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I was going for that pretty overall dark grey chinchilla look... what do I need to add or subtract to get it?

I played around and achieved something closer to what I was looking for.


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You won't get this look with the dun

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The dapples like the one @DevilsParadise posted were what I was hoping for.

Oh, I don't know it you can get exactly that look with bays, either.

Sorry I'm a bit late and the GMT blowout is pretty much over but I'm an expert dapple maker and wanted to share some info with you. Silver tends to bring out dapples in both black and bay horses so it's a good bet to add it. Dfp2 in my experience diminishes the look of dapples. I added images of a couple of my horses below who have dfp2, chinchilla and dapples but they don't have bay. Nd1 increases the chances of dapples as does dp, sooty and s+.

To get the look of the horse above you want silver black and could add genes like s+ to bring them out more. That horse also has hom satin which changes the quality of the dapples a bit and makes them a bit brighter so if you're looking for something just like that you'll need satin.

It's easy to get dapples on a bay but hard to get them on a chinchilla bay. Here's one of my Mesa horses that kind of has dapples with chinchilla and bay but I don't think this is what you're going for at all.

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Your horse is pretty and I think it would look nice as a chinchilla but it wouldn't be anything like the horse shown above. If you decide to try on a different horse feel free to send me a message if you need help and I'd be happy to look at the options with you. I have a lot of dappled chinchillas and would be happy to look at a horse and the GMT options available to help you get what you're looking for. Here are a few of my other dappled chinchillas as examples of how they come out with different genetic combinations.


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This is an example of amazing dapples with dfp2 but in my experience that's harder to accomplish.

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Another with DFP2

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Those look great, I love them!