Well, that was fast.
After posting this morning I managed to do some chores and spend time spraying the horse. I started with medium grey (metallic) over the primer covering everything as a base. Then I used the darkest grey (metallic) focussing on the muzzle, underbelly, hind quarters and lower legs. Finally I sprayed pearly white using cardboard scraps to mask the areas I wanted left dark. Holes were cut to stay the dapples.
The dark layer went well and so did the white initially. I was really happy with the dapples and look. Then I thought “I’ll just add a little more…”
Shoot. I did not take photos at the point, but just as well probably since it would only remind me. I wasn’t pleased by the time I sprayed a little more. Meanwhile my little one was getting sick of her play-pen inside, so I rushed on, took breaks, and rushed through. I believe I’d have had different outcome if able to focus the way that I used to. 😉 Anyway, I left it to dry all afternoon and was somewhat more pleased when I saw it again. Yes, the dapples were all but lost, but it still looks good if you didn’t know my original vision for it. The white paint has turned into a very silver metallic that blends too much with the other two shades, and that is part of the dapple problem. Again, it is pretty enough if you don’t know the intended look. It seems that a rather aged and then polished iron kind of style won out despite my plans!
During the afternoon I dug around the mess of our attic (my fault!) to find the little bottles of paint from the Borg Queen costume after not finding them in the basement paint storage area or in the sewing room. They were in the attic, and I did find them eventually, and that is a win given a poor streak of luck I had the past few days. (I wouldn’t have purchased more, because I already did that for the last Borg Queen when I couldn’t find the original paints!) So next I’ll either enhance the details on the mane, tail, and tack with these paints and tiny brushes or I’ll detach the stand and spray that. Tomorrow we’ll have some rain before clear weather again, so that and life may delay this.
Ideally I’d maybe like some blues or other colours in the saddle, but I have only copper, silver, black (spray,) and gold to work with. Unless the project is delayed and I suddenly go shopping then those are all I’ll be using. It already looks pretty nice as is and could certainly stay without any additional work. Perhaps, but I don’t think I can leave well enough alone. That would be too easy! I still might mask off the horse fur area after today’s paint is cured and spray the saddle a flat black first? I don’t know.
Here it is with the dark layer:
and white:
Dried later on and in different lighting:
Closer:
See how metallic silver it appears rather than pearlescent grey and white? Notice that the neck area no longer shows the dappled paint I’d done? Oh well, I suppose…
Let’s not forget before:
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