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Customizing 1/6 Scale Horse

Step 5: Head Sculpting

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Before and after of a Dallas head.

The head on the right is the original head, and the one on the left has been slightly modified.

The profile has been filled in, the lips have been enlarged, and the cheeks have been thickened, and the chin has been added to. The over all effect is to make the head more horselike and less cute.
At any point the head may be sanded and prepared for painting.
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Here's an intermediate amount of customizing on the horse head.
At any point the head may be sanded and prepared for painting.
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Here's more extensive facial modifications. From this angle with photographic foreshortening, the head looks almost like a cartoon horse.
At any point the head may be sanded and prepared for painting.
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The the thickening of the head, the neck needs to be made more muscular so that the entire horse looks in balance. To add this level of detail a good horse anatomy book showing the muscles may be useful.

At any point the head may be sanded and prepared for painting.

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A view of the entire horse. With the larger head the horse looks male.

At any point the head may be sanded and prepared for painting.

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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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