onto it to give it face markings. I was able to remove the whiteout without damaging the rest of it, and it wound up winning a rosette (and a pair of prize models!) as the reserve champ of its division. :)
The other was my little NaMoPaiMo model from last year, which came in 4th in the fantasy class. That's not an amazing placement, but there was some REALLY nice stuff it was competing against, and as a very amateur artist that still made me feel quite warm and fuzzy. (And again, any placement at a show like this is worth being glad for.)
My back was surprisingly unhorrible for most of the day... until about the the last hour and a half when I could barely stand up (yet sitting was actually more painful.) It's lightened up a little bit since, which is a relief. It's definitely some sort of pinched nerve, because the wrong angle makes the entire leg go numb, and both the hip and knee joint *hurt*.
I didn't sleep terribly well - combo of my back and the "pre-event" excitement. I'm always like that - a show, a vacation, a holiday... any of the above tend to make it hard for me to sleep. I wake up constantly both because I'm excited and because I'm afraid of oversleeping.
So... I think tonight is a fall right into bed night. I am VERY tired.
Tomorrow we plan to go back to the Horse Expo and try to catch a couple of the demos or training clinics. While it won't be as early a morning, it could very well be another all-day thing. We'll see!