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First and foremost - have fun with it, that is the most important part after all!

Starting with just one stud is not a problem at all, they allow your GMT work to spread much faster than with mares. When I make a fancy mare, I always feel obligated to do lab breeding and sometimes find myself more frustrated because it's expensive and the foals are less likely to pass than pasture foals.

On Mesa I started with just one copy of mushroom on one foundation stud and I was still able to get an hom mushroom filly by gen 3. It takes time, but I find it very rewarding!

I would say the regardless if you like fantasy genes or simple genes, it's fun to have your main stud have variety, even if it's just with the kit genes, spend some time looking at all of the different patterns and pick fun combinations (while keeping the lethal white combinations in mind!). I really enjoy having a wide variety of foals which I also why I really love the phantom genes too. They are reasonably cheap and produce such a cool variety.

Last piece of advice is patience. I find it really helpful to start a new project that isn't quite of breeding age which forces me to spend a least a month thinking and planning. It also gives you longer to use the stud and maximize the value. Stallions come of age at 3 and I noticed that this guy is already 4 which means you have lost at least one breeding season with him which would be unfortunate.

Also just a heads up that in October, Ammit releases a bunch of phantom genes (bats, spiders etc). It might be fun to start a black satin stud this month and then finish him off with a fun phantom genes next month!

Hopefully that helped a little bit! There's definitely a lot to think about, but it sounds like you have already been doing your research and utilizing that search function which is such an awesome resource!

What are you looking for in a base?

You can usually find an Exceptionally Perfect Black herd helper on the forum, so that shouldn't be too high a bar to find a new horse for your project! I could keep an eye out for you as well, if you'd like, and give him to you for create plus the gene testing cost (to make sure he's EE).

Yeah, I think I'll be able to find a base without too much trouble. If you do happen to come across one @OscarWildin I would certainly take him off your hands, but don't feel the need to go out searching/creating for me, I'll keep an eye out for the exceptionally perfect black helper.

And thanks for the suggestion, @HighFiveAcres that is a great way to save hbs, but I'm just a basic upgrade account and can't clone horses for the moment. I'll keep the idea in mind though if I really start getting into doing GMT projects in the future and have a bit more money to spend on the game!