Painting 1/35 horses ?

[dav124]

Hi,
does anyone have any ideas for painting / finishing 1/35 horses? I
just bought the Italeri/Zvedya "ww2 cossacks" kit. I thought about using a
flat/matte finish dusted with chalk pastels for surface texture. Also, any
suggestions for the manes and tails- they look kind of cheesy in plastic.

thanks
dave

[Ksu93dlv]

Although I've never painted horses, I have painted other animals such as dogs.
I get the best results from airbrushing the entire animal with a base color
(i.e. brown for a brown animal), but then using oil paints wih various shades
of that same color to blend the colors together. It takes a long time to dry,
but the blended effect from the oil paints works better than anything else I've
tried.

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[CSRZ28]

From Dave:

>Hi,
> does anyone have any ideas for painting / finishing 1/35 horses?

<.........>

A few years back, FSM had an article by (IIRC) Shep Payne on this subject.
Using artist oils, he showed how the direction of the brush strokes created the
'hang of the hair'.
HTH

Chuck Ryan
Springfield, OH

[Lafimprov]

Bear in mind that the coat of a real horse is not matte--it is a satiny shine
(except for grays), which is why most figure modelers use oils for horses.
Don't go too glossy--it's a horse, not a Camaro.
Shep Paine's books do offer some useful info on horse painting.
Gerald Owens

[AMPSOne]

The manes and tails react pretty well to a technique called "pyrograveure"
which is essentially "fluffing" them up with a hot knife. With a bit of
practice you can make it look very realistic (for plastic). Or, you can go to a
fabric store and see what you can find in a semi-stiff cord to use in its
place.

A good figure book - Shep's is not a bad place to start -- usually has a
section on how to do horses.

Cookie Sewell
AMPS

[CARLOS LIGEIRO]

Hi "DAV124"???

I have the same problem when I start my Zvesda box, and is solved using:
1- Tamiya acrilics ( three different brown colors, from very dark to
medium), white, black ,three different tones of grey ( from dark to medium
too) and some blue and red or flesh colour (blue to draw veins in the white
horse and red/flesh colour to the mouth and interior of the ears).
2- Lots of patience.
3- Some good painting stuff ( new brush愀, if is possible some not round)
4- Lots of tryings using the special technic of drybrush.
5- One roll of toilet paper (mandatory when you use this technic)...

And to finish....

Lots of patiente and time to made new trys.

The drybrush technic is amazing and you don愒 believe the result you can
get.

Have luck to your model.

CLigeiro
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