British Camel Corps - Sudan - 1884, Oniria Miniatures 36mm metal.

[franck edet]

I'm really happy to hear good news from you (and yours ...), enjoy the painting moments !

 

[KenBoyle]

Excellent work and tremendous groundwork - nice one and glad things are on the up for you!

Gary

Haven't lost your touch, that's for sure, Ken. Fine work and glad you and the Mrs. are doing better. Ya know, the younger we get the more we gotta keep the ball rollin, so to speak, i.e., getting back in he saddle

Cheers, Ski.

I'm really happy to hear good news from you (and yours ...), enjoy the painting moments !

Thanks Gary, Ski and Franck! It's good to be creative again. I appreciate you taking time to comment.

Cheers,
Ken

 

[EPHISTOIRE]

nice diorama base...

 

[MAXIMO]

Beautiful work. Excellent painting

 

[KenBoyle]

nice diorama base...

Beautiful work. Excellent painting

Thanks Eric and Adriano! Much appreciated.

Cheers,
Ken

 

[marco55]

Great to see your work again Ken.Top notch as usual. So glad you and your missus are doing much better health wise.Look forward to seeing more.Looking for those Rangers coming out.
All the best,
Mark

 

[KenBoyle]

Great to see your work again Ken.Top notch as usual. So glad you and your missus are doing much better health wise.Look forward to seeing more.Looking for those Rangers coming out.
All the best,
Mark

Thanks my friend! Good to hear from you. I am also looking forward to the release of the Rangers. I'll certainly be painting them.

Cheers,
Ken

 

[marco55]

I am also looking forward to the release of the Rangers. I'll certainly be painting them.

Cheers,
Ken

I'm sure you will.
Mark

 

[Steve Brodie]

stunning work, just ordered this set, if i may - what colour did you use for the base coat on the camel.

 

[KenBoyle]

stunning work, just ordered this set, if i may - what colour did you use for the base coat on the camel.

Thanks Steve! It's been a while, but I'm sure I used Vallejo Mahogany brown for the base, Light brown for the highlights and Chocolate brown for the shadows. This doesn't give the exact shade I want but I always follow up with Citadel (Games Workshop) Seraphim Sepia shade/wash. The wash really deepens the colors and helps blend everything together. I use this shade all the time for bay and palomino horses. The Palomino just gets more highlighting done than the bay which is darker. Also, multiple washes will slowly darken the overall colors if necessary, especially for the bay.

Hope this helps. Because I use a wet palette, I tend to start with a basic formula as mentioned above then bring in other colors that are on the palette to experiment. Using a wet palette lets me pretend I'm using oil paint, at least on the palette.

Cheers,
Ken

 

[Steve Brodie]

Thanks Steve! It's been a while, but I'm sure I used Vallejo Mahogany brown for the base, Light brown for the highlights and Chocolate brown for the shadows. This doesn't give the exact shade I want but I always follow up with Citadel (Games Workshop) Seraphim Sepia shade/wash. The wash really deepens the colors and helps blend everything together. I use this shade all the time for bay and palomino horses. The Palomino just gets more highlighting done than the bay which is darker. Also, multiple washes will slowly darken the overall colors if necessary, especially for the bay.

Hope this helps. Because I use a wet palette, I tend to start with a basic formula as mentioned above then bring in other colors that are on the palette to experiment. Using a wet palette lets me pretend I'm using oil paint, at least on the palette.

Cheers,
Ken

Brilliant, many thanks fort your help and advice.

 

[Von Bock]

Wow looks great. If I might ask what color did you use for the tunics? Regards, Brock PS glad your both feeling better.

 

[KenBoyle]

Wow looks great. If I might ask what color did you use for the tunics? Regards, Brock PS glad your both feeling better.

Thanks Brock! Wish I had an answer for the tunic color. As I mentioned to Steve, i use a wet palette, so I started with a medium blue color and dragged in some other colors by trial and error trying to match a photo on the web. Since I probably wouldn't paint this uniform color much, I didn't keep track of the mix.

 

[misfit151]

Hi Ken.....must have gone under my radar.... brilliant job...one of my favourite topics..... Mike

 

[Von Bock]

Thank you Ken for the reply. Looks like I'll try the same. Very nice work on one of my favorite British subjects. Regards, Brock

 

[KenBoyle]

Hi Ken.....must have gone under my radar.... brilliant job...one of my favourite topics..... Mike

Thanks Mike! Much appreciated!