Uploading on the go at a stop between Dallas and home.
So here you go, the Octavia-Vinyl Scratch Duet, with another cheesy title. I like the set as a whole much more than I like either Octavia or Vinyl Scratch by themselves. I must admit that I didn't originally plan for this to be a single piece like this. They were always meant to be a two part set for but the idea of making them a single piece didn't occur until after I had made Octavia. Once it had occurred to me, though, it seemed like a lot of fun. And so the Vinyl Scratch piece was designed to match and mirror Octavia, so I tried to mimic her posture and pose when designing Vinyl Scratch. (For instance, mirroring their arm positions so that when facing one another their arms are raised and lowered on the same side.) Vinyl was carefully sized to be the same height as Octavia, and to stand with a similar stance. The whole piece is seen at it's best from Octavia's left, so that Scratch's hair flares to the other side, and those are the arms that are lowered, rather than covering the faces. Cutting Vinyl Scratch's stand to fit onto Octavia's was also a lot of fun. Not my favorite ponies, individually, but possibly my favorite piece when put together. Different background for the picture woulda been better though. Ok, gotta split, the rest stop's over. Hope your Sunday has been smashing! Want to see more of this set? Check out the expanded gallery over at My Little Woodcraft, as well as expanded and WIP galleries for both ponies and many of my other pieces.
Vinyl Scratch, Octavia, and My Little Pony belong to Hasbro.
(Thank you again, Equestria Daily. You guys are very kind.)
This is brilliant. No surprise it made it to EQD I find myself loving your work more and more with each piece you produce. Your talent is without parallel. In short, your gift for this is one of a kind.
I have many times pondered going over to wooden hair (especially when I made Octavia). Never really figured out why I haven't; it wouldn't really be that difficult and it would look good. And yet here we are.
How both pieces work together is a lot of fun. Individually they are beautiful carvings, their respective personalities simply radiate off of them, yet combined they take this to another level... They give off this great vibe of interacting and playing together. Musical duel or duet?