Here is my guide for painting horses an easy guide to follow part 3, part 1 (Preparing A Miniature), part 2 (Painting A Miniature), part 4 (Wargaming Materials), part 5 (Wargaming Tools).
Horses come in a variety of colours and different shades and are notoriously difficult to paint, the following tables give the appropriate Vallejo acrylic colors and Humbrol enamels paint colours to use for the basic type of horses.
Black
Type
(1) Black *
Vallejo Colours
Vallejo 844 Deep Sky Blue
Vallejo 950 Black
Humbrol Colours
Humbrol No. 33 Black
Humbrol No. 29 Dark Earth or Humbrol No. 160 German Camouflage Red Brown
Description
Black all over. Dark brown dry brushing.
Dark Bay
Type
(2) Dark Bay *
Vallejo Colours
Vallejo 941 Burt Umber
Vallejo 950 Black
Humbrol Colours
Humbrol No. 29 Dark Earth
Humbrol No. 33 Black
Description
The body is brown and the mane, tail and legs from the knees and hocks downwards are black. The shade of brown can vary from very pale brown, to bright orange brown to very dark brown. Bay is the most common colour in the horse.
Light Bay
Type
(3) Light Bay *
Vallejo Colours
Vallejo 818 Red Leather
Vallejo 950 Black
Humbrol Colours
Humbrol No. 62 Leather
Humbrol No. 33 Black
Description
The body is brown and the mane, tail and legs from the knees and hocks downwards are black. The shade of brown can vary from very pale brown, to bright orange brown to very dark brown. Bay is the most common colour in the horse.
Liver Chestnut
Type
(4) Liver Chestnut *
Vallejo Colours
Vallejo 871 Leather Brown
Humbrol Colours
Humbrol No. 160 German Camouflage Red Brown
Humbrol No. 83 Ochre (tail) or Humbrol No. 62 Leather (tail)
Description
Body dark brown and legs similar. Mane and tail, yellow brown or reddish brown.
Chestnut
Type
(5) Chestnut *
Vallejo Colours
Vallejo 981 Orange Brown
Humbrol Colours
Humbrol No. 83 Ochre
Humbrol No. 103 Cream (tail)
Description
The body and legs are golden or ginger although the shade can vary from very light gold to a dark brownish ginger. The mane and tail are usually the same colour as the body although sometimes may be lighter.
Dun
Type
(6) Dun
Vallejo Colours
Vallejo 821 German Cam. Beige WWII
Vallejo 950 Black
Humbrol Colours
Humbrol No. 83 Ochre
Humbrol No. 33 Black
Description
The body is creamy golden although it may vary from very pale to a rich creamy gold. The mane and tail are black and there is a black line running down the back.
Strawberry Roan
Type
(7) Strawberry Roan
Vallejo Colours
Vallejo 918 Ivory
Vallejo 846 Mahogany Brown (dapple)
Humbrol Colours
Humbrol No. 62 Leather
Humbrol No. 27 Sea Grey (dapple)
Description
Roan is a coat pattern that can be combined with any colour. The body is coloured with white hairs ticked through the coat. The colouring on the body can be any colour and different names are often given depending on the base colour. For example a Chestnut Roan is referred to as "Strawberry Roan" and a Grey Roan is referred to as "Blue Roan".
Palomino
Type
(8) Brown *
Vallejo Colours
Vallejo 929 Light Brown
Vallejo 918 Ivory
Humbrol Colours
Description
The body is golden although the shade can vary from very pale golden to a rich golden. The mane and tail are white.
Piebald
Type
(9) Piebald *
Vallejo Colours
Vallejo 950 Black
Vallejo 918 Ivory
Humbrol Colours
Description
Piebald is a black horse with white and black and can vary immensely and the patterning on each horse is unique. The mane and tail may be either black, white or both black and white. The black patches on some Piebalds may lighten in the summer due to the sun.
Skewbald
Type
(10) Skewbald *
Vallejo Colours
Vallejo 846 Mahogany Brown
Vallejo 918 Ivory
Humbrol Colours
Humbrol No. 160 German Camouflage Red Brown
Humbrol No. 103 Cream
Description
Skewbald is a horse of any colour other than black with white and coloured patches that can vary immensely and the patterning on each horse is unique. The coloured patches can be any colour other than black eg Bay, Dun, Chestnut, Brown, Grey, Palomino, etc. As Bay horses show 2 colours (black and brown), a Bay Skewbald may show 3 colours (black, brown and white) and is then sometimes referred to as a Tri-Colour.
Blue Roan
Type
(11) Blue Roan *
Vallejo Colours
Vallejo 905 Blue Grey Pale
Vallejo 950 Black (dapple)
Humbrol Colours
Humbrol No. 27 Sea Grey
Humbrol No. 33 Black (dapple)
Description
Roan is a coat pattern that can be combined with any colour. The body is coloured with white hairs ticked through the coat. The colouring on the body can be any colour and different names are often given depending on the base colour. For example a Chestnut Roan is referred to as "Strawberry Roan" and a Grey Roan is referred to as "Blue Roan".
Dapple Grey
Type
(12) Dapple Grey *
Vallejo Colours
Vallejo 960 Light Grey
Vallejo 905 Blue Grey Pale (dapple)
Humbrol Colours
Humbrol No. 64 Light Grey
Humbrol No. 27 Sea Grey (dapple)
Description
Off white or cream, with grey dapple, mostly on neck or flanks, varying in degree from horse to horse. Legs below the knee grey. Mane and tail, grey or white.
Grey
Type
(13) Grey *
Vallejo Colours
Humbrol Colours
Humbrol No. 64 Light Grey
Humbrol No. 27 Sea Grey (dapple)
Description
There are various types of grey with some horses being very pale, almost white, with very little grey hairs showing to horses that are a very dark and obvious grey. The mane and tail are grey. Grey horses are born another colour eg black, brown, chestnut, etc and as the horse matures its coat turns grey.
All horses marked with the star * are likely to have white markings on face and legs below the ankle. The face, marking, called a " blaze", can be large or small. Few horses have no blaze. Likewise, few have no " socks" on the legs or on all four legs one or two is normal.
Blaze
Socks
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