From Graham B - Covenanter Horse (80 points)

My first figures posted for the challenge is a bit later than I intended due to me being away working for half of every week since December, impacting upon my hobby time.  Here we have a unit of 8 Warlord Games English Civil War Scottish Covenanter Horse.  Like many of my figures I was able to use my most often used miniatures paint which is Dulux Earth Glaze 1. Approx 4 quid for 250ml which lasts me bout a year and about 2000 figures.  This brown is my go to brown paint which was used over a white spray undercoat to paint the horses. It can be varied by adding water to the mix.  It was then used as a base for the uniform and buff coats which were worked up to a buff with various other shades of brown and buff.   I was short of metal bonnets for the riders so these ones were made from greenstuff.  The brown was Lao used on the bases before dry brushing, flocking and various tufts.

8 x 28mm mounted figures @ 10 points = 80 points.

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Welcome to this edition of AHPC! These fine mounted fellows make for an excellent opening entry. The Scots do love themselves a "Covenant", don't they? 

Also enjoyed the reference to a well-used, well-loved basic paint. For all of the variety of paints available, it is comforting to have those few colours that are just "go-to" and seem to find their way on to nearly every miniature. Mine is "Burnt Umber", an Americana-brand craft paint that is relatively cheap and available in large amounts!

Looking forward to more from you - hope work doesn't interfere too much (although it does pay for miniatures, so...)

GregB