This will be my submission for the NATG 2012 day 2 theme: draw a pony in training whenever their process isn’t melting down anymore.

After seeing what the theme was, I knew exactly what I had to do. There was no way for me to resist. So poor Dusky gets to be concerned about the methods involved in this training.

Took me about 3 hours to do this one. Ponies standing on their hind legs are a pain to draw. Despite that, it was still faster than yesterday. I even touched up the dark spots a bit more. Done with the usual 2H-HB-2B trio.

I may have gotten slightly carried away. And by that, I mean slightly modifying Make a Man Out of You to ponify it so I could add it as flavour to go with this (I do realize the parts meant to characterize each of the soldiers won’t make sense here half the time, but eh). >.>

Anyway, enjoy:

Let’s get down to business
Bring our might to bare
Did they send me fillies
When I asked for mares?
You’re the saddest bunch
I ever met
But you can bet
Before we’re through
Missy, I’ll make a mare
out of you

Tranquil as a forest
But on fire within
Once you find your center
you are sure to win
You’re a spineless, pale
pathetic lot
And you haven’t got a clue
Somehow I’ll make a mare
out of you

I’m never gonna catch
my breath
Say good-bye to those
who knew me
Boy, was I a fool in school
for cutting gym
This girl’s got ’em
scared to death
Hope she doesn’t see
right through me
Now I really wish that I
knew how to swim

(Be a mare)
We must be swift as
the coursing river
(Be a mare)
With all the force
of a great typhoon
(Be a mare)
With all the strength
of a raging fire
Mysterious as the
dark side of the moon

Time is racing toward us
till the Grifs arrive
Heed my every order
and you might survive
You’re unsuited for
the rage of war
So pack up, go home
you’re through
How could I make a mare
out of you?

(Be a mare)
We must be swift as
the coursing river
(Be a mare)
With all the force
of a great typhoon
(Be a mare)
With all the strength
of a raging fire
Mysterious as the
dark side of the moon

(Be a mare)
We must be swift as
the Coursing river
(Be a mare)
With all the force
of a great typhoon
(Be a mare)
With all the strength
of a raging fire
Mysterious as the
dark side of the moon