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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 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. It turned out fairly well. The helm/cap and sword are covered in masking solution still. I'll be working on those last.
I'm sort of happy with the face. The face was painted with a standard mix of white, yellow and red (the water mixable oils). He had a very pale complexion and it was overshaded when I was done. I used a bit of white and a bit of sienna for highlights and shadows. After a day, I went back and gave the face and hands a very faint wash of burnt umber acrylic paint. I laid on a few coats of that to add some color to the skin. I painted the eyes with a dot of dark blue for each. The right eye seems fine to me, and the left may need redoing. Comments on that would be welcome!
I have to dull down the colors of the clothing a bit, and I'll be using some pastel chalks on him for that purpose. I wasn't happy with the trousers/breeches and leggings, so I went over them with some yellow ochre and burnt umber gouache paints. Lots of faint coats. I like the color of the leggings, but the breeches need work. I also added sepia with a very fine brush to the borders of the leggings, and as a shadow color to the breeches. I've been adding a bit of color to the base step by step with various earthtones brushed on. I painted what looks like a parchment with an off white, then drew on my version of arabic writing with a liner brush in sepia. It kind of looks like writing...
I'm not sure when I'll get back to this guy, we've a sick pug in the house...
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