Self Directed - Horse Colour Concepts

I wanted to get into customising model horses. (There are more blog posts on this under the Breyer tab.) I purchased a few cheap models and primed them ready for painting. Then I had to decide what colours to paint them. I made a basic silhouette of the horse so that I could visualise my ideas. Below are the models I bought.

Here are some silhouettes and a rough colour study of my initial ideas.

I wanted to paint the cob to look like my friends horse Nelson. I took lots of reference photos when I visited them over Christmas.

I wanted to paint the thoroughbred dappled grey at first, and then I started riding a TB x called Tequila and decided to use her as a reference instead.

I couldn't decide which coat I preferred so I posted the following two on my Instagram and let people vote for which they wanted me to paint! People voted for the appaloosa coat on the right.

https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18108148870124911/ vote

The below two models come together in a set, so I considered how they would be paired together. I did some research on genetics and used calculators to see which coats would be realistically possible. My favourite designs are the second row.