Guy
A Fixture
Its been several years since I posted a step by step. With all the photography of the reviews I do the last thing I want to do when I actually get time to paint is pick up a camera. I did take photos of each step I am at with Pegaso's 90mm Ghengis Khan figure.
I have long been a Mongol fan and read most everything I can find on the Mongol subject. When this kit was first released I knew I had to have it. I finally picked one up from Red Lancers and the long slow project began.
I always have a mounted figure in progress "on the side" being worked on while I am also doing single foot figures and busts. I have about 8 figures / busts in progress and this one classic, Ghengis.
I first started doing research on the Mongols by looking for images, preferably color through Google and saving them to my desktop file for later reference when I started my copy. I also save to this file any painted version that may appear on the internet and found in show galleries. Over the years I have accumulated about a dozen different versions of this beautiful miniature.
I first start by researching the horse and start the assmebly of the horse in the meantime.
I have long been a Mongol fan and read most everything I can find on the Mongol subject. When this kit was first released I knew I had to have it. I finally picked one up from Red Lancers and the long slow project began.
I always have a mounted figure in progress "on the side" being worked on while I am also doing single foot figures and busts. I have about 8 figures / busts in progress and this one classic, Ghengis.
I first started doing research on the Mongols by looking for images, preferably color through Google and saving them to my desktop file for later reference when I started my copy. I also save to this file any painted version that may appear on the internet and found in show galleries. Over the years I have accumulated about a dozen different versions of this beautiful miniature.
I first start by researching the horse and start the assmebly of the horse in the meantime.
Horse reference photograhs
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Above are various photos I pulled off the internet showing the short Mongol horse in various positions. All the colors were what I wanted my horse to be. A Khaki top with white underbelly and nose.
The top photo above shows the horse epoxyed together and placed into my Dremel D Vise for drilling up into the hoofs of the horse to insert and epoxy brass rod for later mounting to a work base and then to its permanent base.
Above you see the Floquil Khaki base color with 2 coats. The front portion of the horse has begun to be blended and shaded using Red Brown Floquil and white.
Above you see the rear portion of the horse in the beginning stages of blending and shading using the same colors as above. The beauty of working with enamels is I did the front portion one night and the rear portion another night without having to do all the horse at once as I would have if I had used oils.
[ to be continued ]
maybe next year I'll start mine 
