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3.2 inches tall large stablemate (~1:32) scale Kiger mustang stallion

This is an OPEN edition that is sold for a limited time around 1 year (see update below in blue).

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About bitty bosco

bitty bosco stands 3.2 inches tall & is a large stablemate (~1:32) scale Kiger mustang stallion

He is a digitally reproduced "derivative" sculpture in mirror image of the original sculpture "El Embosco" done by Morgen Kilbourn. This was produced by lazer scanning a modified original traditional "Bosco" resin, then having it lazer scanned, digitally "flipped" to create the mirror image and then was reproduced at 3.2 inches tall. The "bitty" resins will be solid cast. Only unpainted castings are available to purchase at this time.

This is an open edition

This means that for a period of time castings will be available to order. I have very intentionally not set a time-frame limit at this time due to the economy and time of year I'm opening up this edition. I hope to keep the edition open for several months (typically I've chosen more than 6 months!). HOWEVER, I reserve the right to close the edition for a number of reasons.

I will definitely be increasing the price after January 1st. Time payments started before then will be honored at the lower price.

Lastly I just need to ask that resellers on the secondary market PLEASE check back to see if the edition is CLOSED before saying "no longer available" in your ads. I've had it done to me many times, and have seen it done to other artists to. When a person is reselling the horse accidentally writes "sold out" in the secondary sales listing description for their copy however the artist is still selling!!! (or trying to!) :) In my own case (as a potential buyer) I've seen "sold out" and not thought to double check on that with the sculpting artist myself ... rather I simply thought "oh darn, the resin is no longer available..." it hurts the artist where it counts to have this misinformation out there. Please please please check with me or on my web site. I will very clearly state "edition is CLOSED" there when it is closed. Tx!!

Creating "bitty bosco"

For those who've been tracking his progress in my studio blog this won't be news but I'll try to summarize. I began by making some changes to a traditional El Embosco (I've always called him "Bosco") resin. The changes were designed to be more flattering to a smaller scale & some were done for making life easier for painters/preppers. These essentially are;

1. Tilted downward head of original sculpture tilted up (required about 8 cuts to the neck)
2. Mane and forlock parred down and trimmed to be easier to cast in such small scale
3. Tail cut off, moved to attach to one leg and "flattened" to allow for both lazer scanning and making life easier for preppers and painters in such a small scale

My biggest concern with him was having him be "lighting friendly" so painters who chose to make incredibly intricate facial details wouldn't have these cast into shadow. In tilting his head and tucking his tail slightly his character takes on an interesting new aspect which also helps to visually set him appart from his 'big brother'! :) To me he comes across as prancing hautily in a fiesty stallion display a bit more than 'coiled & about to lunge at a foe' as the big Bosco was sculpted to be. I prefer to leave the interpretation to the viewer so mostly that's a technical synopsis though! :)

After the traditional resin was customized I mailed it out to a company that does lazer scanning. A digital file was created, this is very cool by the way so you should definitely check it out on the blog if you haven't seen it.

I was pleased to see that the technology has improved and preserved more detail and overall was smoother than when I did this two years ago with my Deputed Duke sculpture.

From there I had a local company print out in "Objet" technology a 3.2" tall resin replica (in mirror image which is an option for the file!). This "resin" is very different from what we use for artist resins and is porous. It took me many months to smooth out the fuzzy areas and recreate the detail. The last aspect, the mane and tail, were done entirely by hand and required about another month to emulate the feel of his big brother in a fraction of that size. Don't want to do that again! I hope the time was worth it because I'm hoping that painters will find these details help 'paint themselves'. I'm really looking forward to seeing what folks do with him! :)