Forge Worlds Mounted Commissar part 3, the finished model.

All in all I'm pretty pleased with how he turned out. I don't have the patience of the great miniature painters and as he is intended as a gaming piece I'm more than happy with the level of detail. Maybe one day I will get another copy of him and paint him to display standard?
The base was done using homemade weathering pigments and matt varnish combined with some GF9 Ash Flock. I will posting a brief guide about how I made my weathering pigments.

Forge Worlds Mounted Commissar part 2

I lost some of the white on the underside of the horse as i washed it with a thinned black wash, French Mirage Blue and Reflective Green mix. I have found that putting in a colour on the base helps me decide on how to progress further with the mini.

 I achieved the dappled effect with three layers of French Mirage Blue mixed with white and carefully applied in rough blobs, getting lighter and smaller blobs with each layer.
Once dry i washed over with a mix of French Mirage Blue, black and Reflective Green. Gradually working my way on to the back of the horse. I think in total it was around 10 layers.

Forge Worlds Mounted Commissar part 1

 This is around a year old, but I thought posting here may be of some interest. Parts 2 and 3 will follow soon

So to start us of here is Forgeworld's  mounted Death Korps Of Krieg Commissar. I really like the model but i felt the horses breathing mask looked unfinished/weird so i sculpted on a lower jaw for the skull design on it's gas mask.

        

Stage one painting:

I used Vallejo paints:
White
Black
Reflective Green
English Uniform
French Mirage Blue
GW paints
Black wash
Devlan mud wash
Shinning Gold
Chainmail

The coat of the Commissar is a very dark green, i felt it would give a richer finish to the final model. The fetlocks will be a dark brown or black i will blend them more during the next stage. I found this as reference for the horse, i won't copy it exactly but it's near the finish I'm after.