Anyone know about horses???

[markg316]

Sorry to bother you all, just wondering if anyone knew of any tips or good tutorials with regards to painting horses. Just started doing some perry miniatures Napoleonics and have just come to the cavalry .......DOH. any help most appreciated. Thankyou

 

[Duende]

Here\'s a link for you, just if you wan to see various colors of horses:
Beginner\'s Guide to Colors and Markings

And even better (Adobe Acrobat needed):
\'Eavy metal Painting Horses by Mike McVey

Hope these help!

 

[Jericho]

Holy smokes, that WD article is positively ancient. I had no idea they would keep something like that on the GW site. Consider it downloaded

 

[Modderrhu]

Here\'s another link to try:
http://www.ellsweb.com/minis/horses.pdf

 

[markg316]

Thanx all for your help. looks like a weekend of study ahead.
Thanx again for your time.

 

[airhead]

It is not hard to paint horses, but it sometimes is hard gettting them to hold still while you crawl around them with a paintbrush. lol

Send a PM to WiccanPony. She paints horse portraits professionally.

 

[Dragonsreach]

Originally posted by markg316
Anyone know about horses???

They have a leg at each corner, love apples, attract flies and their waste product works great in the garden around the Roses.

As for painting them, the only good one I\'ve done in XX years I did as a Morgan for one of the Coolmini competitions and while I was quite happy with it it\'s not perfect.
One thing to remember is that a lot of horses have a lighter underbelly than back so that to make them look really effective don\'t forget to include that aspect.

 

[demonherald]

use dwarf flesh and black highlighted with dwarf flesh..
just a tiny spot of black in with the dwarf flesh for basecoat..blend into the basic colour of the horse to do muzzles etc...

 

[Tinweasel]

I\'ve only painted one horse recently:
http://www.coolminiornot.com/137694

I\'d recommend stippling your paint as you work up to highlights on the horse\'s coat if you want a nice dappled appearance. Also remember that the muzzle is generally a different shade entirely, often \"black\" or \"fleshy\" depending on the breed, and that in reality most horse\'s hooves aren\'t \"black\" but come in various shades, also depending on the breed.