October 22, 2013

Ponies, ponies, ponies!

So, I bought a DIY Princess Luna for myself because she's my favorite pony, but the more I looked at her, the more like Princess Cadance she appeared. So... I made her into a Cadance.

She sold for $28 on eBay. I was hoping to sell her for more but so it goes. *shrug* The buyer, however, asked me to custom make another pony of my choice from a list. After researching them I chose Snowdrop. A very cute, blind, little filly that gives appreciation to winter. She sold for $25.

I made a second Snowdrop and it sold to a woman in Poland for $32.99. Score!

Then I made a Button Mash, which is a fan based pony and has no real connection to the HUB show. He sold for $25.

I have other customs that I'm working on and currently (10/22/13) Princess Celestia is listed on eBay for $60. She was a lot harder to do. Involved some cutting and significant Apoxie sculpt to the mane and tail. She had holes from cutting away the hair that needed patching. She required a lot of coats of white paint since she was originally purple. I put glitter on the hair and had to get gold paint. I think she took me a month-and-a-half to finish. Of course I work and have a two-year-old girl to watch also so that takes a lot of my time up.

I made iPhone 5 covers but the Pinkie Pie one didn't hold up like my test one so I gave up on selling those. I may still make one for a friend because I can fix any problems with that easily. (Won't be a pony design though)

I just started making Tumblers. I have made one for myself; Luna, of course. And I made a Twilight Sparkle one. I just happened to have the right rhinestone colors on hand. I'm not finished with TS. There are still some holes to fill and I have to fill it out: looks thin on the points, but we'll see. Mine is still holding up so hopefully they're not failures like the cell cases.

Two ponies are of my own creations. I am almost done with a custom Day of the Dead pony for a friend of mine. I also made a blue butterfly/fairy pony-just cuz it was pretty!

I do take custom order ponies. I can copy a G4 or make one based on a theme/color you have in mind. Or you can follow my seller page on eBay: Dark_elephant. I don't post very often so you can also follow my Facebook page at Dark Elephant Designs. (FB is more likely to have pics before here)

Alright! Catch ya next year! 😜