I found a couple of old plastic spring rocking horses in a free junk pile. I decided to give the first one a new identity as a unicorn. The 2nd one is still deciding what to be......
Scroll down to the end of this first posting to see the slight differences in Unicorn 2 now that it has been completed.
I first pulled the rocking horse hardware off both horses and gave them a good bath in the yard.
I sanded the plastic lightly and plugged the handle and footpeg holes with putty. I then placed a patch of sticky drywall tape over each hole.
I puttied over the patch and let it dry overnight. The putty was thick and needed some time to dry.
I did these first to prep steps to both horses in anticipation of updating both. You can see the step easier on the brown horse. Once the putty was thoroughly dry I sanded the area smooth with fine grit sandpaper.
I then put 3 layers of primer to help adhere to the plastic. I'm missing a few pictures of the steps....sorry. I then used thin set plaster and an inexpensive paintbrush to cover the horse (not the saddle or bridle) in a texture that resembles a vintage wood carved carousel horse. I let the brush do most of the work, but I tried to stay consistent with the way a horses hair grows. I added texture to the mane and tale as well.
I created the horn using a paper towel roll wrapped in casting strips, you could use paper mache, it just takes longer to dry. I wrapped the horn with a thick piece of cord and then did another layer of the casting material over it to create the spiral. I glued it to the face. I then painted the entire unicorn.
I then went over the entire horse, saddle, mane, and tail with a cocoa bean colored antiquing medium. I used a brush to get into all the texture layers and
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