Ome Ortega It’s a Clydesdale, their meant to be that way.

@@brianwalsh5653 why so rude man ?

Jayanti Chatterjee what? I said it was a Clydesdale?

Oops, I meant Shire.

@@brianwalsh5653 lmao Shire or Clysdale they are still thicc my man

Hi Crazy Lazy Wolf, I'm glad you could get something from the video.

We're glad you like it 😊

Hi Tzaddiel, we are glad you liked it. We have attached the second part of the lesson here where we painted him. (in case you've not seen it :) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sNlmh5ZhqqjVg6M.html

Unfotunately i love sculupting but i dont have documents to learn it

Thank you! 🙌

Hi Paula, we're glad our tutorial inspired you to create your own sculpture. For this lesson we used Mont Marte Make n Bake Polymer Clay. You can buy it at Art Shed Online (www.artshedonline.com.au), or you can check if you have a Mont Marte stockist in your area by searching your suburb or postcode here: www.montmarte.net/stockists/. We'd recommend calling the store before you visit to make sure they stock the product/s you are looking for. We hope this helps!

Yeah you could. You would certainly have alot of reference to draw from :)

Hi war duke, cheers and lol you never know!

Hi Giri, we're glad you enjoyed it! That's a lovely gift idea. Are there any particular tips/questions you would like advice on that we didn't cover in the tutorial? We'd be happy to provide a couple of pointers.

Hi Galip, thank you for your comment. To bake this model, you will need to put it in the oven at a temperature of 130 degrees for 30 minutes. Once it is baked, turn off the oven and open the oven door but don't remove the model until it has cooled down completely. Once the model is cool, you can remove it from the oven and start painting it. We have a second tutorial that takes you through the painting steps if you're interested. You can find it here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sNlmh5ZhqqjVg6M.html. Good luck!

Hi there, for this project we used booker rods, a wire coat hanger and fencing tie wire. We hope this helps!

Polymer clay bakes at low temperatures for a relatively short period of time, usually 15 minutes per quarter inch of thickness. The metal inside isn't affected and doesn't affect the sculpture at those low temps and short baking times.

Hi there, thanks for reaching out! It's such an awesome project 🙌 If you let us know your email address, we can send you the PDF lesson plan for you to get started! 😊

Thanks for commenting Debra I'm glad you liked it.

Hi there, great question! You can find a front and back view of the armature in the lesson PDF: bit.ly/polymer-clay-horse

Glad you could get somthing from it WKB24 :)

MontMarteArt 😊😊😊

It should pose no problems because the core is already baked/cured. So you are only baking the 'outer shell'. You bake the second stage (shown here), for an hour at 125 degrees C (257 F). Turn the oven off and open the door. Let the piece cool gradually and don't remove it until it is totally cooled. This slow cooling is the key to avoiding cracks from quick contraction. Thanks for the enquiry.

Hi Zoja, I ended up fixing it! I'm working on a lesson where I paint the horse with Oil Paint. Ill be uploading it soon. Thanks for commenting. Joe

MontMarteArt nice! l cant wait to see him.

Hi Akshay, for this sculpture we've used Beige Mont Marte Make n Bake Polymer Clay 400gm Block. If you're interested, you can download the full material list here: www.montmarte.net/mont-marte-tv/view/shire-draught-horse. We hope this helps!

Hi there - thanks for reaching out! To bake this model, you will need to put it in the oven at a temperature of 130 degrees for 30 minutes. Once it is baked, turn off the oven and open the oven door but don't remove the model until it has cooled down completely. Once the model is cool, you can remove it from the oven and start painting it. We have a second tutorial that takes you through the painting steps if you're interested. You can find it here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sNlmh5ZhqqjVg6M.html. Good luck!

Hi Janet, we're glad you enjoyed the music! The song we have used is called Melodic Guitar by Blue Horse.

Great tip thanks!

Hi there, thanks for your question. We don't know the characteristics of that particular clay, so we'd recommend checking with the manufacturer. Good luck!

MontMarteArt thank you❤️And nice work!!!

WhiteMoon Shadow im pretty sure theyre australian!

Lol Australia

Hi Nima, thanks for reaching out! If you DM us your email address we can send you through the PDF guide 😊

That's how it's said in Australia lol. You Americans with your aloominoom.

Hi GrainneDhu, thank you for your information. That’s an interesting observation you’ve made and we appreciate you pointing it out! We did some research and found out that what you're saying is true. You've got a good eye.

I'm just a fan(atic) of draft horses. There is a very famous draft horse auction relatively close to me each fall and I attended it for over 40 years. I've always wanted Percheron team to drive and I'm sure that will be my number one priority after winning the lottery. Plus, I did show hunter/jumpers as a teen and put in my time standing behind horses braiding tails with an animal having a way better hair day than I was.

Hi GrainneDhu, it's great to hear about your passion. Draft horses are beautiful creatures and we can see why you'd be drawn to them. It sounds like you've had a very interesting past with them and we're grateful that you shared your knowledge with us!

Thanks for the information

Actually, that's false. The video maker was completely accurate in saying that Shires are overall the largest breed, although I am sure there are small Shires that are smaller than large Percherons. Sadly, I think the Percheron breeders have changed the breed in the USA by breeding for size. When I started learning about horses in the 1960s, Percherons were at least a hand shorter, compact and very powerful. Since then, the trend has been bigger and bigger, which anatomically actually reduces their power. There is a physical 'sweet spot' for size, over which more size just means that the horse has to use up more muscle and bone in carrying the extra size, beyond the point at which the increase in size increases power. So the old fashioned compact Percherons were actually more powerful than the physically larger Shires.

Well that I didn't know. Thank you for telling me.

Tzaddiel look up Belgians

You'll be able to find the template and materials list here 😊 www.montmarte.com/blogs/projects-how-to/create-shire-draught-horse-sculpture-with-polymer-clay-part-1

@@MontMarteArt thank you!

If you look at the horses on google its really not. They are are massive muscle horses used to move heavy wagons. It is actually pretty accurate.

I agree with you. The part between the withers and the back is too small (uh...or it's the neck that is too thick maybe), so it give an impression of a weird neck. But it's still a great work :) (sry for my english, i'm french :/)

Draft horses were bred for very large muscle on the neck and front upper shoulder areas. This was so they could pull very heavy loads without straining muscles or even snapping tendons or ligaments. If you look at pictures of draft horses that are used for actual manual labor compared to the "parade pony" draft horses, the draft horses used for heavy work have the same muscle structure.

actually, looking at pictures, I do see where you are coming from, but the muscle structure of this sculpt is far, far overdone. The way it has been made here, makes it so the horse can hardly even move its neck down to grace! Sure they have extremely thick necks, but this is by far unrealistic

Agreed. If you look at it too, you'll notice that if the neck is too thick, then the body is too short and not "thicc" enough.

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Bonjour marie, votre droit, j'ai réglé le squelette d'un cheval standard mais je n'ai pas fait le cou suffisamment malheureusement. L'autre défaut est que le ventre est à large, donc il ne semble pas assez élevé. C'est mon premier cheval et j'ai eu beaucoup de problèmes. Je l'utiliserai comme une leçon. Pouvez-vous voir d'autres aspects que je pourrais réparer pour les projets futurs? Merci d'avoir commenté.

Bonjour marie, merci pour vos merveilleux commentaires! Je vais le prendre à bord. Je ne l'ai pas encore cuit et le cou et le ventre ont besoin de travailler comme vous le dites. Votre publication a été soumise à des commentaires à réviser et ne me laisse pas publier les commentaires malheureusement? Mais j'apprécie vraiment vos mots sincères. Très gentil respect Joe

Hi truth hurts, yeah, The mistake I made was to adjust the skeleton of a standard horse, the height from the back to the plinth and the length from the chest to buttocks is ok, the two flaws are that the neck is not long enough and the back to the belly is too wide, so as a result the horse doesn't look 'tall'. I had many problems with this project and will use it as a lesson. Btw Is there any other flaws that i could improve on do you think? Thank you for the comment too.

+MontMarteArt thank you for your non toxic reply, it's smth that is rare nowadays. The thing that attracts my eyes is the thick neck / big head. I think if it was a bit smaller, the proportions would be much better. Plus, Idk how to call it in English, I'm not a native speaker, but the horses hair on head and tail make it look a bit grotesque. It makes the horse look like a hybrid of some sort from sci-fi or horror games. But when one starts looking at details, yeah, it looks normal, just weird.

Hi Truth hurts, yeah I get what your saying regarding the hair too, i'll take it on board. Thanks again.

Hi, the clay you use, can the same be done with super sculpey clay? That is heating it and then applying more clay to it?? That's pretty neat technique plus the fact that the super svilpy I'm using is soft which is hard at times to work on

Hi Gypsiyvanner, to be honest this footage was taken before it was actually finished. I've attached a clip as to how it finished up. Still not perfect but better cheers ;) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sNlmh5ZhqqjVg6M.html