Celtic shield.

[housecarl]

A couple of shots of a Celtic shield. Would it look better with the two inter- woven strands painted in different colours? Or should I stay with the yellow.
Carl.

 

[Bluesking]

My vote would be stay with he yellow, very neatly painted.

 

[Ferris]

Carl, I would also stick with the yellow.
Looks real neat!

How did you do the pattern?

Cheers, Adrian

 

[housecarl]

Carl, I would also stick with the yellow.
Looks real neat!

How did you do the pattern?

Cheers, Adrian

Free hand, I wish. I found a suitable design, resized it, then printed it on water slide decal paper. This gives the out line to paint. Sounds complicated, but simples.
Carl.

 

[housecarl]

1/32 Tony. No 120mm and a good magnifier.
Carl.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I think you tied the pattern together nicely!

Cheers
Janne Nilsson

 

[kansas kid]

Is the Tavern open yet???

OhMa'Gosh Carl:

Whew, mate you have a steady hand. And 120mm isn't really that big for
a design on a shield. Aw mate, it would take me three martinis to get up the
courage just to pick up the brush, with this design facing me.

But it's kewl. But to answer your question: All we are seeing is the
shield without the painted figure. I always like to think of what colour choices
I make in relation to all the other colours I'm going to use. I talk a lot here
about color harmony. And to me it is a big deal; and I see it as so important
to the overall presentation. So for now, the yellow works fine with those two
shades of blue. But if there is reds, orange, greens in the rest of the
composition, it might be nice if one of those yellow pieces in the pattern was
a lavender a shade that would go well with the light yellow.

But I'm guessing you understand. It really isn't that I'm suggesting lavender
or violet. It is that I'm saying I decide what colours things will be by the
other colours that would be in harmony with the dominant colour of the
piece. Hope I'm making sense here.

Impressive start,

Jaybird

 

[ubbi]

I prefer with yellow..

cheers

stefano

 

[unknown01]

Great shield, Carl!

Mitsutaka

 

[pmfs]

Hello Carl,

I love your shield!
Congrats

 

[user 5827]

Excellent job Carl, great job.

Rod.

 

[megroot]

I would stay with the yellow too.
Cracking work.

marc

 

[housecarl]

Thanks to everyone for commenting, I think that it's unanimous the yellow stays.
Carl.

 

[mil-mart]

Carl, great painting and a neat idea with the decal paper.

Cheers Ken

 

[Ray]

Carl,
I like the yellow as well. Good idea about the water slides. I've promised myself to start painting again someday, and it will be guys like you with your beautiful work that finally encourages me to get to it.

Thanks for posting.

Ray

 

[smudger1960]

Carl

I love the shield design,raising the point you made about painting the design in two different colours would be a excellent idea,but i think whatever colour is used it would look great.

Brian

 

[John Bowery]

Carl,
Great design.
Cheers,
John