I imagine that when a knight mounts his trusty steed before going into battle, he probably doesn't worry too much about whether or not the color scheme is artistically sound; or tied together well. He probably wants to stay alive, rally his men, and intimidate the enemy. The art-nuts on here need to understand military before they complain about color schemes and matching patterns. Excellent paintjob on a good looking mini!
Awesome.
Pretty amazing there are enough people out there voting it low enough to drag it down close to 9.
Anyway, awesome work on your Slayer Sword winner, when I was standing around a bunch of the other painters at GDLA, they had all already picked it as the winner.