Well it had to happen didn’t it? I did say that I was only 90% happy with the painting of my Scots Grey’s horse and things only got worse when Mrs S said she didn’t think it looked very good either. That was it – the more I looked at it the more it began to resemble the spotty dog in the Woodentops*.So it was back to Dallimore to re-read his tips on painting dapple grey’s – “not as difficult as you may think” he says! With that, some tranquillisers, and a few pictures of horses I Googled I was ready for another bash.
By starting with a darker grey as my base tone and putting black socks on the legs I seem to have achieved a slightly more realistic result. This time the finished article looks less like an extra from Mary Poppins and a bit more like a menacing trooper from the Royal North British Dragoons. I hope you agree but to put me out of my misery please feel free to leave a comment!
*If you don’t know who the Woodentops were click here.
7 comments:
This is much better, you should realise that if you are only 90% happy with something then it's probably not good enough for you!
I suspect all of your regular readers, at least in the UK, are familiar with spotty dog, looby loo, rag tag and bob tail and of course little weed.
I thought the first one was OK, better than I can do anyway. The second one is an improvement. Is that because the dapple doesn't go onto the legs?
In any event, it is a lovely figure and immediately takes me back to the cover of Advanced Wargames.
John Preece
...second one is definitely better.... nice job :o))
...perhaps a slightly darker mane and tail would help further??
Very nice. I sometimes put a white "drop shadow" inside two sides of the dark outlines.
P.S. How can anyone forget "Hector"?
Matt
Dear All
Thanks for the comments.
John - rag tag and bobtail, now that really was a good one!
Steve - I'll give that a try on the next one.
Matt - I don't think my skills are up to producing a superb grey like the one your Russian General is riding on your blog. As for Hector, I think that places you a few years younger than me!
Sharon - right as always, of course...
Ian
Haha... this grey horse looks very real ...
Congratulations...a good job
Rafa
Nice blog; it's good to see some Hinton Hunt figs again.
-- Allan
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