Completed Critique 9th French hussar Elite company

[Ben-nl]

Hi Ben

Very nicely painters...dashing hussar m lots of well painted detaiks , like the blue and tge work on the Colpack and plume

All nicely complimented by the S-73 base

Why not enter a piece into the class of your choice in our FOTM comp and also vote in previous months classes as well as voting in Vignette & Diorama comp #2 ...

....And enter in Vignettes & Diorama #3 which will be set up for 1/5/21 running till 31/01/22

Always good to see the artwork

Thanks for sharing

Look forward to the next

Happy benchtime

Nap

Thanks again Nap

 

[Ben-nl]

Very nicely done, Ben. If you, or anyone else, is interested I’ve discovered a way of making sword blades (and bayonets) really shine.

Jeff

I'm interested!

 

[Ben-nl]

WOW!!!

thanks

 

[Ben-nl]

Beautifully done!
Rick

thanks Rick

 

[Ben-nl]

Impressive paintwork and presentation, keep up the good work Ben........

Wayne

Thanks a lot Wayne

 

[Ben-nl]

Wonderful work Ben!

Cheers,
Ken

Thanks Ken

 

[Ben-nl]

Superb painting Ben, very good looking piece.

Thanks Bob, yes it is, next one is the Russian hussar

 

[Ben-nl]

THANKS for the nice bust

 

[Tonton]

Hi Jeff,

I'd be interested to hear about your technique.

Thanks for asking, Richard. Here we go…

I’ve never been very happy with the shininess of the metallic paints we normally use, whether acrylic, enamel or oils and didn’t want to ponce about with printers’ inks so searched for something better. What I’ve found works is metallic ink pens. (My preference is for ‘Sakura Pen-Touch’ with a 2mm nib.) If you press hard several times on the nib, after shaking, you’ll get a pool of the paint in your palette. This dries as quickly as acrylic but can be resuscitated with thinners, even when it’s dried on your palette, making it extremely economical. (The thinners you’ll need are the commercial sort – I use ‘Arc-Rite’ but observe the safety warnings and clean your brushes in the stuff.) The painting technique works with the pigment from gold and silver pens and I’ve even had a nice result with a copper one. The paint is safe on resin and metal, even Historex-type plastic. The shine you get really looks like polished metal – without the laborious hassle of sanding metal figures. It can make buttons and other metal items really pop, when used sparingly, but I wouldn’t use the technique for officers’ braid, for example, as it’s just too shiny.

Give it a whirl, Richard. I think you’ll be pleased.

Jeff

 

[Richard Baxter]

Thanks Jeff, I will. That sounds really useful.

 

[Nap]

Very nicely done, Ben. If you, or anyone else, is interested I’ve discovered a way of making sword blades (and bayonets) really shine.

Jeff

Do share in the appropriate forum as well

Nap

 

[Tonton]

Do share in the appropriate forum as well

Nap

Sorry, Nap. Don’t know how. Must be my age.

Jeff

 

[anstontyke]

Stunning work ben, the mfm miniatures are great figures to paint.

 

[Tonton]

Do share in the appropriate forum as well

Nap

Have now figured it out and posted under Painting Techniques!

Jeff