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Posted by k.b. on 21 Jan 2025, 19:20

Here is where i would start...........
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Posted by k.b. on 27 Jan 2025, 22:26

Here's to show how the dapples are coming along on this steed........
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......it goes without saying that i need to add a second (and probably a third) layer of red to the lacing on his jacket, cuffs, shabraque, sabretache along with buttons added down the side of his trousers.
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Posted by Santi Pérez on 29 Jan 2025, 19:31

Already in this state, that hussar and his horse look spectacular, k.b. I can just imagine what the end result will look like when you're done with them. :drool: :drool: :drool:

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Posted by Bessiere on 31 Jan 2025, 11:56

Great looking hussar and thank you for the reference pictures. It's almost a pattern you'd get with spray paint and blocking parts almost in a snake scale pattern. Do you build these areas with diluted paint?
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Posted by k.b. on 01 Feb 2025, 18:11

Thanks for your comments gents. In answer to your question Bessiere , no I don’t use any diluted paint at all. Quite the opposite, I generally add a lighter grey circle of oil at a time on top of the darker rump, neck or chest and before this circle is dry I add more white to it and create the dapples, all the while trying to avoid a too regular appearance to the dapples. If you look closely at the reference photos the size, format of the dapples is all very irregular. I try my best to reproduce that irregularity.
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