TBC's SAGA Project, NEW My Irish Mounted Irish Command units are finished!

[Captain Blood]

Nice work on the plaid TBC.
That is a peculiar looking horse though. Who makes the model?

[LeadAsbestos]

Pretty sure that is a Gripping Beast horse. I have a few in my DA collection, and I swapped one out for  a mount for my old Citadel Frodo. They are a bit wonky, yes.

[Too Bo Coo]

Hi Chaps! Thanks for the compliments on the rider, I'm getting better at plaid .

He's the full Gripping Beast model, including horse. I agree it's a bit strange in proportions, but I put it down to it being more a highlands type horse than what one would find in say Normandy. Sure, it's not really historically accurate but I dont have access to a replacement and my tourney is on Saturday. 

To paint them I use the oil-wipe method and the Mordheim horse painting guide as reference.

[Too Bo Coo]

Oh, I actually do a variation on the eye, I paint a white line and then in the front half paint a black line over it.  That way it looks like the horse is looking forward. Again, not exactly correct but it seems to work well enough for what I was trying.

[Too Bo Coo]

So I'm making some headway for the Moscow Grand Melee this weekend. 

My first mounted Curaidh and a picture of the assembled command.

[Too Bo Coo]

All ready for the Moscow Grand Melee this entire weekend!

My Mounted Irish Command, Warlord, Bard and two Curaidh are finally done! WOO HOO!

[Captain Blood]

Nice collection and nice conversions  

Horses don't have any white to the eyes.

Every time someone asserts this on LAF from now on (because it's been said often before), I am going to post this picture!



While it's true that horses serenely at rest or out for a nice walk don't generally show any whites to their eyes, horses most certainly do have whites to their eyes. When they are angry, stressed, spooked, scared, exerted - you see them. You often see it on racehorses too during the race. Imagine how they'd be in the middle of a battle with all hell breaking loose around them. Just saying...  

[Codsticker]

I agree with you CB, but some tend to paint the white in similar proportions to the iris as in humans which is "incorrect". In those photos you see how little white is exposed, slightly more in a stressful situation. Generally, a crescent of white in either the front or rear corner should be all we see in a 28mm model.