I have always had a passion for horses, real or model, so I hit on the idea of doing a series of the more difficult colours/coats.
Biggest problem is finding a decent sculpt in the 90 mm scale that I prefer!
This one is the Poste Militaire (Bonapartes) Bare Horse, with the added bonus being that the mane, tail and forelock, are cast separately.
I chose to depict a 'Dappled Dun' coat for this one, as it has so many subtle colours/shades/hues in it's make up.
As is my norm of late, I airbrushed everything apart from the finest details, such as hooves/eyes/mouth and veins etc.
Thoroughly enjoyed this piece and the search is on for a suitable sculpt for the next one.



Ron

Lovely airbrushing,such a great tool to work with.

Ron - have you tried any of the Rio Rondo range? Larger but a challenge. Their site has a lot of content too.

Hi Ralph....thanks for comment .....my favourite tool by far

Ron

Hello Colin....I have visited the site many times for inspiration....pieces are too large for me to be able to keep and display them

Ron

As usual! Very eye catching work! Very, Very subtle and smooth tones, with a 90mm piece. Your AB, Work is getting better and better. Nicely displayed.

High regards,

Mark.

Some very nice skin mottling there. Great work
Ben

Beautiful horse.
Cheers
John

Damn difficult horse colour to do Ron C along with a strawberry roan , love this one

Ron T

Having just played about with a historex horse I had forgot how good the muscle definition on these beasts were .not your scale I know but great for cheap practise

Dappling is brilliantly handled. Much tougher to get right than on a grey
Cheers
Derek

Mark...thanks for comment mate....much appreciated ....yes...I am getting the hang of this AB lark now...I think

Ben....nice one mate

Thank you for nice comment John....pleased you like him

You have forgot to say what colours you used Ron

Hi Ron T...yes...it was a real challenge to get the subtleties of the coat...even with the airbrush .....strangely enough...Strawberry Roan was what I was planning for the next piece

Like the idea of using Historex pieces for planning out colours....nice one mate

Hello Del...the dappling was the hardest part by far to get a convincing tone....and the spacing/layout was even harder...learnt a lot doing it though

Ron T....I used 3 of the Scale 75 paint sets...Wood and Leather...Black and White....Flesh set...it's very difficult to give a distinct colour application guide...as a lot of the 'mixing' takes place on the surface as you apply each colour...
I used a base of 'Iroko'....followed by 'Walnut for the pre-shading....after that...it was all done using photos for reference while I worked...
What I can tell you is....there are 11 shades/tones overall....with 4 being the dapples alone!
Not sure if that helps mate...give me a shout if you need more info

Naw thats too bloody much as it is am a three tone palette colour man

......I have never been able to use the 'minimal' colour palette....all the colours turn 'muddy'

Lovely work Ron

Hi Steve....nice one mate