What lengths do you go to for your ponies?

ZeldaTheSwordsman

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Stole this thread idea from Mana Minori over on the Arena.

For those of you who like to interact with your ponies, take them off their displays or out of storage and play with them and/or do photoshoots with them, what lengths do you go to? Do you tend to spoil them with frequent spa treatment? Do you build sets and props to photograph and play with them with? How far do you go?

I love to take mine out and play with and photograph them. And I have made sets (well, only one finished set so far) and props and whatnot, and am working on more.

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Some of you might remember this room, I posted it six years ago. The SNES is a download I found on DeviantART here.
The TV, I made myself. The base structure is a simple measured, cut, and glued cardboard rectangular solid. The buttons are a length of matchstick that's been notched. The speaker grilles are cardboard rectangles with crosshatches scribed into them to make them look like old-school speaker mesh. But the best part is the screen. The acetate used for the screen? Is only glued at the sides. Meaning I can slip different pictures behind it to show different things on the screen.

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I've also got a set for an arcade in the works, prompted by me getting one of those mini arcade machines for Christmas. This one is going to be a bit more elaborate, having different pieces for different areas like the snackbar, inside and outside the entrance, and such. Although there will be recycling going on, like using the same floor pieces but with different machines set up on it. Shown here is the WIP facade.

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More recently, I made these paper hats for Molly and Baby Sundance.
 
Ive been trying to make top hats for my big brothers. so far I am not liking the outcome, so i dont have any pictures (hat is too tall, brim not wide enough)
 
When I take mine out for photos, I try to pose them as carefully as I can. If they get dirty or their hair messes up, that’ll just have to be fixed. With ponies who have a nice hairstyle naturally (I don’t style, I try to keep whatever they have), theirs will need to be extra careful. If it happened to mess up I’ll try the best I can to fix it.

Years ago when I took photos of my other figures, I would have them trying to interact with whatever environment they’re in (there’s an old photo of one of my figures holding a seashell at the beach) or maybe with other toys
I haven’t built sets for mine but since I have lost pretty much all of the accessories for my ponies, I have considered making new ones and pulling the Ice Cream Dream Supreme truck out the loft

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This is one of the photos I took not too long ago. I purposely made her hooves a bit dirty but it’s not so easy to see. They needed a bit more I think but I got the idea a bit late in the day and was trying to be quick from the sunlight that kept coming and going
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I don't do photo shoots as my camera is garbage. I do, however, open the case to talk to them and brush pretty much weekly. I make sure there's no dust, nobody's touching, and sometimes rearrange. My daughter is encroaching on my pony space way too much.
 
I use both my phone camera and digital camera for taking photos. I have an SD card for my camera especially for toy photography.
I usually choose to take photos of them with my phone camera as it is smaller and I can get closer to them if it’s a small area but also because it wouldn’t cast as much of a shadow if it was sunny. I have to take my phone out of my case though for better handling for the pictures. Not nice on hot days though, it burns
 
I really like organizing my displays, I have to fidget with it until it's just right. I'm always looking to improve and optimize space......so I can fit more!!
Exactly!
 
I clean and style every new pony I get, with the exception of my Little Giggles, who might still have factory curl. I'm starting to restyle my collection as a whole since some of them have had their hairdo for years and most don't have neat, curled hair anymore!

As for setting up scenes, I LOVE doing that. I have some miniatures to help and I make some stuff myself, mostly the papers and whatnot. I'm trying to take more photos for my collection website. Here are a few pics from over there:
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Love seeing other people's elaborate pony pics!!
 
My mummy custom has a backdrop. She also has props and a coffin.
 
I'm going to completely rearrange and revamp my shelves as soon as the new ponies arrive, and my hands will cooperate whether they want to or not.
 
@Truly_Scrumptious Those are some nice scenes and props!

Another thing I do is, whenever I go yardsaling I keep an eye out for furniture and props and whatnot that look like they would go well with my ponies. Such as the carriage I used in my entry for the summer photo shoot finale
 
With my physical ponies, I put them in my room, and they are pretty decorations.

AndI have some that I snuggle when sleeping.


As for tha fandom,almost all of my free time is spend on ponies >-< :satisfied:
 
I rearrange, dust off and brush my ponies frequently. In fact, I'm sort of in the process of that now since I have a few more ponies to add to the shelves. :) It keeps my displays interesting and allows me to sort of "play" with them in the process.
 
I clean and do things with my special ponies but I don't do that with the rest of them and I just let them stew in their own filth probably shouldn't do that so they won't attack the special ponies out of jealousy.
 
I don't take my ponies out too much. Except for Trickles, she runs all around my room and she sleeps next to me (I place her on my bedside table).
 
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