First 18 figures painted as a test in batches of 6. I'm starting these with a flat brown drybrush over the black undercoat in order to establish some depth to the skin tones and horses before building it up. Trying to capture the patches on the wild horses, the colourful use of feathers and beads as well as introducing warpaint to both man and horse. I'm sure I'll become more confident as things progress and I get more of a feel for tribal design and shield design but not a bad start I feel? I cant call these finished yet as may get further highlights to horse muscle tone etc and I think a nice satin varnish finish would also help to bring out the colours but of course this is going to be Mark's choice.
Edit: photos look a little flat on reflection so added the better quality video here which hopefully gives a better representation. I can see more highlights are required to the horses and maybe skin tones but it's early days yet.
And by way of inspiration a look at the old Peter Gilder 'Pony Wars' collection is highly recommended.
