Here's a guide to how I paint grey horses - specifically, dapple greys. The two miniatures here are the 25mm "bare horse standing" from Amazon Miniatures, and a 28mm chariot horse from WarGods of Ægyptus by Crocodile Games. I use a wet-blending technique, so for a lot of the time I'll have two colours of paint and two brushes on the go at once.
Tools of the Trade
Actually, I lied - I use four brushes… although I never have more than two of them loaded with paint at any one time. For these models, I used four size-1 brushes, which from left to right are:
- brush that hasn't been used much, and thus still has a decent tip
- one with the tip past its best
- a knackered brush that can't hold anything like a tip any more
- and one so old and battered that the tip is as wide as the base
D gets used for mixing paint and drybrushing big areas. C is for painting big areas and drybrushing small ones, for blending and some dappling or stippling. B is for painting small areas and blending. A and B are both used for doing fine detail and twiddly bits.