Renaissance Polish

[Subedai]

Another unit now complete; Cossack axemen in Polish service. Just a couple of taster pics as there are more clickable ones on the blog.






MickS

[fred.]

More cracking work Mick, I'm really liking the colours of these troops.

I never seem to go bright enough with my own painting. I seem to go a bit muted, which then doesn't stand out that well on the table.

[nikharwood]

Very nicely done indeed

[paulr]

 

Well worth a visit to the blog

[Womble67]

These look excellent

Take care

Andy

[Techno]

Terrific stuff, Mick !

Cheers - Phil.

[jchaos79]

looking really good, very bright and define minatures!

good work men

[Glorfindel]

Lovely work Subedai.

>>I never seem to go bright enough with my own painting. I seem to go a bit muted, which then doesn't stand out that well on the table.

I've had a similar concern with my own figures, particularly after seeing the high
contrast effect achieved by both Subedai and Kev (with his LOA armies).

I tend to paint for my own close up appreciation with the same subtle three-colour
painting I use on larger figures.   I think the difference here is that both painters
retain lots of black undercoat and also choose really bright colours.   This then
maintains high contrast that looks the business with 10mm.   They also look
fantastic close up.

Certainly food for thought.


Phil

[Subedai]

Thanks for all the nice comments chaps.

I would agree with Glorfindel about the contrast, you really need to go nice and bright because the chaps are quite small. But I differ to him in that I only use one layer of shading but it is more 'stand-out' than what would normally be used on say, 25mm chaps.

Fred. I cheated a little with the pictures. Once taken I used the picture program with Microsoft Office 10 to auto edit colours and brightness. Hope you don't mind I have tried the same technique with a couple of your photos and by the looks of the resulting edit there is absolutely nothing wrong with the colours, maybe it's your camera or the lighting you are seeing them under? If you have a picture editing program try that. Or, looking at the pics of your Araby army, are the bases painted or just sanded? Maybe the bases are absorbing the colours of the figures rather than reflecting them back up so that could account for the slightly darkened effect.

Before edit:



After edit:



You can immediately see the difference. I have posted another before and after picture of the Araby LC as well as one of my pics on my blog.

MickS

[fred.]

Thanks Mick. I'll try a bit of simple image editing, as you have certainly brighten those up (and the ones on the blog).

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Nice Subedai