75mm Pegaso Knight Nearly Finished

[theseeker]

Hi

The heraldry on the chest of the main figure and shield is freehand. The Fleur De Lys on the flag is done with a piece of low adhesive masking film.

The design is drawn on with a fine permanent marker then cut out with a sharp scalpel blade, put in place then a quick blast with an airbrush in a dull yellow gives the shape of the stencil and leaves no hard edge and dries in a very short time, the process is repeated until the desired pattern is complete.

You then have the task of painting each one individually and putting in the shadows and highlights, you need to make sure you put a spare day of your life to one side for this. Of course before you do this you need to paint the main background colour of the flag with all the shadows and highlights.

The red and white chequered pattern on the top of the helmet and the rear drape is freehand in humbrols then over painted in oils. The helmet is done but the piece that is attached at the rear (see top picture) is only undercoated and needs the oils painting in which takes longer than the flag.

Regards
Tommi

Tommi,

We definately need a step by step of your process! What you have done is simply amazing. BTW, what mixture did you use for the gold?

Rocky

 

[Tommi]

Hi Rocky

I will make a point of doing an SBS tutorial when I get started on my next figure, take plenty of photos etc.

The gold is from a small bottle of printers ink that I got about 15 years ago when I went into the printers one day, it’s a great drop of stuff and a small amount last forever.

I normally start with a matt black undercoat then thin a small amount of the ink with white spirit on some grease proof paper, its then applied directly to the matt black, I then blend in the darker areas with oils starting with burnt sienna working from the darkest point outwards blending then feathering. The process is then repeated for the shading using burnt umber and feathering and blending only part the way out from the darkest point, yet again the process is repeated again with black, I then blast the whole lot with a hair dryer for about 20 minutes which takes away the sheen and leaves on a matt to slight satin finish which look great for metal.

Hope this helps

Tommi

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Looking forward to a SBS as I would gladly kill any of you guys to paint half as good heraldry as that! ;D

Cheers

 

[Tommi]

Hi Janne

Thanks for your kind comments.I will do the sbs for the next figure. Hope to get started this week.

Tommi

 

[theseeker]

Looking forward to a SBS as I would gladly kill any of you guys to paint half as good heraldry as that! ;D

Cheers

Paint anything half that good!

 

[History 1]

ditto Marc's reply.