Waaagh! It's Spring Clean 2023!

I like to vary the colours I use in units of horse so the following are the mixes I used for my unit of Mounted Men at Arms 1450-1500 by Perry Miniatures.

All paints used are from Colour Party’s horse set of paints unless mentioned.

Palomino: Base Palomino, wash with Army Painter Soft Tone, highlight with base mixed with Vallejo Ivory. The horse’s mane, tail and socks were painted Ivory and also washed with Soft Tone before being highlighted with the base colour.

White: this was painted Ivory and then washed with a diluted mix of Space Wolves Grey Contrast Paint and water. Thin glazes of Ivory were then used to create definition on the raised areas of the horse.

Black: The miniature was painted with Scale 75 Petroleum Grey and then shaded with any black. Highlights were then Scale 75 Rainy Grey and final highlights with GW Administratum Grey. I used this colour to highlight the horse hair as well. Socks were painted Ivory and washed with Space Wolves Grey before being highlighted with the base colour.

Light Bay: Starting from a base of Light Bay wash with Army Painter Light Tone before highlighting up to the original colour before final highlights are applied with that mixed with Ivory.

Grey Bay: Wash the Grey Bay with GW Basilacanum Grey Contrast. highlight with Administratum Grey.

Brown. Base with Vallejo Flat Brown and wash with Liquitex Raw Umber Ink. Highlight with the original colour mixed with GW Zandri Dust.

Chestnut : Wash the Chestnut with Scale 75 Inktensity Chestnut Ink. Highlights are applied with the base colour and further highlighted with that colour mixed with Vallejo Yellow Ochre.

The Brown. Light and Dark Bay’s horses socks, manes and tails were painted black and highlighted with Administratum Grey. Thar Brown and Rainy Grey were used depending on horse colour for the horses’s hooves. The former was washed with Agrax Earthshade and the latter with Basilicanum Grey.