How I Paint: Gripping Beast - Arab Light Cavalry & Horse Archers

Welcome to my latest painting video, this one has been highly requested so i thought it was time to put it together. Join me as i paint this Horse Archer from the Gripping Beast Plastic Arab Light Cavalry & Horse Archers set.
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Paints used:
Citadel: Praxeti White, Tyrant Skull, Evil Sunz Scarlet, Averland Sunset, Black Templar, Space Wolves Grey, Dark Angels Green, Iyanden Yellow, Snakebite Leather, Darkoath Flesh, Ulthuan Grey, Basilicanum Grey, Nighthaunt Gloom, Retributor Gold, Abaddon Black, Corax White, Seraphim Sepia, Dark Reaper, White Scar
Vallejo: Pale Sand, Flat Red, Deck Tan, Alluminium, Dark Flesh, Purple
P3: Menoth White Highlight
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[@NSYresearch]

For a chap who hates painting horses you do a great job with them.

[@7thson726]

Thanks mate 🙂 i think I've narrowed it down to Napoleonic horses 😁 glad you like it

[@gunner678]

I painted this set. Very nice figures. Good job.

[@7thson726]

Thanks very much 👍

[@NicGamz]

Very nice tutorial. What a great intro, thought first I was watching History Channel. 😁👍

[@7thson726]

Haha glad you liked it, took a while 😅

[@tomisopp975]

How could I miss this? Anyway, excellent video and interesting techniques. I am glad that I am not the only one who uses an intersting mix of colours from many different companies.

[@7thson726]

Really pleased you enjoyed it, to be fair I forget I did this one at times as well 😅

[@lesliebeilby-tipping6854]

Well done Martin, hope you are all well now.

[@7thson726]

Cheers Leslie, getting there, unfortunately i developed pneumonia and its taken a bit of beating 🙂

[@lesliebeilby-tipping6854]

@@7thson726 You need to take better care of yourself when out on site!! Just don't do it in the rain. As you get older you will pay for not caring now!! Hope Hayley and the girls are all well.

[@robandrosehobden3344]

Looking great glad you're feeling better 🤠🤠

[@7thson726]

Thanks 🙂 not quite there yet, still on the mend but i finished this just before i went downhill and wanted to get it posted, few more days and should hopefully be back to normal, appreciated the comment mate 👍

[@sooutofhere]

Nice brushwork and I really like how it all comes together

[@7thson726]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@basileusp5494]

Thanks for the information. It gives me lots of ideas and inspiration.

[@7thson726]

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@simongreen4378]

Thats really cool. Thanks for sharing

[@7thson726]

No problem, glad you liked it 👍

[@andyshaw5378]

Great video I have some Seljuks to paint but mine are 15mm Essex. Like the ideas for the colours used. 👍

[@7thson726]

Cheers Andy, ive seen the 15mm Essex ones, very nice

[@BrushQuill]

Brilliant guide Martin. Always nice to see you painting figures to such a great finish and sharing the skilllz.

[@7thson726]

Thanks so much mate, really pleased you enjoyed it 😁👍

[@MiniatureRealms]

Love this mate, really well put together and clear tutorial with great results.

[@7thson726]

Thanks bud, really appreciate that, esp from you, glad you enjoyed it 👍😁

[@oldschoolfrp2326]

Beautiful results!

[@7thson726]

Really appreciate that, thank you 👍

[@grantpavitt3198]

Great video will use the ideas for my Cavalry 😊

[@7thson726]

Glad you found it helpful buddy 👍

[@grantpavitt3198]

@7thson726 looking back. I am so glad that my mate in America sent me your video link. Watching your Napoleonic wargame with your wife Hayley was my first time. Since then you have inspired to really get into the community

[@vonketteringham]

Nice one Martin 👍👍

[@7thson726]

Thank you buddy 👍🙂

[@kitchenwargamers4141]

Fantastic tutorial of how you do your fantastic models and basses 😁👍

[@7thson726]

Thanks mate, glad you like it 🙂

[@patneale8837]

Thanks Martin. Just ordered the GB Arab boxes for a SAGA warband. Your video has given ideas...

[@7thson726]

Awesome, glad you found it useful 😁👍

[@paulspaintshed3511]

Nice one Martin. Great tutorial with superb results.

[@7thson726]

Thanks mate, to be honest i could paint these all day long, i just love the look at thr end of them all massed together 😁👍

[@lionheart3916]

Great work Martin I really like the vibrant colours you used on these, I might have to get some of that ak desert basing as well

[@7thson726]

I love the AK diorama pastes, find them very easy to work with 👍

[@basicminiaturepainting]

Looks good,well explained and finished,hope you're feeling better mate

[@7thson726]

Thanks mate, getting there 🙂 glad you like the video, was fun to make

[@iainthepict55]

Good job again sir and how do the gripping beast plastics compare to victrix and warlord figures?

[@7thson726]

Cheers mate, well the gripping beast scale in really well with Warlord and are slightly smaller than Victrix however i lile Gripping beast as they are nice and straightforward with alot of options and all the kits are interchangeable (that I've used)

[@johnclarke9498]

Nice 👍

[@7thson726]

Thanks 😁

[@kevingallagher2366]

Great video Martin 👍thanks for showing me how to paint with contrast do mix normal paints and contrast paints can you drybrush the model at the start when you put contrast paints then drybrush and wash will that work

[@7thson726]

Thanks mate 😁 i don't see why not, thay ahould work, the only thing is if you get the contrast on anything you don't want to you'll have to re paint it 👍

[@johnmcdonald4308]

Great job as usual Martin, loving the crusades stuff. I was wondering what method & paints do you use for painting your grey horses as I’ve been trying with contrast paints but the results aren’t great. I’ve seen the stills of the ones you’ve done & they look great.

[@7thson726]

Really pleased you like it 👍🙂 so for greys i work from a base of Space Wolves Grey or Apothecary White (if i want a much lighter horse), then i wash with Watered down strong tone then pick out the high areas with a lighter grey or off white, hope that helps

[@johnmcdonald4308]

@@7thson726 cheers Martin I’ll give it a go . Keep up the good work mate.

[@carlclink9993]

When painting a horse one must remember that a Black horse with stockings will have a tan colored hoof. The hoof will be a dark gray with a black leg. Now if the Arab used a black hoof dressing then???? Give Ted a nice belly rub for me. Great video!

[@7thson726]

He is old and grunpy but still appreciates a good belly rub 😁👍

[@8eos80]

You're nothing sort of an artist, mate! Brilliant video!

[@7thson726]

Thank you so much 😀

[@Alopex1]

Very nice :)

[@7thson726]

Thanks 😁👍

[@arnaud3299]

👍👍👍

[@7thson726]

Thanks 🙂

[@hazard-9574]

10/10 video

[@johnny6054]

Hi. Do you use a particular type or brand of paintbrush?

[@7thson726]

Hi there, i use a mix of Windsor and Newton and Pro Arte brushes 🙂👍

[@awordabout...3061]

These three NEVER took you an hour, did it? I'd be at it over multiple DAYS to get that result!

[@7thson726]

I'm glad you like them 😁 The painting took about an hour yeah, for the three on the base, I just tend to focus a base at a time, whack on an audiobook or podcast and soon they are done 👍

[@awordabout...3061]

@@7thson726 I'm currently working through 44 Gripping Beast Vikings (so many grey trousers, once I get to the tunics I can add some colour) and then I've got a unit of these for my Byzantines - do you know anything about their historical colours? I've already streamlined the process by deciding their horses will be white with just a hint of nuln oil in the recesses!

[@7thson726]

@@awordabout...3061 I'm just working on Byzantines, I've gone with lots of red and purple 👍 the Vikings sound a blast

[@awordabout...3061]

@@7thson726 Maybe someday I'll have to make a trip up to the bunker with them and burn down all your monasteries!

[@Titus_Vespasianus]

Great Job!!! And didn't say "pop" once!!!

[@7thson726]

Thanks 😅