First EsDoc, sorry for posting the hussar in your thread. I don`t know what I was thinking.
He is `Colonel de Hussars de 6éme Régiment 1809.` I got that from the Metal Modeles catalogue which I used for reference. :-)
I can`t tell you exactly how I painted the leopard`s spots, but it`s basically an irregular circle of very dark brown, sometimes with a lighter spot near the middle. The edges of the skin are pale getting darker further from the edge. I used artists acrilic for this because there is such a large range of colours.
David