BCC Most Extreme Custom

In the same way that the 2021 BreyerFest Best Customs Contest Fantasy entries are truly fantastic, the Most Extreme Custom entries are extremely amazing.

Here's a look at a few or them, starting with British artist, Harriotte Preston's Night train.

Harriotte writes: Night Train started life as a Breyer Adios, who was then dremeled down into sticks, which were used as an armature. He is a Belarusian Horse, a portrait of possibly my most favourite real stallion. He has been a real passion project, and I am thrilled to have finished him and have him in my collection. Having him in model form is a dream come true, and being able to enter the BCC contest is another. I am very proud of him and think he is a turning point in my sculpting career. Hopefully a piece I can look back on in ten years and still be super proud of. 

Next up is Meghan Namaste's brindle mule.

Meghan writes: This year my entry is an American Dream (aka the Maggie Mustang!) to a jumping mule. I knew I wanted to paint a brindle for this year's contest and had thought about entering Finishwork. The reference for this guy grabbed me and wouldn't let go. Starting is the hardest part so I included a photo of the initial Dremel-and-heat-gun session to show his humble beginnings. It took many adjustments to get his positioning and proportions just right. Almost all of him is completely resculpted, mules have very different proportions than horses so a lot of care was given to make sure I got all the little anatomy quirks in there. 

He is painted in mostly pastels and a little acrylic. His base is made from rocks gathered from the farm where I grew up, and I used magnets and water effects for the first time for his base. I also really pushed myself to use a new spot for his photos, it took three tries and lots of bug bites and bruises from crawling around on rocks, but I really love how they turned out. They captured the motion, power, and calculated risk in his pose and show his expression. I don't know if I did enough to be chosen, especially as the bar keeps getting raised and everyone else is so amazing, but I created a model that conveys a lot of heart and try, and that means something no matter what.

In addition to being extremely awesome, Nickel Goings' entry is also extremely big.

She writes: Like my previous years entries, this guy is exact 1/6 scale. He is  twelve inches tall, twenty three inches long and weighs twelve pounds! The beginning mold was Family Arabian Stallion. I used all the pieces except for his tail and legs above the knee. The epoxy is an inch thick!

Carly Kudalis is another artist who believes in going big. This is "Winter", a swimming Chincoteague pony.

It's hard to believe, but Winter started life as a Breyer Khemosabi. I bet the epoxy is an inch thick on this one, too!

Other entries include Kayla Lovejoy's Renoir, a drastic custom Empres...

and Mel Cox's Secretariat portrait.

He was created using parts from four different Breyers: two Lonesome Glorys, one Imperador and one Cigar. That definitely qualifies as an extreme custom!

Thank you and congratulations, Harriotte, Meghan, Nickel, Carly, Kayla and Mel. Your models really are extremely wonderful. Good luck at BreyerFest!