Completed Masterbox, Indian war series "Protective Circle" - French and Indian War 1759, 1/35th Plastic

[MarquisMini]

I am speechless, what a great work on these chaps.
The skintones are amazing.
Bravo!!!!

 

[clrsgt]

Great work as always Ken. I haven't quite achieved what I would call a proper woodland Indian flesh tone yet. What is your recipe?

 

[Martin Antonenko]

 

[Dolf]

Beautil vignette, Ken! I love it! Congratulations!


Cheers!

 

[KenBoyle]

Stunning work Ken. I love the way you did the warpaint.
A great vignette. Congratulations.

regards
RJ

Thanks RJ! A fun project to paint.

 

[KenBoyle]

I am speechless, what a great work on these chaps.
The skintones are amazing.
Bravo!!!!

Thanks Daniel! Much appreciated and, by the way, I love your work!

 

[KenBoyle]

Great work as always Ken. I haven't quite achieved what I would call a proper woodland Indian flesh tone yet. What is your recipe?

Thanks Mike! I should have mentioned this earlier in the thread. I use mostly Vallejo with a few reaper paints and Citadel washes/shades. My approach is to keep my mixes as simple as possible. I use Vallejo cavalry brown (medium/dark reddish brown) as the base coat. I then highlight with Vallejo light brown or Reaper Orange brown (same color) adding white to make multiple highlights. I over do the highlights a bit because my later wash will tone the highlights down. I then use citadel Earth shade/wash not as a wash but as normal paint to lay in some shadows. Finally, I wash all the flesh with either citadel flesh shade (makes it more red) or citadel sepia shade (makes it more brown) to tie it all together. I also use the citadel flesh or sepia shades as washes on Caucasian flesh, after doing normal highlights and shadows, to create a slight sunburned effect. I hope that makes sense.

 

[KenBoyle]

Beautil vignette, Ken! I love it! Congratulations!


Cheers!

Many thanks Dolf!

 

[clrsgt]

It makes sense to me Ken. Thank you for sharing.

 

[Plastic Max]

That's brilliant Ken, the detail and paint finish at this scale is terrific, marvellous composition too, very atmospheric and evocative.

 

[arj]

Wow! You've done it again Ken.
You've turned a simple plastic kit into a superb little vignette.
An excellent rendition of the Robert Griffin painting.
As Bob said so aptly ... 'Master of the Master Box'.
Very, very well done.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Banjer]

Superb as usual Ken. You really are quite prolific turning out these masterpieces.

Bill

 

[Steve Ski]

Great scenario, beautiful work, Ken!

 

[Airkid]

As usual, by the time I find this thread, everything I wanted to say has already been said. Superb work Ken! Your feel for your Nation's history is most apparent in this lovely vignette.

Phil

 

[KenBoyle]

That's brilliant Ken, the detail and paint finish at this scale is terrific, marvellous composition too, very atmospheric and evocative.

Thanks Mark, much appreciated!

 

[KenBoyle]

Wow! You've done it again Ken.
You've turned a simple plastic kit into a superb little vignette.
An excellent rendition of the Robert Griffin painting.
As Bob said so aptly ... 'Master of the Master Box'.
Very, very well done.

Cheers,
Andrew

Many thanks Andrew!

 

[KenBoyle]

Superb as usual Ken. You really are quite prolific turning out these masterpieces.

Bill

Thanks Bill! I really appreciate the comment.

 

[KenBoyle]

Great scenario, beautiful work, Ken!

Thank you Steve!

 

[KenBoyle]

As usual, by the time I find this thread, everything I wanted to say has already been said. Superb work Ken! Your feel for your Nation's history is most apparent in this lovely vignette.

Phil

I really do enjoy creating these little vignettes. Many thanks Phil!

 

[1969]

Beautiful painting Ken, you have created a fantastic little scene with this kit.
Steve