Thanks guys.
The hearldry is one of my own creation. Though it does follow the rules of blazon and heraldry.
To get the stripes I did an overpaint of vallejo flat yellow. Once this had cured for a couple of days, I used blue painters masking tape cut into thin strips and then trimmed to make a crisp pattern. This was then overpainted with the blue and then almost immediately the tape was removed. Nice crisp lines are the result.
The yellow stripes were then "detailed" with a base plus golden yellow, then golden yellow and then golden yellow plus white to make highlights and the shadows were base plus medium flesh, then base plus dark fesh and then lined at the "seams" between the blue and yellow with dark flesh plus red leather. Makes a nice outline line. I've been told that I use too many transitional shades to go from light to dark but I like it because the transition is smooth and almost on level with oils and physical blending as opposed to the harsh transitoins you see when too few stages are used with acrylics. THough I've seen it pulled off with great success, I can't do it with three.
I am a big fan of the Vallejo line.
There is an option of heads to use with this figure as well as weapons. I chose the Great helm and the lance as opposed to the bascinet with klapvisor and poleaxe. The problem I had with this kit was the fit of the head. The assembly for the head is the head and shoulders fit on tho the torso. The arms have the spaulders and the spaulders did not quite meet the camail. this left a gap. A large gap that I just couldn't quite carve & file the white metal to make a tight fit and have it look as though the camail was draped over the spaulders so I had to build up and extra lame on the spaulder. This made for a nice fit and with some fine tweeking, sanding and filing made for a nice match.
For the purests, they kit does come with the anatomical parts to make the horse a stallion and correct.
