Painting jumps/fillers - Creative minds needed!

[niagaraduval]

I'm making some jumps/fillers, but need to know what colours to paint them. I like jumps that are colour co-ordinated, (ie. poles and fillers the same colours) but I can't think of any good designs for the fillers.
I thought of a white filler with green clover leaves on maybe?
Please suggest any good designs/colours

 

[louisevictoria]

I have used card suits on fillers before in red and black on a white background, that went with my red/black/white poles.

 

[Ezme]

I've made simple red and white striped poles then the fillers we white with a big red triangle from bottom corners to middle of the top. Smart, simple, easy to do!

 

[hellspells]

Oh I love painting and designing jumps fillers - and agree they have to match. I love the classic red and white - that doesn't seem to popular any more. You could put the hearts, aces, spades, Diamonds on the fillers.

You could go trashy and have black/cerise pink poles/wings and then a black back ground on the fillers and a (playboy) bunny head on it.

I'll think of more I'm sure

 

[cloverleaf1985]

i once painted a filler with a deep purple background with lilac and baby blue diagonal stripes and it looked really smart.

 

[Haniki]

I've painted union jack fillers before - quite fiddly as you need lots of masking tape. A simple one is a wall - paint the filler red and mark the bricks on using masking tape or painted lines.

 

[Abracadabjar]

Or do one like i have done for my daughter...Bright pink fillers with HUGE black skulls painted on....daughter is bit of a rock chick lol

 

[Kenzo]

Just out of interest, have you bought the fillers to paint or made the fillers yourself, or used something to creat a filler?

 

[cazmoreton]

We have THE best jumps ever on our yard

one of the liveries husband's a carpenter

so XC and wings arent a prob

Got cow print fillers with black and white poles.
Chechured pink one

paw prints on planks,
hoof prints on fillers
just generally go wild

x
(just realised THE JUMPS IN MY SIG ARE WHEN I TRIED COMET AT HIS OLD YARD )
lollll

 

[Hovis_and_SidsMum]

We've got:
Bumble bees
Flowers
A train
An eye - freaks the horses out completely!
Stripes
Flags
Erm I'm trying to think what the others are...

 

[niagaraduval]

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Just out of interest, have you bought the fillers to paint or made the fillers yourself, or used something to creat a filler?

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I made the fillers

They look really good, when they're all painted up I should be very pleased, I had an old wooden partition wall, so I removed the wall and found all these great things, that could be perfect for making wings,fillers,poles,planks etc.. I'm going wild!

I'm fed up with crappy jumps that probably existed back in the 50's. They're all getting a face lift, I'm adding some colour to my arena

 

[wowser]

http://www.jump4joy.co.uk/3-Fillers.html

 

[Kenzo]

Sounds like a great idea, once a wall, now a great set of show jumps! I think we should have some picture posts of peoples home made show jumps, your getting us all inspired and wanting us to get out our paint brushes out now.

We've got loads of plain poles at our livery yard but I doubt the YO would trust me near them with a brush and a few tins of paint! My OH did make me some wings once, bless him and there still on once peice.

Just started to train my boy to jump (little x's just a for fun) so I best get cracking the whip hoping my OH will get his dusty tool box out, you never know by next year I might hav a course ready to jump

 

[piggyinablanket]

I would love to make my own jumps as we have none at all! I think pics would be great to inspire us. Please post when you are done!!!!!
oh and how about,
Chequerboard effect, hearts, big flowers, diagonal stripes (loved the purple/blue suggestion) stars, big triangles like sharks teeth, or rows of smaller ones. black horses on plain BG?

 

[niagaraduval]

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I would love to make my own jumps as we have none at all! I think pics would be great to inspire us. Please post when you are done!!!!!
oh and how about,
Chequerboard effect, hearts, big flowers, diagonal stripes (loved the purple/blue suggestion) stars, big triangles like sharks teeth, or rows of smaller ones. black horses on plain BG?

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LOVE the chequer board idea!! I will definitely post pics!
So far I plan to make:
* 3 sets of wings (all white)
* 1 ladder filler (white)
* 3 thin planks (out of old floor boards)
* 2 large fillers (black/red chequer board)
so i will need to make 3 black/red poles, and 2 black/white poles

Can anyone come up With the last design for the filler/poles?

 

[Madasmaz]

Try black and yellow...last show I went and watched jumping at all horses had a problem with the balck and yellow filler which was black background with yellow circles getting larger radiating out from two points at he bottom of the fillers...eyes and zebra stripes allos spooky so I have heard

 

[Rachntabby]

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Or do one like i have done for my daughter...Bright pink fillers with HUGE black skulls painted on....daughter is bit of a rock chick lol

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WOW can you paint me some? please
but not pink (eurgh) but blue instead?

 

[xnaughtybutnicex]

stripes, spots, stars, snowflakes, smiley faces, hearts, diamonds, flowers, animal markings(leopard, cow spots, zebra stripes ect.), clouds, paint splats, butterflies, strawberries, rainbows, hoof prints, paw prints, bumblebees, swirls, mickey mouse head(outline), crowns, raindrops

i could probably think of more but those came to mind 1st and that is quite a few lol

 

[Jiffy]

How about the Olympic rings with London 2012 written on it?

The header from Horse & Hound, a beach scene with stripey beach huts, tractor ploughing a field, shoes, sheep, fleur de lys, columns, traffic lights, spotted toadstools -

God, the list is endless!...