Martha Bechtel

@martha.net

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Writer, artist, gamer, model horse addict, crafting-crafter-that-crafts... Looking for a digital home where I can talk hobbies and geek out. (Martha.net)

5min Pencil sketch of a White-Bellied Go Away Bird and Ring-tailed Lemur pseudo-gryphon
A photo of Bucket, a tan American Bulldog/Lab (we guess) cross a few days after adoption from the pound. Estimated to be about 8mo old. (He's now 9+)
Screenshot of a spreadsheet with a partial lesson plan for Potions, Year 1
Picture of a treadmill with a wall mounted computer monitor showing the World of Warcraft launcher and a spreadsheet.
A comic panel where a stick figure Author is fighting a stick figure Plot Dragon for control of the fuzzy little plot.
A screenshot from a silly conversation in a Harry Potter fanfic that uses the word Home.
Screenshot of a Google Doc showing my current fanfic list (incomplete)
Photo of blank handmade dayplanner pages. One is for a review of what happened during the week and one is for planning out the goals of the next week.
Percy (Sir Edmund Percival Hillary) who is my Mom's young tabby cat sitting in an artificial Christmas tree, sans decorations... Because they cannot coexist with a kitten. 😂
Screenshot of a draft fanfic on Archive of Our Own (AO3)
A photo of a craft pair table with magnets, tiny books and ornaments.
A photograph of an almost clean workbench. It is missing the giant pile of things I was working on for the craft fair.
A partially painted Breyer Stablemate G2 Arabian in a orange tiger pattern.
A screenshot of the new NaNo 2.0 website (a replacement for NaNoWriMo)
Model Horse Prompt: Stripes Search your shelves for zebras, zebroids (zorses, zonies, zedonks), brindles, primate duns, fantasy rainbows, if it’s an equine with stripes then post it here!
Cartoonish cat head magnets made from plaster and wood glue painted in fantasy colors.
Pewter 1:64 scale model horse drafter (by Maggie Bennett) with a wooden fence and a train grass base
Bay Breyer Traditional Proud Arabian Stallion from the Arabian Horses of the World Set, 1991-1992 Sears Holiday Catalog (4,350 made).
Model horse prompt: Bay Post a photo of any variation of bay! Dark, red, blood, splash overos, appaloosas, fantasy blue-bay– show us what you’ve got (or wish you had!)
A screenshot of labels-in-progress for the craft fair bags.
Model horse prompt: Fall/Autumn Take a gander at your bookshelf herds and pick the model horse that most reminds you of fall! (Halloween horses, zombies, or just a pumpkin pie colored pony all count!)
Customized Breyer Stablemate G2 Saddlebred into a a literal blue roan tovero with purple ribbons.
Model Horse Prompt: Roans Time to scour your bookshelf herds for reds, blues, lilacs, blacks, bays, strawberry, rabicanos, sabinos, etc.! If it looks like a roan, it counts! (Unless it’s a dun! 😂)
Breyer stablemate scale model horses from the Deluxe Horse Collection.
A bay appaloosa traditional scale (1:9) model horse. This is the Thoroughbred Mare artist resin sculpted by Carol Williams and painted by Liz Shaw.
Breyer classic scale Black Beauty, model #705498 Classic Appaloosa 3-Piece Set from 1998
Model Horse Prompt: Appaloosa Post a photo of any variation of appaloosa! From blankets to leopards, snowcaps to roans – show us what you’ve got (or wish you had!)
Very rough alpha of a title screen for a computer game I am creating.
A Breyer Traditional Scale model horse, Marguerite Henry's Stormy.
Model Horse Prompt: Fun-Sized! Most model horses are adults, but there are quite a few foals and fillies out there. Check out your shelf daycares and share one of the younger crowd!
Screenshot of the redesigned Saturday Story Prompt archive page.
Breyer Traditional scale Dream Weaver model horse. Model #833 from 1991, he is a chestnut on the Black Beauty mold.
Model Horse Prompt: Chestnut Post a photo of any variation of chestnut! Liver, flaxen, red, tobianos, blanket appys-- show us what you’ve got (or wish you had!)
Breyer's Stablemate scale Deluxe Horse Collection (eight model horses on a beach)
My workbench with various tiny handmade books of writing prompts.
Model Horse Prompt: In The Cart Have a model you’re saving up for? Or waiting on a release? Or on the hunt to find? What’s next for your herd? Or do you add new horses to your herds spontaneously?
Screenshot from a work-in-progress computer game.
A badly drawn stick figure comic drawn on lined paper depicting the first page of a Stargate Atlantis fanfic (Imaginary Gate Team 5 are all OC's)
Photo of a buckskin Breyer Stablemate Quarterhorse (G2) and a Beasts of the Mesozoic Zuniceratops christopheri
Model Horse Prompt: Buckskin or Dun From grullas to claybacks and zebras, sooty to buttermilks– Post a photo of any variation of buckskin or dun! Show us what you’ve got (or wish you had!)
A bookshelf crowded with model horses.
Model Horse Prompt: Second Horse on the Left... …and straight on ‘till morning! Post a photo of the second horse on your shelf/bookcase/desk/etc! (If your horses aren’t currently in a line, feel free to reorganized them!)
Breyer Classic scale (1:12) Silky Sullivan model horse. Based off the Maureen Love sculpture for Hagen-Renaker. This is #603 in the original chestnut, released 1975-1990. This model was stepped on and has a broken neck and head that has been improperly repaired with super glue.
My completely clear artist workbench (aka Ikea table) after being scrubbed down after the last order. Ready for a new project!
Custom traditional scale (1:9) model horse model horse modular fence and bridge order. There are white three-rail fences, stained four-rail fence, attachable supports to help doll placement, and a weathered wood bridge. All made by me over the course of a month.
Screenshot from the current wip of Wandering Empires which is a weird combination of kingdom builder, incremental, and rouguelike.
Andromeda is a custom painted (by me) TOOB Standing Pony with a black base, metallic rainbow starburst and the glossiest of glosses! #modelhorse #art
Large collection of white and stained modular Traditional scale (1:9) model horse fencing (and a bridge!)
Large tan dog (aka Bucket) with his head in a cat bed.
A large tan dog (aka Bucket) and a black and white tuxedo cat (aka Taft) demonstrate the correct usage of a cat bed.
Picture of the back of the Traditional scale (1:9) model horse fence with the doll bracer attached with rubber cement.
Close up headshot of the pewter micro mini scale zebra stallion (named Timbavati) that is Maggie's Monthly Micro for August 2025!
Comparison of two styles of model horse fencing. One is a three-rail fence that has been painted white and the other is a four-rail fence that has been stained brown. The model is a Breyer Ideal American Quarter Horse.
Image of an old man in a fisherman's wet weather gear and the text: He takes the offerings of coffee, dressed in the overcoat his father wore. As he moves, his shadow lingers a heartbeat behind, pooling in thick strands along the floorboards. Hours later her kitchen still smells of heavy wine-dark seas and secrets, #tentacled and old. Prompt response for wierdvss from September 2020
A Breyer traditional scale (1:9) Ideal American Quarter Horse model horse with two sets of handmade modular four rail fencing with bases. The near fencing is stained wood and the far fencing is unfinished wood (soon to be painted white!)
Shows the outside of a house where the siding has been removed and water damage from an improperly installed roof has had slow leaks for 17 years.
This is a photo of not NEARLY enough wood for the traditional scale (1:9) model horse fence order that just came in. Two different styles of fence, 10 posts in each style... plus a bridge! This is gonna be fun! :D
This is a quick screen capture of my very alpha version of Wandering Empire (and idle, rouge-like, kingdom builder)!
Picture of the model horse in the Breyer charity auction with the highest price.
This is a short video of the Invincible flying horse mount in World of Warcraft.