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Lovely horse painting there. I have tried a dapple effect on a couple, but they did not come out as well as that. 

Ah! At last an appropriate point to raise something with you that I meant to do at Guildex but we were just too busy!

 

I made an observation on one of our local country lanes relating to horse poo - the velocity of the horse at time of defecation has a significant impact on distribution! I have a feeling that most of you excellently modeled manure would have been deposited while stationary. When the horse is in motion (actually no pun intended but it is rather good!), the results are very much elongated.

 

A rather scatological point I know but it is good to get these ting right!

9 hours ago, Dave John said:

Lovely horse painting there. I have tried a dapple effect on a couple, but they did not come out as well as that. 

Thanks Dave  The dappling is just done by stippling with an almost dry brush.  I first tried using a grey colour on top of the white, but it didn’t have enough contrast. The second attempt you see here is using black on top of the white background.

 

8 hours ago, KH1 said:

Ah! At last an appropriate point to raise something with you that I meant to do at Guildex but we were just too busy!

 

I made an observation on one of our local country lanes relating to horse poo - the velocity of the horse at time of defecation has a significant impact on distribution! I have a feeling that most of you excellently modeled manure would have been deposited while stationary. When the horse is in motion (actually no pun intended but it is rather good!), the results are very much elongated.

 

A rather scatological point I know but it is good to get these ting right!

Hi Kevin, yes Guildex was pretty much full on for both days!  You are quite right about the stationary deposited poo, I shall get busy with Richard’s (Tricky’s) secret recipe and create some elongated versions.  What a wonderfully diverse hobby this is!

Edited October 4, 2019 by wenlock

Lovely work, Wenlock.  Fabulous paint job.  Really impressed with the accuracy with all the leather horse tackle.  How I wish I had your patience and steady hands.

On 08/10/2019 at 20:42, PaternosterRow said:

Lovely work, Wenlock.  Fabulous paint job.  

Thanks Mike!

 

On 08/10/2019 at 20:42, PaternosterRow said:

 Really impressed with the accuracy with all the leather horse tackle.  How I wish I had your patience and steady hands.

 

I've just been reading your Apollo 50th anniversary post.  Now that tower really is an example of patience and steady hands!

 

Great result, Dave! We tend to paint horses brownish colours, which makes grey ones a bit unusual and more interesting in my view.

On 13/10/2019 at 07:38, Mikkel said:

Great result, Dave! We tend to paint horses brownish colours, which makes grey ones a bit unusual and more interesting in my view.

Thanks Mikkel  I've got a bit of a soft spot for dappled grey horses!  In the 1960's my Great Uncle owned a farm in Staffordshire, which we used to visit during school holidays.  Although diesel tractors were used for most of the work around the farm, he still kept a few horses.  One of these was a grey shire called Boxer, who seemed absolutely enormous to a small boy!  Boxer had a fondness for peppermints, particularly Polo's  and would very gently take them from the palm of your hand and crunch them contentedly

That's a nice memory Dave.  Looks like Boxer lives again