Frederick II of Swabia (Pegaso)

[Luver]

Hi, here is my interpretation of "Frederick II of Swabia", another old figurine from Pegaso Models, 90mm.
This is my first time of "painting white", not an easy task indeed!
Anyway, about the colours I used acrylic, printer's ink (gold) and oil.

For all the metals (armour and help) I leveraged on the real metal by firstly brushing and polishing, then I applied a layer of Tamiya smoke and then the oil for shadows and printer's ink (silver) for the highlights. For the helm of course I use the gold printer's ink and oil for the shadows.

The textures, flesh and shield . are painted in acrylics, but the decorations are painted with the printer's ink gold which is very pigmented and shiny.

The shield is painted with acrylics, but used oil (burnt sienna) for the shadows (maybe they are a bit too much... it could be dirt...).

It's been my first time painting a bird as well. This is (should be) a peregrine falcon which was common in falconry in Sicily at the time of Frederick II.

Again, very old piece, but it always fascinated me a lot. I hope you like it.

Cheers
Luciano

 

[megroot]

very nice work

Marc

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Beautiful work ,very nice paintjob

Mobo

 

[Chrisr]

Very nicely done indeed. Beautifully executed.

 

[phil_h]

Great job
Phil

 

[Luver]

Thanks to everyone, I really appreciate!
Luciano

 

[Blind Pew]

It's an oldie but a goodie.
Not as easy to do as it first looks either, this is a tricky one to get right - you managed it though mate.

 

[rossbach]

Very nice. A classic

 

[Luver]

You're really right! At the beginning I said to myself it was going to be quick and easy but it turned out to be quite long and not so easy as there are many details and... it's 90mm so quite a "large" surface to paint.
Thanks for the comment
Luciano

It's an oldie but a goodie.
Not as easy to do as it first looks either, this is a tricky one to get right - you managed it though mate.

 

[Joe55]

That's a marvelous looking piece Luciano!

Joe

 

[KenBoyle]

This has always been a great kit and you did a fantastic job on it!

Well done Luciano,
Ken