I've been nursing a bum foot since Sunday and worked on these during the afternoons. While casually surfing for horse references, I discovered a new, exciting and tremendously complex thing -- Equine Color! Ever since I was given a book written by Sheperd Paine with a chapter on horses, I was intrigued. Only when I attempted to do research on the Numidian horsemen & their mounts did I realize how complex horse color is. Presented here are a few work-in-progress pictures. I still have a lot of touchups to do as well as texturing the bases and flocking until I can call this done. But for idly playing with them while making moronic hoofbeat sounds, they pretty much suffice. I'm pretty happy about the way the greys and the bays turned out but I'm still at a loss how to do really red chestnuts. Among the pictures, you'll find a sample of a really badly-done attempt at a chestnut with a really red coat & mane. I may post an article here soon about the information I...
I have been following your blog for a month or so now and am enjoying it immensely - Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, a comment on the Dwarfs (they are my favourite fantasy army type) - I really like the army you have put together and look forward to seeing more.
Thanks for checking them out, I'm almost finished with them and hope to field them soon against orcs:)
ReplyDeleteGreat dwarves. Time to add the steam cannon and maybe some slayers
ReplyDeleteYippee! Just came from a toy hunt and got a plastic cannon from a fantasy blok set that would look perfect for the Dwarves! Conversion time!
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