54mm Charge of the Scots Greys

[Neil Merryweather]

I'm so sorry to hear about all the troubles Neil. Its such a terrific project I hope it all comes together for you soon.

Thanks Steve, but it's fine really.
Let's face it , this one was of my own making- well most of them are, to be fair:rolling:
And to be honest the relative success of painting the rider has put me in a generally good mood about this one.
But I still might do the Spitfire before I attempt the Flying Scotsman's kilt!

[rtfoe]

Neil, I had a bit of hiccup with the site and am late to comment. I too had some difficulty with the horse. They had many variations ranging from dark spots to light spots, pure light grey or with black socks. I did a mixture of airbrushing and hand painting. Sorry you had to strip the paint of yours.
Here's a link I found that shows some stages of painting the horse. Hope it helps.

Cheers,
Richard

[BigGreg]

Horses are the most difficult to paint... you have the nuances that are already difficult to make.. plus you have the "brilliance" of the hair...the idea of making a Lipizzaner(grey whitish with spots) it's even more difficult... good luck...

[Tim Marlow]

It’s worth remembering that a grey horse has black skin and the hair starts dark and gradually whitens with age. You therefore have a range of colours to choose from. The muzzle must be black though....

[Neil Merryweather]

Neil, I had a bit of hiccup with the site and am late to comment. I too had some difficulty with the horse. They had many variations ranging from dark spots to light spots, pure light grey or with black socks. I did a mixture of airbrushing and hand painting. Sorry you had to strip the paint of yours.
Here's a link I found that shows some stages of painting the horse. Hope it helps.

Cheers,
Richard

Hey Richard, thanks for that, it helps knowing that even a master like you had problems too!
I should have stripped it before I painted it really , because I knew I had put too much white primer on. Serves me right, which is why I am taking it so philosophically......
and thanks for the link, I'm sure it will help

[Neil Merryweather]

Horses are the most difficult to paint... you have the nuances that are already difficult to make.. plus you have the "brilliance" of the hair...the idea of making a Lipizzaner(grey whitish with spots) it's even more difficult... good luck...

you're SOOO right , Greg

[Neil Merryweather]

It’s worth remembering that a grey horse has black skin and the hair starts dark and gradually whitens with age. You therefore have a range of colours to choose from. The muzzle must be black though....

interesting, thanks Tim.
I had just recently seen a grey horse locally and I was struck by the wide variety of markings just on one horse! And I was going to do the muzzle black as I had a dim memory of things being so, but when I referred to the painting the muzzle is white, so I left it alone!
Time for some more diligent research, I think!

[Tim Marlow]

There you go Neil....more than you’ll ever need to know.

http://www.theequinest.com/colors/modifiers/greying/

[Jason Crausby]

Sounds like a bit of a trial alright.... it will all be worth it in the end... keep up the good work!
Jason.

[Jim R]

Hi Neil
Sorry about the horse woes. I am sure you'll get it all sorted. Strange about the Milliput - I too imagined it to be uneffected by anything once fully cured.
Jim

[Guest]

I've never attempted a grey/white horse Neil - it just looks too difficult. Sorry to hear about the stripping woes, but I'm sure you'll knock it back into shape.

[Neil Merryweather]

There you go Neil....more than you’ll ever need to know.
http:tongue-out3:/www.theequinest.co...fiers/greying/

fascinating, Tim, thanks

[Neil Merryweather]

Thanks ,all, for your concern and sympathy:relieved:

Before all the mucking about with the grey horse happened I started to clean up the Historex bit and I found both copies I have were very badly out of register. Grrr.

I thought about how I would scratch one and I decided it would be terribly delicate, so I thought I would have a go at 3D printing one on our resin printer at work. It’s very fine so it might be a disaster, but the cost in resin would be minimal so I gave it a try.

I first made a digital model by measuring and copying the Historex one. I made it ten times larger then scaled it down, which helps with the resolution.


I printed 2 just in case. With this kind of printer each layer takes a certain time no matter how much you are building, so two are literally the same price as one- and so would ten be if I wanted them. It took an hour and a half. The clear resin gives the best resolution in terms of layer height- 0.025mm

Phew! It worked

You have to clip them off the supports whilst it is 'green', and then they get a final cure in UV at 35 degrees for 15 mins.

Actually I got the scaling wrong so these were a bit too big, but no probs, I just re-scaled and printed them again.



All I have to do now is not break it when it comes to fitting the reins!

thanks again for looking in
Neil

[Guest]

The times I could have used those. Skillfull work Neil.

[Steve Jones]

Wow! Terrific 3D work. Look forward to seeing them on the horse.