I finished up the 17th today.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7275/7712686810_ffe9381b07.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7265/7712687934_f50f1c1648.jpg)
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8433/7712688898_83977cf4fc.jpg)
Thanks for looking! :)
David
Quote from: CorvetteK225 on 04 August 2012, 10:31:32 PM
Thanks for looking! :)
David
No sweat! And thank you for destroying my self-esteem as a model painter! Instead of painting a Scottish tercio tomorrow, I'll spend another day slumping in my desk chair, staring out the window and sighing 'What's the use...?' :(
Seriously, that is some great stuff Sir! : 8)
Cheers,
Aart
Beautifully painted 8)
That's like having Penelope Cruz do a strip for you and thanking you for looking afterwards!
Quote from: FierceKitty on 05 August 2012, 01:18:13 AM
That's like having Penelope Cruz do a strip for you and thanking you for looking afterwards!
:o :o :o
In the words of Cap'n Jack... you need to get yourself a girl mate ;D
Nice cavalry, im going to paint my 17th light dragoons tomorrow, my AWI Brit army arrived today which means alot of painting for me. ;) ;)
Really great stuff there, really look wonderful! 8)
Beautifully done 8).
Quote from: FierceKitty on 05 August 2012, 01:18:13 AM
That's like having Penelope Cruz do a strip for you and thanking you for looking afterwards!
I'm well provided for, but thanks for caring. ;)
Quote from: FierceKitty on 05 August 2012, 01:18:13 AM
That's like having Penelope Cruz do a strip for you and thanking you for looking afterwards!
I think I'll get through the day on that thought, thank you. :) :-[
Cheers,
Aart
Absolutely beautiful. Now, if I can stop my hands shaking...... ;)
Thanks for the kindly critiques! :-[ I went too many years with very little painting being accomplished on my bench. Now, I hope to move along a little quicker. Next up are some AWI 28mm Brit LI while is squeeze in some 10mm early war Continentals.
David
Awesome! 8)
Thanks Leon. The paintwork is only half of the glory. It takes a quality figure to start with as well!
David
Very nicely done !
Quote from: CorvetteK225 on 06 August 2012, 09:36:39 PM
Thanks Leon. The paintwork is only half of the glory. It takes a quality figure to start with as well!
8)
A level of painting to aspire to... Well done
lovely!
looking nice and smart :)
These are incredibly beautiful, but I will ask a couple of questions - cos I am still trying to get a style I am completely happy with, particularly with cavalry. I notice you have painted all the horses the same colour. I know a lot of gamers who do this automatically - I tend to mix to break up the monotony a bit and add a bit of colour. Are you doing this to represent a particular historical policy (not my period!) or is it an artistic choice? Second, your bases seem to be Basetex(?). Have you ever tried dry brushing a lighter colour (like Vallejo Stone Grey, for example) to sort of heighten the contrast. I do it for my bases with sand texturing on, but am not sure if it would work with this sort of ready textured material. Anyway, thanks for sharing your work, it is magnificent,and worth all the plaudits.
Mollinary
Spot on !
Terrific work !!
Cheers - Phil.
mollinary,
Quote from: mollinary on 08 August 2012, 06:00:21 PM
I notice you have painted all the horses the same colour. I know a lot of gamers who do this automatically
According to the 17th Light Dragoons in North America (an AWI reenactment group), "Some effort was made to use only dark colored horses for the troopers, but when remounts were scarce, bays, chestnuts, and grays, horses were better than no horse at all." Since that was their goal, that became mine. I could have fallen on either side of the fence, and I chose to model the ideal situation.
Quote from: mollinary on 08 August 2012, 06:00:21 PM
Have you ever tried dry brushing a lighter colour (like Vallejo Stone Grey, for example) to sort of heighten the contrast. I do it for my bases with sand texturing on, but am not sure if it would work with this sort of ready textured material.
I first textured my Pendraken laser-cut bases with Vallejo Coarse Pumice. I then painted it Vallejo 145 followed up by a brybrush of Vallejo 134. The green grass areas are Vallejo 86 followed up by a drybrush of Vallejo 80. This use of mutiple colors is sadly not evident in my dimly lighted photographs.
Truthfully, The bases did not turn out to my liking. This stems from the fact that basing is a weakness of mine. I went with a paint-only style because of fear that any grasses would consume my figures, thus becoming the unintended central focus. I will be refinishing the bases with a sparse application of two different grasses. When re-done, I will be shooting for something more like this: http://chargebayonet.blogspot.com/2011/06/practice-basing.html
Thanks for the questions,
David
They look great