Legionary Updates

[DEL]

Following on from an earlier post here are some additional photos and a description of how I did the armour. Photos as ever pretty duff but I hope they illustrate what I tried.

What I tried here was to mess around with the armour. Thinking about how a legionary on campaign would have reduced rusting on his armour I reckoned (probably wrongly) that a logical way would be to 'polish' it with sand or grit perhaps suspended in oil.
After priming I gave all the metalwork three thin coats of Revell Anthracite. The advantage of this particular enamel is that you can to some extent buff it up. I then coated the parts with old dried up Humbrol metalcote ground to a fine powder and rubbed well into the Anthracite. It was then a case of hundreds and hundreds of lines drawn with ordinary graphite pencils.
Actually I'm pretty pleased with the end result and will use the technique again.

I also gave him a black eye

 

[Wayneb]

Yep,that's a black eye.Great work all around Del.Some unique techniques so far on your work that are very interesting.Thanks for posting.
Regards,
Wayne

 

[Chrisr]

Damn fine work Del.

 

[Viking Bob]

Hi Del,
Love what your doing here, I used to re enact the ACW period and to clean brass and other metals we used ash from the fire (Only when cooled though ).
This was used with your own spit to form a paste and it works. I had a friend who was with a Roman unit and to stop the armour from rusting , used olive oil.
So what you are doing is great.
Following with interest.
Regards

 

[peedee]

Great stuff Del.

Great backgound info from ye olde Bob !

I love this forum always something to plagiarise.......
oops I mean to learn from.

Paul.

 

[kagemusha]

Well about bloody time you posted something .....luv the metal technique mate.....and the is a nice touch ....great stuff

 

[megroot]

Inspiring and exceptionel work.

Marc

 

[Huw63]

Hello Derek and Bob,

Derek fantastic description of an interesting technique. Thank you Bob for the additional info - decades ago in Napoleonic reenactment we also used spit and ash sometimes (wehn cleaning the kit at home I admit I used brasso - much easier!).

I'm so glad there are so many people alive who focus on the important things in life!!!!!

Cheers

Huw

 

[John Bowery]

Thanks for the info.
Cheers
John

 

[DEL]

Wayne, Chris, Paul, Marc, John, Ron and not forgetting Bob and Huw for their insight into what they do with saliva thanks so much for your support and interest.
Graham, Grant, Jim, Gary, Claude, Rich, Steve, Nick and Roger, I can't begin to tell you how much I appreciate that you all enjoy my efforts
Next one up should give you all a bit of a laugh.
Cheers
Derek

 

[brian]

Great result Derek.

 

[Viking Bob]

Superb result, may have to go back a few centuries and paint something.

 

[MalcC]

Del.

Great detailing.

Malc

 

[samson]

great stuff . really liking this

 

[phil_h]

Looks phenomenal. The black eye is a nice surprise. And as stated, the armor looks great - interesting technique there

 

[Trex]

Somehow I missed this until now.
Interesting technique with the metals Derek, they look very realistic!
How did you come up with the idea of the black eye?

 

[Nige]

Would've missed this Del until it was bumped. Great work.

 

[Richie]

Hi Del,
Nice finish and very effective technique on the metals.
cheers
Richie

 

[DEL]

Brian, Bob, Nige, Malc and Rob.
Thanks guys much appreciated.
Derek

 

[DEL]

Looks phenomenal. The black eye is a nice surprise. And as stated, the armor looks great - interesting technique there

Somehow I missed this until now.
Interesting technique with the metals Derek, they look very realistic!
How did you come up with the idea of the black eye?

Hi Del,
Nice finish and very effective technique on the metals.
cheers
Richie

Phil, Trex and Ritchie. I've been using pencils rather than paint to edge metals for a while now and thought I'd take it a bit further. Very time consuming though, in future I'll go for more of a balance between paint and pencil work.
Enjoyed trying something new and like the sweat on my roman officer posted the other week I was pretty pleased with the result.
Because I wanted him to be a 'campaign' figure I thought a bit of injury would be appropriate and having played rugby for 30 years I couldn't remember a season without one or two black eyes. It's an easy injury to get
Cheers guys much appreciated
Derek