90mm Dappled Grey painting question.

[Paul Casson]

I've seen the Andrea tutorial on painting horses via airbrush and i dont think it will cut the mustard technique wise with a 90mm horse. Are there any tips, advice or a suggestion on the best alcoholic beverage to make this issue go way.
Cheers
Paul

 

[pgarri27]

Oil or acrylic?

 

[Paul Casson]

Thinking maybe a combination of the two mediums.

 

[kagemusha]

Although not a 'Dappled' grey.....this may show you what can be done with a 90 mm horse and airbrush....http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/avant-gardé-sbs.67348/page-4

Ron

 

[housecarl]

Here you go Paul.

 

[Paul Casson]

Ta for the YT link...would be fun to see that horse in white metal!

 

[housecarl]

Cancel the gym membership.

 

[theBaron]

As far as the second part of your question goes, Franziskaner Hefeweizen. It could also help you while implementing the technique, too.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Helm]

Turps both for cleaning and drinking! one good technique is to use a sponge ( must be natural not synthetic) very lightly apply the light dapple colour with it just barely touching the surface, I used it on the one and only ever dapple I'm ever doing
Steve

 

[chippy]

Paul the first thing to do is Google images of Dappled Grey horses , you will be surprised how much variation there is from almost white to slate grey . If you'r happy using both acrylics and oils then I would suggest after you have primed it give it a coat of very very pale grey acrylic then using oils start adding very small dabs of slightly various darker different greys over the horse and blend them in but leaving different tones over the body and give this a day to dry back . The next stage is to add the dapples and shading , for the dapples I like to paint a series of dark grey or black rings were I want the dapples , mainly on the flanks, hind quaters , belly and neck then very gently roll a piece of fine foam over them or stipple with a wide brush (the foam that most kits are wrapped in is good) this breaks down the sharp edges . now go back to your lightest grey and add a spot to each of the dapples and gently stipple them out but not so that you lose the the darker outer ring . Black or dark grey legs look good on painted dappled horses all thought this is not always the case on real horses but it makes that part easier to paint . Just add shadows as normal .
chippy

 

[martin tabony]

Remember dappling occurs on other coloured horses, not just greys. They're then called "coin marks".

Martin

 

[Colin_Fraser]

I find looking at other scale model horses helps. I would suggest the artists' galleries at riorondo.com as a good source of inspiration.

Colin

 

[Paul Casson]

Many thanks for all the help chaps, i'll post some in progress pics when i sober up.

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

Have a look at Paul Vincent's work on 54mm metal models for inspiration re horse painting

 

[arj]

I find looking at other scale model horses helps. I would suggest the artists' galleries at riorondo.com as a good source of inspiration.

Colin

Just about every horse is covered here. I downloaded the pictures a long time ago and formed them into a reference booklet. It's a great pity that their colour mix reference book has been out of print for such a long time.
Andrew