After my experiment with pastels I now I used mainly acrylic paints and in the end some pastels. This time I painted the horse that came with the Langley kit of the Hansom Cab.
I did also some additional search on internet about the background of the Hansom Cab. Doing this I came along this interesting website http://www.gail-thornton.co.uk/index.php . A lot of information about wagons and carts used in the past.

The starting point: the horse from the Langley kit. This time I also found a nice reference picture that I could use.
I glued the horse to the wooden base using PVA glue. In this way it easy to handle.

After cleaning it from flashes and cleaning it, the next step was to give it a coat of primer. In this case I used Vallejo grey primer.
Then I have put the basic colours on. Because I used Citadel paint I didn’t need to dilute the paint 1:1. I let the base colours dry for 3 hours (actually a night).

With Reikland Flasshade (a wash), using a small brush, I got along the edges of the harness to bring the colours more together. After drying I painted the whole horse wit the wash to sharpen up the painting and provide shadows.

With diluted paint 1:2 I painted the small details. I also gave the harness a thin coating of black leather from Scalecolor.

Then I gave the horse a total wash with diluted 1:5 with Ratskin Flesh for the horse and Vallejo black wash for the harness. Because the wash is transparent the base colour showed through.
As a finish I gave the horse a layer with Vallejo satin varnish. Then I used some Schminke pastels for the final touch. The horse doesn’t look shiny anymore.

I used a tutorial from Internet as a guide and used also the advices from some members of the RM web. I will thank them for their advice.
Painting more figures will give me more experience.
I'm curious about your opinion about this one.

Kind regards,
Job