Are you a "Decorator"?

In other words...do you like decorator horses?  You know, the ones that aren't your standard-looking ones.  They might be an unusual color or pattern or they might even be see-through.  Recently I was looking through Blab, as I often do, and I came across a thread entitled "I want to see pictures of your collection!!!"  Now, I've looked at this thread off and on, but never really paid much attention to it, but for some reason I did a few days ago and what I saw gave me the idea for this post.

Personally, I'm not a huge fan of un-realistic colors on my models.  Never have been.  But I do have a few in my collection.  I got my first decorators courtesy of the 2013 Breyerfest.  I had ordered pickups of two new Stablemate sculptures, Dungaree and Chrome...

I'm not sure what attracted me to the mold, but I knew I had to have them, regardless of their blue color.  Well, Dungaree is blue, Chrome is not.  And it was a total bonus that they came in these cute little pouches that looked like pockets, but this post isn't about packaging.  lol.

I was gifted a Twill by some wonderful blabbers who knew I was a big Lady Phase fan

It was definitely a pleasant surprise when I received her in the mail.  Totally unexpected and brought tears to my eyes.

Also in 2013, Breyer released a set of 3 decorator colors of Lady Phase and called it Mother Lode because they were gold.  This also caused a big thing that ended up crashing their website.  Only a very limited number were available and you couldn't choose which of the 3 you got.

model equus

I was going to buy one, but then I changed my mind.  The price they gave I thought was for all 3 but it was per model and at the time I thought it was too expensive.  I should've just gotten one because they've sold on the secondary market for 4 times that much.  Not that I would sell it anyway.  My collection is like the Hotel California:  once a model "checks in", it never checks out / leaves.  The only exception is if I sell it before it ever even comes to me, like a web special.

 In 2014, I added another decorator when I had Glimmer picked up...

and was able to purchase the special Silver Anniversary Misty model on the Breyer website...

That one caused quite an uproar because I don't think she was available to those in attendance, but I could be wrong.  I think only a certain number were made, though.  I will have to do more research on that when I'm able to access IDYB.  For some reason, the firewall at work now thinks that website is dangerous to our system so it blocks it.

Over the years, the only decorators I've acquired have been painted by someone and not Breyer original finish decorators.  I've tried winning specials, but have been unsuccessful...unless I was entering for someone else.

Some people really like decorator models, which is how this post came to be...the thread mentioned at the beginning.  A Blabber posted her collection of Clearware models for us to all drool over.  I didn't drool much, but I liked how she photographed them and could appreciate that part of it even if I can't fully appreciate the models themselves.  Now, if they made clearware of the ones I collect, that *might* be a different story.  I don't know.  I'm not the type of collector who has to have every color on their favorite mold, but that's a subject about congas and a totally different thing that will be discussed some other time.

Kim G is the owner of these horses and has graciously granted permission for me to use them here.  There were a lot of photos to choose from and I didn't want to overwhelm everyone with a bunch of pictures so I chose my favorites.  I hope everyone enjoys them... Maybe she will post a comment here and tells us a bit about her collection such as how long she's been doing it and what appeals to her about clearware models...

For starters, I think I like this grouping the best.  I like the color blue and I like that there's that one in the middle that is only considered on the blue spectrum because of his tail.  It stands out in a cool way amongst the others that are predominantly blue

And...a group photo...I believe she said this wasn't all of them either...

They're all so colorful and pretty.  Not quite a rainbow, but a better one.  Thank you for allowing me to share, Kim!

So what about the rest of you?  Do you collect decorator colors or are you more of a realistic color person?

I have a three day weekend from work since Monday is Labor Day.  Maybe I will finally get in and straighten up my collection.  They've been neglected for far too long.  Happy Friday, everyone!