Edorta
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I agree. How beautiful! I love the purple of the sash and horse straps.
Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia
WIP Critique Knight of the Holy Sepulchre Part 2
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I agree. How beautiful! I love the purple of the sash and horse straps.
Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia
Steve Ski
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The white tones sure came out perfectly from here, awesome work!
Cheers, Ski.
Cheers, Ski.
Mike Stevens
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Looking good! One of my favorite figures.
Bailey
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I'm far enough along with the horse that I could finally glue the knight down. At the same time I attached the front of the saddle (it was a tight fit, so had to be done together) and the stirrups. I painted some small details including the leather straps around his head and shoulder and the rest of the saddle area. I then moved on to the shield. I did a slight gradient on the white, but it needs more contrast. I'll be doing weathering on it later, which will help too.
tiberius57
A Fixture
Absolutely stunning work!
I enjoyed painting my rendition and now I'm enjoying even more to see yours.
Will follow closely and can't wait to see it done.
Cheers,
Zeno
I enjoyed painting my rendition and now I'm enjoying even more to see yours.
Will follow closely and can't wait to see it done.
Cheers,
Zeno
Bailey
A Fixture
Thanks, Zeno!
I wrapped up the rest of the border around the cape and thought I'd do a quick step by step. Obviously the first step is to come up with whatever design you want to paint. For a repetitive pattern like this it's important to keep everything as even and consistent as possible. When you do it by hand (as opposed to with a template) it's easy for spacings to drift and get longer or shorter as you go. To help stop this I used a ruler and marked out the spots where the lines get closest to the border. Below you can see the dots running up and down the right edge of the cape. The curving surface makes this a bit of a challenge, but do your best.
Next I start to fill in the lines. Break down the pattern to simpler parts. In this case I began with the portion crossing over the other line. Note that if the line cross through the right dot, it will be slightly offset from the left dot.
Next I put in the other side of the line, following the original one and trying to keep the distance between lines consistent.
Now it was a simple matter of connecting the lines going under to fill in the rest of the pattern. Where necessary I adjusted the original marks so that they looked like they meet. It's a bit rough here and that's okay.
So with the design sketched on, now it was time to go in and clean it up. Taking the background color I carefully went along the sides of the design lines. You don't need to go everywhere, just where the lines are too thick or not smooth enough. I also did some glazes of the cape colors to blend it all together and add a bit more shading/highlighting.
And here's the whole thing
I wrapped up the rest of the border around the cape and thought I'd do a quick step by step. Obviously the first step is to come up with whatever design you want to paint. For a repetitive pattern like this it's important to keep everything as even and consistent as possible. When you do it by hand (as opposed to with a template) it's easy for spacings to drift and get longer or shorter as you go. To help stop this I used a ruler and marked out the spots where the lines get closest to the border. Below you can see the dots running up and down the right edge of the cape. The curving surface makes this a bit of a challenge, but do your best.
Next I start to fill in the lines. Break down the pattern to simpler parts. In this case I began with the portion crossing over the other line. Note that if the line cross through the right dot, it will be slightly offset from the left dot.
Next I put in the other side of the line, following the original one and trying to keep the distance between lines consistent.
Now it was a simple matter of connecting the lines going under to fill in the rest of the pattern. Where necessary I adjusted the original marks so that they looked like they meet. It's a bit rough here and that's okay.
So with the design sketched on, now it was time to go in and clean it up. Taking the background color I carefully went along the sides of the design lines. You don't need to go everywhere, just where the lines are too thick or not smooth enough. I also did some glazes of the cape colors to blend it all together and add a bit more shading/highlighting.
And here's the whole thing
Ron Tamburrini
A Fixture
Stunning piece ! and an awful lot of thought required to put this together and paint . Great work all round
Ron
Ron
Steve Ski
PlanetFigure Supporter
Simply spectacular progress Bailey, love it!
Cheers, Ski.
Cheers, Ski.
Mike S.
A Fixture
Superb work Bailey!
Jeff T
A Fixture
Outstanding Bailey!
Thanks for posting the little sbs also, very helpful.
Bloody beautiful work!
Cheer's,
Jeff.
Thanks for posting the little sbs also, very helpful.
Bloody beautiful work!
Cheer's,
Jeff.
Bailey
A Fixture
Thanks, guys. I'm continuing with some of the design work. This time I returned to the knight's banner. A while back I did the left side. I wanted to do a subtle background pattern on the banner but, since I wasn't sure how to do it or how it would turn out, I only did one side as a test. With the figure almost finished I had to get back and finish off the other side of the banner. Until a couple days ago, the unfinished side just had the shadows and highlights sketched on.
The first step was to blend highlights and shadows for the background. Just like the cape and shield, I used bone shadow, weathered stone, and leather white. Because I planned on putting a white pattern on top of a white background, I kept the highlights a bit darker and never went up to pure leather white. Next I painted on the cross pattern, trying to keep the location the same as the other side. This looked pretty rough at first, but I used the background color to clean up the edges, straighten lines, and thin down some of the finer details. Now we get to the complicated part, that subtle pattern. As with the first side, I began by measuring out the spacing and placing a small white dot at the top and bottom four lines apart. Then by eye I could place a dot right in the middle of any two, and then subdivide it again. This gave me all the places where the diagonal lines should hit the top and bottom of the banner. From there it was just the slow careful task of painting in the lines. When I finished a big enough section I went in and added the small dashes along the sides of each diamond.
I'm still working on the bottom section. My spacing got a bit off, so I'm going to paint over a bit and redo it before continuing on with the rest. Then I'll use some glazes to help shade the pattern and tie it all together.
I also did some more detail work on the horse and rider. With the cape finished I could attach the flowing cloth to the back of the knight's head (it would have been in my way as I did the pattern up the shoulder). I also attached and painted the horse's reins. I still have to do the horses hooves and tail (plus some tweaks here and there), but the main figure is almost complete. After I do that and finish the banner, it's just the base and then weathering. If all goes well, I may get this wrapped up this weekend. A mere 15 months after I began the project!
The first step was to blend highlights and shadows for the background. Just like the cape and shield, I used bone shadow, weathered stone, and leather white. Because I planned on putting a white pattern on top of a white background, I kept the highlights a bit darker and never went up to pure leather white. Next I painted on the cross pattern, trying to keep the location the same as the other side. This looked pretty rough at first, but I used the background color to clean up the edges, straighten lines, and thin down some of the finer details. Now we get to the complicated part, that subtle pattern. As with the first side, I began by measuring out the spacing and placing a small white dot at the top and bottom four lines apart. Then by eye I could place a dot right in the middle of any two, and then subdivide it again. This gave me all the places where the diagonal lines should hit the top and bottom of the banner. From there it was just the slow careful task of painting in the lines. When I finished a big enough section I went in and added the small dashes along the sides of each diamond.
I'm still working on the bottom section. My spacing got a bit off, so I'm going to paint over a bit and redo it before continuing on with the rest. Then I'll use some glazes to help shade the pattern and tie it all together.
I also did some more detail work on the horse and rider. With the cape finished I could attach the flowing cloth to the back of the knight's head (it would have been in my way as I did the pattern up the shoulder). I also attached and painted the horse's reins. I still have to do the horses hooves and tail (plus some tweaks here and there), but the main figure is almost complete. After I do that and finish the banner, it's just the base and then weathering. If all goes well, I may get this wrapped up this weekend. A mere 15 months after I began the project!
ChaosCossack
A Fixture
Wow Bailey! I am just gobsmacked by this figure and your attention to the smallest details... additions that bring a simple figure up to the next level and beyond.
Bravo
Colin
Bravo
Colin
kevininpdx
A Fixture
Wow you are really going all out for this kit 
. AAA work
. AAA work 
Joe55
A Fixture
Geez, this is a jaw dropping, awesomely cool piece!
Joe
Joe
Ferris
A Fixture
Fantastic work Bailey!
Looking forward to the weathering, but it is already stunning.
Cheers,
Adrian
Looking forward to the weathering, but it is already stunning.
Cheers,
Adrian
Bailey
A Fixture
Thank you so much, guys.
Well, I wrapped up the banner and it's now attached to his hand.
I also expanded out the ground work to cover the entire base. It's plaster and then some sand added for texture. I 'borrowed' the idea for the arrows in the ground from Zeno's version. I also searched through my bits box and added a few pieces of dropped/lost equipment. I've done the first pass at painting the ground. I still need to paint the details, use some pigments when I weather the figure, and then add some sparse vegetation.
Well, I wrapped up the banner and it's now attached to his hand.
I also expanded out the ground work to cover the entire base. It's plaster and then some sand added for texture. I 'borrowed' the idea for the arrows in the ground from Zeno's version. I also searched through my bits box and added a few pieces of dropped/lost equipment. I've done the first pass at painting the ground. I still need to paint the details, use some pigments when I weather the figure, and then add some sparse vegetation.
Dan Morton
A Fixture
Some really beautiful painting there!
All the best,
Dan
All the best,
Dan
DEL
A Fixture
Wow. Simply magnificent
I like everything about this.
Cheers
Derek
I like everything about this.
Cheers
Derek
Aveleira
A Fixture
Awsome work Bailey!! In every aspect it's a terrific figure!
Congrats!
Regards
Pedro
Congrats!
Regards
Pedro
