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Tuesday 6 May 2008

Grappling with dapple… again!

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.
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7 comments:

  1. Sharon6 May 2008 at 10:44

    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!

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  2. Anonymous6 May 2008 at 10:51

    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

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  3. Steve-the-Wargamer6 May 2008 at 12:22

    ...second one is definitely better.... nice job :o))

    ...perhaps a slightly darker mane and tail would help further??

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  4. Anonymous6 May 2008 at 23:02

    Very nice. I sometimes put a white "drop shadow" inside two sides of the dark outlines.

    P.S. How can anyone forget "Hector"?

    Matt

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  5. Stryker7 May 2008 at 08:33

    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

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  6. rpardo7 May 2008 at 19:02

    Haha... this grey horse looks very real ...
    Congratulations...a good job
    Rafa

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  7. old-tidders14 May 2008 at 12:41

    Nice blog; it's good to see some Hinton Hunt figs again.

    -- Allan

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