Link & Epona with Goron Sword Quest items –SOLD– NOT RECOMMENDED to display this project in direct sunlight for prolonged periods of time. Dyes on synthetic hair as well as leathers are prone to fading I was out shopping at craft store and purchased a package of tiny glass bottles, and one of them was a blue star shaped one. I figured it would be one of the quickest bottles I’d use on a custom pony project, especially with a steampunk themed custom… but then I remembered there was a actual blue star shaped bottle of eyedrops in the Zelda series, and decided that I needed to do some research and do another Link custom with the quest items. After some research realized it was the Big Goron Sword quest from Ocarina of Time, that Link had to do as an adult- exchange a series of items to obtain the Big Goron Sword. Researching the items, I chose the main items. I left out the broken sword and claim check, stuff like that but chose the cutest items like eyeball frog, eyedrops, blue cuckoo, egg and odd mushroom. Also decided these items would be best adorned on the saddle of a larger Epona custom. So along with these quest items, I crafted a Big Goron Sword as well. I didn’t craft any other additional items or accessories from the game cause I wanted this particular project to focus on the quest items. But Link isn’t ever complete without a Navi on his tail. So I started off with the Link custom. Pony base is a generation 4 smaller Princess pony. Left the horn on, removed the wings. Coated the entire pony in white gesso to give a canvas for the paint work to bond to. Eyes painted in my anime/realism style. Full body repaint in fleshtone acrylics. Cut the ears off and painted white acrylics for Link’s white underclothes. All paint sealed in Artists Varnish. Replaced pony ears with leather hylian-style ears I crafted from leather and painted, punched a hole in each ear with leather punch and shaped thick silver wire hoop earrings through the holes. Mane and tail are rooted in the following synthetic doll hair: TheDollPlanet’s Midastouch RetrodollsUS jonquil Dollyhair nylon mlp hair in the colors: Peaches & cream Passionfruit Butterpecan Recycled golden yellow hair from a g3, probably mango tango DH.Mane permanently styled in my hair gel method. Next up, I crafted his boots and gauntlets from real leather. The main material of his boots is a brown suede. Lined detail with hemp cord, painted a triforce on one gauntlet. I then hand-stitched his green tunic and hat from bright green cotton fabric, brown belts are bias tape with green ribbon detailing, golden buckles I shaped from thick gold wire, square painted brown rhinestones. I stitched white undercollar on the tunic from wide bias tape. Navi is a blue cotton ball with lavender flower petals stitched that I used on the Deku Princess commission I did. Navi is stitched in place on the tunic near the tail. Epona- this was another doozy of a challenge. This is the second Epona custom I’ve crafted, first one I did back around 2010 or so for a commission. That saddle had other items like Link’s wallet and a bottled poe. Pony base for this one was a black Breyer horse. I cut out a large rectangle in its back for the Link custom to nestle in. Coated the entire horse in clear gesso, did a hand-mixed acrylic blend of reds and browns for the full body repaint. Did black hand-blended gradients up the legs, nose and ears. Painted the eyes, and sealed all paint work in Artists Varnish. Mane, tail and fetlocks are TheDollPlanet’s whitefang hair. Mixed in Dollyhair nylon marshmallow cream hair into just the fetlocks, and dyed the base of the tail with navy blue Rit Dye. Fetlocks and mane are permanently styled. Saddle- started with the dyed blue leather interior. Then lined it with several other layers of real leather, all detailed in various rhinestones including painted triangles to make the Triforce on each side. Suede cloth attached to both sides of saddle. Goron Sword quest items- blue star eyedrop bottle was purchased as-is. I glued the cork in place so it won’t ever pop off and get lost. I purchased craft mushroom and egg from craft store, and painted them in acrylics to match the game items. Glued brown faux fur around the bottom of the egg for its nest. Blue cuckoo and eyeball frog are ceramic figures I lightly customized. Eyeball frog just has pearl rhinestones for the eyes and I painted the pupils on. Cuckoo was originally a black crow but I painted it blue, added blue feathers and cut out red leather waddle and put black rhinestones on it for the eyes. Then the Big Goron Sword is silver vinyl I double-folded-over then glued a blue toothpick in place for the handle, wrapped blue thread around it then used navy blue leather strip pieces for the hilt then finished it by added gold rhinestones.