Okay get ready for some fun! First you may need a stripped mold. It can be partially stripped or fully stripped. The quick strip method calls for a 90% bleach 10% water combination. Put the model into the bucket, pour in the bleach mixture and in about a week you can brush away the paint. These methods do not mar or change the original plastic in any way (at least it hasn't yet). They also take off gloss and create an even color over the mold. On some molds (mostly brown ones and the later palominos) the paint seals into the mold. Acetone from a hardware store may take this off and on smaller places non-acetone nail polish remover will work. Another method for removing paint is to use straight acetone over the whole mold. This works well also, I just hate the smell of it so I use bleach (its cheaper too). Since I am always painting these I usually have a few unpainted molds to choose from while others are being stripped. Once you have softened the paint, the hard part starts. I use my hands, rags, toothbrushes, kitchen potato scrubbers, needle nose tweezers, and my fingernails to get the paint off. Once the paint is all off you can sand the mold or use the acetone to smooth seams, if you wish. Okay now to the really messy part. Put some grease into the double boiler and heat it up. Once the grease is in liquid form, remove it from the stove. Take the mold and grease to your work area and get ready! Lay the mold on its side or hold it by a leg or tail, dip the clean, very stiff paint brush in the grease and splat it on belly of the mold. The less grease, the smaller the dapples (I have found). For the old style dapple belgians I used a two inch paint brush and lots of grease. A four inch brush works well also. Experiment with different sizes and use the one you like the best. Once the belly part of the body is done put the model on its feet and splat the rest of it. You can pick it up by the lower legs and do the chin and belly if you are going to have socks or are painting the legs a solid color. You can cover part of the mold with grease using a paint brush. this will seal out the paint and leave the area white. When using a spray bottle put the grease in the bottle (tricky) and spray the mold as mentioned above. The grease will harden on contact with the mold. Let it sit for a minute and then get out the paintsi use an airbrush or a soft paint brush to put the paint on. Once I have finished painting the mold I spray it with the krylon sealant and let it set. I wait about 3 hours before washing off the grease. I use this time to clean up the major mess I have made and to wash the grease off my hands. Once the krylon has set I can wash the grease off the mold. I use very warm water and dawn dishwashing soap. I also use my toothbrush very gently to remove all the painted grease. We all have a breyer model where they have not removed all the grease. It looks like a wrinkly dapple. I never noticed them before I did this type of paint job. Anyway once you have removed all the grease, wash the model again and dry it. Finish painting the model now, adding whatever you want to it. It must be 100% grease and soap free and dry before you finally seal it. Spray it with the matte or glossy krylon again. Follow the directions on the can for the type of finish you want. I like my old style dapples to be super glossy like the old ones. This takes about five or six coats of glossy krylon or illinois bronze triple coat glossy sealant. This technique is a composite of all the different ways to do this paint style. You do not need to be a great artist to do this particular paint style. That is the nice part about it. You can use any colors you want. Since this is a copy cat method of painting, and unethical people can use it to fool the unsuspecting buyer, always make sure you sign your work or do the paint job differently from the breyer original. I know of people who bought some of these types of horses and sold them as original finish decorators. Nasty! It is always a good idea to inspect the model before you buy it. I have noticed on breyer original finish old style dappled horses, that the finish is very smooth. On my horses the finish is raised in the areas where the paint is and slightly depressed in areas where the dapples are. With spray paint, the finish is closer to the breyer origianl. Some folks think you can "smell" krylon on a model horse, well not really. I have older paint jobs on horses and they smell just like my original finish breyers. Besides there are other sealants out there that have no scent (yes I have found those also!) i only mention this because I feel it is important to be honest when dealing with people. As the hobby grows, more dishonest people are finding it very easy to fool the inexperienced collector and this is wrong. All it takes is one person to find out you have ripped them off and your name is mud. So be forewarned.