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Modeller Build Logs
Norman Knight First Crusade |
| By Andrew Herbert |
| Started: | Feb 18, 2004 | | Updated: | Mar 1, 2004 |
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OK, I know this is a different kind of armor! I'm pretty hooked on figures now, and this is my attempt to broaden my skills in two ways:
1) The figure will be painted as much as possible in water mixable oils. These are relatively new tools, and I figure this way I'll have to get used to them!
2) I need to work on painting mail and metal, and this is a pretty general skill, although most suited to medieval and ancient figures.
The figure was sculpted by Mike Blank. And is kit 54.12 in the Elite line. The knight/man at arms is posed cleaning "something" off his sword with a rag. The pose is natural, and the scuplting quite nice. Some of the facial detail and the hands are a little crude compared to other figures I've got.
Pics of the first stages of painting will follow soon. |
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| Chapter 3 - The Figure is Completed | Mar 1, 2004 |
The photos here show the next steps.
Painting the cloth
I wasn't happy with the look of the cloth areas, especially the leggings and trousers. So I went back and used some ochre gouache paint on the leggings. Then I used a dark brown gouache on the trousers. These paints dry dead flat. I also... more |
| Chapter 2 - The Mail is Done | Feb 27, 2004 |
| I painted the mail with a couple of coats of thinned lamp black (regular oils). I let the first wash dry for a day, then brushed off the excess paint. Then I added the second coat of black wash (50/50 oil and thinner), and let it dry a few days. I then used the head of a pin to burnish the high points.... more |
| Chapter 1 - First Steps | Feb 18, 2004 |
| Here are some photos of the fellow painted with water mixable oils. I prepped the figure (cleanup etc) first. I pinned his left arm to a toothpick (club sandwich size) and it's being painted separately. I drilled holes in the feet up into the ankles and added stainless steel posts (dress-makers... more |
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