TOP 10 & FINALISTS
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SPRING 2007 CONTEST ENTRIES
Welcome to the Spring 2007 CustomPony.com's Custom Contest TOP 10 & FINALISTS! All the entries in the contest were just wonderful and I can't be more pleased the huge turnout. Every artist really showed off their amazing and unique talent. I'd like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone that entered. I feel very honored to be hosting the largest ever custom contest! There will be more contests in the near future, be sure to keep checking the main page.
Just a note... The numbers listed with each pony are only their original listing in the contest, not their placing. With that, none of these are listed in any particular order.
As you can imagine, with 113 Entries, the 20 shown here are the best of the best. Huge congratulations to those in the top 20 :-)
TOP TEN
10) Christina Lady Marmalade ~ TOP TEN |
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Artist Alias/Name: |
Sammytvr | ||
Artist Age: |
Samantha Robertson | ||
Website: |
www.samscustompony.co.uk | ||
Custom Base: |
G3 Sparkleworks | ||
Media(s) used: |
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Additional information: |
Sammy says: I love her!
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Amara's thoughts: |
Coming soon! | ||
18) TIAMAT ~ TOP TEN |
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Artist Alias/Name: |
Piper | |
Artist Age: |
24 | |
Website: |
www.mylittlecustoms.com | |
Custom Base: |
G3 Tropical Surprise | |
Media(s) used: |
apoxie sculpt, wire and mesh | |
Additional information: |
Tiamat the Dragon ~ Her horns have been made to look as if they are truly growing out of her head, her face has been reshaped, particularly along her jaw line, cheeks and eyes. Her chest and back also have been reshaped to give her a ridge.
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Amara's thoughts: |
Coming soon! | |
21) WISTFUL WINTER ~ TOP TEN |
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Artist Alias/Name: |
Woosie | ||
Artist Age: |
25 | ||
Website: |
http://members.aol.com/brandiwst/woosiesponies.html | ||
Custom Base: |
G3 Twilerina | ||
Media(s) used: |
Apoxie Clay, acrylic paint, wooden plaque and stain for base. | ||
Additional information: |
Down here in Texas we don't have a real winter so I've never seen real snow in person. It's a dream of mine to one day get to travel somewhere just to play in some snow, lol. I have a little obsession with winter so this pony just embodies my feelings of the winter season. This is by far my favorite custom I've ever made and it was definitely the most labor intensive. |
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Amara's thoughts: |
Coming soon! | ||
29) NIGHTSKY ~ TOP TEN |
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Artist Alias/Name: |
funshinebear, barbaara / Sonja | |
Artist Age: |
25 | |
Website: |
http://funshinebear.deviantart.com | |
Custom Base: |
G3 | |
Media(s) used: |
acrylic paint, gems, fimo clay, kanekalon hair | |
Additional information: |
I wanted to create a carousel pony with a day/night theme. |
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Amara's thoughts: |
Coming soon! | |
34) QUEEN OF HEARTS ~ TOP TEN |
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Artist Alias/Name: |
Tealslippers / kelly | |
Artist Age: |
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Website: |
http://users.eastlink.ca/~ponies | |
Custom Base: |
Star Swirl | |
Media(s) used: |
Acrylic Paint, Apoxie Sculpt | |
Additional information: |
She's based on the playing card, Queen of Hearts - and that's her name too :)
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Amara's thoughts: |
Coming soon! | |
59) UNBRIDLED DREAMS ~ TOP TEN |
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Artist Alias/Name: |
iloverodents / Joanna | ||
Artist Age: |
17 | ||
Website: |
http://mlpmeadows.deviantart.com | ||
Custom Base: |
G1 Tex | ||
Media(s) used: |
Clay to make the pole and saddle, paints, wooden base, crystals for hair, Tiara hair from CustomPony.com |
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Additional information: |
This pony is called Unbridled Dreams. He has 13 handpainted parrots on his saddle, and is a carousel pony. |
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Amara's thoughts: |
Coming soon! | ||
77) JULE ~ TOP TEN |
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Artist Alias/Name: |
Dapper Dier, braveanimal | |
Artist Age: |
31 | |
Website: |
www.piebaldpony.tk / www.braveanimal.deviantart.com | |
Custom Base: |
G1 Lickety Split | |
Media(s) used: |
hair, paint, Makins Clay, bells, wool, charms, a bit of leather string an sparklies for the eyes. |
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Additional information: |
Inspiration was Christmas, or rather the pagan way of celebrating Christmas (Yule or Joel in dutch). She has bells and a horn to make noise and ward off the evil spirits. The colors are based on the darker nights and late autumn, hence also the naked tree symbol. She wears a reindeerskull mask as people tended to dress up as animals and resemble the Wild Hunt. The charms on the mask are leaves and on one side an acorn, on the other a eternal knot. I couldn't get all the detail on the photographs.. She has black surrounding her eyes and lower lip that do not show very well. Her creme markings go up her bum as well as up her neck/throat where they fade into dark brown. I will hopefully forget how many layer of paint are on this one.. And how shaky I was doing the eyes! The eyes have four different colors in, brown black, creme, yellow, white and bronze.. eh thats five haha! And I added a crystal shiny |
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Amara's thoughts: |
Coming soon! | |
87) YEAR OF THE DRAGON ~ TOP TEN |
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Artist Alias/Name: |
Firebyrd | |
Artist Age: |
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Website: |
www.firebyrd.net | |
Custom Base: |
G3 Spring Breeze | |
Media(s) used: |
Acrylic paint, silky kanekalon hair | |
Additional information: |
The Year of the Dragon Pony is a pony based off of the Chinese Zodiac. Made from a Spring Breeze, he was given a Chinese dragon as a symbol on his flank and part of the way down one leg. A Chinese character for dragon was painted on his magnet hoof and his eyes were repainted red. He was rerooted in a custom blend of light blue and dark green silky kanekalon hair, matching the hair on the dragon in his symbol. The hair was not restricted to the usual two lines of plugs down the center of the head, though. Instead, he was given an elaborate mane resembling that of a Chinese dragon, along with a ridge of hair down his back, tufts on the back of his legs, and even long whiskers! |
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Amara's thoughts: |
Coming soon! | |
97) LITTLE LIZZY B - ~ TOP TEN |
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Artist Alias/Name: |
Poniesyeah | |||
Artist Age: |
NEVER! | |||
Website: |
*sob* I'm a tool without a site. | |||
Custom Base: |
G3 Coconut Cream? | |||
Media(s) used: |
Apoxie Sculpt, Random brand craft acrylics, Sculpty sealer |
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Additional information: |
Little Lizzy B. here is the first of a three pony series based off my three most favorite serial killer stories. Elizabeth Bathory is recorded in history to be one of the first to dable in vampirism. She was a Hungarian ( I could be wrong here ) noble woman who was obsessed with keeping her youth and power. In a time when blood, particularly human blood, was such a powerful symbol, it was only natural that she come to the conclusion that bathing in a young and beautiful girls blood would retain her own beatuy. She lured innocent country peasants and towns girls to her castle under the guise of emplotment. She would then pic the most attractive girl and murder her, harvesting her blood. Eventually the towns people grew wise and would no longer send her their daughters. Elizabeth now have grown an enormous ego, thinking herself untouchable, made a fatal mistake and took the life of a young nodle girl. Peasants was one thing but the nobility wouldn't stand for their own children being sacrificed. Bathory was promptly arrested, tried and beheaded. |
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Amara's thoughts: |
The age/website comments made me laugh out loud, I had to post them ;-) Thought on Custom: Coming soon! |
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111) DULCE ANGEL ~ TOP TEN |
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Artist Alias/Name: |
Diana Vargas Sampieri | |
Artist Age: |
24 | |
Website: |
blackangel-diana.deviantart.com | |
Custom Base: |
G1 Bubbles | |
Media(s) used: |
Apoxie Sculpt, Acrylics, Matte and Glossy Sealant | |
Additional information: |
"Dulce Angel" (Sweet Angel) was inspired by a beautiful ceramic (porcelain?) figure that someone gave to my mom a long time ago. This little angel is so femenine, so delicate, so soft, it's the perfect look for a pony!!! I added the details and the little difference that the hair is handsculpted instead of rerooted, to give her an adornment appearance ^^ |
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Amara's thoughts: |
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FINALISTS
19) ARIEL ~ FINALIST |
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Artist Alias/Name: |
Piper | ||
Artist Age: |
24 | ||
Website: |
www.mylittlecustoms.com | ||
Custom Base: |
G3 Star Swirl | ||
Media(s) used: |
wire mesh and apoxie sculpt | ||
Additional information: |
Her scales alone took me over 3 hours to complete O_o LOL |
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Amara's thoughts: |
Coming soon! | ||
25) WAVE ~ FINALIST |
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Artist Alias/Name: |
Simpleflowers / Christa Clark | |
Artist Age: |
28 | |
Website: |
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Custom Base: |
Toys R Us Birthmonth | |
Media(s) used: |
Liquitex acrylic paints, ceramcoat sealant, Restoredoll saran hair turquoise and sapphire | |
Additional information: |
This pony hoku was inspired from the famous japanese painting by hokusai katsushika...D |
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Amara's thoughts: |
Coming soon! | |
35) VIXEN ~ FINALIST |
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Artist Alias/Name: |
Tealslippers / Kelly | |
Artist Age: |
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Website: |
http://users.eastlink.ca/~ponies | |
Custom Base: |
Citrus Sweetheart | |
Media(s) used: |
Acrylic Paint, Apoxie Sculpt, Sculpty | |
Additional information: |
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Amara's thoughts: |
Coming soon! | |
43) (birthday) ~ FINALIST |
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Artist Alias/Name: |
Edemeter | ||
Artist Age: |
23 | ||
Website: |
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Custom Base: |
G3 Bee Bop | ||
Media(s) used: |
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Additional information: |
This is a custom pony made for my nieces 10th birthday! |
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Amara's thoughts: |
Coming soon! | ||
68) WINTER SOLSTICE ~ FINALIST |
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Artist Alias/Name: |
GypsyWildFlower / Freya Pointer | |
Artist Age: |
27 | |
Website: |
www.Gypsywildflower.co.uk | |
Custom Base: |
G1 TAF Fifi | |
Media(s) used: |
Donor hair from Pony Bride. MicroFine glitter. Makins air drying clay. | |
Additional information: |
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Amara's thoughts: |
Coming soon! | |
74) OCEAN'S DREAMER ~ FINALIST |
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Artist Alias/Name: |
Mckwolfe, Rapidwolfe / Alexa Wolf | |
Artist Age: |
29 | |
Website: |
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Custom Base: |
Strawberry Swirl | |
Media(s) used: |
Acrylic paints, apoxie sculpt, red hair, wire to secure the mermaid to the pony | |
Additional information: |
Just another experiment in sculpting :)
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Amara's thoughts: |
Coming soon! | |
76) FROST ~ FINALIST |
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Artist Alias/Name: |
Mckwolfe, Rapidwolfe / Alexa Wolfe | |
Artist Age: |
29 | |
Website: |
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Custom Base: |
G1 Steamer | |
Media(s) used: |
Testors Acrylic paints, Winter Frost from CustomPony.com / nylon hair, wire for wing frame, apoxie sculpt, Christmas decorations for horn and colar, ultra fine glitter, air brush | |
Additional information: |
I wanted to see if I could do bird type wings here
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Amara's thoughts: |
Coming soon! | |
80) EMILY THE STRANGE ~ FINALIST |
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Artist Alias/Name: |
925cat / Michelle | ||
Artist Age: |
35 | ||
Website: |
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Custom Base: |
G3 Wish-I-Might | ||
Media(s) used: |
Acrylic paint, vinyl pinstriping, felt & embroidery thread for the cat posse, existing packaging revamped with printed adhesive backed paper. Decorative fabric trim, hair.
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Additional information: |
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Amara's thoughts: |
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95) AUTUMN ~ FINALIST |
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Artist Alias/Name: |
Michelle Bryan | |
Artist Age: |
24 | |
Website: |
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Custom Base: |
G1 Pony Bride | |
Media(s) used: |
Acrylic Paint, faux autumn leaves, string, artist varnish, 1 wooden bead. The hair is Ladybug, Sunny Day, & Tangerine Tango from Custompony.com. |
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Additional information: |
This beauty is named "Autumn". Autumn is my favorite season, and Ponies are my favorite collectable, so I decided to combine two great things! She has the beautiful, rich colors of fall in her mane and tail. Her eyeshadow is a soft red. Her wings are red, orange, yellow, with a hint of green, to match. She has pretty sparkly ruby red slippers! Her eyes have been repainted to symbolize the clear blue skies that you see in the fall. She just reminds you of this chilly and colorful time of year! |
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Amara's thoughts: |
Coming soon! | |
98) DREAMER ~ FINALIST |
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Artist Alias/Name: |
Midnight Flurry / Kelly Mills | |
Artist Age: |
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Website: |
www.kelly-mills.com | |
Custom Base: |
G3 Doseydotes | |
Media(s) used: |
Acrylics, air dry modeling clay, and Nylon hair from CustomPony.com | |
Additional information: |
This pony's name is Dreamer. She started out as purely an experimental custom, and was my first real attempt at adding sculpted parts. Her symbol is hidden behind her wings, but it is of a crescent moon and stars.
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Amara's thoughts: |
Coming soon! | |