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Description

More Information on nLp and Semi-Leopard Combos: HERE and visual guide HERE

A visual guide to the Leopard Complex / Appaloosa Patterns

Other Visual Guides:
EquusBallator Visual Guide: Chestnut
EquusBallator Visual Guide: Black
EquusBallator Visual Guide: Bay
EquusBallator Visual Guide: Seal Bay
EB Visual Guide: Bay Double Dilutes/Modifers
EB Visual Guide: Chestnut Double Dilutes/Modifiers
EB Visual Guide: Black Double Dilutes / Modifiers
EquusBallator Visual Guide: White Patterns
EquusBallator Visual Guide: Coat Mutations

Leopard - nLp/ LpLp , Patn1/ Patn2
Appaloosa markings come in a variety of shapes. However, all appy horses may have common traits like mottled skin, white scleras or striped hooves. Very occasionally, the horse will be born blind.

Leopard - nLp/ LpLp , Patn1/ Patn2
Appaloosa markings come in a variety of shapes. However, all appy horses may have common traits like mottled skin, white scleras or striped hooves. Very occasionally, the horse will be born blind.

Lp only (no patn):
Varnish [nLp]. Varnish roan is similar to true roan, but more scattered and uneven. The more dense white areas start over on the hindquarters and can extend over to the face. Might show some dark spotting. It won’t affect mane color. It can be solid, with no visible roaning.
Snowflake [nLp]. Snowflake causes random flecks of white spotting, usually smaller than birdcatchers, across the horse’s body. The coat can be heavily or minimally affected. Will not affect mane color.
Frosted [LpLp]. Frosted markings will range from a roaned, uneven blanket to markings similar to varnish roan. It starts from the horse’s hindquarters and extend from there to the shoulder.

Patn1:
Fewspot [LpLp]. Fewspot appies go by their names. They’re completely covered in white, with just a few colored spots showing. These spots might be scattered or show in small clusters around soft zones. Mane and tail will show white, but tips might be colored.
Leopard [nLp]. Leopard horses are covered in spots of varying sizes. These can be clustered in some areas, but will never form patches of color. Mane and tail will be white where the spots don’t touch, and colored tips may appear.

Patn2:
Blanket [nLp]. A spotted blanket will usually consist of a white blotch on the horses’ hindquarters which has a number of differently sized and shaped spots. Blankets may extend up to the withers, and sometimes have darker spots scattered around. Their edges might appear a bit roaned, but not as much as frosted markings. Will not affect mane color.
Snowcap [LpLp]. Snowcaps are visually and placement-wise identical to blankets. However, snowcaps will consist of a solid patch of white with no spots. It may have a few small ones around the edges.
Semi-Leopard [LpLp, Patn1, Patn2]. Semi-Leopards will always have a combination of two different appaloosa patterns. Depending on the combination, the appearance of the horse might vary.

Color Shifting / Bronzing

Sometimes, the appaloosa genes might change the whole appearance of the base coat, making it appear lighter and more saturated. This way, a black appy horse may look a rusty greyish color similar to classic champagne; or a bay horse might have its coat lightened and the dark points gone.
You are free to design your Ballator foals with Bronzing/Color shifting, but it must be stated in the phenotype as such:
Bronzing Bay Snowcap / Shifted Black leopard

Examples Of Color Shifting / Bronzing
BRONZING / SHIFTING ONLY ALTERS BLACK PIGMENTS.
Ava Minted Design, a Grullo (Black Dun) which has been bronzed so much that shee looks like a chestnut/palomino.
Our Blessed Kippur, a genetically smoky black horse which has been bronzed so much that he looks like a chestnut/palomino.
Example of the common color shift/bronzing affect on the legs of black horses.
Examples of tested/confirmed bronzing horses.

You are free to design your Ballator Foals as Mismarked, Color shifted/Bronze, but you must put that in the phenotype like so:
Mismarked Bay Leopard / Bronzing Black Snowcap / Shifted Grullo Snowflake

Mismarks are only allowed to cover 50% or less of the body.

Description

More Information on nLp and Semi-Leopard Combos: HERE and visual guide HERE

A visual guide to the Leopard Complex / Appaloosa Patterns

Other Visual Guides:
EquusBallator Visual Guide: Chestnut
EquusBallator Visual Guide: Black
EquusBallator Visual Guide: Bay
EquusBallator Visual Guide: Seal Bay
EB Visual Guide: Bay Double Dilutes/Modifers
EB Visual Guide: Chestnut Double Dilutes/Modifiers
EB Visual Guide: Black Double Dilutes / Modifiers
EquusBallator Visual Guide: White Patterns
EquusBallator Visual Guide: Coat Mutations

Leopard - nLp/ LpLp , Patn1/ Patn2
Appaloosa markings come in a variety of shapes. However, all appy horses may have common traits like mottled skin, white scleras or striped hooves. Very occasionally, the horse will be born blind.

Leopard - nLp/ LpLp , Patn1/ Patn2
Appaloosa markings come in a variety of shapes. However, all appy horses may have common traits like mottled skin, white scleras or striped hooves. Very occasionally, the horse will be born blind.

Lp only (no patn):
Varnish [nLp]. Varnish roan is similar to true roan, but more scattered and uneven. The more dense white areas start over on the hindquarters and can extend over to the face. Might show some dark spotting. It won’t affect mane color. It can be solid, with no visible roaning.
Snowflake [nLp]. Snowflake causes random flecks of white spotting, usually smaller than birdcatchers, across the horse’s body. The coat can be heavily or minimally affected. Will not affect mane color.
Frosted [LpLp]. Frosted markings will range from a roaned, uneven blanket to markings similar to varnish roan. It starts from the horse’s hindquarters and extend from there to the shoulder.

Patn1:
Fewspot [LpLp]. Fewspot appies go by their names. They’re completely covered in white, with just a few colored spots showing. These spots might be scattered or show in small clusters around soft zones. Mane and tail will show white, but tips might be colored.
Leopard [nLp]. Leopard horses are covered in spots of varying sizes. These can be clustered in some areas, but will never form patches of color. Mane and tail will be white where the spots don’t touch, and colored tips may appear.

Patn2:
Blanket [nLp]. A spotted blanket will usually consist of a white blotch on the horses’ hindquarters which has a number of differently sized and shaped spots. Blankets may extend up to the withers, and sometimes have darker spots scattered around. Their edges might appear a bit roaned, but not as much as frosted markings. Will not affect mane color.
Snowcap [LpLp]. Snowcaps are visually and placement-wise identical to blankets. However, snowcaps will consist of a solid patch of white with no spots. It may have a few small ones around the edges.
Semi-Leopard [LpLp, Patn1, Patn2]. Semi-Leopards will always have a combination of two different appaloosa patterns. Depending on the combination, the appearance of the horse might vary.

Color Shifting / Bronzing

Sometimes, the appaloosa genes might change the whole appearance of the base coat, making it appear lighter and more saturated. This way, a black appy horse may look a rusty greyish color similar to classic champagne; or a bay horse might have its coat lightened and the dark points gone.
You are free to design your Ballator foals with Bronzing/Color shifting, but it must be stated in the phenotype as such:
Bronzing Bay Snowcap / Shifted Black leopard

Examples Of Color Shifting / Bronzing
BRONZING / SHIFTING ONLY ALTERS BLACK PIGMENTS.
Ava Minted Design, a Grullo (Black Dun) which has been bronzed so much that shee looks like a chestnut/palomino.
Our Blessed Kippur, a genetically smoky black horse which has been bronzed so much that he looks like a chestnut/palomino.
Example of the common color shift/bronzing affect on the legs of black horses.
Examples of tested/confirmed bronzing horses.

You are free to design your Ballator Foals as Mismarked, Color shifted/Bronze, but you must put that in the phenotype like so:
Mismarked Bay Leopard / Bronzing Black Snowcap / Shifted Grullo Snowflake

Mismarks are only allowed to cover 50% or less of the body.