Farm animals now completed.

A few photographs of the completed farm animals, this now completes my January Painting Challenge. A regiment of Scots Lancers and the animals.

 Two adult cattle and a calf.

 Piglets and parents.

 Adult pigs, I did attempt to paint them as Gloucestershire Old Spots, but they looked to have a nasty case of measles. Repainted them as some generic breed.

 Mr Rooster and six white hens.

I enjoyed painting the animals and can now add them to my flock of sheep. The war game table will now be able to boast animals in any fields and farms that happen to be placed on the battlefield.

Farm animal update

Done a little work on the farm animals, still a little more to do, but thought I would share how they look at the  moment. I am happy with the cattle and chickens, not sure about the pigs, may well change the colours on them.

 Cattle base coated with Burnt Sienna and then given two coats of black wash.

 I left the calves in Burnt Sienna, as they haven't yet acquired the adult colouring.

 The pigs were painted a pale grey with a dry brushing of Flat Earth, still more to do on these.

Piglets are still a pale grey, more work needed.

 All the hens are white and red, will have dark legs.

 Only the rooster is Sienna with red and white.

All of Animal Farm.

Farm animals primed up

Cleaned up and primed the farm animals that will used on the wargaming table.

 These look like long haired Aberdeen Angus type cattle, well they do to me.

 Seen here with their two calves, I think they will fit in nicely for the 17th Century. I would imagine the bulls would be hitched to ploughs or carts on the farm. 

 Four adult pigs and four. It was suggested that I paint them as Gloucestershire Old Spots. A Google search showed them to be a pale brown with very irregular dark brown or black spots. So I will probably give that a go.

 The chickens being so small, based three and four, to a penny. Six hens and one Cockerel.

Should be fun painting this little lot up.