54mm Holy Land Crusader (Outremer)

FingersEddie

Member since
April 2006
From: Essex, UK

54mm Holy Land Crusader (Outremer)

Posted by FingersEddie on Thursday, May 10, 2007 5:27 AM

Here is a figure i've jus' finished while i've been waitin' for some forum friends to help me out on finishin' my Ashigaru.

I decided to extend the base and groundwork out to the edges of the plinth base. I used Milliput for the foundation, and then added some small stones gotten courtesy of my back garden. I then brush painted some Vallejo Coarse Pumice all over the groundwork and around the stones, includin' the lead base to tie everythin' together, and make it all look consistent.

Also, I did a find some real fine foliage out in my garden, which happened to be in scale. This, I then airbrushed and cemented in place with thinned white glue, same for the static grass.

I hope you guys like it!

"Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country is doin' to you!" "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." "Say 'NO' to censorship, it leads to a dictatorship!" http://public.fotki.com/paulyrichard/

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Avus

Member since
June 2003
From: Caput Mundi

Posted by Avus on Thursday, May 10, 2007 5:50 AM

Very nice work, indeed!

Have noticed your works here and on another forum, and I must say you are very talented.

Hope not to get too personal, but you surely have a lot of time in your hands, otherwise I can't explain how you manage to make so many figures with such excellent paint work in such a short time (three figures in two months if I counted correctly).

Keep it up!

Klaus

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FingersEddie

Member since
April 2006
From: Essex, UK

Posted by FingersEddie on Thursday, May 10, 2007 5:56 AM

Avus, you've been countin'! I work as a figure painter for wargamers, so i'm at my workbench most of the time. Cheers for your comments.

"Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country is doin' to you!" "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." "Say 'NO' to censorship, it leads to a dictatorship!" http://public.fotki.com/paulyrichard/

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cassibill

Member since
February 2003
From: Indiana, USA

Posted by cassibill on Thursday, May 10, 2007 9:06 AM

Very nice. I especially like the texture on the back of the shield. What did you use?

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FingersEddie

Member since
April 2006
From: Essex, UK

Posted by FingersEddie on Thursday, May 10, 2007 10:01 AM

cassibill wrote:
Very nice. I especially like the texture on the back of the shield. What did you use?

Cheers man.

The back of the shield did have some existent grain effects already sculpted in, but they were very faint. So I produced my own with the back edge of a scalpel blade. Then I basecoated it and then highlighted it with some drybrushin', three coats of highlights were added in this way. Then to show some of the plank edges, I used some oil paint which was then blended out.

"Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country is doin' to you!" "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." "Say 'NO' to censorship, it leads to a dictatorship!" http://public.fotki.com/paulyrichard/

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jgeratic

Member since
April 2006
From: ON, Canada

Posted by jgeratic on Friday, May 11, 2007 5:11 PM

Great execution! - always look forward to seeing your work and can't get over how vibrant your colours are.

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Archangel Shooter

Member since
October 2006
From: Tucson, AZ

Posted by Archangel Shooter on Friday, May 11, 2007 6:09 PM

The figure looks excellent! One question...What was your technique for painting the white crosses on the robe and shield?

Scott

On the bench: So many hanger queens.

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FingersEddie

Member since
April 2006
From: Essex, UK

Posted by FingersEddie on Saturday, May 12, 2007 1:29 AM

Cheers guys.

I always paint designs with very thinned down paint. Then once the symmetry looks good, I block the design in with colour. It doesn't matter if you have any raggedy lines 'cos the paint is thin and is easily painted over, and the design is easily refined. Also, the mistakes don't show up as any ridges when painted over. The thinned paint should be the consistency of water. Cheers!

"Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country is doin' to you!" "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." "Say 'NO' to censorship, it leads to a dictatorship!" http://public.fotki.com/paulyrichard/