Cavalry horses are a type rather than a specific breed of horse. They come in all colors, sizes, and types.
The two pictures are of American Civil War era cavalry horses.

Material Required The basic steps that follow can be used on any of the large hollows plastic horses manufactured by Mattel, Disney, Formative or Marx. These are all made out of a hard plastic like styrene or a related plastic. These will not work on the cellulose acetate used to create Breyer & Stone horses. Materials Needed: Model horse Spray Primer, black, white & brown Spray Paint, black, white & brown Bondo (optional) Epoxy putty Sandpaper Black model paint like Testors Paint thinner Black or dark brown hair from a wig If you have trouble finding materials Firebird has used model horses and expoxy putty for sale.

This project is starts with a old battered Khan model. Khan is from the Disney horse mold, and comes in several versions. This one has hair mane, a solid tail which moves when the purple stirrups are rotated. Here's Khan model straight from Goodwill. This model has seams that gap, a distressed mane, and the bonus of purple magic marker stockings and face markings.
Here's the finished product, a cavalry horse.

Body Basics
Step 1: Fill in leg hollows
Step 2: Mane & Tail
Step 3: Neck Groove
Step 4: Sanding
Step 5: Head Sculpting: Dallas
Step 5: Head Sculpting: Khan
Step 6: Head Detail
Step 7: Eyes

Gray Samurai Horse
Step 0: Shades of Gray Horses
Step 5: Primer
Step 6: Top coat of Paint
Step 7: Final details
Step 8: Mane & Tail Hair

Appaloosa Horses
Step 0: Appaloosa Coat Patterns
Step 5: Primer
Step 6: Top coat of Paint
Step 7: Final details
Step 8: Mane & Tail Hair

Pintos & Paint Horses
Step 0: Pinto & Paint Coat Patterns
Step 5: Primer
Step 6: Top coat of Paint
Step 7: Final details
Step 8: Mane & Tail Hair

Bay & Brown Horses
Step 0: Bay & Brown Horses
Step 5: Primer
Step 6: Top coat of Paint
Step 7: Final details
Step 8: Mane & Tail Hair

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