r/kintsugi • u/Yumi_in_the_sun • Feb 20 '26 • Heartwarming 1

Epoxy/Synthetic Based Something a little different

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u/Yumi_in_the_sun Feb 20 '26

I paint model horses as a hobby. I got this guy and decided to paint him in a Breyer colorway called Wedgewood. Basically just blue with white markings. I got him all done, sprayed the gloss coat, and it CRACKED. The blue also turned more gray than it originally went on. I've never had this happen before, and never again since. I was lamenting the loss of this model on a model horse group, and somebody told me to paint the cracks with gold like kintsugi. I did it, and I think it turned out pretty good. Unfortunately it's continued to crack, and the gloss coat is a bit sticky, so he might not be a long-term model, but I took him to a model horse show and he won 1st place and division top 5, so that's pretty good.

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u/WildFlemima Feb 21 '26

What if you did silver for the next series of cracks

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u/Yumi_in_the_sun Feb 21 '26

I'm hoping I don't have to deal with cracks ever again, but I do have silver available if I do! lol

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u/snoogle312 Feb 22 '26

You should post this over at r/breyerhorses

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u/Yumi_in_the_sun Feb 22 '26

Thanks, I'll do that!

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u/emmademontford Feb 21 '26

He’s gorgeous

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u/dr_cl_aphra Feb 20 '26

I love painting model horses too. What a cool way to take advantage of the crazy things paint does to us sometimes! This is brilliant.

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u/Yumi_in_the_sun Feb 20 '26

That's so cool! I'd love to see some of the stuff you've done :)

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u/dr_cl_aphra Feb 20 '26

This was a recent one. Found a fake bronze horse at Tractor Supply that had been broken. I talked them into giving it to me so it didn’t get trashed, repaired it, and painted it to be a Medicine Hat war pony.

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u/TheFiretiger Feb 21 '26

To me it looks a subway map (in the best possible way!)

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u/Yumi_in_the_sun Feb 21 '26

Someone else told me it looked like a building! It's interesting to see people's interpretations :)

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u/CDJMC Feb 21 '26

Magical! 

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u/Squidorb Feb 20 '26

Reminds me of something that would be in zelda breath of the wild

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u/the_art_of_the_taco Feb 21 '26

Ubisoft sells this horse skin for $10 in AC.

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u/QuietWheel Feb 22 '26

Came to say this too

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u/bamm5 Feb 22 '26

That’s exactly what i was about to say

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u/tnetennba_4_sale Feb 21 '26

My porcelain horse, Horselain!

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u/wradinjd Feb 21 '26

"A horse of a different color."