I'm now telling the "why I got this" -stories behind my Breyers. If this article becomes too long, I will happily crack it to two articles... Not every horse has an emotional backstory, for example those I had no time to plan to get.
Wishmeluck
Along with Overkill, Wishmeluck alias Vissy was one of the two first Breyer Traditionals I got new. I'm very picky with what I buy because Breyers are expensive, and I can't buy them like candy (like some Americans seem to be able to do, honestly), so I have strict criteria of what to pay attention for when choosing a model or mold. With this one, it was the anatomy. It's a realistic mold, and I like thoroughbreds and anatomy. Yet the black color helps in seeing the sculpture's details better than a non-solid color. It also wasn't hard to start seeing a personality to this model as soon as it was confirmed that he's going to end up here.
Vissy is definitely one of my favorite models, and no less because he was one who started my Breyer collection. He was choosed before Killi. And maybe he was unboxed before him, too. Vissy also is very photogenic and a good tack tree, though he has some errors, but those don't disturb me enough.
Overkill
This is one of the most powerfully galloping molds I know from Breyer, and I remember how much I wished to have dynamic horses back in the 2016. Overkill alias Killi definitely helped to fill that hole in my hobby life. Partly that was because he reminded me from some of my sketches that included light gallopers, since I've tried to get the anatomy and dynamics correct with those... So my brain melted when I saw a nicely sculpted horse which was something I've wanted to do myself for some time.
Like Vissy, also Overkill developed his personality very soon after he was home. Though his final personality has been known only recently, as I've been able to build my modelverse more.
Reizvoll
Behind this horse is not only a good sculpt, but also the fact that Valegro model matches a horse I once met in a dream. I was going to ride a warmblood gelding, I don't know why. He was very... well, average, a mid or reddish darkish bay with some socks and face markings and nice personality. He actually was cute. I had to tack him up, but for some reason I lost his bridle somewhere, so his owner got angry. The bridle was a black hackamore with some orange padding. In the end of the dream I rode this gelding, but I don't remember much else anymore...
Still, this was one thing I had to remember. I rarely get to ride a horse, and I've never done that on a warmblood, let alone a dressage horse. So when Breyer published their Valegro, I decided that I had to get one. It was one of the best thinbgs I've bought; I like my dressage pony! And he matches well enough to the dream horse. I even made his bridle soon enough, so now I really do have a bay warmblood gelding with an orange-padded hackamore (with some extras of course, but they are removable).
During 2019 I decided to sculpt a doll to match to his angry owner.
Dreamy
In the same dream as Reizvoll, was a small spotted horse - or a pony - too. It had quite stock horse type of barrel, and anatomy overall. The spots were chocolate brown, and the animal had a short mane and expressionable eyes. I never got sure was that a mare or a gelding, but it didn't matter at all when I checked that I can buy a matching-enough Breyer horse, Lil' Ricky Rocker, to act as this dream pony. So after all that he is a stallion, though the calmness and cuteness are here very strongly. One reason why I dreamed about a spotted pony was possibly because I've seen some knabstrups at a riding school some very long time ago. The expression and size were quite similar to theirs (while the pony was anatomically closer to an appaloosa).
Windy
I stick my eye at dynamic models, so I had to have this one. It also is a quarter, and QH is one of my favorite breeds despite how cruel their health state is these days. Windy has developed a strong personality since I got her, and she's one of the nicest mares I have. Not all flying or muscular horses are stallions, also mares can be strong and sharp. And Windy definitely is. Her name should represent the personality I originally saw her possessing, despite how it's colors don't match the red chestnut color so well.
Okay
Once when choosing what to order from the webshop, I saw the Slick model and thought "that horse wants to be bought". Then felt a bit stronger and decided that yes, he must be mine. He was in discount (if that's the right term), which meant less loss of money for me. Something in this horse just says that he belongs to me.
Rispetto
I don't even know the exact reason why I got this one... Maybe it was about the fact that I never got Salinero when he was available, so, as I saw a new model coming out from the same mold, I decided that it's this or nothing. You never know if a mold breaks or just goes out of production due to some (really annoying) reasons (like... age). And as I've found out, I love bays of all shades, and I also like Eberl's models, so this one should just explain himself.
Catita
Another Eberlian. For long I have been realising that I need two things: greys and iberians. Then I got both in one horse when I got this mare. And damn, isn't she nice! The sculpt is really photogenic and you can take a nice shot from every angle - even from the butt side, which usually isn't so much to see. She's more like an S, while most horses are rather I:s or slight J:s. I'm not into anything blingy or sparkly, or spotted, I like "boring" colors and textures (see how less appaloosas I have?), but this mare's surface material isn't too much for me to tolerate. I actually think it works well for a "ice horse" as she is an Yule model. Yet I have to mention that Eberl's sculpting style works very well for such icy horse. One reason to adore an ice/winter model is because I live in an "arctic" country and am a winter person myself. Snow, ice and freezing temperatures are nice (if we even have those anymore...).
I can't list more than factory models here, since I can't buy my own works (obviously... especially those which yet live in my head only) and buying resins is impossible.
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