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I want sex money bitches and the stickiest weed

"but despazito aren't you a hardass for realism and anatomically correct animals" yes because I think good stylization rests on good fundamentals and understanding your subject thoroughly. Learn the rules before you break them. I also think abstract styling can bring out the beauty of nature in ways that hyperrealism cannot

byjove

Experts keep saying the Andes hantavirus is only contagious if you have prolonged contact with an infected person who is symptomatic and in the early stages of infection like that is supposed to be reassuring. Like people don’t go to parties, airports, ballgames and concerts just to cough on a captive audience.

byjove

“We just evacuated all the Americans passengers on board to Nebraska and one has tested positive straight off the plane and another is symptomatic but the whole quarantine thing is voluntary, everyone else is free to make their way home on any number of combinations of connecting flights, train rides and bus rides.”

byjove

And look, I understand they do not want to stir up public panic, that the whole infectious disease thing is terrible for the economy and the World Cup is coming up but there has to be a happy medium between “Everyone panic buy toilet paper and get in their bunkers right now.” and “Don’t even worry about it dude, it’s not an issue. Really isn’t that serious.” when it is a disease with an incubation period of up to 7 weeks and the passengers have just been dispersed all over the globe.

horsefigureoftheday

THEY FINALLY GOT MY BOY!!!!! But oh no, he's expensive expensive o_O

horsefigureoftheday

I relented

Brief review: The concept is what drew me in. I'm a sun worshiper in the most literal sense, I couldn't not get the sun horse (even if this horse is named after Apollon, while my sun god is Freyr).

The mold and quality is very typical of Schleich's recent Bayala releases.

One thing that really disappointed me is that, despite being sold as a stallion, this horse is entirely sexless. Since the early 2010s, Schleich has gradually scaled back on crotch details, and I guess they've finally reached the point of just not including those details at all. Related, this model also has a disconcertingly deep and defined crack - and they skimped on the under-hoof details!

Another thing I'm disappointed by is the production quality. The model has very noticeable molding lines, which I guess is a side effect of the fur texture - you can't really sand off molding lines when there model is textured.

The texture itself is fine, though I'll probably always prefer smooth models. It suffers a bit from being a digital sculpt, which can lead to a wavy/bumpy fur pattern, which in this case is most notable on the shin and croup

I also noticed that a lot of the figures at the store were completely off balance and kept falling over, though I'm not sure if it's because they were bent during transport or just sculpted wrong. Mine has a tilt too but can stand on its own (albeit with a lifted leg)

Oh, and of course the figure has what I call "alien face." Oversized, lidless, almond-shaped, pitch black eyes, short muzzle, generic expression. But nearly all Schleich horses have that at the moment.

The paint job is serviceable. I love the wet-brushed filigree on the legs. I wish the body and face had undertones, instead of just highlights, but we can't have everything. The mane and tail have a passable airbrush. The mane decorations seem to actually have been painted by hand, not just airbrushed, which was a nice surprise!

As usual, the glitter doesn't shed (yay!), and I'm very happy that they've used a matte glue. However, the glue is a bit tacky to the touch.

From all this, it probably sounds like I don't like him, but that couldn't be further from the truth! The earthy toned-down color with only minor filigree and decoration is a nice change of pace. Let's hope they bring back more of the naturally colored Bayala horses they started out with! I love this model's personality and concept, and the execution and quality is good enough that he can live on personality alone.

pageofmirth

gonna start saying Bagayaya before bed

pageofmirth

amerlcanteenager

CRANK IT

local-hellhound-steals-spaghetti

Hi, can you explain why/how the bit thing hurts horses? Not that I dont believe they hurt but I dont know much about horsegear

It comes down to surface area, design as well as the overall action of the bit itself. This monstrosity that @horsefigureoftheday posted:

For the noseband piece: thin piece of metal with even thinner copper wire wrapped around it. When the reins are pulled it will apply downward pressure against the nasal bone and the very sensitive vascular tissue and nerves in that area.

See that tiny piece of bone over where the nasal cavity is? That's where that abrasive piece of metal is cutting into.

See that huge important nerve that's running up through the nasal cavity? That's also where the pressure is going into.

And that's not even getting into the twisted wire bit, which is also very thin and abrasive. Thin abrasive metal like that would be uncomfortable just resting on the horse's tongue without pressure.

But then you add pressure and that bit is cutting into the soft palate, tongue and bars of the mouth.

And the bit has a leverage action judging by the shank on it too. Which creates pressure at the poll (between the ears).

Now ... lets see how this bit has been marketed:

There is so much wrong with this. All of what is described here is just... So misleading and gross. Your horse needs better training and more work on engaging the hindquarters. You need a balanced and fit horse. What this is saying is "you'll be able to yank your horse around a lot easier".

This will not "elevate" your horse's hind end, it'll create a bunch of misleading and confused pressure cues - poll pressure to force the head down, nose pressure to tuck their head in but then cutting up into the soft palate, which is going to make them throw their head up.

But why am I even surprised by this... it's a bit designed by a barrel racer. She made another one with a curb chain on it... these are just a few.

I can see why she's proud of putting her name on these torture devices.

And starfishing with spurs too

It's so wild to me because like... You can teach a barrel pattern without a rider needed. I have seen horses and dogs trained to run these patterns without any gear at speed. I would even say the horse would be able to run barrels way easier without a rider flapping around, yanking on their mouth and slamming spurs into them.

This is just bad training and bad riding. And yes I am picking on barrel racing because this is a bit specifically for barrel racers. I have beef with a lot of equestrian sports for exactly this reason. Gear that is designed to exert extreme pressure onto very sensitive parts of the horse's face being marketed as a quick fix when it's just a bandaid for poor training/riding.

evilvillain123456789

You adopted that ugly ass cat just to get notes

dustdotorg

sometimes you will see a joke circulate within a fandom and at first it's all fun and games but then the slow and terrible realization starts to seep in that this will become in fact a widely-accepted way to read a specific situation between characters that were subject of said joke and there is nothing you can do about it but to watch the horrors unfold in real time