Upon realizing the depth of a friend's love for The Last Unicorn, I decided to make her a MLP version for Christmas. I know that TLU's been done before, I have seen several breathtaking versions of her right here in the Arena, but it was the perfect gift for my friend, who adores her.

She's only my third custom. The other two are cute but nowhere near this elaborate!

Let's get introduced:


Amalthea Face by Naamah Darling, on Flickr

Glamour shot! She was made from a really rubbed and ratty and yellow old G1 Majesty. Her pen and highliter marks and yellowing lightened with some acetone and a Magic Eraser. There are still a few pink marks, but I thought she was still plenty Majestic, and chose her for the project. I don't think that her age shows at all.


Amalthea 01 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr

Oh my lord, LOOK AT ALL THAT HAIR! I used full hanks of MLP hair from Dollyhair without cutting them, because I wanted it to be crazy long and lush. Just totally over the top. And that is what it is.


Amalthea 03 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr

There is enough hair to go around her 1 1/2 times! Note to self: put weights of some kind in the pony next time! She doesn't stand up very well unless you are really careful how you put her hair.

The hair colors are Starlight and Moonlight. It looks like moonbeams and quicksilver in person. It's flat-out amazing. Do try those colors at some point!


Amalthea 04 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr

I painted her eyes in shades of blue-violet, and didn't use any black whatsoever, because I wanted that eerie depthless effect like in the movie, and wanted her color overall to be luminous and pale. Her lashes are a dark indigo color and the whites of her eyes are not actually white, but a pale lavender.


Amalthea 07 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr

A bit blurry, but I was taking these at the last second with my friend waiting in the other room!

The hair. OH THE HAIR. This was my first full re-hairing where I added holes. I used way, way too much hair. Four rows of plugs with more than the usual amount in each of them. I should have weighed her. You almost could have used her for a doorstop, the hair was so heavy!

I had to do something with it, so I braided the outer right row into six or so braids, and the center right row and half of the center left (every other plug, YEEESH) went into the twist. I had a loooong tail of hair left over at the end of the twist, which I braided, cut off, and used in the tail.

Keep in mind, I do not \"do\" hair, not even on people, let alone on tiny ponies! So this was a terrifying ordeal that involved much swearing and gnashing of teeth. And then I got this lovely result, and I had a glass of wine, and everything was okay again, and I still feel quite smug about it. It is a personal triumph.


Amalthea 08 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr

Initially, she didn't have a design, and I was gonna leave her white. I rubbed her down with Pearl-Ex powder in micropearl and she just looked so blank! I thought I should put a symbol on her, just something simple. I settled on white flowers, like the one that falls into the water in the first part of the movie. That idea turned into all of this. Which gives you an idea of how utterly terrible I am at keeping things simple. (It also makes her look very \"Here Comes the Bride\" but that's fine.)

The half-pearls are scrapbooking embellishments I picked up at the craft store. Because I'd already put the pearl powder on her, I had to pick the relatively weak sticky stuff off the back and use my own stronger glue, which was a huge pain. Worth. It.

She has random tiny pearls above her hooves on each side, to pull it all together.


Amalthea and Majesty by Naamah Darling, on Flickr

I <3 this picture so much. That right there is my childhood Majesty, recently recovered from my parents' attic.

Once I was finished, I was stunned with how well I had done, and I am quite pleased that I managed to make something so beautiful! She is actually quite simple, when you look at what was done, though. There was very little painting involved, most of it was just the hair and laying out the pattern of pearls on her bottom -- thank you Photoshop!

All that said, she's obviously not for sale, and I am not going to take commissions, but I am going to be selling ponies I make for fun (no room to keep 'em all, alas), and would be curious what folks think I should charge for something like this, since I really, really, really want to do an all-black version of her!

She is gorgeous! Simply breathtaking - love her!

I can see why your friend loves her.

She is so pretty! Love the work!

Oh just WOW! This is so amazing!

wow so pretty
the hair is too long for my tastes lol
but I loooove those eyes - any close-ups?

Um wow! You said this is only your third custom?! She looks professional!

She is just wonderful, I love love love her hair!

She's gorgeous!!! I love her!!!

I absolutely love the TLU and will have to make a version for me at somepoint, she is absolutely stunning! The pearls and long locks really tie it in together - she is too pretty x

Such a GORGEOUS custom!! LUV

Oh man... <- BIG fan of the Last Unicorn

you made my day. This is SO beatuiful

All that hair... She is gorgeous

Wow, she's GORGEOUS!

I'm not sure what you'd charge for something like that- just make sure you account for the cost of all that hair!

Just stunning. One of my fav TLU customs to date. I love the addition on the elegant flowers. You were spot on with her eyes too. <3