Chris Palmer
This week I started on the Fighters Set, and painted Duke Gerard. I thought I’d start with the simplest figure in the set, to get myself back in a fantasy mind frame after painting the remainder of the more realistic figures in the Zombie Humters Set earlier in the month.
I did my preparation of this figure in the usual way; soaking it in a dish of water with a couple drops of dish soap added, then giving it a light scrub with a soft toothbrush, and then rinsing and drying. I then glued the figure to a 1” black-primed fender washer with Aleene’s Tacky glue, and glued the washer to a tongue depressor with a couple drops of Elmer’s White Glue.
I started by painting all the armor black. I then gave it a good drybrushing with Ceramcoat “Metallic Pewter”.
Next, I painted his waist cape, and the cloth hangings at his front and shoulders with Anita’s “Violet”and his shield and scabbard with GW “Liche Purple”.
When the purple coats were dry, I gave all the cloth parts that I had painted with the “Violet” a wash with thinned Dark Blue ink. After the ink was good and dry, I went back and highlighted the cloth and the shield with the “Violet”
Now I painted his face with Americana “Shading Flesh”, and his hair, and the grips on his swords, with Americana “Charcoal Grey”. I then painted his belt, and the back of the shield, with Ceramcoat “Walnut”.
After everything had had time to dry, I went back and gave his head and the gold areas a wash with thinned GW “Agrax Earthshade”wash. I then painted his eyes, and added highlights to his face with the “Shading Flesh”. I also highlighted the gold with the “14K Gold”. I then painted his sword blade with the “Metallic Pewter”, and when it was dry, I highlighted the top portion of the blade, and his armor, with Folk Art “Silver Sterling”. Lastly I used some Americana “Dove Grey” to add some gray to his temples and some streaks in his hair to make him look more mature.
I then hunted through all my old spare sheets of decals, and found a sheet of old Brettonian Knight ones. I decided on a Pegasus design to match the wings decoration on the front of his armor, and applied it to the shield. It tore a little while applying it, so I had to go and patch it up with white paint.
I let the figure sit over night, and the next morning I gave it a coat of Ceramcoat “Matte Varnish”. Later that afternoon I flocked the base, and the following day I sprayed it with Testor’s “Dullcote” spray varnish.
I pleased with how the figure turned out. Even though it is not the most dynamic figure, it has a certain somber seriousness to it. And I think the purple and gold scheme helps bring out his royal bearing.
Figure 115 of 265: Complete
via All Bones About It http://ift.tt/1C4zAiF
from Tumblr http://ift.tt/1uZa77d
via IFTTT
