Dirty cavalrymen and horse weathering.

[1969]

No but on a related subject the bus load of ermm, young ladies that used to come to Faslane for the Thursday night disco were known as the Dumbarton cavalry.

I am assuming that is not because they all had big ears, big teeth and a ponytail

 

[billyturnip]

I am assuming that is not because they all had big ears, big teeth and a ponytail

Not all of them, no.

 

[Red Five]

If your following another horse over soft ground at speed you tend to get mud thrown at you. You have to be like George W Bush when that Iraqi through a shoe at him, dodging the lumps of mud!

Horses get sweaty too. They can get lots of white foam on the shoulders for example plus a bit of froth around the bit.

 

[billyturnip]

If your following another horse over soft ground at speed you tend to get mud thrown at you. You have to be like George W Bush when that Iraqi through a shoe at him, dodging the lumps of mud!

Horses get sweaty too. They can get lots of white foam on the shoulders for example plus a bit of froth around the bit.

I was hoping you would chime in Andrew. Replicating this in miniature form would be quite a challenge to make it look convincing.
Looks like the effect you get when you don't mix Humbrol matt cote properly.

 

[theBaron]

I just love your thread title, Roger, it did catch my eye!

Seriously, for thick accumulations of mud or dirt, I like to use ground-up pastel chalks, mixed with a drop or two of water, and a drop of dishwashing liquid. I can make a slurry with this, and the dishwashing liquid helps provide some cohesion and adhesion. When it dries, it can have a grainy texture, and I can add things like old tea leaves to it, or bits of twine, to make it look like there's grass or leaves mixed up in it. I hit on this mix building armor and aircraft models.

Prost!
Brad

 

[theBaron]

I was hoping you would chime in Andrew. Replicating this in miniature form would be quite a challenge to make it look convincing.
Looks like the effect you get when you don't mix Humbrol matt cote properly.

Holy crap!

Maybe some artist's gel medium, too?

 

[billyturnip]

I hit on this mix building armor and aircraft models.

Prost!
Brad

It was that current trend in armour modeling and products available that got me thinking about this Brad.

 

[billyturnip]

Holy crap!

We haven't even begun on that end yet!

 

[chippy]

Liquid Water with a little white paint mixed in would most likely give you the foam effect on the horse Roger . For the mud spattering for both horse and rider I would try and old stiff bristled brush(not a Tooth Brush) and flick the paint on . Start from a distance away for fine spots and move in closer to get more concentrated areas . Try it out on a piece of paper or plastic card first to get the feel of it . It's how I oil and mud up my tanks .
chippy

 

[billyturnip]

For the mud spattering for both horse and rider I would try and old stiff bristled brush(not a Tooth Brush) and flick the paint on . Start from a distance away for fine spots and move in closer to get more concentrated areas . Try it out on a piece of paper or plastic card first to get the feel of it . It's how I oil and mud up my tanks .
chippy

Done that one myself Chippy, also hitting a loaded brush with just air out of the airbrush works quite well, also advisable to try out somewhere else first.

 

[billyturnip]

Hmm, now beginning to wish I'd asked my wife for a mounted figure instead of two foot figs. for my birthday.

 

[Red Five]

If you ride a horse that is that sweaty. It pet upsets your boots and you smell strongly of horse.

I do enjoy walking around Waitrose smelling of horse. You get some strange looks!

The froth around the bit is quite normal and you can see it in dressage and show jumping . When you get off they always try and wipe it on you.

Andrew.

 

[Red Five]

One more thing


Going back to another conversation on painting horse hair or not.

Horses that expect to see a lot of action are clipped. Look at the pictures of that racehorse.

Andrew

 

[Red Five]

One more thing


Going back to another conversation on painting horse hair or not.

Horses that expect to see a lot of action are clipped. Look at the pictures of that racehorse.

Andrew

 

[billyturnip]

I do enjoy walking around Waitrose smelling of horse. You get some strange looks!

That's usual around here, nobody notices... except it's the C0-Op.

 

[fogie]

I do enjoy walking around Waitrose smelling of horse. You get some strange looks!

Well I never .... I always thought it was the basic range lasagne.

 

[billyturnip]

Well I never .... I always thought it was the basic range lasagne.

You're getting mixed up, that tastes of horses.

 

[fogie]

A rare painting of the 1st Patissieres in action ... but It could be said to follow the general trend of this thread.
( Not able to make a proper attribution alas, so if anyone knows who painted it, perhaps you could tell me )

 

[billyturnip]

It's by Caroline Vos.
https://www.behance.net/CarolineVos

 

[fogie]

Excellent ... thanks for that. She's a genius !