Breyerfest 2024 Models – LIONINTHETREES

My Breyerfest models have finally arrived!
Fortunately, my box did not arrive crushed to hell and all my models were safe and sound.

Photo of the Athenian Lady celebration model horse still in her box. Athenian Lady is a chestnut with a unique facial snip marking done on the Dundee mold.

I was honestly not very fond of the Special Runs this year. 
The quagga (I Will Survive) called to me but it was an in-person only model.
And I really wanted to like the Adonis (This is My Fight Song) because I love that mold. He also reminded me of Andrea as he was one of her picks, but I just didn’t like his paint job even after seeing in-hand pictures of him. He was also an in-person only model.

I Will Survive is a model done on the Zebra mold as a Quagga

This is My Fight Song is a model done on the Adonis mold done with a liver chestnut frame overo pinto coat.

I did really like Blue Zeus and Gascon the Great—two of the Limited Edition releases that were available to both in-person and online ticket holders.

Show side view of Blue Zeus. He is blue roan with a unique white marking on the right side of his neck. He was done on the Fireheart mold.

Back side view of Blue Zeus. He is blue roan with a unique white marking on the right side of his neck. He was done on the Fireheart mold.

Show side view of Gascon. He was done on the latest Paso Fino mold with a white/grey coat.

Back side view of Gascon. He was done on the latest Paso Fino mold with a white/grey coat.

I also ended up getting Zastrid (Better Than Revenge) after debating for months on grabbing her.
A friend of mine ended up with double selections for one with her tickets so I took that as a sign to get her.

An electric, lime green and purple, turquoise, and magenta red zebra coloured horse done on the Astrid mold.

Here’s a look at the different variations for the Surprise models! I was so happy to see the surprise horse was done on Winx. I really liked all of the colours, and though I had my favourites, I was happy with receiving any of them. I'm a Matte Andy so I was hoping mine would end up in the matte finish.

The full lineup of the 5 horses for this year's Surprise model. They were done on the Winx mold. The following colours done in matte are: Blue Varnish Semi-Leopard Appaloosa, Wild Bay with Gulastra Plume, Cremello, Dark Bay Overo, and a Chestnut Sabino.

The full lineup of the 6 glossy horses for this year's Surprise model. They were done on the Winx mold. The following colours done in glossy are: Blue Varnish Semi-Leopard Appaloosa, Wild Bay with Gulastra Plume, Cremello, Dark Bay Overo, Chestnut Sabino, and a green clearware designed as a nod to BreyerFest's 35th Anniversary as the emerald is its traditional gemstone.

I ended up receiving the matte Wild Bay with Gulastra Plume. She and the green clearware colour variants were actually my bottom two choices. But seeing her in-person, I ended up liking her.
Her coat is so rich, and there's something rather witchy about this blood-red bay coat paired with a white tail.
She reminded me of Epona, the horse from The Ocarina of Time, and that made me like her even more.

Show side view of the surprise model horse done on the Winx mold. This is the Wild Bay with Gulastra Plume variant so she has a white coloured tail.

Back side view of the surprise model horse done on the Winx mold. This is the Wild Bay with Gulastra Plume variant so she has a white coloured tail.

Breyerfest 2025 banner advertisement. Done using the Breyer Blue with pops of gold glitter in the background. The text reads: Breyerfest 2025. Cheers to 75 Years! July 11-13 2025

Next year’s theme revolves around Breyer’s 75th anniversary and they’re supposedly cooking up some fun surprises! My one hope is that they do something really chaotic like resurrect Alborozo on the traditional scale mold and use him as one of the Special Run models. There is a 0.00001% of that happening but a girl can dream. 🙂

Screen shot of a tweet I made back in 2023 riffing off a meme in the model horse community that was about choosing which model horse you would be if you were a Breyer horse. The poster would also attach a photo of themselves with said model. For my post, I said I would be Alborozo because "God broke the mold when he made me".

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