WIP French Carabineer Officer 1804-1810

[tiberius57]

Nice, did you give a "wash to the lapels?, it really looks great if you did, i am still experimenting with washes, but i see that you have a nice blend of the colors from dark to light .
Keep up the great work Zeno

Thanks Daniel!
Is more a filter then a wash. What I mean is that after I worked from shadows to the lights, I applied a filter with the base colour over the whole surface. The pigment stays on the surface and doesn't run like a wash. This helps a lot with the transitions and "blends" everything together. This was the intent...
Hope that it helps!
Cheers,
Zeno

 

[silviug2009]

Wonderfull work Zeno! I really like it! Bravo!

 

[tiberius57]

Zeno
This looks really good... are you a full-on Napoleonic convert? The horse is excellent, the uniform is very crisp and your flesh tones are spot on as always.
Any more Napoleonics palnned in the future?

Cheers

Colin

Thank you Colin! Much appreciated!
I always liked this era! Very, very rich in subjects. Only recently I started to collect few figs. This is my second one, but I have few in my grey army. More to come in the future.
Cheers brother,
Zeno

 

[tiberius57]

Alexandros, Paul, Fabrizio, Paul and Silviu thank you very much for your feedback! It is much appreciated!
Cheers,
Zeno

 

[user 5827]

Great stuff Zeno... Really liked the brown color on the horse...

 

[tiberius57]

Thanks a lot, Rodrigo!
Cheers,
Zeno

 

[MarquisMini]

Thanks Daniel!
Is more a filter then a wash. What I mean is that after I worked from shadows to the lights, I applied a filter with the base colour over the whole surface. The pigment stays on the surface and doesn't run like a wash. This helps a lot with the transitions and "blends" everything together. This was the intent...
Hope that it helps!
Cheers,
Zeno

Pardon my ignorance, a " filter" ?, what is that?

 

[tiberius57]

Pardon my ignorance, a " filter" ?, what is that?

Hi Daniel,
I'm not a specialist, but I'll try to explain.
Filters and washes are used a lot by Airplane and AFV's modelers and are part of the weathering process.
Basically, a filter is a controlled wash.
Generally, when we say "wash", then the most of the pigment will accumulate in deep recesses and only a small quantity will stay on the surface. This will give depth to the painted area. It is applied by flooding the area.
When we say "filter", then the most of the pigment stays on the surface, altering the color. We are controlling the wash by keeping the pigment on the surface, not allowing to run and accumulate in the deep recesses. We want a diluted mix, applied in multiple, thin, transparent layers. The effect is achieved gradually. So, the filter is a controlled wash.
The lapels are done with Andrea red paint set (ARPS). I painted the base color, shadows and highlights, as usually. I got harsh transitions between them and decided to apply a filter, to make those transitions smoother. I prepared a diluted mix, using the base color (ARPS No 1) and applied in small quantities and multiple, transparent layers. Each layer was applied on dry surface, bottom up.
This is an abbreviated explanation, but I hope it helps.
Let me know if you have questions.
Cheers,
Zeno

 

[MarquisMini]

Hi Daniel,
I'm not a specialist, but I'll try to explain.
Filters and washes are used a lot by Airplane and AFV's modelers and are part of the weathering process.
Basically, a filter is a controlled wash.
Generally, when we say "wash", then the most of the pigment will accumulate in deep recesses and only a small quantity will stay on the surface. This will give depth to the painted area. It is applied by flooding the area.
When we say "filter", then the most of the pigment stays on the surface, altering the color. We are controlling the wash by keeping the pigment on the surface, not allowing to run and accumulate in the deep recesses. We want a diluted mix, applied in multiple, thin, transparent layers. The effect is achieved gradually. So, the filter is a controlled wash.
The lapels are done with Andrea red paint set (ARPS). I painted the base color, shadows and highlights, as usually. I got harsh transitions between them and decided to apply a filter, to make those transitions smoother. I prepared a diluted mix, using the base color (ARPS No 1) and applied in small quantities and multiple, transparent layers. Each layer was applied on dry surface, bottom up.
This is an abbreviated explanation, but I hope it helps.
Let me know if you have questions.
Cheers,
Zeno

Oh...ok, i think that is what i simply call it "blending" , normally i use a midtone between lights and shadows and mix with a ratio of 1 (drop of paint) to 12 to (drops of distilled water), that will change the tone and blend, i think they also call it "tonning".
Thanks for taking the time to explain, i thought it was a product that i was not aware of .
Anyhow, your work is absolutelly beautiful , what is next??

 

[tiberius57]

Yes, Daniel. This is the process, but I wouldn't call it "blending" because we use acrylic paints. They don't blend. We are getting the transitions by applying multiple transparent layers.
Thanks so much for your kind words! I still have to paint few details and do the groundwork.
Cheers,
Zeno

 

[Paul Kernan]

Zeno

Thanks for the explanation Would it be safe to say, a filter and a glaze are one in the same?

Cheers

Paul

 

[tiberius57]

Zeno

Thanks for the explanation Would it be safe to say, a filter and a glaze are one in the same?

Cheers

Paul

Hi Paul!
I'm not a specialist, but in my humble opinion, yes. As far as I know, a filter is a glaze applied to the whole surface. Has the consistency of a wash and is applied in a controlled way (controlled wash).
Cheers,
Zeno

 

[Colin_Fraser]

That"s maybe the same technique I use with inks over acrylics, essntially a coloured stain.

Colin

 

[ChaosCossack]

That"s maybe the same technique I use with inks over acrylics, essntially a coloured stain.

Colin

Very much so... Using a semitransparent coat of ink or watered down acrylics, not as a wash for giving depth but as a tone modifier that also serves to soften the transitional borders between base, highlights and shades.

 

[Paul Kernan]

Thanks Zeno